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How to Make a Paper Doll - Here's a tutorial on how to make a sweet paper doll and her friend. You'll love how easy this is and might not want to give it away when you're finished! :) via littlegirldesigns.com
Posted in Crafts, Creative Life, Easy Crafts to Make, littlegirldesigns.com

How to Make a Paper Doll

Learn how to make a paper doll with this sweet tutorial! When I was a little girl we had a small box with several different…

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Kid's Table Craft: Table Runner - How to make a simple table runner for the kid's table for Thanksgiving. You can also have the kids help out with this one. :) Tutorial @ littlegirldesigns.com
Posted in Crafts, Creative Life, Easy Crafts to Make, Holiday, Kid-friendly Crafts, littlegirldesigns.com

Kid’s Table Craft: Table Runner

After I made napkin rings for the kid’s table, I had an entire cereal box that was crying out to be used. And since we…

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Bring Back Snail Mail with this amazing guide! Get inspired with pages of prompts and ideas of what to send in the mail. Learn how to make fun cards with the tutorial section. And don't forget the stationery! Included are pages of printable airmail envelopes, cards, and postcards which are just waiting for you to print and fill out. So fun!

The {10 Minute} Letter-writing Retreat

Why 10 Minutes? Letter-writing doesn’t have to take a long time. You can, of course, spend an afternoon perfecting a letter but if you just…

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This Was August - A look back at August at Little Girl Designs...The Creative Retreat workbook, making an art journal, how to make an inspiration board for your life, and more! @ littlegirldesigns.com
Posted in Crafts, Creative Life, Creativity Prompts and Tips, Easy Crafts to Make, Life, littlegirldesigns.com

This Was August

It’s always surreal writing these monthly recaps. I started out writing them because I was inspired by Emily from Chatting At The Sky’s monthly recap…

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Summer Crafts Finale on Little Girl Designs - all of the super easy (weekend-friendly) crafts we worked on this summer as well as several more just-for-fun projects you'll love! @ littlegirldesigns.com
Posted in Crafts, Creative Life, Easy Crafts to Make, littlegirldesigns.com

Summer Crafting Series Finale

Welcome to the last week of my Summer Crafting series. Every Friday for the last eight weeks, I shared easy crafts you could make over…

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How to Make an Art Journal: Learn how to make your own art journal (or regular journal) using simple supplies (that you might just have already!) @ littlegirldesigns.com
Posted in Art Journal, Crafts, Creative Journaling, littlegirldesigns.com, Prompts and Tips, Tips

How to Make an Art Journal

Welcome to the ninth week of my Summer Crafting series. Every Friday until next week, I’ll be sharing easy crafts you can make over the…

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Make An Art Journal: Mommy & Me Collage Cover - How to make an art journal cover using chip board, paint, and collage. This is the third post in a series on how to make your own journal. You could also use this technique to make a mommy and me collage for your home. Makes a great gift for Mother's Day and birthdays! @ littlegirldesigns.com
Posted in Art Journal, Crafts, Creative Journaling, littlegirldesigns.com

Make an Art Journal: Mommy and Me Cover

Welcome to the eighth week of my Summer Crafting series. Every Friday for the next 2 weeks, I’ll be sharing easy crafts you can make…

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Make An Art Journal: Tree Collage Cover - How to make an art journal cover using chip board, paint, and collage. This is the second post in a series on how to make your own journal. You could also use this technique to make a painting of a tree collage for your home. Makes a great gift! @ littlegirldesigns.com
Posted in Art Journal, Crafts, Creative Journaling, Creative Life, Easy Crafts to Make, littlegirldesigns.com

Make an Art Journal: Tree Collage Cover

Welcome to the seventh week of my Summer Crafting series. Every Friday for the next 3 weeks, I’ll be sharing easy crafts you can make…

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This Was July - A look back on July at Little Girl Designs. Learn to make watermelon notecards, a doll necklace, a cute t-shirt, and more! Plus free creative prompts! @ littlegirldesigns.com
Posted in Creative Retreat, Life, littlegirldesigns.com

Monthly Recap: This Was July

When I was ten, one summer night, The baby stars that leapt Among the trees like dimes of light, I cupped, and capped, and kept.…

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How to Make Leaves out of Book Pages: Make beautiful art out of discarded books. It's so simple to make these leaves out of old book pages, and you can use them in a myriad of ways. I'll show you how! @ littlegirldesigns.com
Posted in Crafts, littlegirldesigns.com

