20 New DIY Storage Solutions You Need Immediately

February 20, 2017 by FaveCrafts

I feel like I’ve never actually hit the potential of how organized I can be. I’ll do really well for a while, and then suddenly my entire night stand is filled with coupons from the last year and a half, and every surface is filled with papers, and various foods are just shoved in the cabinets, and I can’t find my favorite pen.

Recently I learned the magic of actually having a pencil cup on my desk instead of scattering eleven pens across its surface. I also recently discovered this amazing DIY storage solutions below! From precious little boxes to DIY coat racks, baskets, and more, these lovely ideas will help you stay a little more organized (and a lot more organized than me).

Last year, we put together a fantastic collection of 20 Unique Storage Solutions from FaveCrafts, and this year we’re sharing the love. Below you’ll find storage ideas for the kitchen, craft room, living room, and more from all over the web. Learn how to make a great storage solution and display it proudly! Not only will guests remark on how organized you are, but you’ll be able to proudly say you made that storage solution yourself.

DIY Storage Solutions

What is the storage solution helping you most in your life right now?

National Coffee Day: 11 DIY Mugs You Need in Your Life

September 29, 2015 by FaveCrafts

Happy National Coffee Day! September 29, National Coffee Day, is the best day. Why? Coffee. If you love coffee, then this is the day to celebrate! Don’t have a cool coffee mug to show off on a day like this? Then try making any of these easy craft ideas, and get your brew on.

You need these DIY mugs in your life. They’re the perfect DIY gift idea because you can customize these DIY coffee mugs to fit any occasion. Don’t even get us started on monogrammed mugs! Also, you can gift them to yourself. Even better! Avoid pricey store-bought mugs by learning how to decorate a mug yourself in order to perfectly match your kitchen’s décor. Then, display your beautiful DIY coffee mugs on a DIY Mug Rack, so that everyone will see the awesome crafting skills that you possess.

National Coffee Day: 11 DIY Mugs You Need in Your Life

1. Quick & Easy Initial DIY Mugs – Make your own initials and gift these mugs to yourself. Or, make someone else’s as the perfect DIY gift.

2. Easy Marbled DIY Mugs – These marbled mugs are on-trend and so easy to make yourself.

3. Glam Glitter Mug – Add some glam to your mornings with this sparkle mug.

4. Martha Stewart Coffee Mugs – These DIY coffee mugs are colorful, stylish, and fun.

5. DIY Abstract Brushstroke Mug – For the artsy coffee drinker; choose the colors that inspire you.

Image courtesy of thesweetestoccasion.com

6. Dollar Store Hack: Beautiful Alcohol Ink Mug – These mugs look like anything, but dollar store creations!

Image courtesy of babble.com

7. DIY Travel Mug – Need your coffee on-the-go? Customize your travel mug in a few simple steps.

Image courtesy of flaxandtwine.com

8. DIY Mug Makeover – This mug decorating tutorial proves that gold really is magic and makes everything amazing.

Image courtesy of thesarahjohnson.com

9. Metallic Painted Mugs – If you want in on the copper trend, but can’t afford the pricey copper mugs, then this is the solution that’s better than the original!

Image courtesy of designimprovised.com

10. Anthropologie Inspired Mug – So pretty and so floral! Curl up with a book and a cozy throw while drinking your Cup O’ Joe from this pretty creation.

Image courtesy of morenascorner.com

11. Two-Tone Dipped Mugs – Consider DIY Christmas gifts solved. Everyone’s getting these cranberry-esque, dipped mugs from us this holiday season.

Image courtesy of thisheartofmineblog.com

How do you take your coffee?

Link Love: 35 Trendy DIY Jewelry

July 24, 2015 by FaveCrafts

One of the common misconceptions about DIY jewelry is that they don’t look like store-bought or that they aren’t trendy and fashionable. We are here to prove them wrong! Homemade jewelry is absolutely gorgeous and there are endless possibilities with what you can do with it. There’s clay jewelry, metalwork, beaded, wire work, and so many other options for what you can make. As long as you have the right tools and an endless imagination, you can make anything you think of. Can’t find the right leather bracelet? That’s why you make it yourself and use the materials that you are imagining. Stop settling for the options that are given to you, and learn how to make jewelry the way you want it to look.

