We can’t help but notice how popular chalkboard has been lately. From chalkboard invitations to chalkboard hang tags, it’s taking over all of our news feeds. Today’s DIY is a simple project involving terracotta pots and a little chalkboard paint.     Materials: • Terracotta Pots • Chalkboard Paint • Brush   There isn’t much to this DIY. Apply two coats of the chalkboard paint to the terracotta pots. You should let each coat dry before applying a second and let it dry for 24 hours once you’v...

This confetti pack is actually a really easy DIY to put together. The fun part is your guests can tear open the mini packets of confetti and toss it in the air to celebrate! All you need are a couple sheets of vellum, confetti and a sewing machine.   Cut down your vellum to your desired size and place your confetti inside the folded sheet. If your confetti is teeny, then you can add it later once you have sewed two sides of your packet shut.   So easy!!! Now all you need to do is pass these...

We love practical and easy DIY’s around the Smitten office. Here’s a quick how to on putting together a gift bag for Easter using our natural hemp cording, chevron bags and kraft paper from our Paper Shoppe.     All we did was stuff our bags, wrap them in cording and used a punch cut to seal the deal! How easy does that sound?!   The post Chevron Gift Bags appeared first on Smitten on Paper.

Here’s a really easy way to put your washi tape to use this holiday season. Grab your tape and a couple favor boxes and you’re good to go. We used red & white, and silver & white to add some color to our kraft boxes. Then we finished them off with a bit of hemp cording and ribbon.  Too cute!   The post Holiday Washi Tape appeared first on Smitten on Paper.

I love finding new ways to put together some of the stuff I’ve already used for another project. I put together a Save the Date using some of the items from our Paper Shop and a couple of other things you should always have as part of your DIY arsenal.   Here is what you need: 1.  your photo printed to 5 x 7 2. scissors, hole punch 3. the back of your save the date with all the details 4. flag hang tags 5. fun little extras 6. cording 7. pens, markers   Trim down all cards to be 5 x 7. The...