DIY Tree Skirt

My daughter has an adorable mini tree in her bedroom during the holiday season. It sits on her dresser and livens up her bedroom with it's bright gold color. We purchased the tree from Target's Dollar Spot last year along with the mini ornaments. She is fascinated at the fact the  tree is gold and loves having it in her room. 

This year, I decided the tree needed a simple tree skirt to cover the unsightly base and bring a lil more pizzaz to her bedroom. 

I used a large pasta strainer to cut a circle of felt. The circle I needed was bigger than the felt so I just hot glued two pieces together. I used two complimentary hues of pink to add some extra eye candy bordered with glittery gold ribbon to match the tree. The final details included adding some pink rhinestones around the edge and a small bow made with pink ribbon. 

As all the actual gifts will be placed under the bigger tree in our family room after Santa comes, we added some Doc McStuffins characters to keep the tree company :)  

We absolutely love how it turned out and hope you are inspired to make your own! 

Enjoy scrolling thru some more pictures and let me know what you think :) 

Love. Peace. Happiness. 

B  

Banner #2

Didn't take long for the banner bug to bite again - and this one I can keep up all year long :) 

Of course I had to make something for my daughters room. Her current bedroom is Doc McStuffins themed and the main colors are pink, teal, lime green and a touch of purple. I didn't want to make her banner super busy and decided to stick with only the main 2 colors. I am happy with how it turned out. My daughter loves seeing her name on the wall and that's all that counts! 

As always, the fun is in the embellishing! I added rhinestones, bows, hearts and paper punched shapes. I also outlined her plain white letters with a neon pink highlighter, for an additional pop of color. I left the hanging ribbons pretty long, but may trim it down at a later time, if I don't decide to tie them into bows :) 

For the time being, the banner is hung above her "Hello Beautiful" sign, purchased at Target. Unfortunately, the poster is not available online, however, you may be able to find it in Target stores. 

Love. Peace. Happiness. 

B  

Winter Garden

Cold, wet weather for me means I am staying indoors and bundling up. I am a summer baby and do not enjoy being outside for long periods unless I absolutely have to. 

However, I do have somewhat of a green thumb, passed down from my grandmother, and I love to garden. I was on Pinterest the other day and ran across a pin of regrowing green onions and even romaine lettuce indoors in a glass of water. Of course I had to put this one to the test. 

I love green onions as a garnish to many of my dishes and am always picking up a new bunch on trips to the grocery store. Green onions are not super expensive, but if I can save a couple of dollars, I will. Also, i think this counts as a pretty cool science experiment. 

A few nights ago, I cut off the root of my onions and placed in a shot glass of water. Today, you can see they are already sprouting, so cool! 

Excited, to see them full grown and ready to be used :) 

The picture above was taken with my Samsung Galaxy S3 and posted to my Instagram, be sure to follow @onnahandmade 

Love. Peace. Happiness. 
B 

Winter Body Moisturizer

With the winter season officially beginning on December 21st, not to mention all this cold and rain we have been having, my skin has been craving a body butter. 

During the warmer months, I tend to solely use coconut oil. My preferred brand is Trader Joe's Organic Virgin Coconut Oil and at $5.99 it's one of a kind :) However, when that cold weather hits, my skin needs more moisture. 

To make my body butter, I melted a mix of unmeasured butters, oils, and fragrance to create a fabulous moisturizer that lasts. I have listed the ingredients I used below. 

Shea Butter 
Cocoa Butter 
Coconut Oil 
Olive Oil 
Honey 
Vitamin E Oil 
Lavender Essential Oil 
Bramble Berry Vanilla Bean Fragrance Oil 

I melted the butter, oils, and a squeeze of honey in a double broiler on my stove. Once melted, I turned off the heat and added in the Vitamin E Oil, Lavender Essential Oil, and Fragrance. I then let this mixture cool, whipped with my hand mixer, and added it to my repurposed Talenti Gelato container. 

Side Note: If you have not yet gotten on the Talenti Gelato bandwagon, I highly recommend it :) The flavors are absolutely amazing, my personal favorite is Carmel Cookie Crunch, and I have a habit of saving the containers to repurpose. 

This butter was very easy to make and smells delicious! The whipped consistency stays soft and is the perfect body moisturizer. 

If you do try this, tweak the recipe and the scents and let me know what you come up with! 

Love. Peace. Happiness. 
B 

Happy Holidays!

Somehow every year, after Thanksgiving, when the tree goes up the holiday season finally seems real. I start getting in the spirit and wanting to play Christmas music all the time. I am no longer annoyed at the sight of Christmas decorations in the stores and the days seem to fly by while we are all busy counting down. 

After the family and I put our little tree up this year, I realized something was missing. My wall was a little too plain next to the beautiful tree. I didn't know exactly what to put there until I watched Belinda Selene's YouTube video on DIY Holiday Room Decor A banner was a perfect idea! I immediately grabbed some large stencils from Walmart and got out my stash of scrapbook paper. I measured and cut the banner shapes out myself and strung up the letters between ribbon and some thumbtacks. The letters themselves were a little too plain for me so I added on some gold christmas trees and pretty bows made with thin ribbon. 

I am so happy with my little wall :) I might be more than a little sad when the holidays are over this year, but I am enjoying it while I can! 

Love. Peace. Happiness. 
B 

Mom's Day 2013

Happy (belated) Mom's Day!!! 

Above are some dishcloths/pot holders I crocheted for my lovely momma.

I used Lily's Sugar and Cream Cotton Yarn, the pattern can be found here. (Thank you Apple Blossom Dreams!) Pattern is very simple and this project is ubber quick to complete.

Side Note: I am in LOVE with the texture of these cloths. They are perfect for the real dirty work, I am all for saving elbows here :) 

Love. Peace. Happiness. 
B 

Crochet in COLOR

I whipped up some crochet granny squares and circles. All made with 100% cotton.

The colors are so bright and happy - I am now ready to embellish and make some more :)  

Love. Peace. Happiness. 
B 

My Poor Thumbs!

I finally made my business cards!

It took no time at all but it did require some serious thumb grease :) I had this idea floating around in my head for a while, I am really happy with how they came out.

I used:

• Avery Ink Jet Clear Easy Peel Address Lables #18660 purchased at Walmart
• DCWV Glitter Cardstock Border Stack from Michael's in the scrapbooking section
• My signature star punch and a rounded corner punch

I stared off by cutting the cardstock down to business card size, using an old business card as a template. I then attached my address label with my information printed on it to the top middle of  the card. I then used my star punch for the lower right hand corner and round punched each of the card's 4-corners.

Super easy and gorgeous! Lovin' the multi/bright-colors :)

Happy Holidays!

Love. Peace. Happiness. 
B