I adore those cute little moon phase wall hangings, and I want one now. I already have everything I need at home, including a pile of cardboard boxes, so we’re making one.
Yes, this wall hanging is made from a cardboard box. What can I say? I’m frugal. Below are the supplies, my moon phase template, and the actual process, including the part where cutting cardboard crescents tests my will to live.
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Supplies:

• Cardboard
• Moon phase template 
• Twine or any ribbon of your choice
• Hot glue
• Paint
• Scissors
• Dowel or stick
• A jug or mug of wine

First, grab the moon phase template below. I make mine in Paint. If you’re printing it, open Print Preview, go to Page Setup, and change “Fit to” to 2 by 2 pages. Tape the printed pieces together, then trace the shapes onto your cardboard. You can also trace the template from your screen if you don’t want to print it.​

Now cut out the moons. This sounds simple. The crescents have other plans.

An hour later and 3 different scissors I finally said... Fuck this! This shit is dumb, I'm buying one from ETSY! This is where the mug (or jug!) of wine comes in handy. Actually you want to start on your wine before you start so when you get to this point you won't give a mother fuckface about how stupid hard it is to cut crescents out of cardboard!!!!

Okay, whew. I feel better. Now if you did not give up then you have all your pieces cut out!

If you survive cutting the cardboard, lay out your moon pieces and grab your paint. I leave out the extra small circle from my template because I don’t use it in the finished hanging.

I have brown acrylic paint on hand, but apparently not a single paintbrush. I do have a shit ton of makeup brushes, and they work just as well.

Paint your moon pieces and let them dry. You are now an artist. Enjoy some adult snacks while you wait because adulting is hard. Then hurry and put the paint away before the children see it.

​I really wanted you to see my pathetic little hot glue gun! That is paper stuck to it, and it doesn't even work all of the time. I have to shove things in the end to get the glue to come out! It's really sad.

​​Take your dowel or stick and tie twine around the ends so you can hang it. Nothing fancy to see here!

Hot glue another length of twine to the center of the dowel. Arrange your moon pieces in order, then glue each one to the hanging twine.

​ I added a wooden bead at the bottom, but that part is completely optional. Hang it up and enjoy your cardboard masterpiece.

​I love how this turns out, but cutting cardboard crescents is a pain in the ass. One of my sons wants one, so next time I’m trying foam sheets. If you’ve made a moon phase hanging, tell me what you use in the comments. I’m open to anything that involves fewer scissors and less swearing at cardboard.

If you make one from my template, I’d love to see it. And if this saves an Amazon box from the trash, even better.
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Thank you for looking at my shitty photos, they aren't going to get any better either! 

After giving birth to 5 sons I did the impossible... gave birth to a human girl! My first thought... oh the endless craft ideas! Not that I couldn't do a lot of crafty creations for boys, I mean there are lots of cool stuff for boys... like trucks and dirt... and more dirt? I love being a mom to boys but come on, I have an inner diva that needs to be free! Now what can I do for my first girly craft? Baby girl is only 5 weeks old and she already has a nice collection of hairbows and headbands. They need a home! Let me also say, I am not one of those people who dresses their child in an oversized hairbow so that she can be mistaken for a colorful rooster... I'm not! Okay I do put them on her for pictures... but that's it... Honest! Anyway, lets get crafting!  

You will need...

• a frame
• hooks
• ribbon
• material
• hot glue gun
• paint (if you want to paint the frame)
• cute decoration (optional)

I had the frame, ribbon, and hooks already. The hooks had old paint on them so I cleaned them up and painted them pink. I planned on painting the frame pink but later decided it would be too much pink (yes you CAN have too much pink) so I left the frame as is. I paid a total of $2.50 for this project. Not bad! 

The first thing I did was spend about 5 hours putting the hooks in and making sure they were equally spaced... Okay it didn't take 5 hours but I am so picky about things that I did spend a horrid amount of time measuring... So add some hooks... then I hot glued 3 strips of ribbon to the back of the frame. 

Then I started hot gluing the material to the back of the frame. I left about a half inch of material all around the frame and folded it back and hot glued it down. 

