Ana from Knock Off Wood so generously featured the DIY Blue Play Kitchen I built, on her AMAZING site last Sunday. If you haven't ever been there you MUST check it out. I could easily say that it changed my life a couple of months ago when Cousin Brooke introduced it to me. So her site is full of DETAILED and EASY building plans of all sorts of great furniture from places like Pottery Barn, Restoration Hardware, and West Elm. I didn't know ANYTHING about wood or nail guns before I started this … [Read more...] about DIY Blue Play Kitchen
Archives for April 2010
DIY Family Photo Memory Game
We are so excited for our first giveaway today to kick off our blog relaunch and we are thrilled about our new blog look (thanks to the talented Brooke-one of our crafting chicks!) SO just to recap, there will be 6 giveaways in 3 weeks! All six of us Crafting Chicks have some great giveaways in store. SO remember to check back each Monday and Wednesday! For my giveaway, I chose one of my favorite projects on this blog. My DIY Family Photo Memory Game was so fun to make and my kids absolutely … [Read more...] about DIY Family Photo Memory Game
Getting Crafty with the Chicks: Our Favorite Projects
Only one more day until our 3 weeks of GIVEAWAYS begins and we are so excited! Be sure to tune in Monday morning for the first giveaway. :) We are revealing a new installment:Â Getting Crafty with the Chicks: Our Favorite Projects! We are so excited that one of our own crafting chicks, Kirsten, is the featured guest poster later today on the Knock Off Wood blog!! Be sure to check out the details. If you have never been to Ana's site, you must go there! She gives detailed building plans for all … [Read more...] about Getting Crafty with the Chicks: Our Favorite Projects
Handmade Simple Bow & Flower Boards
Fellow Crafty Chick, Jamie, and I made these really simple Handmade Simple Bow & Flower Boards to hold all of our girls hair bows & flowers. I was so sick of having them all over the place and not being able to find the one I needed. I just bought a 12x12"Â scrapbook page frame at Hobby Lobby. I painted the frame white and sanded the edges a little. Then, I put in a page of scrapbook paper I liked and used Mod Podge on it. Last, I hot glued on four pieces of 7/8" ribbon on to hold the … [Read more...] about Handmade Simple Bow & Flower Boards
DIY Freezer Paper Screen Printing
I love looking through the Chasing Fireflies catalog when it comes. And when I saw their number shirts last year I fell in love. How much would your child like to sport around his/her age? Yeah, a lot. But that price tag. Ouch. I knew there had to be a cheaper route to get the same effect. So I set out to learn as much as I could about screen-printing at home. Yudu is all the rage, but still, a Yudu for a birthday shirt? It seemed a bit much. I decided to look into DIY Freezer Paper Screen … [Read more...] about DIY Freezer Paper Screen Printing