Wooden Boho Table Runner

I saw several versions of wooden table runners on Pinterest and decided to make one of my own.  Gotta say, I wasn't 100% sold on this project until it was actually done and draped across my striped patio table!  The color, pattern and brightness just made everything on the table POP!  Also, did you know that you can press wood on a Gel Press?  Who knew?!!!  If you're wanting a different look, you could decoupage this runner with family photos or flowers or paint both sides, each with a different pattern.  Draping the tassels on the ends will give you that boho feel instantly, too!  Rethink traditional materials, my crafty friends, and always Make Your Mark!

I mixed my own colors of Unicorn SPiT for this project.  

You can literally make any color you want with this product!

 The funky tassel trim just made this for me!

Watch how to make this here!

 You're cats will love this, too!

Make dinner special!

Tin Can Candles

When I was a kid my dad had a metal work table in our garage with this incredible vice grip that could smash almost anything if you could muster the strength to twist the handle hard enough.  Not sure why, but tin cans were my favorite things to smash.  I have had a long relationship with tin cans and to this day I can't stand to throw them away.  They're perfect for soooo many things AND an excellent upcycle item!  Since many of you are pet parents, use LED tea lights in these candles instead of the real thing and they'll be just as gorgeous.  Reuse and repurpose as much as you can, my wonderful friends, and don't forget to Make Your Mark!

 Already wrapped and given away to my sweet friends

 Use any image you want!

Antique family photos would be a fun choice!

Watch how to make them here!

Links to the products I used HERE

Links to the images I used HERE

Light up your life, possums!

Mermaid Seashell Ornaments

My mom loves seashells.  Seashells are quite exotic to us folks who grew up on the plains in southern Colorado!  On my first trip to the coast I bought her a seashell windchime and countless years later, it still hangs in her bathroom with her collection of other seashell stuff.  While I made these ornaments I thought alot about my mom.  Crafting often gives us the chance to calm our minds and think about the people who mean the most to us.  It's a bit like church, but much more fun (for me)!  Enjoy your creative time, my friends, and don't forget to Make Your Mark!

My mermaid Christmas tree!

You could add even more rhinestones!

Watch how to make them here!

I love the shimmer of Unicorn SPiT Sparkling!

Merry Christmas Ariel!

Glittery Holiday Dishes

I've seen tons of tutorials on glitter dishes, but none that were dishwasher AND food safe!  A few amazing supplies from DecoArt and a healthy layer of Galaxy Glitter and you'll have the 

GLITTERY-EST dishes in town!  Fill them with cookies to give to friends or add some sparkle to your holiday table!  Check out the video below and don't forget to 

Make Your Mark!

 Imagine them filled with gold foil covered chocolates!

Galaxy Glitter has different size & color flakes...It's soooo glittery!

Watch how to make them here!

 Mix & match all the colors!

Sparkle ON, my friends!

Vintage Mirror Ornaments

There is a 99c store in my area that has a HUGE craft section filled with tons of odds and ends.  Everything from tiny mirrors to funky colorful beads and wood shapes ready for painting & staining.  I finally grabbed some tiny mirrors last year but have been holding on to them for the perfect craft, and when Christmas rolled around I was ready!  Something about the book pages mixed with the light blue & gold remind me of Francois Boucher, the French Rococo painter.  They also feel like they belong on a tree in the late Victorian era, too.  The best part of these ornaments is that they're made from cardboard!  Yup, that's right!  Use what you have, my crafty friends, and don't forget to 

 Make Your Mark!

 One of these would make the perfect gift!

Cheap pearl trim mixed with sparkly cup chain makes a great combo!

Watch how to make them here!

Print on standard copy paper and don't forget to mark your notches!

That's  me at your front door singing carols!  Happy Christmas!

Loteria Wood Block Ornaments

Lotería is a traditional Mexican game of chance, similar to bingo, but using images on a deck of cards instead of numbered ping pong balls.  More than just being a fun game enjoyed by millions, it's also beautiful!  The images from Loteria have ended up on everything from dishes & tote bags to clothing and jewelry.  Every year I challenge myself to make new set of Loteria ornaments and this year I used wood blocks cut from 2" x 2" pine wood.  It's an easy, economical way to make tons of these for your tree and for your color-appreciating friends!  It's your tree, sweet friends, so decorate it with whatever you want...and don't forget to Make Your Mark!

 A different card on every side!

Add a little bling around the edges to catch the twinkling lights!

Grab a Pattie Wack Tassel Maker HERE!

(You'll be making gorgeous tassels for absolutely everything in no time)

Watch how to make them here!

Print out the LOTERIA images HERE!

Feliz Navidad!

Paper Tassels

Who doesn't love a tassel?  I have them hanging from every doorknob, from the back of every chair and from every skeleton key in my house.  Yeah, I have a bit of an obsession with them.   You can make tassels with everything from leather to yarn and even paper, like we did here!  Print your paper in gorgeous colors and patterns using your Gel Press and then add a bead to make them POP!  Use what you have, my sweet friends, and don't forget to Make Your Mark!

 Ready for my tree!

Watch how to use a rubber drawer liner to get texture on your Gel Press!

Watch how to make them here!

 Miami colors with a dash of black!

Fan-tassel!