This is what the back look like all finished. 

Almost done! You can stop here or add decorations to cuten it up... If cuten is not a word, then I am making it a word!

There are so many ways to decorate. I thought of gluing on buttons or her initials, but I settled on this. I liked the colors and gems.

Just glue on your decor and that's it! Easy peasy.

Not bad for a couple of dollars! If you liked this project let me know!

I've been seeing these Styrofoam wall panels circulating around Pinterest for quite some time now and decided it was time I tried it out. My walls are blah. I have very neutral tones in my home... creams, brown, and white. I really wanted a splash of color to sass things up a bit. This was by far the easiest and fastest project I have ever done AND it cost under $12!!! I like it! Okay hold on to your seats because things are about to get real... GHETTO!

I took my little boy toy shopping to my not so friendly neighborhood Wal-mart and found these little squares of material. They are 1/4 yard of "scraps". Just the perfect size for what I need. I looked for a Styrofoam board but found a "floral board" instead... Same thing in my opinion. There is a slight difference but not enough to matter.

My board was 36 inches long. I needed 4 boards so some quick math puts me at 9 inches long (teehee). I marked my board at 9 inches to make each square even.

I had to use a knife to cut my smaller squares and I made a huge mess! Floral boards "snow" when you cut them. I shaved the edges to get the sides as smooth as I could.

Now this is where things start to get a little Ghetto! I wish I could tell you that I used some fancy iron on backing or glue or something but I didn't. I used... Duct tape! Yes I did. Don't judge me!

Wrap that sucker up just like a present.

Viola! Instant cuteness. Now you can do it however you want but I barely have enough time to pee by myself with my young ones so I wrapped it up the fastest way I could and didn't think twice about using Duct tape.

I folded the corners to give it a somewhat clean edge. To hang I cut a small slit in the fabric on the backside where my nail was going to go, after I nailed the nail into the wall I stuck the nail head into the Styrofoam.

All done! The fastest project evar!!! Now I have a pop of color and am falling in love with the orange and bright green. I think I will do more with cute kids material for my baby's rooms!

Thanks for reading and not judging me! I use Duct Tape and I am not ashamed.

I had my dearest friend over for a visit and my sweet hubs brought some Starbucks Iced Coffee home. I rounded up the empty bottles to throw away and I thought... hmmm I bet there is a project out there for these guys! Well there is a project for EVERYTHING so I was able to find something real quick!

Now these cuties showed up in my Google Image search and I wanted them right away! I am obsessed with turquoise and orange right now and I had some left over twine from when I made a few plant hanger... perfect! Thank you to Redefining C for the uber awesome idea! Now I am doing mine a little different but they still turned out similar.

I used the tall bottles and poured white paint inside and swirled the bottle around until the entire bottle was covered. I let it dry upside down for a day to make sure it was dry. I haven't done anything with the smaller bottle yet! I painted the lids brown. (Funny: My husband thought they were little chocolate candies and got excited! ha) Sorry dear you can't eat these! 

There are two different ways I played around with. The first one is the  transfer method. I transferred the letters to the bottle then tried to paint them but the letters did not look good. Now a sharpie would work just fine!

The way I ended up doing is cutting out the letters individually (I left a little flap so I could hold that and not get paint on me). I painted the letters with 2 coats to get even coverage.

I then cut a square of packing tape a little bit larger than the letter. Don't worry about the little air circles. You can't see them once the letters are on the bottle!

I taped the letters onto the bottle starting from the bottom of the bottle. Do this to all three bottles. Recap the bottles with the lids and wrap some twine or a ribbon or something fun around the top!

Viola! Instant cuteness!

These adorable little stars will make excellent accents for your home. The best part? You probably already have all the materials for this project... These cuties are made out of *gasp* a Cheerios box! That's right, a cereal box! I found these little gems over at Creative Creations and knew I must have them!

You will need:

• Scissors
• pen
• cereal box
• star template

• paint and paintbrush

I just googled a star shape and used that as my template. 

Trace your star onto your cardboard and cut out. Draw lines on your star from point to point as shown.

