Budget Friendly Renovation Ideas- Before and After Pictures Over the summer, my husband and I purchased a second house for our two sons that are going to college. We decided that instead of spending thousands of dollars on rent, we could put that money into another house. We found a house that was in our…
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Budget Friendly Renovation Ideas-The Power of Paint
Budget Friendly Renovation Ideas-The Power of Paint Over the summer, my husband and I purchased a second house for our two sons that are going to college. We decided that instead of spending thousands of dollars on rent, we could put that money into another house. We found a house that was in our price…
Laser Cutter Wooden Valentines made with xTool S1 with Free SVG Cut File
Laser Cutter Wooden Valentines made with xTool S1 with Free SVG Cut File If you are new to laser cutters, check out my beginner’s guide to xTool. Valentine’s Day is coming up soon! One of my favorite thing to do is make homemade Valentines. Now that I have an awesome laser cutter, I thought…
Interchangeable Welcome to Our Home Sign made With xTool M1
Interchangeable Welcome to Our Home Sign made With xTool M1 I love making signs and décor for my house. I love being able to make something that you can’t find in the store and being able to add a personal touch to my home décor. I especially love home décor that can be use all…
Father’s Day Gift Idea- Best Papa Ever Sign with SVG Cut File
Father’s Day Gift Idea- Best Papa Ever Sign with SVG Cut File Some of my favorite Father’s Day gifts ideas involve hands or hand prints. I especially love the saying with “hands down” in it. I have actually made several shirts with that saying for my husband. This is the first time I have done…
Father’s Day Gift Idea- Light Up Star Wars Sign with Personalized Light Sabers
Father’s Day Gift Idea- Light Up Star Wars Sign with Personalized Light Sabers made with xTool M1 I love making things for Father’s Day. I especially love making things for my husband with our children’s names on it. He loves his kid and is one proud Dad, so having things with their names is really…
Laser Cut Wooden Rose- Easy Mother’s Day Gift Idea
Laser Cut Wooden Rose- Easy Mother’s Day Gift Idea If you are new to laser cutting and xTool, check out my beginner’s guide here. Spring is here!! When I think about spring, I think about all of the beautiful flowers in bloom. Spring time makes me so happy and seeing all of the pretty flowers…
DIY Wood Settlers of Catan Board Made with xTool M1
DIY Wood Settlers of Catan Board Made with xTool M1 If you are new to laser cutting, check out my beginner’s guide to the xTool M1. Settlers of Catan is one of our favorite family games. We play it all the time and the kids really enjoy playing it with us. Since we have…
Dining Room Cabinets- How to Add Extra Kitchen Cabinets
Dining Room Cabinets- How to Add Extra Kitchen Cabinets We have a storage problem in our house. We have a nice big house, with lots of open space but we do not have very big closets. Our pantry is small and we don’t even have a coat closet. So we have to come up with…
Blush and Gold Nightstand Makeover
Blush and Gold Nightstand Makeover For the past couple weeks, I have been redoing my daughter’s room. She is now 10, so she is gradually moving out of the little girl stage, into the tween stage. So we painted over the rainbows and unicorns in her room and are adding more “grown-up” pieces. She choose…
DIY Growth Chart Board
DIY Growth Chart Board I have been wanting to make a growth chart board for my family for awhile now and finally got to it. We have been using just a plain piece of wood for the past several years and my oldest got too tall for it, so it was time to get another…
DIY Face Mask Holder and Organizer
DIY Face Mask Holder and Organizer We live in the state of Washington and they just made it mandatory to wear masks in public, so I needed some way to keep our face masks organized and displayed so we won’t forget them as we leave to go out. I had them in the little green…
DIY Medal Holder Board
DIY Medal Holder Board This past year I made a goal to get healthy despite my health issues, you can read all about it here. Well in doing so, I did a lot of races. For fun, we did several races as a family and so all of my kids have medals. They needed a…
DIY Crafting Table {Vinyl Work Station}
DIY Crafting Table {Vinyl Work Station} A couple months ago, I got an itch to start moving furniture. That is always bad news for me, because it ends up snow balling and I end up changing up several rooms in the house. Whenever I do it, I love the outcome, so I end up doing…
Shoe Storage Solutions- DIY Shoe Shelf Organizer
Shoe Storage Solutions- DIY Shoe Shelf Organizer for less than $50 We have a shoe problem at our house. I like shoes, so I have a lot of shoes and so does my family. I am always looking for shoe storage solutions but they never seem to hold enough shoes. I recently bought some shoe…
DIY Cube Organizer Shelf- IKEA Kallax Knock Off
DIY Cube Organizer Shelf- IKEA Kallax Knock Off I love the Kallax line at IKEA. Seriously love it. My whole craft room is full of the cube organizers. I just love the look of them but also how functional they are. They can hold a ton of stuff and they look good too. Really they…
Running Medal Holder with Display Shelf
Running Medal Holder with Display Shelf Back in high school running was my life. I did cross country, indoor track and track for all 4 years of high school and I loved it so much! In my 20s running was my way of exercising and when I needed to get into shape, I would immediately…
How to Make a Buffalo Plaid Sign with Vinyl
How to Make a Buffalo Plaid Sign with Vinyl I love buffalo plaid signs and I love that you can use the design for lots of different holidays and seasons! Like the black and white buffalo plaid, it’s great for fall, Halloween and Christmas! I love how versatile it is. I thought that I would…
How to Paint Buffalo Plaid- Pumpkin Patch Sign
How to Paint Buffalo Plaid- Pumpkin Patch Sign Buffalo plaid is all the rage right now and I am loving it!! I have been able to find lots of awesome buffalo plaid decor for fall and it has been awesome! But sometimes I can’t find exactly what I am looking for, like a buffalo plaid…
Reversible Fall and Halloween Sign- Buffalo Plaid Block Sign
Reversible Fall and Halloween Sign- Buffalo Plaid Block Sign It’s September and it’s time for decorate for fall. Normally I don’t decorate for fall until November and I usually decorate for Halloween first and that’s is usually the last week of September. Well this year since I have been making so many fun fall decorations, the…