DIY and Crafts — paper

The post DIY Foil Quill Gift Bags and Art is sponsored by JOANN. Thank you so much for supporting the brands that keep the crafts coming! Have you all heard of the Foil Quill by We R Memory Keepers available at JOANN? If you are at all interested in the newest craft supplies, then you may have heard a whisper of two about it. It is essentially a quill with a heated pen point tip that attaches via USB and fits in any vinyl cutting machine. It works with heat activated foil to transfer fine line drawings and text onto paper, vinyl, stickers,...

This post, DIY Geometric Paper Easter Eggs, was created in partnership with Paper and Packaging—HowLifeUnfolds®. Thank you for supporting the paper materials we crafters and creators need to bring our ideas to life! Easter eggs come in all shapes and sizes, and are so much fun to decorate! This year I’m going with these environmentally-friendly DIY geometric paper easter eggs for my kids’ baskets. Just look at how pretty they are! Working with paper this Easter season ended up being so much simpler, and gave me more creative flexibility. It totally got my wheels turning, thinking of other ways I can...

Did you know that you can easily give a new look to your plants without having to repot them? You don’t have to switch up planters to get a new look, all you need is a sheet of wrapping paper and some tape! To help launch a few new wrapping paper patterns in my shop, I created a few DIY paper planter covers using a few of my favorite patterns. Just look how cute the plants look decked out in the paper planter covers! The Details While I don’t have the full folding tutorial here with images, you basically just follow...

It always seems to take me a bit to come around to trends, but I am definitely on board with the caned look. Obviously I am all for the DIY over buy method if I can help it. Especially since the caned pieces are pricey and a few in options. So I thought I would give my much loved credenza in the studio a little caned makeover. Last year I painted it pink, and now with the caning, it looks so completely different. I just have to figure out new hardware for my DIY caned credenza with paper cane. Isn’t it...

Happy National Ice Cream Day! I had the idea for this DIY paper and Pom Pom ice cream cone garland over a month ago, but finally finished it and took photos so that I could post it today! This is such a simple craft and perfect for any summer time ice cream party or just for decor. I used brown Kraft card stock, 1.5″ yarn pom poms and bakers twine. While I did use my Cricut to cut out the paper cones, you could easily hand cut the cone shapes as well using the template below. Use this template to cut...