T-shirt photo by Dazey LA By now, you must be aware of the devastating bushfires in Australia. They've destroyed 12.4 MILLION acres and have killed approximately 500 MILLION animals and at least 25 people. It breaks my heart. Growing up in Southern California, I was no stranger to wildfires and saw some of the devastation first hand in my small town. As scary as it was or is, it's noth[...]
Today's post has been a long time in the making. Literally. I first made these cookie dough cream puffs almost a year ago and never shared them, so it was about time I share this fun take on a classic pâte à choux recipe! Despite an intimidating name and appearance, cream puffs are quite easy to make. It's nothing like making a cake or cookie, but boy is it worth the additional steps to[...]
The following post is sponsored by Rust-Oleum & JOANN We're six months from our wedding! You know what that means? It's time to start all of my DIY wedding projects! I'm kicking it off with my own version of a common wedding decor idea: an easy DIY calligraphy sign. You may have seen these calligraphy signs all over Etsy and wedding inspiration websites, but they are surprisingly e[...]
I'm sad to see the Christmas season end...my trees are still up because I'm in denial. They'll be coming down this week so that I can shift my thinking over to the next big holiday: Valentine's Day! Since you can never go wrong with gifting chocolate, I thought I'd share how to do this fun DIY chocolate box makeover with any traditional box of chocolates. Using paint and poster board, you[...]
Today we enter a new year, and there's A LOT of talk about social media influencers, content creators and bloggers. In fact, there's a lot of concern about the overall impact of social media on your health because of unrealistic standards set by social media. Whether it's from your real-life friends, celebrities, high-traffic influencers or content creators like myself, online content is[...]
One of the fun parts about getting older is receiving Christmas cards. I honestly really love this fact about the holidays and getting older, and I hope that next year, Andrew and I can send out our first holiday card. Of course, cards come with the dilemma of where to display and store them. That inspired me to make a holiday pegboard card holder inspired by string art! read more[...]
We're down to the wire now, but I still have a few more Christmas projects up my sleeve! Before we run out of time, I wanted to share these easy cake decorating idea for how to make a Christmas light cake with candy. Using Christmas light sprinkles and a strand of black licorice, you can turn any cake recipe into a festive masterpiece for the holidays. I used supplies from Wilton to make[...]
The following post is sponsored by JOANN Who's ready to make a mess?! I like to say that making messes is a big part of my job (it's also the most fun) and today's splatter painted gift wrap project is no exception! Using a few of my favorite colors of Plaid FolkArt paints from JOANN, I gave this roll of white paper a splatter painted makeover reminiscent of the 80s and 90s. As you wra[...]
How on Earth is Christmas next week?! In case you're scrambling to find gift ideas for DIYers this week, I wanted to roundup my favorite supplies in a crafter gift guide! There are tons of new crafting supplies released every year, so why not gift your favorite DIYer something new to play with. I scoured JOANN and Amazon for suggestions, and I'm confident these gift ideas for DIYers will[...]
I know you all were just dying for more photos of my feet, right?! More importantly, let's focus on how amazing sweatpants are. I found this ultra-soft pair at Target recently and designed to upgrade them to these fun DIY graphic sweatpants using two colors of iron-on vinyl. Using a simple block letter font, the contrasting colors make the text really pop off the side of the pants. The "l[...]