My Bright Ideas

Glass Gems from the Dollar Store or Craft Store. Glue the flat sided marbles to Vase or Candle Holder for a Beautiful Effect! mybrightideasblog.com

Jazz up a Vase or Candle Holder with Glass Gems and Hot Glue!

When I saw this bag of glass gems at Michael’s craft store I had to get it even though I didn’t know what project to use it for yet. The beads had pearl and pink and turquoise….so pretty! The vase is small either for short cut flowers or its a candle holder…I’m not sure. One…

100 Buttons on a Tshirt with Felt Gumball Machine-To Celebrate Math and Counting and passing 100 days of school, Teachers often give an assignment to bring 100 of something from home.

Crafts

100th Day of School Celebration-Glue Buttons on a shirt for a Gumball Machine

It looks like next Monday will be the 100th school day for 2018! Where has the time gone?!?! Once a year the school has a nice way to spice up a dreary February by celebrating the 100th day of school. Its a great excuse for extra math too as they find all sorts of ways…

Bright Colorful Coasters! Easy craft project using PomPoms a 4 inch square of cork and your hot glue gun to attach the pom poms. mybrightideasblog.com

Kids

Easy Pom Pom and Cork Coasters

This project is bright and cheery and ridiculously easy to make! All the supplies can be purchased at a Dollar Store so its super inexpensive too! You will need: cork bright pompoms (plan for 40 per coaster) ruler scissors hot glue gun hot glue sticks Gather your supplies! Initially I used a roll…

Hand Paint Bowls, Mugs, Wineglasses to Personalize and make each one an original. mybrightideasblog.com

Crafts

Painted Ceramic Bowls – Paint Your Own Dishes Your Way!

Hand Painting your own dishes is so easy! I had no idea you could just write or paint a message on a dish and bake it and you have a personalized dish, vase, mug… You can buy plain bowls and mugs anywhere. These were from Dollar Tree for $1.25. I had so much…

Sew a Hot Rice Pack for aches and pains. Easy to make. Add Lavender for a soothing scent.

Sewing

Easy to Make-Microwavable Hot / Cold Rice & Lavender Packs

Microwavable Rice and Lavender Hot or Cold Pad Need to soothe aches and pain, bumps and bruises? Nothing brings comfort like a microwave rice hot pack! Add a hint of lavender to your hot pad for a calming effect. If you are sporty with muscle aches or have bickering children that make a certain…

Sewing

Sew Your Own Shopping Bags for Produce Fruit and Vegetabes – Very Easy!

Using reusable shopping bags has been the trend for years now when carrying your groceries home. But have you noticed that some stores are encouraging you to bring cloth bags for the produce too? I have seen this trend at my local bulk store. Of course, if you ‘ve been going to the farmers market,…

Easy DIY with a few boards of wood, drill, screws and you have bild a shelf behind the counch..mybrightideasblog.com

Hacks

Build a Shelf Behind the Couch

A shelf behind the couch supported by just a few pieces of wood makes a great place to put nic nacs. Just a couple of boards, screws, and painted black. I was visiting a friend and her beautiful new baby-with the most perfect nose I’ve ever seen-and spotted something that I meant to ask her…

Easy mittens or fingerless gloves made from socks, sew a bit of felt on to make them adorable! mybrightideasblog.com

Diy

Fingerless Mittens from Socks? Super fun!

Have you noticed the weather is getting chilly again and your little fingers are getting cold. But where are last years mittens??? Don’t ask me….I have a drawer with 10 single mittens and gloves that I just can’t figure out where the partners have gone to. Not to worry! It is so easy to make…

Easy Sewing Project-Felt Bird Knee Patches mybrightideasblog.com

Kids

Felt Knee Patch – Little birds Cover Holes in Pants

These are way cuter than the big rectangle patches I had to patch up the holes in my pants when I was a kid. Trust me! In my frugal family, growing up with 4 sisters, holes were mended, socks were darned…things were not thrown out if they got a hole they were put in the…

Family Portrait Painted by the Family! A great project that involves the whole family and looks great in the playroom! mybrightideasblog.com

Kids

Family Self Portrait Painting by Everyone – So original!

Family Self-Portrait Painting – The whole family made together! Years ago I had this calendar that had really nice pictures in it of fabric birds and butterflies. I thought the photos were so nice that I would cut them out for card making or something….I just didn’t know what. One day I came across…