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Rustic Picture Frame with Photo to Wood Transfer

December 11, 2017 by Kaysi 2 Comments

I wanted to make my husband something for his desk with a picture of us.  I didn’t want to just have a regular photo in a frame, I wanted something different.  I wanted to make something a little more rustic and manly, so I made up this rustic picture frame with the photo transferred onto…

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Filed Under: DIY, home decor, mod podge, paint, sign, tutorial

Mommy’s Secret Stash Container Tutorial with Recipe and Printable

April 18, 2016 by Kaysi 2 Comments

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #GIVEEXTRAGETEXTRA #Kroger #CollectiveBias When I became a mom 11 years ago I had no clue what I was getting myself into.  I wasn’t unfamiliar with kids considering I am the youngest of nine and by the time my first…

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Filed Under: food, free printable, mod podge, paper, recipe, snacks, tutorial, Uncategorized

Holiday Turquoise Lights with Glitter and Snowflakes

December 10, 2015 by Kaysi 1 Comment

This post contains affiliate links. There are several things that I love to change out during the holiday season.  It’s fun to have a change up in my decor and try out some new color schemes.  I especially love to decorate for winter during the holiday season because I can keep it up longer than…

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Filed Under: Christmas, home decor, kitchen, mod podge, paint, silhouette, Uncategorized, vinyl, winter

Turquoise Pendant Lights – How to Dye Light Shades

September 16, 2015 by Kaysi 40 Comments

I have said this before and I’m sure I’m going to say it again, I love my house.  It’s been a great house for us these past 16 months.  There are some things that I don’t love about my house though and one this is the builder’s grade lights.  They are just so plain and…

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Filed Under: DIY, home decor, kitchen, mod podge, paint, tutorial, Uncategorized

DIY Photo Gift Perfect for Mother’s Day #BestMomsDayEver

May 4, 2015 by Kaysi 1 Comment

 This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone.  #BestMomsDayEver #CollectiveBias Did you know that Mother’s Day is THIS Sunday??  I’m still shocked that it is still May, this year has flown by!  Did you need an easy and great gift idea?  Luckily for you and for me,…

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Filed Under: gifts, mod podge, mother's day, tutorial, Uncategorized

Halloween Kids Craft Idea- Pumpkin Flower Vase

October 16, 2014 by Kaysi 1 Comment

Disclosure- This is a sponsored post.  All opinions are 100% my own.   Life has been busy lately and it doesn’t seem to be calming down anytime soon, so I decided that it was time to take some time to just “smell the roses” :).  I love having some fresh flowers in my house.  There…

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Filed Under: Halloween, home decor, kids craft, mod podge, tutorial, Uncategorized

Fabric Interfacing on Silhouette: Fabric Curtain Wall Sticker

September 15, 2014 by Kaysi 1 Comment

One of my favorite features about the Silhouette is that it can cut fabric.  It’s awesome and I have done so many fun projects with it!  I’m always amazed by how well it cuts the fabric too.  I use this feature all the time to make pillows and to make t-shirts.  It’s fun to cut…

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Filed Under: girls, home decor, mod podge, silhouette, tutorial, Uncategorized, vinyl

Easy Winter Craft: 2×4 Wood Snowmen

December 26, 2013 by Kaysi 1 Comment

This post contains affiliate links. Vinyl is one of absolute favorite things to cut with my Silhouette.  I LOVE it!  Here is a fun little winter craft I did using vinyl. I have a thing for snowmen.  I think I like that I can use them for Christmas but also have them up with my…

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Filed Under: Christmas, mod podge, paint, silhouette, tutorial, Uncategorized, vinyl, winter, wood

Autumn Chalkboard Vinyl Banner

November 6, 2013 by Kaysi 4 Comments

 I wanted to make a fun banner with the pendants that I got from Pick Your Plum that I could change up through out the month.  The chalkboard vinyl was the best thing for it. This is how I made it: I used some pendants, scrapbook paper, chalkboard vinyl and mod podge.  I traced the…

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Filed Under: autumn, Cricut, mod podge, paper, tutorial, Uncategorized, vinyl, wood

Fabric Covered Witch Hat #spookyspaces

October 9, 2013 by Kaysi 10 Comments

Disclosure: I was given product to create with, all content, opinions and ideas are 100% my own. I have a little girl that loves purple, it’s her favorite and she likes to tell me that all the time.  Since purple is one of the colors I use to decorate for Halloween, I wanted to do…

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Filed Under: fabric, Halloween, home decor, mod podge, tutorial, Uncategorized

Quick and easy Easter signs

March 21, 2013 by Kaysi 2 Comments

Easter is getting to be really close!  Here are a couple of signs that I made really quick last year, just with a piece of wood.  Super easy 🙂 Peeps Sign He is Risen Sign  I would love it if you followed along.

