Bags

Teaching your teen to sew is a wonderful life skill. These 5 beginner sewing projects are perfect for girls to make something they can use.

If you love merchandise from the television series Friends, then you’ll love these simple DIY tote bags with Joey’s well-known phrase “How you doin’?”.

How to take a simple straw tote from Michael’s craft store and paint it with a watermelon print that’s perfect for summer.

These hand-painted canvas re-usable grocery store bags are the perfect gift for mom this Mother’s Day.

Make a Minnie Mouse beach bag that kids will love out of hand-towels. Fill it with their favorite Minnie Mouse books, towel, and swimsuit.

Alex Toys decorate a flower wristlet craft activity for little girls.

We go on a lot of road trips, the kids have extra curricular activities and there is always waiting around at doctors offices and various other appointments, so taking snacks or lunch with us not only saves us money, but also reduces the number of times we might be tempted by the dreaded (aka unhealthy) drive-thru.  We had some adorable little lunch sacks that the preschool teachers gave the twins last year as gifts, but I had wanted to make new ones for a while.

Now, I don’t have a complete tutorial for these, but they are very easy to make; I kind of winged it, as I tend to do sometimes.

Amongst my many purchases this past week at Marshalls (because honestly how can you not purchase a closet-full of clothing at their prices),…

While the kids are at school, mummy gets her craft on. I picked up the plain green, ready-made felt bag in the clearance…