Make your own Handmade Green Apple Mug Candle using soy wax and essential oil. This candle makes a perfect gift for teachers or fall. Hello there! This is Katie from The Casual Craftlete Blog. I am so excited to be here today. The crafting chicks are some of my super friends and I am happy to share during their Mother Hen summer series. Today, I am going to be showing you how to make a Handmade Green Apple Mug Candle using just a few supplies you can purchase at your local craft store. … [Read more...] about Handmade Green Apple Mug Candle
Shibori Dyeing Kitchen Towels
At the Michael's Makers Summit last summer there was a class on Shibori Dyeing taught by Nicole from Darby Smart. As she was explaining the process of Shibori my hand shot up and I asked, "So basically it's just like tie-dying?". We tie-dyed in high school chemistry and I liked it then, turns out shibori is very similar to tie-dyeing just without the psychedelic colors! It's much, much classier. Shibori is the Japanese technique of resistance dyeing. The way you fold the fabric and the supplies … [Read more...] about Shibori Dyeing Kitchen Towels
DIY Glitter Shoes
There's something about girls and shoes. Especially if that girl is my 2 year old daughter. The biggest tantrum she has ever thrown was because I left a pair of (too small for her) neon pink Nikes behind. And she wanted them, dangit. It was a body flailing, ear piercing screaming hysteria which was followed by sobs as I carried her to the car. It was bad, so bad I'm sure the entire mall could hear her screaming. So when we discovered these blank canvas shoes at Hobby Lobby and she loved … [Read more...] about DIY Glitter Shoes
11 Ideas to Help Your Garden Grow
Over the years I've learned that people are on either side of the yardwork fence, you either love it or you despise it. I'm a yard work junkie and find great satisfaction in having a weed free yard with a trimmed lawn and blooming flowers. Yesterday, I mowed our lawn for the first time this year! So to kick off the growing season here are 11 posts from around the web with information to get your yard and garden looking great! If you don't know where to begin, check out these tips from Cottage … [Read more...] about 11 Ideas to Help Your Garden Grow
DIY Running Belt
My husband runs. He doesn't like to be called a runner, but he does run. Last year while training he was faced with a problem - he liked to run with his phone, but hated all the armband cases. He said the phone was too heavy to have on his arm, I said he could run with his old iPod Nano. He said he relied too much on a running app on his phone to leave it at home. What to do, what to do? Then one day he sent me a link to a running belt and asked if I could make him one. It didn't look too … [Read more...] about DIY Running Belt