Printable Summer Bucket List

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 ** Printable Summer Bucket List appeared first on Uncommon Designs ** Who is ready for summer? Well, it will be here before you know it! Last summer my daughter made her own bucket list and loved it. So our sweet contributor Jennifer is here today with a fabulous Printable Summer Bucket List … Make the [...]

Handmade Mother’s Day Gift: A Frosted Glass Vase

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Mother’s Day is coming in a few weeks and today we have a wonderful handmade Mother’s Day gift idea for you.  We painted a frosted glass vase with some fabulous Martha Stewart Crafts supplies and we are going to show you how! As children we loved making a special gift for Mom… that doesn’t have to [...]

Lace Embellished Tote Bag { Mother’s Day Blog Hop }

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Hey y’all! Today I have a really pretty and really quick and easy project to share with you!  We are part of a Mother’s Day Blog Hop with some fabulous bloggers and it is our turn today to share a craft that would be perfect for Mother’s Day.  We will also be giving away a $200 [...]

Teacher Appreciation Printable Tags… Tote-lly Terrific!

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*Teacher Appreciation Printable Tags appeared first on Uncommon Designs. With May right around the corner some of you may soon be looking for teacher appreciation gift ideas and I’m excited to help y’all out. I’m even more fired up about sharing my first printable as one of the new contributors here on the Uncommon Design’s blog!  I love the [...]

Stenciled Hoodie Refashion… {From the Vault}

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 My daughter had been eyeing some embellished hoodies and the light bulb went off… stenciling!! What a perfect way to achieve a very unique and one of a kind look! Isn’t it precious! I used the Butterfly Bloom #3 Wall Art Stencil from Cutting Edge Stencils. I think it turned out incredible and she is thrilled! Supplies [...]

Apple Basket Pennant Garland Tutorial

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Hey y’all!   We have a really fun craft to share with you that we orginally posted on Positively Splendid.  This one is sure to get you excited about the start of a new school year! An apple basket pennant garland! I love to have a little something for my child to bring when we go [...]

Stitched Notebook Paper Tags

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Back-to-School time is on the horizon for us and I am attempting to get organized!  This year I would like to bring a little something special to my girls’ teachers for the first day of school.  What fits the bill better than apples?   Apples that are in a cute basket with a super cute personalized [...]

Lace Onesie Tutorial

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This week I needed to make a baby gift for someone and I wanted it to be feminine, beautiful, and super easy!  I decided to make a lace embellished onesie. It was based on our other lace shirt tutorial.  I love how it turned out and it was a cinch! Lace Onesie Tutorial You can’t beat [...]

Spirit Ribbons Hair Bow Tutorial and I-Top Review

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My sweet Ann just turned eight and we had a cheer birthday party for her.  We decided to make bows for all of the guests… every good cheerleader needs a pretty bow… right?  So, here is a spirit ribbons hair bow tutorial so you guys can make one, too! Before we begin, I just had [...]

DIY Bleach Drum Set T-Shirt Tutorial…

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     And Party Everyday! My children are in love with music! My son started taking drums lessons a few months ago…he’s hooked! So here is the second part of the gift I made for his teacher!   Earlier this week I posted part one…Appliqued Drum Set Onesie!   See….I just could not leave out his precious son [...]

Appliqued Drum Set Onesie

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I Want To Rock ‘n Roll All Night… So, what do you make for the drum teacher when his wife has their first daughter…. Why an appliqued drum onesie of course!   Is this not the cutest thing eva!!?? I just love how it turned out! I simply found a drum set silhouette image online and [...]

Thanks A Latte! Teacher’s Gift…

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So, the countdown is on at our house…7 days until summer break officially begins! My daughter will finish up her second year as a middle-schooler and wanted to give her teacher’s a little gift for all their hard work.  So here is the Teacher Gift we came up with… Now, middle school is not about “cute” little gifts [...]

Appliqued Apple Towel…{ A Teacher Gift }

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Can you believe May 1st is Tuesday? The month of May is always such a busy time for everyone with performances, sports, school wrapping up, not to mention incredible weather!  I wanted to get a jump on the end of the year gifts for teacher’s and this is my sweet, little appliqued apple towel I made! The [...]