Eco-living On A Budget

DIY Kitchen Cleaner Recipe

We all know that many of the hazardous chemicals in conventional cleaning products are often carcinogens, neurotoxins, mutagens, teratogens, or endocrine disrupters. Of course these toxins are having a negative effect on our bodies and those of our children. We know this! Ditching them in favor of natural cleaning products should be a no-brainer. If […]

How To Make Fairy Babies :: DIY Needle Felting Tutorial

Make delightful FAIRY BABIES for your little ones with this easy DIY NEEDLE FELTING tutorial on The Magic Onions blog

You won’t believe how I came to make this sweet DIY needle felted fairy baby tutorial! I am a crazy crafter who dreams of crafting in my sleep. Am I the only one? Sometimes I craft in my sleep all-night-long. I wake up… and what do you think I want to do? Yep… I want […]

Sugarplum Christmas Pine Cone Garland :: DIY Tutorial

Christmas Sugarplum Pine Cone Garland DIY Tutorial :: www.theMagicOnions.com

We have the most delightful garland hanging on our mantle. We call it the SUGARPLUM garland and it gives our living room a perfectly fabulous holiday vibe. It’s super-easy to make too… pine cones, white paint and colorful felt balls. Lucky you… I’m sharing our DIY tutorial so that you can make this cute sugarplum […]

Adorable DIY Felt Flower Christmas Ornaments

DIY Felt Flower Ornament Tutorial : www.theMagicOnions.com

Everyone is going to want to make these ADORABLE felt flower ornaments! Aren’t they the sweetest?!   They look SO utterly adorable on my Christmas tree! You can see more photos of our Needle Felted Christmas tree here.)   Lucky you! I have a DIY tutorial to share with you today!   Big Tip :  […]

Snowy Pine Cone Garland for Christmas : DIY Tutorial

DIY Snowy Pine Cone Christmas Garland Tutorial : www.theMagicOnions.com

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 […]

Felt Leaf Ornaments : Crafts for Thanksgiving

DIY Felt Leaf Ornaments for Thanksgiving Tutorial : www.theMagicOnions.com

  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.     […]

We’ve Made a DELIGHTFUL Fairy Bedroom

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We’ve made the most magical fairy bedroom and I’ve shared it on Fairy Gardens.com today. Kitty and I spent such beautiful quality time together making this enchantment… I cherished being invited into her charming 11-year old world. You MUST come and see it! Please pop over to Fairy Gardens.com to see our magical fairy garden. […]

Golden Geodes and Crystals : DIY Tutorial

photo of geodes and crystals spray painted gold

  I’ve been on an everything-looks-better-spray-painted-gold vibe lately. I just want to spray paint everything gold! Everything looks so gorgeous gold, don’t you think?! Just look how these geodes and amethyst crystals look spray painted gold!     Amazingly cool, yes! You see, once you get the hang of spray painting gold, the sky is […]

Tutorial : Needle Felted Spring Nest

photo of a needle felted nest tutorial

  Spring has burst forth in full regalia here in Southern California. the trees are so pretty in their pinks and whites and magentas. And the birds have started to busy themselves building nests.  Spring is full of crafting inspiration and we have been making pretty needle felted spring nests too. One of the things […]

DIY Tutorial for a Fairy Door

DIY fairy door : The Magic Onions Blog

Did you know that we share The Sunny House with a family of fairies? Do you see the door to their part of the house? It’s on the pillar to the left of my desk… on top of the molding with a little wooden ladder leading up to it from the floor. Do you see […]