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Foil Bag Bows

Here is an easy and inexpensive way to get pretty silver bows for your holiday gift wrapping. 1.  Start with a foil bag, we used a Vics popcorn bag. 2.  Cut the bag in strips horizontally (you will end of … Continue reading

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Paint Sample GIft Tags

I (Carol) am forever wanting to change the look of our house. So, I am always picking up paint samples from the home improvement store. The painting never gets done (hint, hint, Christian:) But we found something we can do … Continue reading

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Christmas Card Gift Tags

Today we have created gift tags using last year’s Christmas cards. Simply cut out a shape from the front of the card, punch a hole, add some ribbon and attach to the gift.  You can write on the back of … Continue reading

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Wrap it up

Now that you have your shopping done, or maybe not, we want to give you some repurposed gift wrapping ideas. For today, convert your used cereal boxes into sturdy gift bags. Start by cutting the tops off of the boxes. … Continue reading

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Coffee Can to Christmas Cookie Container

Have some old coffee containers around? We do and thought they would make the perfect container for our holiday treat giveaways. We wrapped some Christmas paper around them and filled them with goodies.

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Hand made soap

Don’t worry. We didn’t re-purpose our old soap bars. Although . . . No. We made soap and added herbs and scents. The re-purposed bit: we used empty yogurt containers and empty juice boxes to mold them. They turned out … Continue reading

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Men’s shirt to men’s apron

Here’s an apron for the man who likes to cook. And- he can feel extra “manly” because it is made from a man’s shirt. We simply cut the top of the shirt off and used the 2 sleeves for ties. … Continue reading

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Men’s polo apron

Our next apron is made from an old polo shirt from Melany’s F-I-L. We liked the stripes, but didn’t really know what to do with it. One of our philosophies: when in doubt, sew a ruffle. So we did. Now … Continue reading

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Dish towel apron

With the holidays comes a favorite tradition, baking! We love to make all kinds of holiday treats. What we don’t like is getting our clothes all messy. So, we are creating some aprons from some things we have around. ( … Continue reading

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Felted Wool Slippers

Our next several posts will be holiday gift ideas.  Here is a pair of warm slippers made from felted wool sweaters.  We took two coordinating sweaters and felted them.  For felting instructions see our previous mitten ornament post.  To sew … Continue reading

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