Velvet Material Pumpkins :: DIY Thanksgiving Crafting Tutorial

We’ve been making velvet pumpkins to get us into the Thanksgiving spirit. We add a few drops of On Guard essential oil to the rice inside and now our home smells so so so yummy! They are really very quick and easy to make, just a few simple steps… You can also follow […]
Velvet Pumpkins :: DIY Tutorial

I’ve admired velvet pumpkins for years. There is something so awesomely luxurious about them. I love velvet. It makes me remember my grandmother… or rather, her formal sitting room… the one children were forbidden (unless on vary rare special occasions) to enter. It had plush velvet couches that a child could draw on simply by […]
Snowy Pine Cone Garland for Christmas : DIY Tutorial

We love using the things we find in nature to decorate our home for the holidays. There is a pine tree in our neighborhood that drops the sweetest mini pine cones. We took our basket on a walk yesterday and collected a few to make a snowy pine cone garland for our mantle. Isn’t […]
Nature Napkin Ring :: DIY Tutorial

The kids and I have made napkin rings for our Thanksgiving table. Our Thanksgiving table will be nature-inspired and these twig and oak napkin rings will look wonderful. Home Is Where The Heart Is Home is where the heart is So let this heart beat strong May everyone who enters here […]
Felt Leaf Garland :: DIY Tutorial

We are having Thanksgiving at The Sunny House this year. Of course, this is a GREAT excuse to get crafting. We have the whole week off from school and have LOTS of projects on our list. We can tick off a felt leaf garland that we made today. Isn’t it awesome?! Of course, I know […]
Felt Leaf Ornaments : Crafts for Thanksgiving

Are you looking for a fun and easy crafting tutorial to make your Thanksgiving table look even more gorgeous this year? These felt leaf ornaments will do it! Here is a list of materials you’ll need : I used my good old Sizzix to cut the leaves from autumn-colored wool felt. […]
Felted Acorn Garland DIY Tutorail

Today you are so LUCKY! I am finally sharing how to make gorgeous felted acorn garlands. They are the cutest things ever, don’t you think? It’s no wonder so many of you have asked me for the tutorial. Drum roll… here it is! Jazz up your home for autumn. Or make a colorful garland […]
Make a Leaf Mobile

It’s so exciting! Autumn is here… the days are cooling down, the acorns are falling from the oak trees and all of the leaves are starting to change into their brilliant yellow, orange and red gowns. The colors of Autumn are so rich and warm, it’s hard to believe that they lead us into […]
Pine Cone Halloween Crafts

Are you getting ready for Halloween? At the Sunny House, our rose bushes are draped in spider web, there is a carved pumpkin on the front steps and few mini-skeletons hanging from the mailbox (Teddy is our Halloween decorator!) And, of course, we dug out our Pine Cone Spider and our Pine Cone Fairy to […]
Autumn Magic Craft Box – 2015

Are you ready for some fun fall crafting? The first of the autumn Magic Craft Boxes are on their way to excited children around the world. The fairies get so excited when it’s time to let you know that the Magic Craft Boxes are on their way! They dart around in quite a state as […]