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Homemade Cinnamon Ornaments

December 15, 2016 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 38 Comments

All you need is 2 ingredients to make these super simple and easy Homemade Cinnamon Ornaments! A great DIY holiday craft or fun Christmas gift for both kids and adults to make and customize!

That adorable and easy DIY Christmas present I made a few years ago for my family and friends, finally all written out for YOU to try yourself! If you’ve been a Strength and Sunshine reader over the years, you know I love to channel my inner crafter during the holiday season and DIY all my holiday gifts. From memory jars, nail polish mugs, and of course FOOD!Read More

DIY Marbled Nail Polish Mugs

December 15, 2015 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 100 Comments

Easy DIY marbled nail polish mugs make the perfect homemade gift! A simple craft done in a few minutes that looks like it took hours of work!

“Rebecca, isn’t this a food blog?” Yes! Yes it is! But I have a fun last-minute DIY I think you will love! As you know I always take about my DIY gifts I give my immediate family every year. I started this tradition (with myself) a few years ago, from yarn wreaths, memory jars, and last year’s cinnamon ornaments, I love this time of year to get a little crafty with things other than food. I’m always on the lookout all year long for the best (easy) DIY that I can find and do with no fuss. I just happened to be doing my HIIT cardio session on the bike one morning while I had Home and Family on the Hallmark channel playing on the TV.Read More

The Origami Cup

August 19, 2014 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 18 Comments

Believe me when I say origami is not my forte. However, there is one origami creation I have down pat. While I was searching in my huge closet-of-no-return the other day, I came across my stack of rainbow origami cups. I made these cups back in 4th grade and have kept them ever since. We made them during an activity day where a few parents came in and taught us different crafts and games. I remember my friend’s mom was the one doing origami so we stayed over there the whole time.

My friend’s mom taught us the most essential origami you could know. One so important in her eyes that she had to teach us 4th graders and tell us this would save our lives when we least expected it. The origami cup she said had saved her numerous times. She told us a story about being in a public restroom and needed to swallow a pill. So she took a doubled up paper towel, folded it into a square, and then proceeded to create the origami cup. Thus she was able to fill it with water and swallow her pill. Life saving moment!Read More

DIY Memory Jars

December 31, 2013 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 6 Comments

Hey New Years Eve everyone! Only a few hours left until we leap into 2014! Crazy. I think 2013 flew by, but I am so ready for 2014. I have a feeling it is going to be a very exciting and hopefully rewarding year. Yesterday I shared my “guiding purposes” with you that I would like to motivate me through the year, but what about all the memories that will hopefully be created? How will I remember all the laughs, triumphs, events, and love of 2014? Why, a DIY memory jar of course! This is the DIY gift I kept talking about before Christmas and that I would be making for my family. Since we won’t be together for a lot of 2014 I wanted a way for us all to be able to share our memories when are are together. All you do is write down memories, events, really anything you think is important and want to remember. You can write something down every day or just do it when something really sticks. But then on 12/31/14 you pour out all the little notes and reread them and reminisce! I bought the supplies for 3 jars, silly me forgot to make one for myself so I will have to do that ASAP :P, and I got to work.

DIY Memory Jars