DIY Unicorn Dreamcatcher
Here’s a bright, festive, fun colored DIY that you can do with your little ones. This was inspired by a photo I saw online and I just couldn’t wait to recreate one for myself. I loved the colors so much, it was definitely eye catching and so pretty. I had a spare wooden bamboo ring…
18″ Doll Rainbow Leather Bag
This leather bag for 18″ dolls has been in the works for a while. I knew I wanted to create a bag for my 18″ doll DIY boxes and I wanted it to be fairly easy for my young customers to make. As the idea was marinating, I experimented with various styles: small cute purses…
DIY Fall Beaded Corn
This is a craft that resembles corn, a supermarket staple of the Fall season. It was so fun to see this craft come together, I would love to make more and in different sizes to put together in a wooden basket with a bunch of raffia to look like a real fall basket of goodies!…
DIY Fall Wreath
As we transition into the cool crisp air of Autumn, enjoying our apple spice pumpkin flavored drinks and treats, you can create a fabulous wreath to decorate your home. Wreath’s are relatively easy to make and don’t require a lot of supplies. You can use all kinds of supplies from paper and felt to flowers…
Bedazzled Flip Flop Card
A few years, I became obsessed with making fashion cards. I created a series of designs featuring shoes, bags, hats and rings. I used leather scraps, rhinestones, flocked paper and other doodads like ribbon, feathers paper flowers to make my little designs. I moved about 3 months ago and as I was going through my…
AGD Crafts: Rope Rug DIY
I am thrilled to introduce another of my American Girl Doll crafts. Today I present a rope rug. I have been obsessing with rope crafts thus far, this summer. I’ve been experimenting making rugs, baskets and bags. The amount of crafts that one can do with rope is a lot. I will share the other…
Origami Butterfly
Here is the next in my series of origami projects. I’ve been wanting to do a butterfly for a while now but kept putting it off. Finally a few week’s ago, decided it was time. As with most origami projects I highlight, this butterfly is pretty easy to do. Check out the DIY below. Supplies:…
Mother’s Day Craft: Felt Calla Lily
I’m always looking for easy DIY’s to make fabric flowers. I learned how to make these felt calla lilies years ago. I even did another DIY a while back. I decided to do this as part of my series on Mother’s Day crafts. It is perfect for younger students. Making a variety of them in…
Memory Wire Beaded Bracelet DIY
The original idea for this bracelet came about for my American Girl Doll Crafts class. For the class, students got to make bracelets for their dolls and for themselves too. And then a friend asked me to put together a DIY kit for her daughter’s birthday. The theme was rainbow, so that was kinda fun…
AGD Crafts: Lace Crown
This is an activity I have been dying to do for years now. But I kept putting it off partly because I couldn’t figure out a reason to do it. And now as I continue to venture into the American Girl Doll Crafts world, it seemed like a perfect fit. So, to start, I ventured…