I absolutely love Homemade by Jill’s blog!  She has such great ideas for crafting and posts very clear and easy-to-follow tutorials.  If you have a minute, even if you aren’t very crafty, her pictures are fun to look at!
For a great example of what I’m talking about, check out her tutorial on making burp cloths – it includes a free printable pattern!
These would make great baby shower gifts – what about rolling them up individually and tying them each with a ribbon?

Wow, I haven’t written a “crafting away” post in quite a while… Things have been pretty busy around here for us!
Valerie over a Frugal Family Fun has a great tutorial on how to make your own scratch and sniff!
I thought for sure that it had to be some complicated process but it’s so easy!
This will be a fun one that Bubba and I will have to try… maybe we can make something fun to give out as favors at his and his Baby Sister’s upcoming birthday party!  I should keep …

This Saturday, January 30th, from 10AM – 1PM, Michael’s is hosting another of their free craft events! 
At participating locations, they’re making a wooden Valentine’s Day picture frame!

If you’re like me, you’ve thought about all those cereal boxes that are getting thrown away and also thought that there surely had to be a good use for them.  Skip to My Lou has just the thing – Hanging Glitter Hearts! 
Such a simple, easy and yet pretty idea!
Also, Skip to My Lou has a weekly link-up of craft tutorials on Mondays (tomorrow – I can’t wait!).  So many great blogs link to their crafty ideas… you might just come away overwhelmed by all the good ideas!

Friday night was Bubba’s second birthday party with hubby’s family.  I was really excited about the Train Build a Cake that we had put together to serve for the party…  Until I went to find a plate or something to put the cake on – and found that anything I had that was big enough was packed away in boxes due to our transitional living state!
So, I had to improvise.  And it actually ended up working really well – so much so that I’m going to keep this in mind for …

Remember the Easy Peasy Peanut Butter Cookies I told you about?  Well, I’m really wanting an excuse to make them – and including them in Valentine’s Day gifts is the best one I’m coming up with right now…
I did a little hunting around the Internet and found a template for one of those take-out boxesyou see in the craft store – like the one pictured above (minus the metal handle – maybe a pretty ribbon would work instead?).  My thought is to make a few of these out of some …

Wow, the great ideas just keep coming today! 
How cute are these Ruffle Butt Onesies?!
I never thought I would be a fan of baby girl outfits that have the ruffly bottoms… that was until we had our Baby Girl.  Now I love them!
If you don’t have a serger, scroll down in the tutorial for other options for making these cute onesies. 
These would make great gifts for a baby shower!

How smart is this idea for the little ones!?!
Get a great tutorial on how to make your own rain gutter book shelves at Raising Olives.
You might want to look around her site while you’re there – having 10 kids and homeschooling all of them, Kimberly has to know a thing or two about organization!

Okay, this idea is SUCH a good one if you have a spare wall in your house! 
What a fun way to display the kiddos’ artwork!  And it’s surprisingly simple to create…
If you don’t have a whole wall to make magnetic – what about painting a square on the wall and nailing trimwork around it as a frame?
Check out how to make a magnetic wall here!

These Child’s Activity Bags are absolutely beautiful!  I wish that I had the time to set aside to make one of these for each of the kiddos.  What great gifts they would make, too!  Perhaps one day, when I have more time on my hands?
Or maybe I can make it a month-long 15-Minute Tackle?