I feel like every woman owns at least three full sized jewelry boxes, and a couple trinket boxes. Each one symbolizes the phase that represents of that time in her life. For example, I have a small, about a foot high, box that is labeled for each type of jewelry in bright colors and flower knobs—obviously, that was my childhood phase where I kept everything and it was just the awful kid jewelry. Then I have one that is wooden, same size, and has glass doors that have a hanger to hold my necklaces. My “adult” jewelry box is the full length mirror that opens up to hold all of my nice, jewelry, DIY statement necklaces, wire work projects, and anything that needs a little extra love.

Then again, that might be just me trying to put a reason behind the hoard of boxes I have—an English major problem. I’ll just say it is an attempt to organize jewelry. Everything on this giant list of link love looks like something that has been bought in a store. I love the homemade rings with a sideways gem or incredible metalwork. Statement necklaces haven’t gone away yet, and honestly, I hope they never do. They’re an easy way to add some flair to a plain outfit. There’s something for everyone on this giant list. With all the options for cute DIY jewelry, I’ll have to buy another jewelry box for that period in my life where I go “crazy for crafting” (which is all the time!).

35 Trendy DIY Jewelry

Quick! Let me see…

DIY Statement Necklaces

Homemade Earrings

Homemade Bracelets

DIY Rings

Jewelry Sets

What do you do to organize your jewelry?

Link Love: Macrame Crafts Are Knot Your Average Home Decor

July 18, 2015 by AllFreeJewelryMaking

I will be honest, I had never heard of macrame before. I didn’t even know how to use it in a sentence! So it came as a surprise when I typed it into Google and find that it’s just knots. (I’m sorry to those of you who already know what it is, but bear with me for a few lines.) Homemade macrame jewelry is what mostly comes up. Basically, it’s a series of knots assembled in a way to hold stuff of varying sizes. It normally uses cotton, linen, yarn, or rope—what you choose to use for macrame materials usually depends on what you’re doing with it. If you’re making macrame jewelry, then you can use a lighter string with beads. For right now, however, I wanted to explore what other options macrame crafting has to offer.

So what do I go to first? Home decor. Living in the city gives me an awesome urban background to try a hipster/urban-chic decorations. These DIY home decor ideas are a great way to bring a little Bohemian-chic into your home. They may remind you of those corner-hanging-lamps with the tassels and the psychedelic coloring, but the modern world has transformed the hipster decorating ideas. These designs call for basic knot-tying skills such as square knots and overhand knots and are an up-and-coming trend for home decor. Don’t both spending money, let alone attempting to find the exact color and fabric you want, at a store when you can use any fabric, in any color, for your own color scheme.

Macrame Crafts Are Knot Your Average Home Decor

Macrame Bottle Vases from Crafting Fingers

Easy DIY Plant Hanger from A Charming Project

Macrame Wheat Grass Eggs from The Merry Thought

Macrame Rope Wall-hanging from Miss Amy Phipps

Macrame Plant Holder from Classy Clutter

Macrame Yarn Garland from A Beautiful Mess

DIY Hanging Macrame Chair from Classy Clutter

Macrame Herb Hanger

Although most of the items that the macrame is holding are potted plants, you can use these to hold about anything. You can use a garden gazing globe and create beautiful colored light inside your home. It can be used as a hanging storage place for your child’s stuffed animals. This is a trending craft that will work for whatever setting you have in your home. Even try it outside to hang your hanging plants. Urban, Bohemian, country, rustic… These rope crafts are going to be the hottest thing to make!

Where and what will you use macrame for?

