Photographer, Shanna Simpson Photography, Children Photographer, Family Photographer, Grocery Coupons, Children Photographer, Photographer Hi, y’all! I’m excited to be on The CSI Project today and share with you a tutorial to create an ombré lamp shade. But, before we begin I think introductions are in order. I’m Brittany aka Pretty Handy Girl and I’m on a very serious mission. My goal is to empower others to complete their own DIY projects. That’s right, that includes you! Whether it is crafts, sewing, home decor, home improvement, home repair or power tools — I’m going to teach you how you can do {…Read More…}

Hi everyone! I am Jessica from “Four Generations One Roof” and I am so excited to be posting today on the CSI project. We are a crew of four generations all living under one roof and I just happen to be the ring leader . Yes, my husband lives with his “in-laws” and my grandparents! {hehe}  We are passionate about family, DIY (big & small) and sharing our story. We were recently featured on ABC World News with Diane Sawyer as the new “modern family”. I have been blogging for just under 5 months and when Dee contacted me to {…Read More…}

  This is my tutorial on embellishing a pillow with yarn.   I started with some yarn, and a pillow that was already laying around my house, and was rather…..plain.      I took a square piece of scrap booking paper, quartered it, and cut some scalloped edges. Then I pinned it to the pillow to use as a guide.     Then I took some yarn and stitched it around the guide.      Once I finished stitching around the scalloped edges, I made a finger crochet chain (you can see the letters that I made with the chain below.    Finger chain crochets are {…Read More…}

Hi! I’m Jamie and I co-write a little blog called The Pinterest Project with my super cool friend Miranda! I’m so excited about the chance to tell you about my coffee table/pouf adventures. I have a one year old daughter, Macie – she’s pretty cute. When Macie was first pulling up on furniture I quickly realized that our coffee table was becoming a lethal weapon in our living room. It was one of those big, round, double edged tables – you know the kind. Lethal. It had to go. My poor husband had to banish the coffee table to the {…Read More…}

I like my organization the same way I like my crafts – – simple & inexpensive. Like this tp roll colored pencil organizer: Or this girly pencil cup: Last week, I was feeding my habit browsing at Joann Fabrics when I saw an interesting dry erase calendar. It was printed on glass and then framed. I thought it was a cool dry erase idea, but it didn’t leave much space to record anything and the style was very blah. Enter my plan to make one that was cheaper, cuter, and much more usable. You can use this erasable organizer for {…Read More…}

Hi all! I am Tracie …author of Cleverly Inspired.  Here is a super easy way to make an inexpensive store bought curtain look a lot more custom. I bought these curtains on clearance at Target. I think they were maybe $7 each.  The only trouble was they were about 18 inches too short. My solution was to buy one yard of fabric….cut it in half and sew it to the bottom of my curtains.  I lined the back of the fabric…pinned it to the bottom of the curtain and sewed a straight stitch. It makes the curtains feel a bit more weighted {…Read More…}

Hello again CSI Project peeps! I’m Corinna and I blog at My Scrapbook Life. I make stuff with photos and pretty paper, but I also love to DIY things all over my house to save money so you’ll find projects like that there too. In fact, last time I was here at CSI Project I showed my kitchen cabinet makeover here. I’m glad to be back! I know, doesn’t the name Fish Foam just make you wonder WHAT IS IT? ha ha! It’s window cleaner! I was excited to get the opportunity to try this out, because we got new {…Read More…}

Hi everyone! I’m Amanda, from Ninth Street Notions.   I write about all sorts of things: from sewing tutorials to craft projects to recipes. I hope you’ll come check me out at my home blog sometime to catch up, but until then, here’s a warm winter recipe. Two of my favorite comfort foods are broccoli cheese soup and macaroni and cheese. I mean, really, how perfect are they? But how much better could they be if you combined them? And this recipe is the result of that question. Cheddar Broccoli Mac & Cheese Ingredients: 2 cups broccoli florets, chopped 16 {…Read More…}