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Build Your Own Custom Kitchen Herb Planter

Hello again, it’s Cristina from Remodelando la Casa. I’m happy to share a tutorial to build this kitchen herb planter with you today. It’s one of those projects that you can decorate and customize to your own needs.

Having fresh herbs was something I really wanted to have in my kitchen and NO, I was not going to plant them outside only to forget watering them like it happened last year. They died sooner than expected and I think the lack of water plus my not so good “green thumb” were the main factors for that to happen :-(.

Having an indoor herb planter seemed like the perfect solution. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a long planter to fit in our 5 inch deep kitchen window ledge. So, I decided to build a custom planter to fit. Read more

May 29, 2013/14 Comments/by Cristina Garay

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Kids Bookend Kit: Build your own bookend

Do your kids want to build and paint just like you? This project a great beginner build for young ones who want to get in there and make something to call their own. And once they’re done building they can paint it too!

Or give the build as a unique personalized gift for that artsy friend who loves to paint:

Attach a cute gift tag (download my tag free from here) and include some fun acrylic paint colors and brushes:

This project is super kid friendly, I tested it at my 6 year old daughter’s birthday party and all the girls absolutely loved building their own project . We used kid sized drills (like these kid sized drills) and they truly enjoyed painting their bookends: Read more

April 17, 2013/10 Comments/by Jaime Costiglio

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Create an Embellished HERSHEY’S KISSES Carrying Case

~This post is sponsored by HERSHEY’S~

Do you know how much I love chocolate?

I love chocolate so much that I joke that there needs to be chocolate coursing through my system at all times. And there’s a reason that I’m in love with chocolate: It’s in my heritage!

photo courtesy of Hershey Archives

Glitter Cut Out Valentine Name Tags

On Friday, I shared my tutorial for making You Rule Candy-Free Valentines.

(I’ve included affiliate links for your convenience. I earn a small percentage from a purchase using these links. There is no additional cost to you. You can read more about affiliate links here.)

I also created a tutorial for making those cute tags. If you have a Silhouette or other craft cutter, I have a few tricks for making the cut out tags. In particular, I want to show you how to attach the centers (technically called the counters in typography) of letters so they don’t drop out after being cut. You could simply glue them back in, but when you are making 50 tags that can become time intensive. I guess an alternative would be to simply change your child’s name to something like Nick where there are no letters with centers. 😉 Yeah, maybe not. Here’s how I dealt with those pesky letters with centers: Read more

January 21, 2013/6 Comments/by Brittany Bailey