How to Make Book Page Leaves

Welcome to the sixth week of my Summer Crafting series. Every Friday for the next 4 weeks, I’ll be sharing easy crafts you can make…

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How to Paint Map Pins - A super easy tutorial on how to transform plain black map pins to match your personal decor! You're going to love this! @ littlegirldesigns.com
Posted in Crafts, littlegirldesigns.com

How to Paint Map Pins

Welcome to the first week of my Summer Crafting series. Every Friday for the next 10 weeks, I’ll be sharing easy crafts you can make…

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Make a Wooden Bead Bracelet - How to make a simple bracelet from wooden beads. I customized this one to look like my daughter, and you can too! Such an easy and fun craft. :) @ littlegirldesigns.com
Posted in Crafts, Creative Life, Easy Crafts to Make, littlegirldesigns.com

Make a Wooden Bead Bracelet

Welcome to the fifth week of my Summer Crafting series. Every Friday for the next 5 weeks, I’ll be sharing easy crafts you can make…

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Make a Watermelon Card - Yum! Watermelons are delicious AND cute. Make this card and send some love in the mail. Also a great craft for kids! @ littlegirldesigns.com
Posted in Creative Life, Letter writing Prompts and Tutorials, Letter-writing, littlegirldesigns.com, Tutorials Card-making

Make a Watermelon Note Card

Welcome to the third week of my Summer Crafting series. Every Friday for the next 7 weeks, I’ll be sharing easy crafts you can make…

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These ribbon wands are so sweet and are incredibly easy to make. Whip up a bunch for a wedding, for birthday party favors, or as a pretend play wand.
Posted in Crafts, Creative Life, Easy Crafts to Make, littlegirldesigns.com

How to Make a Ribbon Wand

Welcome to the second week of my Summer Crafting series. Every Friday for the next 9 weeks, I’ll be sharing easy crafts you can make…

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How to Make a Fireworks Card - a super simple tutorial to make your own fireworks card. This is a kid-friendly craft and would also make a great gift! @ littlegirldesigns.com
Posted in Creative Life, Holiday, Kid-friendly Crafts, Letter writing Prompts and Tutorials, Letter-writing, littlegirldesigns.com, Tutorials Card-making

Make a Fireworks Postcard

This fireworks postcard is the result of several different 4th of July craft attempts that failed. In other words, it was my fall-back craft, the…

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How to Make Ombre Effect Watercolor Cards - Learn how to make a couple of beautiful cards--no watercolor experience required! @ littlegirldesigns.com
Posted in Creative Life, Letter writing Prompts and Tutorials, Letter-writing, littlegirldesigns.com, Tutorials Card-making

How to Make Ombre Effect Watercolor Cards

A month or so ago, I asked my readers what kinds of crafts they would like to see more of, and the resounding answer was…

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Looking for a Father's Day gift he'll LOVE? Look no further! These gifts range from gifts he'll really use to gifts he'll love to EAT! You can thank me later. :)
Posted in Crafts, Creative Life, Easy Crafts to Make, Holiday, littlegirldesigns.com

21 Father’s Day Gifts He’ll Love

If you’re like me, it is difficult to find Father’s Day gifts that are REALLY good. When I started my Pinterest boards for Mother’s Day…

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Join the 2030make 30 day creativity challenge! I'm busy, you're busy, we're all busy...BUT that shouldn't keep us from creating, should it? Join the #2030make challenge and you'll receive a printable workbook, four lessons on creativity, and 7 videos from our live sessions for the challenge. You'll also enjoy the fun of being able to work on your creative projects for the next 30 days. Whoohoo!
Posted in #2030make, Crafts, Creative Life, littlegirldesigns.com

What Will You Make? – 30 Day Creative Challenge

This 30 day creative challenge—2030make—has been made into a class that you can take any time you’re feeling the need to get back into your…

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This Was April - inspiration for the creative soul @littlegirldesigns.com.
Posted in Creative Life, Creativity Prompts and Tips, Life, littlegirldesigns.com

This Was April

Hello! April came and went like a blur—am I always going to say this?—and the weather has felt very fitting. We’ve had warm sunny days…

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Who doesn't love receiving letters and packages in the mail? Pocket letters are such a creative idea for snail mail and are great for pen pals.The best part is you can easily fold them into an envelope. Get inspiration for your own DIY snail mail gift when you click through!
Posted in Crafts, Letter-writing, littlegirldesigns.com, Tips & Prompts

A Creative Idea for Snail Mail

I LOVE this creative snail mail idea! So simple, but it’s a great way to add an extra bit of fun to your letters. Enjoy!…

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“But soon there breathed a wind on me, Nor sound “But soon there breathed a wind on me,
Nor sound nor motion made:
Its path was not upon the sea,
In ripple or in shade.