Calling All Beach Beauties! 8 DIY Swimsuit Patterns Perfect for Summer

May 12, 2015 by FaveCrafts

I don’t know about you, but I have come to dread putting on my swimsuit. When I was younger I couldn’t WAIT to slip into my bikini and jump in the pool. Now, though, I can’t help but feel a little self-conscious. That’s why I was thrilled when I realized how many DIY swimsuit patterns there are online. Whether you’d feel best in a one piece, a bikini, or a tankini there are free sewing patterns you can use to teach yourself how to make a swimsuit, and we’ve got eight of them right here! Some are from our friends at AllFreeSewing.com, and others are from bloggers we admire around the web.

The month of May will be over before we know it, so you best dive in and choose a pattern before swim season is in full swing.

How to Make a Swimsuit

DIY Peek-a-Book One Piece from Right Where I Left Off

Vintage High-Waist Bikini

From Bra to Bathing Suit from Tasha Delrae

DIY Strawberry Bikini from Clones and Clowns

Stylish Cut Out Swimsuit Patterns -TWO patterns in one spot!

Twist and Tie Bikini Top

From Bikini and Tankini from Over the Moon

Under the Sea High-Waisted Bikini from Ohhh Lulu

Are you excited to learn how to make a swimsuit?

Link Love: How to Make a Scarf for Spring or Summer

May 8, 2015 by FaveCraftsBlog

If you were to ask my husband how many scarves I own, he would probably say something close to, “Too many,” or “A ba-jillion.” While he may be pretty accurate with those statements, there are so many ways to wear scarves for each season that I can’t possibly ever have too many scarves. On that note, I should probably get going on making my own scarves for a change. I crochet quite frequently and I loved making this crochet scarf that I wore in my engagement photos, but now that it’s spring I really want to make a DIY fabric scarf.

I have expensive taste and I love the designer looks, but I definitely hate the designer price. So, I set out on a mission to find the perfect DIY scarf – and ended up finding 17 free patterns that have stolen my heart. ~~I do apologize in advance for the high number of infinity scarves in this list if you don’t like them~~. (Scratch that, I actually did a pretty good job mixing normal scarves and infinity scarves in this list). Infinity scarves are my absolute favorite so you’ll just have to deal. 😉 (or, you know, just not sew the ends together and voila, you’ve got a normal scarf)

Sewing an infinity scarf will be my next adventure in the crafting world. I’m excited because making an easy infinity scarf has been on my crafting list for awhile. With each infinity scarf tutorial below you’ll be itching to pull out your sewing machine. Learn how to make a infinity scarf or just how to make a fabric scarf just by checking out these awesome patterns. And of course, free patterns our the fave here at FaveCrafts so enjoy!

Lace Infinity Scarf from Urban Threads
DIY Stunning Stenciled Scarf from A Pretty Handy Girl
The Lacey Infinity Scarf from Wray Sist3rs
DIY Stamped Chevron Scarf from By Wilma
A Scarf for Spring from Tea Rose Home
DIY Hand Printed Scarf from Crazy About Coral
Infinity Circle Scarf Tutorial from Leafy Treetop
DIY Infinity Scarf from Sea Glass & Ribbons
Tube or Circle Scarf from Cotton + Curls
DIY Chic: Printed Word Scarf from College Fashion
Linen + Lace Infinity Scarf Tutorial from Wildflowers + Whimsy
DIY Anthropologie Scarf from Home Heart Craft
Make Your Own Lace Scarf from A Beautiful Mess
DIY Spring Scarf Tutorial from Pink When
Long Pom Pom Cowl from The Purl Bee
DIY Pom Trim Scarf Tutorial from Carry on…Carry on
Fat Quarter Gang – Patricia Infinity Cowl from luvinthemommyhood

Which DIY scarf are you most excited to try?

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Link Love: How To Make a DIY Globe

April 10, 2015 by FaveCraftsBlog

Sometimes you come across a craft idea that literally makes you exclaim, “WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE?!” and this was one those times. As soon as I saw that crafters were creatively upcycling old, vintage, or even damaged globes – I was hooked. The DIY Globe may not be a brand new craft idea, but there are certainly fantastic ways to create your own. I look up a bunch of ideas and just had to hare my favorites!

