How to Make a T-Shirt Quilt. Take treasured t-shirts and supplement them with thrifted shirts with meaningful places, logos or sayings for a quilt that will be treasured always. It is a fun craft to make with a teen or tween or give as a gift! A T-Shirt Quilt is the perfect gift or project ...
How to Create a Fall Mantel – two ways!
How to create a fall mantel two ways! Take some of your favorite fall items and repurpose them in new ways to change up your fall mantel each year! 26!! That's the number of bags of decor and supplies that I dropped off to our local thrift store last weekend! We just moved and our new home ...
How to Make Fall Pillows out of Thrifted Sweaters!
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Savers. The opinions and text are all mine. How to make Fall pillows out of thrifted sweaters! Repurpose old sweaters into new and vibrant pillow covers for your home this fall. This easy sewing tutorial shows you how! Make ...
Thrifted BOHO Pom Pom Picnic Basket Makeover!
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Savers. The opinions and text are all mine. Thrifted BOHO Pom Pom Picnic Basket Makeover! Give a thrifted picnic basket new life and a boho spring makeover with spraypaint and yarn. I will show you how to make BOHO beaded ...
How to Upcycle an Old Piece of Art Into Something Fabulous (Stenciled Typography Tutorial)
Over at East Coast Creative, we love a good Upcycle! We totally thrive on taking something junky, that we already owned, and giving it a new (and much cooler) life! I just finished a bathroom mini-makeover using all old things I already had on hand. Today, I'm going to share one of the projects ...
Great Ideas — 20 Furniture Transformations!!
Have you been hitting the yard sales this summer? *** Here are 20 ways you can turn a yard sale bargain into a beautiful showpiece for your home! Vintage Tea Chest @ Desire Empire Book Page Table @ Our Prairie Home How to Paint Laminate Furniture @ Love, Pomegranate House ...
21 Beautiful DIY Project Ideas!!
Looking for a DIY project to make? There are a few weeks of summer left! It's the perfect time to tackle a new project Beautify that room you've been meaning to get to And put the kids to work before they head back to school (LOL)! Check out these FAB ideas -- everything from small project to ...
Great Ideas — 20 Before & After Projects: part two!!
There were so many amazing before & after projects this week-- I simply couldn't fit all of my favorites into one post!! So here are more inspiring projects that make something new out of something else: Pink Dresser Update @ Krafty Kat Ombre Quilled Monogram @ Always Springtime ...
#LowesCreator — Make a DIY Outdoor Privacy Screen and Subway Tile Planter Boxes!!
This month Lowe's challenged their Creative Network to make something beautiful and functional in our outdoor space. This was a great challenge. I enjoy indoor projects more than outdoor ones for some reason. So this month's challenge really made me put my thinking cap on. I was ...
Rainbow Ruffle Shirt Refashion (tutorial)!!
I have three girls, and consequently we have a lot of hand-me-down shirts that get donated after being worn by all three sisters. Most of the shirts are not really something that can be worn again, since they are stained or worn out. But I hated to see them sent to the landfills. So I thought it ...
Make a Bejeweled Christmas Tree {holiday tutorial}!!
Hi, my name is Anna, and I blog at My Life and Kids. I'm thrilled to be visiting at Tatertots & Jello today! I had three kids in three years and whew has my life changed! Just a few years ago I had a job I loved, a house in the city and a social life. Now I stay home with my three kids, I ...
Summer Mantel:Take Two {adding reclaimed shutters}
There was something missing from my "Beachy" mantel. I couldn't put my finger on it yesterday. Then last night as I was getting ready for bed I remembered some free shutters that I picked up by the side of the road on trash day a few months ago. Perfect!! You know how a flashbulb goes off in your ...
Great Ideas — Fabulous Projects you can make for under $10!!
Hi TT&Jers, I am Taylor from Taylor Made. I'm so excited to be here today because I adore Tatertots and Jello; it was one of my very first blogs to read and inspired me to start my own blog. In honor of Jen's fabulous London trip, I thought I would share my tutorial on how to make your very own ...
Give clothes new life with Rhinestones {and a sparkly Silhouette deal}
In honor of Earth Day I have a little project that will help add some new life to hand-me-down clothes. You might know that I have four kids. Well, if any of you had older siblings you might know what it's like to get hand-me-downs. Ella, my youngest has two older sisters and she is very familiar ...
Guest Post — How to Re-purpose Items in Your Home!
Hello! My name is Amanda from the blog "Be Sweet". Thank you so much Jen for having me. :) Be Sweet is a blog/ journal where I keep track of current craft projects, home renovations, what's going on in our life, and the ups and downs of motherhood. (Pay no attention my ...
Spring Sweater Refashion #4 {Tutorial}
Welcome to my quest to refashion my wardrobe! My fourth Spring Sweater Refashion started off as a plain, green sweater from Target. It hung in my closet without much wear because it was so plain and I wasn’t sure what to wear with it. I decided to add some embellishments to one side of it, ...
Spring Sweater Refashion 2011 {#3}
Welcome to the next installment in my quest to refashion my wardrobe :) My third sweater refashion started off with a plain white cardigan from Target. Add a few chiffon flowers and you have a sweater refashion that is super easy, fast and requires no sewing machine. ...
Guest Project — Brown Paper Flooring Technique!!
Hi! I'm Rachael from Lovely Crafty Home! 77% And I would love to show you something that quickly climbing up the ladder as one of my favorite things -- Brown Craft Paper Projects!! Seriously, is there a club for people like me? It all ...
Spring Sweater Refashion 2011 {#2}
My second sweater refashion is a plain, black Target sweater that I bought last year. It was too plain. So I decided to embellish it a little. This refashion also uses a scarf. This is the problem -- I buy scarves because I think they are so adorable but then I never feel like I know how to ...
Guest project — $5 DIY Organization Bins!!
Hi! I'm Jessie from I'd like to share my DIY Organization Bins with you. I wanted to buy some organization baskets for our new built-in desk area but instead of forking over the cash, I decided I would make my own. Well, I decided Mike would make some for me. We have some scrap wood ...
