How to fix a laminator that ate your paper
I love my laminator. I also love trying new things with it. There is nothing more fun than trying out a new idea. One day I’d seen some pictures on Pinterest of nice laminated fall leaves. I thought, what similar things could one laminate like that? Flowers! That sounded like a good idea. But instead […]
Kid on a Swing: DIY Laminated Christmas Ornament Project
These cool ornaments impressed all of B’s relatives when we gave them as presents last year. Plus, I love the idea of still having two-year-old B swinging on my Christmas tree in 20 or 30 years. This is a fun laminator project and slightly older kids could probably even help make them. Yes, I know […]
Laminator projects: cool and unique things to make
I love my laminator and all of the cool options for laminator projects. After I first got my laminator I searched for cool projects to do with it and a lot of the same stuff came up over and over. Some of the best ones from those lists I’ve included here. But… I wanted to […]
Laminated baby book page ideas- fun & cute!
I did B’s entire baby book with laminated pages and came up with some cool ideas for how to do it. In this post I will share some of the tips, tricks and ideas I came up with while working on this laminator project. Benefits of laminated baby book pages First off, let me mention […]
Perfect Father’s Day gifts- DIY boxes for dad!
I have been working really hard on these DIY kits and I am so excited to have them out in time for people to give them as Father’s Day gifts. They are super easy to glue together and decorating them is so much fun! The ability to personalize them makes them such thoughtful, unique gifts. […]
A beginner’s guide to good photos for selling products online or documenting projects
I recently took a class at Quelab on product photography. I’m going to share the general process and a few of the cool tips I picked up. This is gong to be a beginner level overview of the process to give you an idea of how it works. If it’s something you’re looking to learn, […]
Making a kid’s step stool/table- with pictures, lots and lots of pictures!
I recently made this kid’s step stool for toddler B. (Plus it folds into a table!) In this post I’ll share my process and steps. After joining Quelab, I knew I wanted to come up with something to make in the wood shop there. They require training on any of the equipment that is potentially […]
Making my own pinhole camera
When I was a kid, I remember making a pinhole camera out of an oatmeal canister. The ‘film’ was half a sheet of photo paper- torn, not cut and my picture was of a tractor. So when making pinhole cameras was mentioned at the recent photography class I took at Quelab, oatmeal came to mind. […]
Making my own canvas prints from start to finish
About two years ago, I ordered a series of canvas prints from a place online. It felt like however they made them must have involved a bit of magic. How do they frame them all nice and how do they get the photo on the canvas anyway? I didn’t really think over much about the […]
How to make cool pouches with a laminator
These pouches/envelopes are quick and easy if you have a laminator (you could also try using self-sealing laminating pouches if you don’t have a laminator). They’re a fun project and make a great place to store any mostly flat objects- papers, receipts, etc. For this example, I made a pouch to store these cool snow […]