The best part about the tutorials below is that they are all free. I kept getting frustrated when I’d find a DIY globe that was just a photo and not a tutorial. So I saved you the hassle and found only globes with free tutorials. I love the wide variety of styles that I found and how each globe seems to have its own personality. It’s as if each globe is a blank canvas and you get to make it your own. I won’t get too philosophical on you, but it’s very much like life. The world is what you make of it, right?

Upcycling these globes really puts a nice spin on “Earth” Day (April 22!). I love that we are putting our creativity to good use and keeping old globes out of dumpsters and landfills. Plus, you get to showcase your love for the earth and traveling by putting one of these on display in your living room. DIY home decor is all about finding those few unique objects that will really make your space complete. I fully believe that one of these DIY globes will complete your room and make it really special.

30 Minute Project: Paint on a Globe! from Chris Loves Julia
DIY Black & Gold Globe from Love & Renovations
Spring Globe Upcycle from My Sister’s Suitcase
Sheet Music Globe from Cutesy Crafts
Thrifty Thursdays: Globe from Hydrangea Hippo
Painted Globe from Jenna Sue Design
DIY Painted Globe from Upcycled Treasures
Death Star Globe from In My Wheele House
Coastal Inspired Globe from The V Spot

Which DIY Globe is your favorite?

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7 Lucky Horseshoe Crafts

February 23, 2015 by FaveCrafts

You don’t have to have a western themed home to embrace the horseshoe. Horseshoes are now almost a staple in modern and rustic decor. There are some really talented Etsy sellers that have mastered the art of crafting with horseshoes and I envy them most days! I only have horseshoes from my horseback riding days and finding them at the barn. I also have some vintage horseshoes from my grandfather when he worked on a farm in Wisconsin as a boy. I treasure those horseshoes and I don’t think i could alter them in any way. However, I do plan to look for some horseshoes at antique shops this summer – and you can too!

There is a debate as to which way horseshoes are to be hung in a home. Some say that hanging them with the open side upwards keeps all the good luck in the home. If the horseshoe is turned upside down, the luck will fall out, which will bring bad luck to the home. Others seem to say that turning the horseshoe upside down lets all of the luck pour out into the home. For me, an upside down horseshoe makes me cringe!

With St. Patrick’s Day coming up and my love of horseshoes and anything related to horses, I’ve gathered up 7 Lucky Horseshoe Crafts we can all try. Similar to the horseshoe debate, there is also the “lucky” debate between four leaf clovers and three leaf clovers. Growing up, I always knew that finding a four leaf clover was next to impossible – but after hours in a field at day camp, I finally found one. But if you’re Irish (and I am a little bit Irish), you know that the three leaf clover is the traditional symbol, the shamrock. People tend to get hot-headed over this difference for some reason. I promise you, no matter which way you hang your horseshoe or which clover you like best, there’s lots of good luck to spread around before St. Patrick’s Day!

Horseshoe Plate Holder from Elizabeth Jones Designs
A Wee St. Pat’s Pallet Sign from Fynes Designs
Horseshoe Candle Holder from Simply Country Life
Lucky Horseshoe Pallet Sign from Fynes Designs
Good Luck Horseshoes from Texas Craft House
Lucky Golden Horseshoe Sign from French Knots
Horse Shoe Photo Frame from Cut Out + Keep

Horseshoes up or down? Three leaves or four?

Link Love: The DIY Dreamcatcher

January 23, 2015 by FaveCrafts

Channel your inner bohemian because dreamcatchers are back. Or they never left. Either way, these whimsical and lovely pieces have taken the spotlight in home decor and now you can learn to make your own.

“What are dream catchers?” you ask? Well, according to Google, the dreamcatcher meaning is:

“a small hoop containing a horsehair mesh, or a similar construction of string or yarn, decorated with feathers and beads, believed to give its owner good dreams. Dreamcatchers were originally made by American Indians.”

