Category Archives: cheap crafts/gifts

Jan31

Top 10 Tuesday- “Things to Make out of T-shirts”

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Top 10 Tuesday- “Things to Make out of T-shirts”
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I have been seeing so many cute ideas of ways to re-cycle t-shirts into beautiful new creations that I wanted to share some of my favorites with you!

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Jan26

Love Shirt and Giveaway

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Love Shirt and Giveaway
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Yesterday I got to do a guest post tutorial on The Crafty Nest about how to make this cute Love shirt!

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Jan24

Top 10 {Free} Valentine Printables

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Top 10 {Free} Valentine Printables
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I have been seeing so many adorable free printables for Valentines that I had to share some of my favorites!

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Jan6

Big Brother Applique Shirt

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Big Brother Applique Shirt
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I made this shirt for my son to tell our big news to family.  He wore it for Thanksgiving when we had about 30 people over for lunch at our house and we had fun sharing our news! Read the rest of this entry

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Jan2

Thank You Notes {free printables}

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Thank You Notes {free printables}
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I hope you all had a great time celebrating the start of 2012!  It’s going to be a very exciting year around here (BIG announcement coming later this week)!

Now that the holidays are winding down it’s time to write some thank you notes for all the gifts we received.  I am using the “kid artwork greeting cards” I made before Christmas for our thank you cards, but I have been seeing the cutest {free} printable thank you cards that I wanted to share with you!  Enjoy!

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Dec28

Top 10 New Years Ideas

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Top 10 New Years Ideas
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Welcome to Top 10 Tuesday on Wednesday!  This is what happens when we get back home on a Monday and Tuesday sneaks up on me!

I don’t know about you but I have been thinking so much about Christmas that I haven’t really put any thought into what to do for New Years!  Here are some ideas I have rounded up for fun ways to ring in the New Year with food, decor, and crafts!!

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Dec22

Flowery Fleece Headband

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Flowery Fleece Headband
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Here’s a tutorial for a cute snuggly fleece headband I made recently.  I was making one for a friend but it was so cute (and easy to make) that I made one for me too!

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Dec19

Photo Bookmarks

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Photo Bookmarks
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These is very similar to the photo key-chains I showed you how to make, just another idea for super easy photo gifts (I hope other people like looking at my kid as much as I do!).

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Dec6

Top 10 Christmas Ornaments to Make

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Top 10 Christmas Ornaments to Make
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Whether you are decorating your tree or thinking about handmade gifts, ornament exchanges, or adornments for wrapping packages, ornaments are a great thing to make this time of year!

Here are some ideas for hand-made ornaments with instructions for how you can make them!

Also don’t forget to check out my super easy mirrored photo ornaments I posted about yesterday!

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Dec5

Mirrored Photo Ornaments

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Mirrored Photo Ornaments
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I’m so excited to show you how to make these ornaments because not only are they gorgeous, but you won’t believe how easy they are to make!  I promise you don’t even need to be crafty to make these!

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Dec2

Christmas Tea Towels

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Christmas Tea Towels
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To finish up “Deck Your Halls” week I wanted to show you another Christmas project I made to give as gifts this year!  They go great with the Christmas place-mats I posted about the other day and I just love the cheerful colors and cute patterns!

If you aren’t the sewing type, don’t worry; I included some ideas at the end for no-sew versions that would turn out really great too!

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Dec1

Hand-painted Wooden Christmas Signs

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Hand-painted Wooden Christmas Signs
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Since it’s “Deck Your Halls” week here at Cheap Crafty Mama, I decided I wanted to deck my front porch with a cute Christmas sign. I liked it so much that I ended up making several so I can give them as gifts!

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Nov30

Christmas Place-mats

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Christmas Place-mats
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I decided to make some cute new Christmas place-mats this year for my table, and for gifts!  If you are a sewer this is an easy project that can be modified to fit your style.  If you aren’t a sewer I will share some ideas at the end for Christmas place-mats anyone can make!

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Nov25

Baby Girl Flower Hat

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Baby Girl Flower Hat
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I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday!  I had 25 people over to my house for lunch and we had a wonderful time!  Luckily everyone brought something so I didn’t have to cook everything, it turned out great!

Yesterday I posted about how to make a “Sweet Lil Owl Onesie” and today (as promised) I’m going to show you how I made the matching flower hat!

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Nov24

Sweet Lil Owl Onesie

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Sweet Lil Owl Onesie
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Happy Thanksgiving!  I hope you all have a wonderful day filled with love and happiness with the ones you love!  I’m thankful to you for reading my blog!

It seems like everyone I know is having baby boys so when I have a friend who is having a baby girl I get extra excited about making cute girly things for them!  I made this cute owl onesie and added long sleeves from an old t-shirt.  Also to complete the ensemble I made a little hat with a flower to match the onesie (here is the hat tutorial).

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