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April Blog

Moving into a new home was not expected, but sometimes God has bigger plans. This new season is going to be full of so many changes and I'm taking you guys along for the ride. From organization to design... and possibly even chickens - there are going to be surprises around every corner. Thank you for being here and taking this journey along with me. I'm so excited for this new chapter.
Moving into a new home was not expected, but sometimes God has bigger plans. This new season is going to be full of so many changes and I'm taking you guys along for the ride. From organization to design... and possibly even chickens - there are going to be surprises around every corner. Thank you for being here and taking this journey along with me. I'm so excited for this new chapter.


 




 


Easter Egg Craft

🐣🎀


What You’ll Need:

  • Mug of choice

  • Styrofoam

  • Plastic eggs

  • Balloon holders

  • Hot glue gun

  • Ribbon

  • Candy

  • Faux flowers

  • Shredded paper


  1. First, cut the styrofoam to fit inside your mug (this helps keep everything in place)

  2. Glue the plastic eggs onto the balloon holders

  3. Tie ribbons to the top of the stick (below the eggs)

  4. Open the eggs and fill with candy

  5. Cut the ballon holder sticks to length of choice and then stick into the foam in your mug

  6. Add some articulated flowers & paper shreds for extra detail & then you have the perfect Easter themed gift!



 

Easter Themed Teacher Gift

🐰🍫🌷



What You’ll Need:

  • Mason jars

  • Shredded paper

  • Drill

  • Goodies to fill your jars with

  • Door knobs

  • Artificial flowers


  1. First, take the tops of the jars & carefully drill holes in the center

  2. Take the artificial flower and place on the top of the lid

  3. Then take the knob and put through the hole to attach the flower to the lid

  4. Fill your jars with shredded paper & goodies of your choice. I used chocolates and my favorite hand sanitizer (I’ll link below & be sure to use my code)

  5. Put everything together & you’ll have the cutest Easter themed teacher gift!


code: smalltownme


 

Personalized Upcycled Easter Basket

🧺🐣


What You‘ll Need:

  • Basket of choice

  • Pencil

  • Yarn & needle

  • Doodly-doos (optional)

  • Glue gun (optional)

  • Goodies to fill your basket


  1. I lightly drew the name on the basket as a stencil for the stitching

  2. Then stitch the name with yarn and needle as normal

  3. Grab some fun doodly-doos to glue onto your basket for a little something extra

  4. Fill your basket with goodies




 


Original Recipe Found on Pinterest



 







 
 
 

March Blog

Updated: Apr 2

Spring is almost upon us and i'm making some changes around here! And I don't just mean my new hair... As most of you guys know, I’ve driven the BMW X7 for a while now and it’s time for a change. I recently test drove a BMW X3 and I loved it!  The question is.. do I go significantly smaller or do I stay at the same size? Next up, I’ll be test driving an electric SUV and I still have to get into an X5. You guys brought up some good points about being able to fit all my craft supplies in the back.. but don't worry I heard you guys and I am definitely taking that into consideration! Let me know any other recommendations you guys have!! I love that you're on this car buying journey with me.




 




 

Shower Gift 

☂️🤍🎀



What you’ll need:

Wrapping paper (I used white for a bridal shower)

Tulle (again I used white but any color will work)

Doilies

Pipe cleaners

Hot glue gun


1. Wrap your gift and use the tulle to make a big bow

2. Take your paper doily and fold in half and then accordion fold in a circular fashion

3. Then unfold & fold over in the other direction to make an umbrella shape

4. Take a pipe cleaner and poke it through the middle, then curl up the bottom to make a ‘j’ shape. This is your umbrella handle

5. Attach your umbrella to the top of your gift (I used my hot glue gun)

6. Take another pipe cleaner and wrap around your finger to make a loop, then pinch the loop in the middle and twist to make a bow. Repeat this process to make as many bows as you’d like.