When I was a kid, I always thought of dreamcatchers as catching the bad dreams. I suppose the would then be called “nightmare catchers” which doesn’t sound quite as happy. Oh well. Today we’ve rounded up our fave diy dreamcatchers for your enjoyment. If you’ve ever wondered “How do you make a dreamcatcher?” and wanted to transform your room into a magical and dreamy land, these pictures of dream catchers will inspire you. Making a diy dream catcher doesn’t have to be difficult or time consuming. We found a variety of traditional and more modern dreamcatchers for you to try. Use yarn, twine, vintage doilies, thread, or anything you see fit to create the dreamcatcher of your dreams. I think I have some vintage doilies lying around that I think could use a new prupose in life. Plus, vintage doilies are always in antique shops just waiting for a new home. I know what I’m doing this summer in Michigan!

Part of what makes each dreamcatcher unique is the different feathers and beads you can use to complete the design. Learn how to make a simple dreamcatcher and keep dreaming my friends!

DIY Peacock Dreamcatcher from Saving More Than Me
DIY Dreamcatcher: Urban Outfitters Knock Off from Child at Heart
DIY DREAM CATCHER from A Little Birdy
DIY: Doily Dream Catcher from Fawn Over Baby
DIY Mint Dream Catcher from Stardustsoul
HEART OF HOPE DREAMCATCHER from mollymoo
DIY DREAMCATCHER from This Fashion is Mine
DIY Doily Dreamcatcher from Calico Skies
DIY HULA HOOP DREAM CATCHER from Primitive and Proper

Have you ever made a dreamcatcher?

Link Love: DIY Antlers

January 16, 2015 by FaveCrafts

It’s time for a somewhat unusual link love post, but unusual in the best way. Because, quite frankly, these craft projects are actually becoming more and more common and we don’t hate them. In fact, there are plenty of reasons crafting with antlers is actually quite amazing.

Some things to note before you send PETA after me.

Deer, and other antlered animals, shed their antlers naturally
Some, if not all, of the projects below can be made using fake antlers (plastic, plaster, etc) that you can probably find online somewhere
I don’t like hunting. I am not supporting killing deer in any way at all.

These antler projects are trending all over the place. I’ve seen antlers in home decor magazines and there are TONS of painted antlers on Etsy that are simply gorgeous. These diy antler projects will inspire you to use this renewable resource in your home decor. I like to think of it as a “rustic meets modern” sort of project. We can all see the natural element in these antler craft ideas and by bringing nature indoors, we are admiring and bringing beauty in our homes. Appreciate the natural and abstract shape of antlers and embrace the uniqueness of each one. Plus, there are even diy faux antlers that you can try to make. Learn how to make antlers with paper mache or even clay and you’ll love the result. Painting deer antlers is just one way to make these natural pieces a little more urban and chic. It’s time to make deer antlers a part of your home decor this year.

Antler Necklace DIY from Always Rooney
DIY Paper Mache Deer Antlers from PoppyQuinn
DIY Antler Jewelry Organizer from Southern Architectress
Mounted Antlers from Paisley Wallpaper
DIY Antler Wreath from Primitive and Proper
Pallet Antler Wall Art from Megan Brooke Handmade
Deer Antler Artwork from Uniquely Yours…or Mine!
DIY: Antler Jewelry Holder from The Yellow Postcard
Antler Coat Rack from Camille Styles

What is the storage solution helping you most in your life right now?

National Coffee Day: 11 DIY Mugs You Need in Your Life

How do you take your coffee?

35 Trendy DIY Jewelry

Quick! Let me see…

Homemade Earrings

Homemade Bracelets

DIY Rings

Jewelry Sets

What do you do to organize your jewelry?

Macrame Crafts Are Knot Your Average Home Decor

Where and what will you use macrame for?

How to Make a Swimsuit

Are you excited to learn how to make a swimsuit?

Which DIY scarf are you most excited to try?

Which DIY Globe is your favorite?

Horseshoes up or down? Three leaves or four?

Have you ever made a dreamcatcher?

What do you think of the DIY antler trend?

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