Score each line, making it pretty deep but being careful not to cut through the cardboard. This helps when folding the board.

I took each point and folded it downwards.

Carefully unfold and lay your star down.

Now paint!

Mix it up with different sizes and colors! These would be perfect for holidays... red, white, and blue for July 4th or red and green for Christmas!


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This is a super cute and inexpensive way to display your pictures and use up your old tiles!

I had several pictures that I purchased a few years back but I never got around to buying frames for them so the pictures have been collecting dust.

We just so happened to have several floor tiles in our garage and I knew they would be perfect to show off my pictures.

(I apologize for my stellar picture quality. My trusty camera finally crapped out on me! I have to rely on my camera phone for now.)

You just need a few items for this craft.

1.  Pictures
2. Tiles
3. Paint brush
4. Mod Podge
5. Box knife for trimming edges
(Yes I know this is the smallest paint brush ever!)

Let your picture dry and enjoy your new decor! I placed my tiles on a shelf above my kitchen sink!

You can also display your child's hands/feet on a tile along with their name and age!

I don't think I have said it enough but... I LOVE Sharpies! I use them for EVERYTHING!

My kitchen has been lacking a certain something. I remember my grandma had a "letter" D in her kitchen for her first name... Dorothy, and that's just what my kitchen was missing. Personalization. Now I'm pretty frugal so I like to use what I have on hand. I had a white plate and a black Sharpie... Oh ho ho!

I found a font online of the Letter D that I liked. (D is for my last name) I placed a piece of paper against my computer screen and traced it. Then turn the paper over and with a pencil I scribbled all over the back of the D.

It's very faint and hard to see in the picture but the D has transferred onto the plate. Now just outline with your Sharpie and fill in.

After the first pass I popped the plate in the oven at 350 degrees for 30 minutes, then let cool. Be careful... it is HOT!!!

I went over the letter again after it has cooled and had a more even appearance.

The finished product!

I decided to place the plate above our sink.
This has been another easy peasy DIY that has cost me nothing but time! :)

This is a very simple, yet entertaining craft that is sure to thrill your little one!

I hung an old curtain rod that has been taking up space, with two hooks, and found a font that I really liked and transferred the font onto the wall and then painted it... How much easier can you get? Adapted from A Little of This, A Little of That

I have had a pretty vase sitting empty on the shelf for a long while now and I haven't had anything to spruce it up with. I ran across a tutorial on how to make crepe roses balls over at Pixel & Ink and I just happened to have a roll of crepe paper. It was the perfect solution!

Now this was a practice run so I didn't get serious about my supplies. You will need 1-2 rolls of crepe paper, a hot glue gun and a Styrofoam ball. As you can see from the picture below I didn't use hot glue and I didn't have a Styrofoam ball... (I substituted with a ahem... foil ball!) You will need to cut your tissue paper into 24 inch strips. Do several at one time so you won't have to stop to make more strips.

Take your strips and crumple them so they will have more of a "rosy" appearance.

Start at one end and roll tightly for about 3-4 turns, pinching the end together.

After about 3-4 rolls start making looser rolls. Keep one end pinched together.

Keep loosely rolling and pinching until you get to the end of your strip. Glue the end piece to the rose.

Now if you want to make a ball you will need to make several roses and glue them onto a Styrofoam ball. Yes, I'm a little ghetto, I glued mine to a foil ball! Hey, it worked.

I left the bottom 1/4 of my ball bare so I could place it in my vase.

There you go... another quick and easy craft! You can make several balls of different sizes and place them in a basket... Very pretty!

I saw this cute, must have project from Crafting and Quilting, while killing time on Pinterest! You just need a photo collage frame, scrapbook paper (construction paper, plain white paper), and a dry erase marker. The marker wipes right off with a piece of tissue.

I took an old picture collage frame and filled it with different colors of paper. My first attempt was a brightly colored piece of work, although I did like it just fine, the bright colors just weren't me and they didn't go well with my home decor. I prefer earthy tones so I came up with collage #2.

I am much happier with the second version, it's simple and nice.

I'm hoping now my family will be able to keep up with our weekly schedules!

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