It raised my hair, it fann’d my cheek
Like a meadow-gale of spring—
It mingled strangely with my fears,
Yet it felt like a welcoming.”

—Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I probably read The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in school…the fact that I can’t quite remember when or if proves it didn’t make an impact on me. 

But, with Malcolm Guite’s guidance in his work of a book, I now love this poem. He interweaves Coleridge’s life and faith with what became a prophetic poem for STC’s own life. I am so grateful for this book. 

I wanted to make a little painting for my dad for his birthday but having been steeped in the Mariner, I kept painting the sea. Thankfully, my dad loves the ocean. :)

This is a book I will come back to again and again—I think it will make an excellent mid-winter read. :)
I admit I sometimes schedule creative time. I don’t know why something so relaxing and fun gets pushed off to the side so very easily, but it does. So…onto the “to do” list it goes. 

Today we decided to try a project in a fairy and mermaid activity book. It is one of those books you buy with great intentions of doing all the projects and then you forget about it. But not today! We painted, waited for the paint to dry (five minutes), and then drew our details. My kiddo drew a picture 4x the size of mine and managed to make me two late Valentine’s Day hearts, a flower for Mother’s Day, and several additional art presents by the time I finished. She also gave me advice about who should get a heart wand, etc. in my picture. 

Now that I’m finished, I’m reminded once again of why I do this. Happiness abounds. 

#creativeretreat #happyjournal #happyjournalhappylife #poscapens
Just a reminder to be kind to yourself. 💕 Just a reminder to be kind to yourself. 💕
Summer means more time for art journaling. The bac Summer means more time for art journaling. The background for this girl has been waiting for years in one of my older sketchbooks. I thought it was time to finally finish it. 💗

Hope you're all able to get some creative time in this week. It does wonders for your 💗!

#mycreativeretreat #happyjournalhappylife #artjournallove
I asked my daughter how she would illustrate this I asked my daughter how she would illustrate this verse from the Psalm of Ascents. She picked up her sketchbook and whipped out the second picture within minutes. I love how she thinks—the first image shows a girl sitting inside while it rains and the second one shows her outside with sunglasses enjoying a sunny day. 

I don’t know if I’ll illustrate each one of these Psalms as I do this 21 days of prayer with @revelationwellness but it was fun to sit down and sketch a bit today. 

#happyjournalhappylife #rwwalkingprayer #psalmsofascent #sketchdaily
I love June. Walked in the forest. Found aphids f I love June.

Walked in the forest.
Found aphids for our ladybug larvae. (Priorities, people.)
Bought watercolor paper + new paints. 
Painted.
Ate dark chocolate.
Finished Tom's Midnight Garden (one of my favorite kids' books that I never read as a kid!)

And other things too.
I love June.
Two posts in a day because this quote from @sarahw Two posts in a day because this quote from @sarahwanders must be shared. Her new book comes out in a couple of weeks, and it is so breathtakingly beautiful.
One of my favorite verses. I’m thinking about ha One of my favorite verses. I’m thinking about happy journaling some of the Psalms of Ascent as I do the 21 Days of Walking by  @revelationwellness this month. Sketching and writing and doodling (which is the same as sketching, I know 😂) are how I process things so I might as well. 😊 

Hope you all have a lovely {and creative} week!

#happyjournal #happyjournalhappylife #mycreativeretreat #psalmsofascent
This book. @sarahwanders poured her heart into thi This book. @sarahwanders poured her heart into this one, and it is a treasure I will keep coming back to again and again. If you struggle with mental health challenges or wonder where God is in all the mess of our broken world...if you just need some light in your current reading that leads you to beauty and hope in a new, healing way...this book is for you. 

I’ve written this caption over a series of days, trying to find the words I want to use...especially since it is so beautifully written by Sarah. All I can say is give your soul a gift and retreat away with this book. You will not regret it. 

I received an early copy as part of her launch team for this book, but I’ll be rereading my good old-fashioned copy as soon as I get it in the mail. Can’t wait to highlight and underline all the things!

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