As Told by The Daughter

This isn’t a normal blog post. It isn’t a recipe or top 10 finds off of H&M. This post is written by Undercover Diyer’s 10 year old daughter. Yes, I was the headless hippie in that one post. I am dedicating this post to organization. That may have been covered by the true Undercover Diyer, but …

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More Fun With Marbled Clay

There are three reasons I am posting for a second time about marbled clay: 1.  Mother’s Day 2.  Teacher Appreciation Week 3.  Sparkly Sculpey Clay Dear Sculpey Clay makers, thank you for making the sparkly sculpey clay.  My life is complete. There might be some mothers and teachers in my life who will be gifted …

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DIY Simple Spring Wreath

I have a first to announce.  This is the first craft project I have done that I had sore muscles from.  But it was totally worth it!     The sore muscles were my shoulders and they were sore from the repetitive motion of wrapping yarn around the wreath form.  For like 40 minutes.  Not …

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DIY Felt Flowers

Look what I made! Wanna make some, too? Here’s what you need: Materials: Felt – a color of your choosing and then something that would work for the inside part of flower, like yellow Glue Gun Scissors Ruler Step 1: The first thing you have to do to make these lovely flowers is to cut …

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DIY Woven Clutch

The subtitle to this post is “My Cutest Fail”.  I’ve been wanting for a long time to try weaving.  I finally bit the bullet and bought a loom. I found the pattern for this adorable clutch in Joann’s project listing, here,  and I thought it would be fun to make.   It was fun, in …

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DIY Super Sparkly Earrings

What do you get when you mix polymer clay with sparkly nail polish?   Super sparkly jewels for your ears, that’s what.  Boom. Materials: Small amount of polymer clay – I used white clay Sparkly Nail Polish Sharpie Paint Pen in Gold (or silver, your choice!) (optional) Earring posts and backs Gorilla Glue or other …

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Watercolor Paint Experiments

You may have heard that we’ve had a touch of weather in Massachusetts.  I will say this.  My front yard looks like a landscape from another planet.  We are surrounded by 6, 8, 12 foot mountains of snow.  Everywhere.  It’s excellent weather for sitting in the house and doing NOTHING.  Until you get so bored …

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