Thursday, July 25, 2024

Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad

A delicious pasta salad with a Mexican flair. Perfectly cooked pasta, cubed cheese and fresh juicy corn paired with red onion and cilantro all coated with a mild creamy sauce. 

This is my new go-to summer salad recipe! 

This is a great side dish for any BBQ or pot luck get together. It's has the flavors of street corn with a fun twist.

 
mexican street corn pasta salad on a spoon with a bowl of pasta in the background

 

Monday, July 22, 2024

40+ Sewing Tutorials for Stuffed Animals

Kids of all ages love stuffed animals.

Grab your sewing machine and make a bunch of cute stuffed animals with these awesome sewing patterns for stuffed animals.

There is a wide range of animal patterns to choose from.


40+ SEWING TUTORIALS FOR STUFFED ANIMALS

Get creative and make a wide variety of stuffed animals.

There are so many options. These make great gifts for birthdays or Christmas.

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collage of homemade stuffed animals
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Wednesday, July 17, 2024

How to Make Tissue Paper Flowers (DIY Craft Tutorial)

Hi friends, it's Natalie from Doodlecraft teaching how to make tissue paper flowers for the perfect home decor or centerpieces.

These gorgeous paper flowers are easy, uses minimal supplies and no fancy tools!

Brighten a space in your home, give someone a hypoallergenic bouquet or decorate a tablescape with simple DIY tissue paper flowers.


3 tissue paper flowers in a blue glass vase sitting on a closed teal book surrounded by wood beads and over a rattan placemat



Paper flowers are one of my most favorite crafts. If you haven't already tried the paper flowers posted in May, give them a try!

I have really bad allergies to flowers. I just cannot have them in my home for long or I pay a terrible price--days of body and head aches.

In order to brighten up the indoors and not have a reaction, I cope with paper flowers. I love all kinds of paper flower crafts but tissue paper flowers are simple to make and look light and airy.

Tissue paper flowers are a softer flower, lightweight, fragile and much more life-like than copy paper flowers. 

Grab that gift bag in the closet filled up with other gift bags and old tissue paper and let's get started on this fun and simple craft!