Craftynest

Craftynest does a fabulous job on old and broken items and making them into something usable and beautiful. Check out some of the ideas I found and check out their site for some more great ideas.

I love the Bamboo veneers she put on these typical Ikea tables. Check them out here.

Have extra drawers lying around, check out her bookcase here.

I love these Popsicle snow flakes, find the tutorial here.

I loved how she turned this old dresser into this movable tool box.

And she turned this old window into a one of a kind piece of art.

I hope you enjoy these ideas as much as I do.

Christmas Wrapping Ideas

They always say  “don’t judge a book by its cover” but that is never said about the wrapping on a gift. When it comes to food they say “presentation is everything” or “if it looks good, then it will taste good”, well wouldn’t that apply to presents as well? Well, if you are in a holiday gift wrapping slump, take a look at these gift wrapping ideas to get the juices running again. Have fun with it and get creative!

Gift Wrapping with Twine.

Gift Box for soap.

Gift wrap with a place mat.

Gift Wrapping by recycling magazines.

Gift Wrapping a Christmas Cookie Mix.

Gift Wrapping with photocopied photos.

Gift Wrapping with fabric.

Gift Wrapping with an old envelope box.

Gift Wrapping a cookbook with a dishtowel.

Gift Wrapping in a jar.

Gift Wrapping for Bread.

If these aren’t enough ideas for you Check out sites for some more ideas.

Tip Junkie

My Little Cottage

Fireflies and Jellybeans

I am starting to love this blog more and more! They have some really great and easy projects that won’t break the bank.  Here are a few ideas I have found and am excited about getting started on.  Check out their site and see what ideas you could come up with!

This is a fun tutorial on how to make some great gift tags to spice up your holiday gifts!

These are blocks for displaying the new baby in the family, or in my case I’m planning on making them with wedding pictures and the date!

This is an idea that I am really excited about!  This being our first Christmas together our ornament collect is very small. Check out this tutorial on how to make your own ornaments for Christmas out of old greeting cards.

‘Recycle’ Old Greeting Cards

Have you ever wondered what to do with old greeting cards? Maybe its just me, but I have a really hard time throwing them away. Well I recently ran into the biggest card bombardment of my life…I got married. We received a mountain of cards, and I knew there was no way I could keep them all.  I decided to keep a select few (ones that wrote a sweet note inside/ something worth reading again) and cut up the rest.  Wedding cards usually have great love poems and really cute pictures.  I store all of my “scrapings” in a box for easy access when doing projects.  They are super useful when scrapbooking of making collages. Click here for an example of a wedding collage where these cutouts were used.