7. Add your bows to your umbrella and then your “shower” gift is complete!




 

Wrapping a Quilt

❤️✂️🧶


What you’ll need:

Quilt

Tulle

Scrap fabric

Doodly-doos for decorating (I used artificial flowers)

Pinching sheers

Hot glue gun


1. Take your quilt and fold it up however you’d like

2. Grab your tulle and make sure you have enough to wrap up the whole quilt- we’re going to use the ‘toostie roll method’ here

3. Then grab your scrap fabric and tie the ends of your toostie rolled up situation, then you can trim your ends if there is excess tulle

4. Take your pinching sheers and cut your fabric to add a little extra detail

5. Finally, attach your doodly-doos of choosing- I used artificial flowers and hot glued them onto the fabric at the ends





 

Toilet Paper Wrapping

🧻🤪🎁


Yes... I did wrap up a roll of toilet paper! Several in fact... watch for my March Madness giveaway - details on Instagram stories!


 

Wine Bottle Wrapping

🍷🎀❤️


What you'll need:

Champagne bottle

Beau Bottle wraps

Any other doodly-doos you'd like to add


Code: emilyc10 ^

 

The Hub recap -

I had so much fun meeting and shopping with you guys! The hub is a darling boutique located in Anoka, MN. I highly recommend stopping in if you’re in the area or making a fun day trip out of it! Below, I’ve listed some local shops/restaurants in the Anoka area that I recommend stopping in and supporting the locals. My next event information is below- I hope to see you there!



 


 

Coming up next…



 
 
 

February Blog

Updated: Apr 8


I made a decision that was necessary and I've been wanting to share it with you guys because it will be a major life change for me. Last October, I filed for divorce. Because I am still going through the process, I can not share any details with you at this time. I will let you know once everything is finalized.




 




🩷🐝💌

Supplies needed:

Clothes pin

Yellow & black paint

Heart shaped doily

Black pipe cleaner

Googly eyes

Little pom poms



Directions:

Step 1: paint 🎨 clothespin yellow with a black stripe and black head

Step 2: get a paper doily and fold accordion style (adding a little money would make for a fun surprise 💸)

Step 3: shove doily into the clothespin

Step 4: add antenna with a pipe cleaner

Step 5: add some googley eyes 👀 and optional pompoms for a cute factor

Step 6: Give ‘Bee Mine 🐝’ to your favorite valentine❤️






 



💌🪣🩷

Supplies needed:

Empty vessel (I used an ice cream pale)

Mod Podge

Foam brush

Tissue paper, fabric, old Valentine’s Day cards, whatever you want to use to collage

Ribbon (optional)





Directions:

Step 1- grab your empty vessel 🪣

Step 2- remove the handle (if there is one)

Step 3-using Modpodge, tissue paper, fabric, and old valentine cards make a collage on your pail while covering the collage in mod podge

Step 4- the more you add the cuter your collage will get - no minimalism here!

Step 5- add your handle back on your bucket

Step 6 - tie on some bows to up your cute factor 🎀

Step 7- fill your bucket with valentine goodies 💌





 



🧸💌📬



Supplies needed:

Squishmallow

Ice Cream Pale

Hot glue gun



Directions:

Step 1- remove the lid from your pale and cut a slot in the top (you want it large enough for valentines) 💌

Step 2- Cut off your squishmallows head and pull out fluff ☁️

Step 3- put hot glue on the bottom of your pale and glue it to the bottom of the inside of your squishmallow 🪣

Step 4- re-stuff the squishmallow around the pale

Step 5- glue the body in place at the top of the pale

Step 6- glue the squishmallow head around the lid (be mindful of your slot location) 🧸

Step 7- once you’ve attached the head 3/4 way around the lid, carefully stuff making sure to eyeball where the slot is

Step 8- cut a slit in the fabric on the head of the squishmallow and hot glue that fabric around the slit in the top of the lid ✂️

Step 9- finish hot gluing around the rest of the squishmallow head to the lid of the pale

Step 10- place the lid/head on the top of your squishmallow body and now you have the perfect valentines mailbox! 📬🧸





 





 


 
 
 
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