Crafts & DIY


Spring Decor Craft – #TBCCrafters (03/20/14) 10

“Spring Decor Craft” #TBCCrafters Hop I figured that I’d better start crafting for Spring, since Winter has decided to just ditch us here in the mountains of Arizona and give all of it’s cold weather and snow to the East Coast. So forget you, Winter, I’m moving on to Spring!! […]

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Review of “Tambo’s Traveling Crafts & Creations” 5

 I heard about “Tambo’s Traveling Crafts & Creations” from U.S. Family Guide and got to test some of the products out.  The customer service was amazing, shipping time was a lot quicker than I had expected and there were some great things in the bag to do.  This would be […]


Letters – Washi Style #TBCCrafters (03/06/14) 8

“Letters – Washi Style” #TBCCrafters Hop I’ve been hearing a lot about Washi Tape and have never been able to use it before.  I finally found some and wanted to play around with it.  I had seen a craft like this on Melissa’s Blog and wanted to try it!  Looked […]

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Upcycled Recipe Helper – #TBCCrafters (02/27/14) 8

“Upcycled Recipe Helper” #TBCCrafters Hop Since we’re kind of in between on seasons, holidays’ etc., I decided to go with a home craft, something we could use all year and change up or create however we wish to decorate our kitchen.  I know that a lot of people now use […]


Bag Flowers – #TBCCrafters Hop (02/20/14) 12

“Bag Flowers” #TBCCrafters Hop So it’s almost the end of February and still no snow here in the White Mountains of Arizona – I give up!!!  Since winter decided to spoil the east coast and leave all of us dry, I’ve just decided to move on and figure it’s already […]

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Sweet Sentiment Craft (#TBCCrafters) 4

“Sweet Sentiment” #TBCCrafters Hop So it’s almost Valentine’s day and I saw a craft like this one on Craft Test Dummies Blog and thought it would be fun to make for a Valentine gift for my Mom.  You could change these up however you wish, I just wanted to share […]


Heart For The Holiday Craft (#TBCCrafters) 02/06/14 6

“Heart For The Holiday” #TBCCrafters Hop It’s getting into February already, wow – is it only me, or does time seem like it’s flying?  Someone told me as you get older, it seems like time goes faster…but..um…I’m not old…yeah….so that’s not it!! ha/ha  I saw a technique like this one […]

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“Snowy Coasters” #TBCCrafters 01/30/14 8

“Snowy Coasters” #TBCCrafters Hop Still no snow, so I decided to just make my own!!  We are praying for some of the white stuff to fall soon, since we’re not wanting to be shaking during fire season and worrying about what will happen then.  I wish we could rent some […]


Learn How to Make Pinecone Firestarters 25

Learn How to Make Pinecone Firestarters #TBCCraftersHop #Craft #Winter So it’s the end of January and still we have seen no snow.  What is up with this weather?  The rest of the country is blanketed and us here in the White Mountains are getting sick of the sun!! I know […]

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Doorstop

“Snowman Doorstop” #TBCCrafters 01/16/14 6

“Snowman Doorstop” #TBCCrafters Hop I’ve seen a few of these type of doorstop on Pinterest and Spoonful and thought it would be cute to make for winter.  We live in the White Mountains of Arizona and usually have snow on the ground by now, but this season has been crazy. […]


“Creamy Snowman” #TBCCrafters Hop 6

“Creamy Snowman” #TBCCrafters Hop  I got the idea for my “Creamy Snowman”, from something I saw on Crafty Staci‘s page.  Her’s was cute, but I wanted to make my own!! Now that Christmas is over and the New Year has begun, all of us up here in the White Mountains […]

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Hot Chocolate Frosty #TBCCrafters (12/19/13) 12

“Hot Chocolate Frosty” #TBCCrafters Hop  I saw something like this on Pinterest and wanted to make my own!! I thought they would be a great gift for friends and be easy to make.  You could add anything to the bottom jar, I decided on mints, since we love Peppermint Hot […]


Help a Friend Out With a “Snowman Gift” 5

Help a Friend Out With a “Snowman Gift”  I saw this little snowman on our local news Facebook page and was cracking up so hard, I couldn’t resist adding it for this week’s craft. We have our yearly get together with our church family every December, and we’re asked to bring […]

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Candy Ornament

“Paper Candy Ornaments” – #TBCCrafters 12/05/13 5

“Paper Candy Ornaments” #TBCCrafters Hop It’s that time of year again!!!  We’ve got our tree up, lights on the house and getting ready to wrap the gifts to put under the tree.  I figured I would make something this week to decorate the tree before we started filling up the […]


Make a Thanksgiving Turkey Surprise 22

“Thanksgiving Turkey Surprise” #TBCCraftersHop I saw something like this little holiday surprise in a magazine I read and thought it would be adorable to try at home.  There was no link to the craft, so I just figured out how to do it myself.  Figured it would be adorable to […]

Thanksgiving Surprise

Make a Simple Fall Centerpiece Craft 6

“Simple Fall Centerpiece” #TBCCrafters Hop There’s been a lot going on these past few weeks, so I figured I was going to take it a bit easy this week.  I saw this Fall centerpiece on a blog “friend’s” site and thought it would be fun to try out.  I had […]


Create Some Easy Pumpkin Fall Decor – #TigerStrypesBlog 10

Create Some Easy “Pumpkin Fall Decor” #TBCCrafters Hop  With Halloween now over, I had some of the pumpkins left behind (since we didn’t carve these) and was wondering what to do with them.   I was reading through my AllYou magazine the other day and saw these cute little things […]


Make Some Halloween Candy Treat Bags 15

Make Some “Halloween Candy Treat Bags”  I saw something like this on Etsy and pretty much laughed at the price the person was asking.  All it was, was a pdf file that you would print out yourself and then attach to a baggie and they wanted like $5.00 EACH!!  I […]


How to Make a “Pumpkin Candy Holder” #TigerStrypesBlog 6

How to Make a “Pumpkin Candy Holder” I saw a little thing that Silhouette Craft Studio was offering and decided to download it, but decided to make it a bit different.  It was first set to be a bat (which I’ll probably use at one time), which explains the extra things in […]

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How to Make a Metal Orb Pumpkin #TigerStrypesBlog 8

How to Make a Metal Orb Pumpkin I got my newsletter from good old Lowe’s the other day and saw this in there.  Thought it would be a fun one to try.  I sure wish painting and waiting for it to dry went quicker, but other than that, it turned […]