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Category: Make It

Crafting, up-cycling, trying new things

  • How to make custom shirts with Iron on Vinyl

    How to make custom shirts with Iron on Vinyl

    Learn how to design and apply iron-on vinyl to shirts with this guide. Includes tips and tricks of common mistakes. ” Read more

  • How to make hand-cut earrings

    how to make earrings by hand. Read more

  • Making a Tray

    Making a Tray

    We had a small sample piece of granite from a remodel project we did a few years ago. This piece of granite sat on our counter, but we couldn’t quite figure out what to do with it. There was writing on the side, so it pretty much just sat there. We tried a few ideas… Read more

  • fun with paint

    My office wall was grey. It wasn’t bad, just very bland. Painting a new solid color, meh, I wasn’t feeling it. Wallpaper sounds like a lot of work. Plus I have nightmares (ok, maybe that’s a bit dramatic) about my parents removing wallpaper in the 80’s and it was a frustrating mess. I know things… Read more

  • Restyled and Resized Sweatshirt

    +side panels to make a shirt bigger Read more

  • Design Time: showing team spirit with custom helmet stickers

    Growing up as an athlete, I love supporting young athletes. I’m really excited to assistant coach baseball this summer. Both of my boys are playing baseball this year, it’ll be plenty busy. With each player needing their own helmet, these helmets need to be numbered to avoid any confusion. Since I like to play around… Read more

  • traveling tissues

    I have snot nosed kids, I mean that in the nicest way possible.Actually, we just have a lot of tissue needs while we’re in the car. We blow (haha, pun intended) through those little travel packs of tissues like nothin’. I tried putting an actual box of tissues in the car, it ended up crushed… Read more