Happy New Year to all my readers. I hope your holidays were joyful. In spite of being taken out for most of the month of December by a nas...

Whether you are hosting a large crowd, or just having an intimate dinner, this easy Fall napkin ring DIY is the perfect way to add a fini...

It hurts my heart to throw away a large mailing envelope. Why buy new envelopes, when you can just reuse an old one and save a tree, right...

I was shopping in a local Seattle thrift shop a few weeks ago and found a package of printable business cards. In my mind, the line betwee...

Do you love paper beads, but find yourself creatively "stuck" when it comes to making them? You might consider using you...

Today, I'm sharing another card created by raiding my stash. Unless your stash is identical to mine, you won't be able to make the ...

Here is a fun project for creating a journal using junk mail, items that would normally be thrown away, and leftovers from other projects. ...

On rainy Sunday mornings at the beach house, I like to sit at the dining table and sketch or doodle. I rarely go upstairs to the studio to ...

This is a fun little project where the hard work is already done for you, so all you need to do is the fun stuff? Don't you love projec...

What do you do with all your creative paper scraps? Those bits left over after punching or die cutting or trimming your paper? Those intric...

There are lots of ways to draw a stylized rose. Here is a fun little rose that anyone can draw -- even if you don't know how to draw....

Last week, I shared a tutorial on how to make a junk journal, using an O-ring binding machine. This week, I am sharing a flip through of t...

Several months ago, my dear friend from Colorado joined me at the beach house for a week of creative fun and beach combing. One of our crea...

When I was in college, we created altered books in one of my art classes. As the instructor described the project, I felt as if a chorus ...

Do you swatch out your inks, pencils, crayons, and paints? For years, I didn't bother. It wasn't a big deal, because I only used t...

Most of us are okay with doodling simple flowers and shapes, but the idea of drawing faces can be a little intimidating. It doesn't ha...

Here is an easy last minute card or gift tag idea that helps bust your stash of decorative tapes and paper scraps, and diverts old book p...

Do you need to send out some last minute Christmas cards? Did you run out of cards before you made it through your mailing list? Here is a ...

This post was originally published on House Revivals in October of 2015.  Here is an easy last minute Halloween ...

A few weeks ago, I shared how to upcycle leftover occasion specific note cards into beautiful all-occasion cards . This week, I'm shari...