DIY Pumpkin Diorama + Free Patterns!

New tutorial! Shows how to create a pumpkin diorama with a miniature haunted house in it!

Pumpkin dioramas are very popular this year and they are so fun to make! You can really get creative with these. If you don't want to do any carving (or minimal-carving), this is a great pumpkin decorating idea!

Here are patterns (make sure to print these at full size - 8x10):

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Materials (and where I got them):
•fake pumpkin (from Michaels, with the opening pre-cut)
•patterns at the link above
•Xacto knife or scissors with sharp point
•card stock or construction paper in multiple colors
•glue stick
•hot glue (Walmart)
•black spanish moss (JoAnns)
•firefly lights or a led tealight (Hobby Lobby)
•mini pumpkins (Hobby Lobby)
•pebbles (from my garden)

Polymer Clay Maple Leaf Earrings

New tutorial! Shows how to create these maple leaf post earrings out of polymer clay!

Here is the leaf pattern (print this page at full size - 8x10):


Please click here or the video below to watch!

DIY Arm Knit Infinity Scarf

This tutorial is from last year, but never got posted here. Arm knitting is really popular again, and it is actually super easy to do! It doesn't matter if you don't know how to knit - you can make this.

In this video, I'll be going over:

-how to cast on

-how to knit

-how to cast off / bind off

-how to stitch the 2 ends together to form the infiniti scarf

Before stitching the ends together to create an infiniti scarf, mine measured 34" Long x 12.5" Wide. It is 15 stitches wide.

Tips:

*Keep in mind, a very bulky, heavy-weight yarn definitely works best for this project. You can try it with other types of yarn, but you'll get a different effect than what is shown here.

*If you have a scarf you like the length/width of, measure it and use it as a guide for this.

Watercolor Maple Leaf Wreath

New video! The beautiful changing colors of the leaves are one of my favorite things about Fall. Here is a project inspired by that, a wreath out of watercolor maple leaves!

Here is the maple leaf pattern:

(To print: hover over it, click the pop out icon in the upper right corner,
then click the printer icon in the top center)