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Hey Y’all! Cinco De Mayo is just a few days away and I thought I’d share some of my favorite papel picado projects and decorations! If you aren’t familiar with papel picado, it technically means “perforated paper”. It is a Mexican folk art where they chisel shapes into brightly colored tissue paper and is used [...]
Trish and I have a confession… we are a wee bit obsessed with Hometalk. Have you heard of Hometalk? Well it is a fabulous source of inspiration for your home…both inside and out. On the Hometalk site you can ask questions, post photos of your projects, search for answers, and get inspired! It is a [...]
How many of you out there have tshirts that you have outgrown or saved forever that you just can’t part with? Go ahead….raise that hand! Well, at our house we have LOTS of them. Or… Do you want to dress up a simple tshirt or simply refashion it? Well, you are in luck! Today I [...]
Do you ever feel like time just gets away from you? We sure do, March is in the books and we are already a week into April. Before we know it..summer will be here. Trish and I truly love creating all the things you guys see here on Uncommon Designs. March was no exception. We [...]
Now that Valentine’s Day has come and gone, St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner. We collected a dozen sweet St.Patrick’s Day DIY Ideas from this past week’s Monday Funday Link Party… There is so much creativity at Monday Funday each week! If you have never joined us, we would love to have you! [...]
Valentines Ideas was published first on Uncommon Designs. Hey y’all! I hope that you are having a wonderful weekend so far! We had the opportunity to be a part of the Share the Love series over a C.R.A.F.T. a couple of weeks ago and we just had to show you all of the fun [...]
Mason Jar Ideas for Valentine’s Day appeared first on Uncommon Designs. I hope that you guys and gals have had a wonderful week so far! We had such a great response to our Mason Jar Ideas post, we thought you might want to see a fun Valentine collection! You are going to love these projects… [...]
Seriously? January is over? Where did it go? We feel like we just got past Christmas! Trish and I have been busy this month and wanted to give you a little recap of all of our January craft projects in our All Wrapped Up … January Edition! It has been a really fun month here [...]
Sweets and Treats Ideas for Valentine’s Day was published first on Uncommon Designs. Happy Saturday y’all! I hope that you are enjoying your Saturday with friends and family! We have had a whirlwind weekend already with La La’s birthday party yesterday, a little sleepover, and Ann’s cheer competition this morning. I am so glad to [...]
Ideas for Mason Jars… They are endless! I was looking for some inspiration for little La La’s 5th birthday party over the weekend and, as usual, I got totally sidetracked. I saw the pincushions below and totally got mason jars on the mind. If you would have asked me a decade ago what I thought [...]
I am so excited to share these yummy holiday dessert recipes with you today! I love this time of year and all of the yummy food it brings to the table! I have to say that with my extremely large sweet tooth, all of the delicious holiday dessert recipes that you linked up to [...]
Finally…we have some cold weather! { or at least here in the South we think it’s cold!! } So I thought it was time to break out the… HOT CHOCOLATE!! My children and I love to snuggle up with a nice, steamy cup of hot chocolate…with fluffy marshmallows..of course!! We usually just have instant, but, this season [...]
... We are Trish and Bonnie, and we're happy to have you here! Here at Uncommon Designs, you will find a variety of handmade home decor inspiration and step by step craft and DIY tutorials. So grab a cup of coffee and take a look around...
