Michaels Makers – Ashley Hackshaw / Lil Blue Boo

Happy New Y ear! My art studio is usually in a state of chaos and, while I love this creative mess, this coming year I’m determined to make it a little easier to find things. This month’s cha...

https://www.lilblueboo.com/2019/01/art-supply-organization-vintage-inspired-art-supply-trays.html

I make my own handmade Christmas wrapping paper every year and this year was no exception. I love the simple act of stamping a blank roll of paper to make it my own. This year I went with a littl...

https://www.lilblueboo.com/2018/12/handmade-christmas-wrapping-paper.html

I made these stamped quilt ornaments for the farmhouse tree this year using unfinished wood slice ornaments. It was a quick re-learning of geometry in the process! The wood slice ornaments were f...

https://www.lilblueboo.com/2018/11/stamped-quilt-ornaments-diy-farmhouse-christmas-ornaments.html

I love that I had a new place to decorate this year! The Sixty-One Park Farmhouse was a blank slate for me this year. This was my 7th year doing the Dream Tree Challenge for Michaels. I know I di...

https://www.lilblueboo.com/2018/11/farm-sweet-farm-a-rustic-farmhouse-christmas-tree.html

I’ve been so excited to come up with some fall farmhouse porch decor ideas for Sixty-One Park and it’s finally time!  One of my favorite indoor/outdoor elements that Michaels Stores carries ...

https://www.lilblueboo.com/2018/09/fall-farmhouse-porch-decor-ideas-diy-wreath.html

The summer has just flown by and we are doing our last minute school shopping. We went to Michaels to pick out pieces to make our own DIY back to school jewelry collection. So many pieces to choo...

https://www.lilblueboo.com/2018/08/diy-back-to-school-jewelry-create-your-own-collection.html

Looking for some fun summer projects? How about an easy rainbow heart wall hanging made from Crayola Model Magic! We had so much fun making these easy shapes using the wide variety of colors that...

https://www.lilblueboo.com/2018/06/rainbow-heart-wall-hanging.html

Michaels is debuting a new collection of paper party goods called Martha Stewart Celebrations. I had a chance to style the Meyer Lemon Collection as a Mother’s Day Brunch using this gorgeous le...

https://www.lilblueboo.com/2018/05/meyer-lemon-party-decor.html

I love the boho jewelry style that comes with festival season! This month as a Michaels Maker I decided to come up with some easy DIY bracelets that can be layered together for a unique festival ...

https://www.lilblueboo.com/2018/04/festival-inspired-wood-burned-leather-bracelets.html

My project as a Michaels Maker this month was this easy DIY essential oil holder shelf! This project was so simple. I’m always passing by these old spice racks in thrift stores and finally pick...

https://www.lilblueboo.com/2018/01/easy-diy-essential-oil-holder-shelf.html

This week I’m sharing Christmas tree themes from years past! Last year was one of my favorite trees: Rustic Farmhouse. From top to bottom I covered this tree in rustic farmhouse inspiration and...

https://www.lilblueboo.com/2017/12/rustic-farmhouse-christmas-ornaments.html

For my December project as a Michaels Maker, I made my own DIY art themed wrapping paper for my art themed tree! I used paint and stamps to transform white and kraft-color craft paper into inter...

https://www.lilblueboo.com/2017/12/how-to-make-your-own-diy-art-themed-wrapping-paper.html

I’m still finishing up all the ornament tutorials for this years tree and these are the vintage art supply ornaments: These were so easy to make in bulk: It’s as simple as printing off a labe...

https://www.lilblueboo.com/2017/11/vintage-art-supply-ornaments-art-supplies-on-a-christmas-tree.html

I’m still working on posts about each specific ornament for the art themed tree. These are the DIY paint can ornaments and I think they definitely rank up there as my favorite. I wanted to make...

https://www.lilblueboo.com/2017/11/diy-paint-can-ornaments-for-an-art-themed-christmas-tree.html

I love all things vintage, especially old art supplies. Another ornament I wanted to make for the tree this year was some form of oil paint tube and these vintage-inspired oil paint ornaments tur...

https://www.lilblueboo.com/2017/11/vintage-inspired-oil-paint-ornaments-diy-art-themed-ornaments.html

The idea for my tree’s paintbrush garland this year came like this: I need paintbrush garland for my art studio. I love how the garland looks on the Christmas tree and I’m going to keep it ou...

https://www.lilblueboo.com/2017/11/paintbrush-garland-how-to-make-a-garland-with-paintbrushes.html

This Halloween, Michaels has everything you need to MAKE it Spooky! My challenge this month as a Michaels Maker was to create Halloween decor and I came up with these Halloween embroidery hoops m...

https://www.lilblueboo.com/2017/10/halloween-hoops-embroidery-on-used-book-pages.html

The cool air showed up here in the mountains this week and it was the perfect time for a fall decor challenge from Michaels Stores! I’ve been stocking up on beautiful plate chargers lately and ...

https://www.lilblueboo.com/2017/09/diy-calligraphy-chargers-rustic-farmhouse-fall-table-decor.html

Painted Rocks and Rock Painting Ideas You might have seen rocks being painting and left around your town recently. Paint a rock, hide a rock. We have groups all around North Carolina that have b...

https://www.lilblueboo.com/2017/08/painted-rocks-the-kindness-rocks-project-painted-rock-ideas.html

Here’s another tutorial on how to paint concrete garden statues. I finally finished my concrete deer! I painted a quilt on this one: I had these old concrete deer in the yard from the previous ...

https://www.lilblueboo.com/2017/07/paint-concrete-garden-statues-painted-quilt.html

I just love the progression of my daughter’s handwriting over time. I wanted to capture her 10-year-old cursive writing for my husband by making this box for Father’s Day this year. Here’s ...

https://www.lilblueboo.com/2017/06/diy-fathers-day-gift.html

I used to keep all of our yard games in a laundry basket but now I’ve upgrade to this DIY summer outdoor games crate. It was easy to make…just a few simple steps: Buy a crate. Stain the crat...

https://www.lilblueboo.com/2017/05/diy-summer-outdoor-games-crate.html

This last month as a Michaels Maker I had a chance to put together an eclectic gallery wall in our living room using Michaels’ new Farmington Collection. There are endless possibilities when pu...

https://www.lilblueboo.com/2017/04/how-to-create-an-eclectic-gallery-wall.html

Need some unique fairy garden ideas for the Spring? When I was little I used to make all my mother’s houseplants into little fairy gardens. I’d add little pots and pans I’d made out of tinf...

https://www.lilblueboo.com/2017/04/fairy-garden-ideas-how-to-make-a-bonsai-tree-fairy-garden.html

I collect a lot of things…sea glass and river glass included. Here’s a fun way to display a sea glass collection out in the open using a glass box: I call mine river glass because it comes fr...

https://www.lilblueboo.com/2017/03/how-to-display-a-sea-glass-collection.html