Craft It Unique

Hello everyone!!

Now that Halloween has passed, it is officially the holiday season for me! Woo hoo! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Holidays! The excitement, the family togetherness, the food, the decorations...ALL OF IT! So this season is also usually my craftiest! And this year, my mom and I decided to make ALL of our decorations! So I will be documenting what we do.

Not only will I be documenting our holiday decorating, but  I will be putting up A LOT of tutorials doing basics that you can customize to make your own holiday season festive! I am officially calling my holiday series...DIY THE HALLS!

Happy Crafting!
~Amanda

So yeah...long time no hear from. I know, I know. But I had gotten super sick so crafting and blogging were at the very bottom of my to do list. But...I am back now and I have an update on my backyard redo.

IT'S NOT HAPPENING :(

I know, I had such plans. SIGH. Oh. well. I rent and apparently my lease says "No renovations" and now the dream of the awesome back yard I had planned are dead.

I'm still going to do something with it, it just can't be anything permanant. I have to be able to take it with me when I move. I don't know what I'm going to do, but it is butt ugly as it is, so SOMETHING has to be done.

If anyone has any ideas, let me know.

I will post within the next few days with an actual craft blog.

Love, beads, and hot glue!
~Amanda

Ok. So during my extended hiatus from blogging, I was reading a lot of other people's craft blogs and here are a few that I absolutely fell in love with.

One thing you should really know about me is that I have expensive tastes, but absolutely NO budget. So I DIY because I want the same looks but cheap. And I thought I was good at it...until I read the Dollar Store Crafts blog. There are DIYs in there that cost literally $1 or $5. I am so impressed with the sheer frugality that I fall on my knees and worship the ground she walks on.




Also on the really cheap but oh so cute side of things is the Thrifty Decor Chick. She is not only frugal and crafty, but she is funny as all get out. I literally hurt myself laughing every time I read her blog. She calls her sister "Stink Eye." Bwahahahahahaahaaahahahahahaahaaahahahahahaahaa! (Cough cough cough)...I'm ok. Anywho, she (like me) is a big fan of getting second hand stuff and making liberal use of paint (especially spray paint).

MAN MADE DIY:

 Ok so if you go through a lot of craft blogs (like I do) you will discover an alarming trend. Most of the craft bloggers are women. Now being the equal rights type, this just rubbed me the wrong way, so I was tottally relieved to find a man made DIY blog (See what I did there?) And it's a great blog too. I don't know if he thinks out of the box because he's a man or because that's just his personality, but who thinks of making a bicycle tire into a hanging pot rack?  Yes...you read that correctly. BICYCLE TIRE INTO A POT RACK! And a darn cute one at that. I am in awe of your creativity.

BRASSY APPLE:

This blog has something for everyone, kids crafts, home decor crafts, sewing patterns, great pictures, and a wonderful tutorial on turning hanging wire planters into a chandelier that I'm gonna try in a few days. I am so inspired just browsing through her blog.

So enjoy this list of great craft blogs. I know that there are more great ones out there, so as I find them I will update this post. Also, if you guys know of a great blog or website, leave me the link as a comment. (I do check all comments and also try to respond to all.)

Happy Reading and Happy Crafting!

~Amanda~