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Welcome to our Home Projects page. Here you'll find all kinds of projects for your home, like home decor, home crafts, quick tips, and cleaning solutions. Check out a few of our most popular posts here, or scroll down for the most recent projects.

Christmas Card Garland Tutorial

by Little Birdies December 14, 2010

Each year I look forward to receiving Christmas cards and pictures from my friends and loved ones. Sometimes that’s the only time I get to see them all year! So I really love to display each card, but more and more people are sending flat photo cards, which do not stand up on my mantle [...]

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Upcycled Snowflake Mirror Project

by Kami December 9, 2010

It’s been a long time since I have been thrifting, and I am really itching to go. I found this mirror way back in March while thrift store shopping with Marie and Allison. You can see it here in this post on 4 helpful tips for thrift store shopping. It has been in my basement [...]

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Let the Christmas Countdown Begin

by Marie November 30, 2010

You know I love a good countdown! Well, remember these Chocolate Christmas Countdown books? I picked up one for each of my kids to have from our local grocery store and it’s bringing back all kinds of memories. These were my favorite as a kid! Here are a few other really fun and creative advent [...]

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Wrapped Bottle of Bubbly Neighbor Gift

by Marie November 29, 2010

My in-laws give great neighbor gifts for the holidays. Last year they gave these towel wrapped bottles, spending under $5 each (depending on your bubbly). It’s a quick and cheap way to look fancy and give a great gift. Supplies for Towel Wrapped Bottle: bottle of bubbly – wine, champagne, sparkling cider flour sack towel [...]

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Craft With Less and Win a Windows Phone 7

by Marie November 15, 2010

This giveaway is now closed. Congrats to #227 Emily. Have fun with your new phone to help you do more with less! This giveaway is brought to you by the new Windows Phone 7. Less MIA. More PTA: Learn about Windows Phone online and see it in person at local T-Mobile stores today. I hope that by now [...]

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Embroidered Fall Leaf Pillow

by Little Birdies November 12, 2010

I’m never sure what to do during that awkward period between Halloween decor and Christmas decor. I need something fall-ish. Something to keep those beautiful autumn leaf colors around a little longer. A little wool felt, a pillow form, and a needle and embroidery thread were exactly what I needed to bring the fall colors [...]

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Sugar Pumpkin Potted Plant

by Marie November 10, 2010

Guest Post by Craftzilla of Glue Gun Crafts Take a cute little sugar pumpkin and create the place setting and party favor for the holiday season with this earth friendly craft! Supplies for Sugar Pumpkin Potted Plant: Sugar pumpkins Winter pansies or any other potted winter flower Solid color cardstock Printed cardstock Toothpicks Felt tipped [...]

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Quilt Along Series: Bias Binding, Hand Finishing & Washing

by Amy November 9, 2010

For our final week of the Beginning Quit Along Series we are going to talk about another method for binding a quilt and how to care for quilts. The baby quilt above was made with Charm Packs from the Bliss collection by Moda Cut a Bias Binding: This binding method is very similar to the [...]

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Make and Takes Thanksgiving Ideas

by Marie November 7, 2010

Here are a few fun Thanksgiving crafts we’ve done in the past. There’s all kinds of ideas for your table, the kids, and yummy food! Fun Recipes for Thanksgiving: Tasty Turkey Table Favors (pictured above) Chocolate Pudding Pie Oreo Cookie Turkeys Easy Apple Pie Caramel Pumpkin Pie Crafts and Ideas for the Kid’s Table: Gobbling [...]

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Quilt Along Series: Adding Binding (finished edge)

by Amy November 2, 2010

This week we’re going to talk about adding a machine-done binding to finish you project. Next week we’ll finish by talking about hand-done bias-binding. Pick whichever option works best for you! A neat binding makes the quilt look professional, crisp and finished. It can also provide a cute ‘frame’ for the design. When I first started [...]

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