Today is a new month and with it comes a new theme! This month's theme is: Organise My World and I thought it would be fun to kick it off with a simple tutorial to help you feel just that little bit more organised around the home, by making your own plastic tub labels! This seems so simple, but it's something that we often put off because it seems like a lot of work to make the … [Read more...]
Mini Makeover: How to Make Your Own MOO Greeting Cards (Giveaway – CLOSED)
This post is a product review for moo.com* Making your own greeting cards that look professional and fun can make sending snail mail just that little bit more fun. Whenever I want to make anything like this my first stop on the internet is always moo.com. I have been using MOO for my business for nearly 5 years and I love their quality, so when the opportunity came up to … [Read more...]
Mini Makeover: Make Your Own Road Trip Tin for the Kids
The Easter long weekend is this weekend and traditionally it's a weekend for road tripping for families. Whether it's to see family and friends or to go camping as a tight-knit group, there are thousands of Aussies packing up their cars, stocking up on snacks and getting ready to head to their next destination. Because of this I thought it would be fun to give you just one idea … [Read more...]
Mini Makeover: Make Your Own Polka Dot Travel Tin
One of the things I like so much about adventures, both close to home and far away, are the little things we collect along the way. They may not be fancy or expensive. But they do hold a little place in our hearts that remind us of a day or an adventure and allow all the great memories to come flooding back, right when we need them to. I thought it would be fun have somewhere … [Read more...]
Mini Makeover: Make Your Own Map Notebook
Hand writing things might be going out of fashion in some parts but I still find that it's the best way for me to get my ideas out of my head and make sense of them, so I love a good notebook or two. Unfortunately as I'm left handed and a lot of the fancy notebooks use the slippery paper that smudges ink, I end up getting the cheap notebooks with the plain paper and the … [Read more...]
Mini Makeover: Make Your Own Pineapple Style Jars
I'm not really one to follow trends, usually by the time I a) realise that something is a trend and b) decide that I like it, it's already past and no-one is selling it anymore. haha! But pineapples are something that I have loved since I was a little girl. It started around 1992 when my uncle told someone that he liked them and then it seemed to become a family mission to … [Read more...]
Mini Makeover: De-Uglify a Shoe Box for Storage
Shoe boxes make great storage containers. They can hold a whole range of stuff and help our homes feel neater, but there's no doubt it: they aren't pretty! Instead of always popping down to the shops to buy more storage, we can use these boxes we have available, but to make them blend in a little more there's an easy way to de-uglify them: cover them up! What you'll … [Read more...]
Mini Makeover: Make Your Own Glitter Foam Letters
Last year I made some glitter foam letters for my Christmas stop motion video, and had so much fun doing it, I thought I'd show you how you can make your own too! I couldn't find any foam letters in a font that I liked, so this was a great way for me to get what I was looking for and make a glitter mess too! I love a good glitter mess! What you'll need: A Cutting Mat I … [Read more...]
Mini Makeover: Make Your Own Striped Canvas
Today I wanted to share with you a fun way to make your own striped canvas for your home or as a gift for a friend. It can be done in less than a day with good weather and having the materials with you. I just love how this one turned out. What you'll need: Spray Paint I chose yellow that I bought previously from Masters was $12.27 Blank Canvas I got this from my … [Read more...]
Mini Makeover: Temporary Guest Room Kit
Today I wanted to share with you another great kit to have in your home. This one is for those times you have guests coming to stay and you want to make them feel welcome! I've kept it simple so that you can transform a bedroom into a temporary guest room without too much effort on the day, if you don't have a permanent guest room available in your home that you can keep like … [Read more...]
Mini Makeover: Make Your Own Fabric Hoop
Today I thought I'd share with you a fun way to display those fabrics you love, but you're not quite sure what to do with, in a simple but fun DIY. These make great wall hangings and only take about 20 minutes max to make! What You'll Need and How to: First, Collect your supplies: Some fabric you love (mine is from a few seasons ago at Spotlight), An Embroidery Hoop … [Read more...]
Mini Makeover: Housewarming Gift Ideas
When a friend or a loved one moves into a new place, especially that first home that's really their own, it can be the perfect opportunity to give them a gift that they'll not only remember, but one that they can use too. Today I wanted to share some fun ideas for housewarming gifts that they'll love. What to get them: A Fancy Salad Bowl these can be a lovely gift, … [Read more...]
Mini Makeover: Make Your Own ‘Me’ Page
Today's mini makeover has a story behind it, that I'll share later in the post, but this one is about documenting you (and me) and making something that generations can look back on and cherish. There are so many things out there that help us to remember all the important moments and memories for the children in our lives, but I've not found many (or any, really) that focus on … [Read more...]
Mini Makeover: First-Time Traveller’s Gift Ideas
There's a bit of a tradition for young Australians to take some time out travelling and seeing the rest of the world. Many of them take a 'gap year' between the end of high school and going to university and others through their early twenties. That first big trip can be scary and exciting and nerve wracking even if you're the just the family that's staying behind. Because so … [Read more...]