With the holidays being here and friends coming to visit, I want my house to look its best so I was super excited to find out about Royal Design Studio Stencils, available in stunning modern designs. An easy way to spruce up the house for the holidays is by using paint. Adding stencils makes the transformation…
Inside: Step by step instructions to help you give gift cards like a BOSS. Knock their socks off with these 12 creative ways to give gift cards. Bonus: these ideas work for cash gifts too! When my grandma handed over her annual birthday card, I knew what was inside. Here’s how it went: Pretend to…
This post from Momastery struck a chord with me earlier this year and I have been meaning to write about about it and how it relates to craft hoarding: http://momastery.com/blog/2014/08/11/give-liberty-give-debt/ Today seemed to be a good day – a day of giving thanks for what we have. In the article from Momastery, the part about how our…
I’m so excited to be sharing a project on the Holiday Edition of Craft Lightning!! Earlier this week I shared how to make a book page wreath and kicked it up a notch by spray painting it with Krylon ColorMaster spray paint and Krylon Glitter Blast to give it an ombre glittered look. Today I am…
I have been seeing lots of fabric journals lately as I’ve moved away from spiral binding my own handmade books. I took a binding workshop a couple years ago and have always loved the look of stitched books. A few weeks ago, at Seaside Soiree, an event produced by Charity Wings, Jen Cushman shared a…
I have seen soooooo many paper wreaths and I have to admit, alot of the time they look crazy! There are some real challenges in making a book page wreath and it totally looks easier than it is. I recently received some gorgeous gold spray paint and glitter spray paint from Krylon and knew it…
Cooler weather is here and the nights are getting chilly!! Sounds like a good time for some chile. Yeah, alot of people make chili, you know the one with beans and a tomato sauce base, but we have CHILE in our family! We still have a few leftover tomatillos and peppers from our garden this summer…
While I was recovering from surgery, Katie, Matthew, and Xaver went to Stan Lee’s Comikaze. Today, Katie is guest blogging here at Hydrangea Hippo to share her experience as she wore the Dalek dress we made last month (Dalek Dress Tutorial). You can find out more about Katie on her blog, Three Mint Balloons. Introducing guest…
If you have a boy between the age of 5 and 12 and they saw the Lego Movie, you probably heard these words: ” I wanna be Emmet for Halloween!!!!” But have you SEEN the prices of these flimsy Emmet costumes? And then, most of them are just repurposed “construction worker” costumes or a sweatshirt…
I love to make handmade gifts for the holidays but after years of making gifts, there are only so many scrapbooks I can give someone, right? As I get older, I find myself wanting to give practical and useful gifts, not just some pretty chotsky. But I do want the gift to be pretty! And a great way…
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