Category: >$5
Beautiful, Edible, Inexpensive Teacher Gift-$1.35!
Here is a great little “thank-you” that won’t break the bank. Unless the recipient is allergic or a hater (how could you be?), it’s sure to be a winner. Fresh, sweet, and gorgeous red ripe strawberries. Paid about $1.25 for a 1 lb package and then used my silhouette to print and cut 6 labels […]
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Meet Carameled Frapplestein
He’s a pretty dapper not-so-scary kind of dude. We like carameled apples around here, but they taste excessively sweet to me when fully drenched in caramel. So this was a good compromise. Here’s how we made him: Hair: Caramel and miniature chocolate chips. Use good caramel like the one sold here (great tips for carameled […]
View PostModern Chic Tiered Serving Tray
I entered this in Studio Five’s $5 Craft Challenge today. It was so fun to make and turned out so cute that I want to make many, many more. So if you receive one as a gift….. My favorite part about this project is it’s versatility. The components dis-assemble so that you can 1) store […]
Pot of Gold for St. Patrick’s
Here’s a quick and fun little idea I did for my hubs this year to celebrate St. Patrick’s day. (I don’t even think he knows it’s a holiday today :)) The dollar store has these little salsa tubs that are PERFECT for little pots-o-gold or cauldrons (for Halloween). They come in a two-pack so they […]
Aprons-Tie One On!
I love aprons. Due to their recent comeback, there are a lot of really fun patterns out now, many are free. If you want to try your hand at a simple sewing project, an apron is a great place to begin. Here are two different styles of aprons that I have made and love: Apron […]
Magnetic Paper Doll in a Tin
I love paper dolls. Always have. When I was browsing blogs several months back, I came across this adorable little one-page template of a paper doll designed by Hillary Lang of Wee Wonderfuls back in 2005. Hillary was kind enough to give it to us as a freebie so I immediately downloaded it and filed […]
Turtle Pretzel Goodness
I wasn’t really intending to do this as a post, but since my goal is to post every other weekday and I have nothing else ready (why did I begin during the month of December?), I figured might as well. I was planning on making these pretzel treats that I saw my friend making a […]