Filed Under: Easter, home decor, mod podge, paint, Spring, Uncategorized, vinyl

Easter Decor Ladder

March 21, 2013 by Kaysi 2 Comments

When I got out my box of Spring/Easter decorations, I was most excited about these decorations for my ladder!  I love the bright colors and all the paper and glitter!  Go here for the full tutorial. I would love it if you followed along.

Filed Under: home decor, mod podge, paint, paper, Spring, Uncategorized, wood

Valentine’s Decor

February 12, 2013 by Kaysi 3 Comments

.  I know that it’s a little late posting this, but I had to share.  This year I actually wanted to decorate for Valentine’s day.  I decided to just make a few things that didn’t cost much money or take much time.  I decided to make a little plate (that I found at the dollar…

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Filed Under: Cricut, home decor, menu, mod podge, paint, tutorial, Uncategorized, Valentine, vinyl, washi tape, wood

Glitter Candle

January 29, 2013 by Kaysi 4 Comments

Who doesn’t love glitter?  I am seriously loving it right now, so I decided to make this fun glitter candle.  This is how I made it: I cut out some vinyl with my Cuttlebug. Somedays I just get plain lazy and I don’t want to get out my Expressions 2 to cut vinyl, so just…

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Filed Under: Cricut, home decor, mod podge, tutorial, Uncategorized, Valentine

Fabric Presents on the Wall

November 27, 2012 by Kaysi 10 Comments

Last night we put up our Christmas tree.  I love that it’s that time of the year!  As we were putting up the tree and my kids would not leave the ornaments alone, it made me realize that I wouldn’t be able to put presents under the tree until it’s really close to Christmas.  That…

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Filed Under: Christmas, Cricut, fabric, home decor, mod podge, tutorial, Uncategorized, vinyl

Clothes Pins Halloween Wreath

October 4, 2012 by Kaysi 8 Comments

At my new house, we have three doors that lead the outside.  One to our living room, one to our mud room and one to the apartment in the basement.  Since we use two of the three all the time, I want to have wreaths on both of them.  I have my candy corn wreath…

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Filed Under: Epic 6, Halloween, mod podge, paint, paper, tutorial, Uncategorized, vinyl, wood, wreath

Halloween Ladder

September 18, 2012 by Kaysi 15 Comments

I have this super cute ladder that I like to decorate for every holiday.  I decorated it for spring/Easter and loved the look of it.  I wanted to decorate for Halloween, the only problem was that I couldn’t just run down to the store in Utah (like I did for the Easter one) and get…

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Filed Under: Halloween, home decor, mod podge, paint, silhouette, Uncategorized, vinyl, wood

One last Easter project

April 7, 2012 by Kaysi 8 Comments

At church, I teach 10 and 11 year old girls.  Saturday evening I’m always planning my lesson… I’m a procrastinator.  Tomorrow is the Easter lesson and I wanted to give them something to remember Easter for Christ and not for the candy.  So I made each of them a little board with this scripture.  I got…

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Filed Under: Easter, home decor, mod podge, paint, Uncategorized, wood

Tutorial Tuesday: Peeps sign

March 27, 2012 by Kaysi 7 Comments

Peeps…. I’m not a huge fan of them.  Surprisingly, my husband likes them and he’s the one that doesn’t like sugar.  Funny.   I got this sign after Halloween for about $1. I loved that it already had a wire on it, super easy. This is how I made it: 1) I painted the sign…

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Filed Under: Easter, home decor, mod podge, paint, paper, silhouette, Spring, tutorial, Uncategorized, vinyl, wood

Crafty Wood Cutouts Shapes

March 9, 2012 by Kaysi 55 Comments

Today I’m super excited to tell you about Crafty Wood Cutouts.   One of my favorite things about Utah is all of the awesome craft stores.  This store is located in Orem and this week I got to go down there and check it out.  And can I say that it was amazing!!!  They had…

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Filed Under: Easter, giveaway, home decor, mod podge, paint, paper, review, Spring, Uncategorized, wood

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