Toaster Pastry box for your printable pleasure. You can print them here: toasterpastryboxes
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2018/06/toaster-pastry-boxes/
Nothing says Merry Christmas quite like goat cookies from a movie about witches, am I right? Last week while in Target I stumbled upon this goat cookie cutter. It’s part of their new Hearth & H...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2017/12/black-phillip-cookies/
Its that time of the year when the Summer is ending, and Halloween seems just around the corner. I start seeing the fall items appear in stores and immediately want to start making Halloween deco...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2017/09/gourd-guy-jars-diy/
Spoonflower is having a back-to-school blog hop, and I created a special fabric for the occasion. With this yard of fabric you can create a lined lunch bag & two snack bags. You’ll find the fab...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2017/08/spoonflower-back-to-school-blog-hop/
Hello! I haven’t been a very active blogger but wanted to share some free printable gift tags with you. A printed version of the tags was shipped with December Plush Of The Month Club boxes, an...
You might remember my Halloween tutorial from last year, painted pumpkins and gourds. I turned those fellas into ornaments for my Halloween tree. This year I decided I wanted to make more, and tu...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2016/09/halloween-pumpkin-gourd-wreath/
I had the idea to make my own signature sprinkle mix ever since I saw the Amy Sedaris sprinkle mix around Christmas time. Of course I knew I would want to hand out my sprinkles in true vintage st...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2016/04/diy-vintage-style-sprinkle-favors/
Today I have a little gift that I hope will encourage you to put pen to paper and write some letters! I have 3 free printable sheets of silly donut and tea mailing labels. I’ve made them in two...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2016/04/happy-national-letter-writing-month/
Today I wanted to share a free DIY printable that I made. Little cake slice treat boxes. They make great party favors, or print one out and fill it up with treats for a birthday. Twelve boxes wil...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2016/04/cake-slice-treat-boxes-paper-craft-diy/
I don’t have a lot of Easter decorations (when you compare it to my Christmas and Halloween goodies) so I decided I wanted to make a garland this year using scans from old boxes of egg dye. You...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2016/03/diy-vintage-easter-egg-dye-garland-or-treat-boxes/
Here is a little walk-through for the painted pumpkin ornaments I made. They are very easy, so I feel a little silly calling it a DIY, but maybe reading through the whole process will be helpful ...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2015/09/painted-halloween-pumpkins-diy/
Today I wanted to share with you a quick and easy cross stitch design that I made. I’ve been wanting to do some cross stitching in the evenings when Tom is home and we are watching a movie, so ...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2015/02/diy-flower-girl-cross-stitch/
Besides printable Valentine cards, with my print-outs you can also make decorative banners. They are easy and fast! Here’s what you need: –InkJet Iron-On Transfers: I like the kind made for d...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2015/02/diy-easy-valentines-banner/
This is a very easy DIY if you are used to using a scroll saw. If you don’t own a scroll saw you could always mount these cats to some thick card stock or cardboard to make a festive thread hol...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2014/10/cat-thread-holder-diy/
Here is an easy DIY to make some fun vintage style Halloween jacks. They are super customizable, and each one always turns out a little different! The paper mache part takes a few days to finish,...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2014/10/diy-vintage-style-paper-mache-jack-olanterns/
Hello October! I am ready to welcome Halloween with open arms! The decorations are up (even the outside ones!) and I’ve got some DIYs planned for this month that I hope you will love. First up ...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2014/10/vintage-inspired-halloween-party-hat-diy/
Basically a super simple DIY. You need a heavy weight thread (I used quilting thread), some paper stars (mine are punched but you can just cut them out too) and Coffee Stirrer straws (I cut mine ...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2014/08/diy-simple-star-garland/
Although Father’s Day has come and gone I thought I’d share the wrapping paper the boys and I made for Tom. While you can of course create your own roll of amazing wrapping paper from Spoonfl...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2014/06/fathers-day-wrapping-paper-diy/
I’ve been thinking more and more about doing some crafternoon projects that center on yarn. I know a lot of the ladies are interested in learning to knit or crochet. I thought I’d take it one...
