Easter Egg Hunt Mantel

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Roeshel

Do you have certain family traditions for celebrating Easter?

Everyone in our family has a holiday they host and somehow we ended up with Easter. Each year, our Easter gathering includes a traditional Easter dinner and an Easter egg hunt…

and we always do a cheesy family photo too.

Make it the best Easter with Michaels! They have everything from eggs & baskets, to bunney décor and more!

My April Michaels’ Makers’ challenge is “Easter decor” so I decked out our mantel with an ‘egg hunt’ theme.

DIY ‘egg hunt’ banner – construct a pretty festive banner for any occasion with this tablet of pre-cut paper banner pieces, alphabet stickers and ribbon.

I also added a string of butterfly garland. Quick, lightweight, perfect!

DIY faux marbled eggs – Gather supplies: craft eggs and a marbling kit (it works for paper and fabric too! So fun!) Follow the instructions provided with the kit.

Add 1 magic powder packet (there are 8) to 8 oz. of water in the tray and stir.

Add drops of paint and swirl to create a design and color pattern.

Roll craft egg into the mixture.

Then set on rack to dry.

So pretty!

And of course I snagged all of my decorative accents to finish off the “Egg Hunt” theme at Michaels including the rustic numbered cubby shelf, wire egg basket, bunny (….for peeps’ sake! How cute is he?!),

potted cabbages (darling!) and these grass squares that clip together…perfect for ‘hiding’ eggs!

All set!

Looking for more inspiration? Make sure you visit Michaels’ blog, The Glue String, to see the rest of the Michaels Makers’ Easter project ideas starting today at 11 a.m. CST:

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*This post is sponsored by Michaels. All opinions, photos and love for Michaels (you know you love them too!) are my own.

DIY Engraved Glass Vase

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Roeshel

It’s almost wedding season and DIY/handmade gifts are so special, aren’t they?

Do you love personalized/engraved gifts as much as I do? Well, we’re big Dremel fans (gotta love tool that doesn’t intimidate AND we actually have a “Dremel workshop” in our basement…that’s a post for a different day). I recently had the opportunity to try the Dremel Maker Kit which comes with 3 awesome tools: an engraver, a torch (wood burning/soldering) and the much loved rotary tool!

Anyway, today I’m going to share a little about the engraver. I have a bridal shower to attend next month so I wanted to practice personalizing glass.

What I used:

glass jug/vase (mine had a nice flat side)
Dremel engraving tool (affiliate link)
tape, Sharpie, water, paper towel
I made up this ‘stencil’ – right click image below, save image/upload into a word document, resize to fit your project and print.

What I did:

Print and cut out a design. Now, you can go all landscape scenery with trees or mountains or a portrait if you’re a pro but I went with the word “BLOOM” (font is ‘typewriter’) and a dragonfly silhouette (Picmonkey) – something easy for a beginner.

I taped it to the inside of my vase and traced the pattern with a Sharpie, then removed the paper stencil.

Then…put on your safety goggles and engrave away! It’d probably be helpful to secure your vase to the table with a clamp but I didn’t have any problem holding it in place with one hand and engraving with the other. I started with the lowest setting but traced over my design after kicking it up a few notches to #4.