You can make your own carnival midway-style illuminated letters
Who knows where my love of midway illuminated lettering comes from, but it’s definitely fed by my addiction to Disneyland. More specifically, the part of the park called “Main Street, USA,” which consists of gift shops and ice cream parlors dressed up to look like an early 20th Century bustling downtown street on speed. Too shiny not to love. But I digress…
Typically an illuminated letter like this is made of metal, is very heavy and would cost you a pretty penny. I knew I wanted something to light up at my wedding, so I figured I’d make my own midway letters. You can too! And there are power tools involved!
3 ways to hack your IKEA cake server
I picked up this set of plain, white, plastic cake servers at IKEA for $5.99. I cut my cake with these bad jacksons and all was well. But almost everything is a blank canvas to a crafter, especially when it’s priced affordably, so I’ve put together three customized serving sets fit for an offbeat celebration. These were all achieved in one evening using materials found at a major craft store.
How to make your own Dungeons & Dragons chocolate dice mold
Ariel Segall aka Ariel (but not that one) appeals to our chocolate-loving, Dungeons and Dragons-playing, favor-searching crowd as she shows us how to make your own chocolate D&D dice molds.
How to make a glittery candy corn mini top hat
Sarah made her daughter a glittery mini top hat, inspired by the most controversial of Halloween candies: candy corn! (Some HATE it, some LOVE it.) I happen to hate candy corn, but I LOVE this fantastic hat.
How to make yarn poofball wedding decor in three easy steps
There are other yarn flower tutorials out there, but my method requires the LEAST amount of materials, and once you’re done there are SO many ways to use these poofballs as decor!
How to make chopstick sleeve place cards
We made chopstick sleeves using some leftover travel-themed wrapping paper from our envelope liners. We then printed out each adult guest’s name onto extra linen card stock and ended up with functional chopstick sleeve place cards that we made like this…