March is national Craft Month, and the folks at JoÂâ€Ann Fabric And Craft Stores asked me to help celebrate by creating a DIY based on one of the latest Spring Trends. I decided to go wit...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2014/03/diy-spring-inspired-hex-necklace/
March is approaching and that means it’s almost time to celebrate B’s 11th birthday! He got a 3DS and Animal Crossing New Leaf for Christmas (which has been so much fun because now we can pla...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2014/02/animal-crossing-birthday-invites/
I’m back with my third and final DIY for Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft’s Celebrate The Season. This time the theme was “fabulously festive”. These santa favor cups can not only be used to hold sm...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2013/12/jo-ann-celebrate-the-season-santa-favor-cup-diy/
Today I wanted to share a little DIY for a vintage inspired ornament. Not only do these make cute ornaments, but they are great tied to the top of gifts too. I actually have a folder on my comput...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2013/12/diy-vintage-inspired-mushroom-ornaments/
The folks at Jo-ann asked me to create a DIY project for the Thanksgiving holiday, and sent me a Jo-Ann gift card to buy supplies. This time the theme was “turkey tablescapes”. I decided earl...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2013/11/turkey-napkin-basket-diy/
Today I wanted to share a DIY with you that was inspired by a vintage die cut cardboard jack o’ lantern from 1940, that I loved, but it sold for $67. So I decided to sit down and try and recrea...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2013/10/paper-pumpkin-diy/
The folks at Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft stores are at it again. They challenged bloggers to create holiday DIY’s using supplies from Jo-Ann, and based on a secret theme that would be shipped to us...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2013/10/jo-anns-spooky-spaces/
To kick of the fabulous month of October here is a DIY that you can make super easy & simply, or fancy it up by adding beads and loads of images. Here’s what you need: –Inkjet Shrink Plastic ...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2013/10/diy-halloween-shrink-necklace/
Happy first day of Fall! Since it’s finally Fall I thought I’d start breaking out the Halloween posts to celebrate!! Today I have a little DIY for ya. I love decorating for Halloween, and I h...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2013/09/diy-halloween-costume-hangers/
I had an idea to turn a vintage paper placemat into something that could be used again and again, and of course Spoonflower helped make my idea a reality! You could really do this with any vintag...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2013/09/paper-to-fabric-2/
I was going to save all this for September (ya know a little closer to Halloween) but my fabric arrived and a few people have purchased it on Spoonflower, so I wanted to post the instructions so ...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2013/08/halloween-bunting/
This necklace was inspired by one my friend Rebecca made. She’s a big bakelite fan and didn’t want to pay a bunch of a bakelite cherry necklace, so she took matters into her own hands and mad...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2013/07/diy-sumertime-cherry-necklace/
Cool tools & cute stickers are two of my most favorite things to shop for, so when Xyron asked if I’d like to try out some of their products of course I said yes! They sent me the 1.5″ create...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2013/07/xyron-sticker-magic/
Please excuse yet another break in my ten year story (actually I checked and saw my part two never posted! I’ll have that up tomorrow) but I made these cat donuts for crafternoon and wanted to ...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2013/05/lets-make-cat-donuts/
My youngest son has a birthday coming up and he is one cat crazy fella, he decided he wanted a cat-themed birthday party so we have been having fun coming up with ideas for it. It’s sneaking up...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2013/03/cat-themed-party-invitations/
Personally I find Morse Code incredibly romantic. What could be sweeter then a love note fashioned out of code? I was excited when I stumbled upon this video by the amazing Robert Mahar showing y...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2013/02/the-language-of-love-morse-code/
Today I wanted to share with you some paint-by-number Valentine printables. My older son Kurt asked me to design a valentine that was not so cute for his friends, so I decided on paint by numbers...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2013/02/diy-paint-by-number-valentine-printable/
I thought it would be fun this year to give some of my lady friends some special little boxes of chocolate for Valentines day. Of course I had to dress them up a bit, and I thought I’d share th...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2013/02/diy-valentines-for-friends/
We got a head start on B’s Valentines this year, which is great because Valentine’s is sneaking up on us quick! B is in 4th grade this year, so I checked when we were at the store to see if w...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2013/01/diy-card-valentines/
A Valentine for you dear blog readers, won’t you be mine? Please feel free to print and use for personal valentines! You cut them out and add a mini brad at the bottom so the card opens to reve...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2013/01/a-valentine-for-you/
In our family we love an advent calendar! I fill ours with little slips of paper saying something we are going to do that day. They can be simple like watch Charlie Brown’s Christmas, or more e...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2012/11/holiday-how-to-tiny-out-of-the-way-advent-calendar/
Hi friends! November has been a blur of activities and get-togethers so I wanted to stop in today with a super easy “how-to”. These candles make great hostess gifts, or they are just a fun wa...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2012/11/holiday-how-to-cuter-candles/
Today’s DIY is not really a set of instructions (because it’s super easy) but more of a few helpful hints! I found the idea for these amazing hand treat bags at The Queen’s Card Castle. I d...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2012/10/how-to-tuesday-spooky-halloween-hand-treat-bags/
These little pipe cleaner pals are super easy to make, and even easier to customize based on what you have on hand. The only things you will need are pipe cleaners, the paper faces, and some glue...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2012/10/how-to-tuesday-halloween-pipe-cleaner-friends/
I’m having a Halloween crafternoon this weekend, and I wanted to make some toothpicks for spearing finger food that would be easy to make, but still have a great spooky vibe. Even if you are no...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2012/10/how-to-tuesday-halloween-party-toothpicks/
I had seen a pair of skeleton costume shoes online, and thought they were really cool. However they were mens and came in size medium or large. For me, those kind of shoe sizes just don’t cut i...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2012/10/how-to-tuesday-skeleton-shoes/
This bat chandelier is inspired by one that Pottery Barn Kids had for sale a few years ago. Their version had felt bats (and you could do that too!) Their version also had pom-poms, which are not...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2012/09/how-to-tuesday-hanging-bat-chandelier/
I finished all the invitations for Kurt’s 17th birthday celebration. As I said before he is having a Saturday Night Cartoon & Cereal party for his birthday. Mini cereal box invitations just see...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2012/09/how-to-tuesday-cereal-box-party-invitations/
I know that technically it is still Summer (first day of Fall is Sat the 22nd) but I wanted to get a jump start on my Halloween projects so the house will be decorated the entire month of October...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2012/09/how-to-tuesday-halloween-crates/
Nothing is quite as cozy as a pot pie on a brisk fall evening. We like to celebrate Halloween throughout the months of September and October so I actually made these just the other night. It migh...
https://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2012/09/recipe-jack-olantern-pot-pies/