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Recycling sweaters into winter hats is an oldie but a goodie because it’s cheap and useful and makes a great DIY gift. Check out this cute recycled sweater hat that Elise and I made from a recycled sweater! Making a hat out of a recycled wool sweater is such a quick project! I think this …

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No more mixed up mugs! Here’s a quick and adorable way to personalize cocoa and coffee mugs for the holidays by hacking VELCRO® Brand fasteners. My DIY personalized holiday mugs craft uses VELCRO® Brand One-Wrap and a bit of paper to easily personalize your whole family’s coffee and cocoa mugs. And it’s totally removable! You …

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Warm-up your holiday gifts with these printable mitten tags and labels that YOU personalize and print at home! These cute mitten gift tags are festive and also non-denominational so they’re perfect for teacher gifts and hostess gifts as well as gifts for friends and family, whether they celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, or the Winter Solstice. Just …

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Here’s a treat: free printable Halloween party decorations to spook up your Halloween dinner table! These free printable Halloween dinner party decorations include fancy skeleton doilies, Halloween banner, cup wraps, and personalized Halloween food labels to name the food on your Halloween menu. Print and cut these Halloween table decorations for an elegant Halloween party. …

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Here’s a fresh and sun shiny DIY nursery wall art idea: Personalized sun prints made using sun paper and alphabet magnets. Liam’s room is getting a makeover so I decided to make a bit of DIY artwork for his room to keep company with his super adorable Minted monster artwork. Chicago has been sunny and …

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My free printable Winnie The Pooh mini popcorn box template will put you “in the mood …for food.” Download my Pooh popcorn box printable to make your own snack boxes for a Winnie the Pooh movie night or birthday party theme. Remember that song? It’s from the classic movie “The Many Adventures of Winnie the …

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I decorated our glass front door using white contact paper for Liam’s 1st birthday party and loved it so much that I left it up for a week (OK so it was two weeks). It’s white contact paper, so it’s totally removable with no residue. Just grab a roll at the hardware store or wherever, …

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Making your famous strawberry jam this season? Dress it up in style with these printable canning labels from my etsy store that YOU easily personalize and print at home. Use these unlimited personalized canning labels year after year on cans and other food gifts. Just open the PDF file using Acrobat Reader 9, a free …

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I like making handmade DIY goodie bags for birthday parties. Like, maybe too much. My handmade DIY goodie bags tend to be pretty quick and simple, and these DIY goodie bags for Liam’s 1st birthday party were my easiest yet. Elise and I made these DIY goodie bags to match Liam’s XOXO Hugs and Kisses …

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This project is sponsored by Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores. Thanks for supporting the brands who support Merriment Design. This easy Fourth of July kids summer craft activity is so fun that the adults will want to join in too. And you can make these easy DIY Perler Bead coasters for your Fourth of July …

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This free printable DIY happy birthday banner sports circles polka dots in blue, orange, red and green. Just print the free printable template, cut out the circles, string and hang. The birthday banner sports blue circles with polka dots and X’s that I liked to call Liam’s XOXO Hugs and Kisses 1st birthday theme. This …

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My DIY Toy Story front door welcome sign was the perfect yee-haw welcome for Elise’s Toy Story birthday party. My Buzz Lightyear obsessed daughter, Elise, wanted a Toy Story birthday party theme. Convenient for me, she was turning 3 years old which means I could knock off the Toy Story 3 logo a bit to …

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I made these personalized printable sheriff badges for my daughter Elise’s Toy Story Birthday Party. And that means now they are yours to personalize for your own little sheriff. I’m really excited about these free printable sheriff badges because I figured out way for you to easily personalize them yourself with your child’s name and …

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