Craft Tutorials

Sock gnomes have been trending for the longest time and with Christmas fast approaching (where did the year go??), I thought I’d make a few miniature sock gnomes to use…

I’m so excited to share this week’s bit of craftiness with you all. A few weeks back, this crazy cardboard box repurpose idea popped into my head, and honestly, I…

If you’ve been following A Crafty Mix for a while, you’ll know how much we love using scrap wood to make all kinds of things for our home. From large…

Some people collect buttons, but for me, it’s beads. It doesn’t matter if they’re rescued from a broken necklace or passed on from friends that no longer need them; I’ll…

We enjoy celebrating Halloween but tend to keep our spooky décor low-key. I would love to do stuff outside, but we stay really close to a Primary School, and in…

I bet you’ve never thought of repurposing an empty CD spindle into a water feature. Neither did I, until the ladies of the IBC challenged us to make something using…

I have this thing for turning throw-away stuff into unique planters. It just makes me happy. Not only am I doing my bit for the planet, but all the money…

We’re big fans of turning junk into custom wall art. From forks to seed pods and bent bicycle wheels, if we can hang it, we’ll use it. So it seemed…

When it comes to our purr babies, this year has been truly horrible. We lost our Cleo to cancer in March and then 3 weeks later our Jazz crossed over…

Do you have a gorgeous chunk of wood that’s developed this huge crack? It may have started out as a hairline fracture and then, bam overnight it’s this big gaping…

Please don’t think I’m weird, but this bit of craftiness we’re sharing this week involves spinning fur baby hair. It’s one of those that only a fellow animal lover will…

For the longest time, I’ve been meaning to turn an old, rickety chair into a fairy garden. But not just any fairy garden. No siree, this one would be a…