Inspirations, DIY, Up-Cycle and Craft Projects for Home and Family
If you love the home decor show Trading Spaces, consider this an opportunity to decorate a room for someone else, just on a smaller scale! As most of you know, I love to come up with up-cycled Barbie Doll furniture from Thrift Store or garage sale finds, even stuff you might consider throwing away can… Continue reading Barbie’s ‘Feeling Groovy’ Trash to Treasure 70’s Pad
Check out this wonderful easy to make Barbie Doll patio set with a rattan sofa and no sew cushions. If you follow my blog (please do!) you'll know that my passion is turning something old into something new. I'm also passionate about inspiring children and Barbie enthusiasts of all ages to make their own furniture… Continue reading Barbie Doll No-Sew Cushions and DIY Patio Furniture
I was going through some older DIY Barbie-Doll posts and thought given that I have a majority of new followers since my return to blogging, this might be the ideal way to share with you some of my previous Barbie Doll up-cycled projects that fit in with the Valentines Day theme and highlight some of… Continue reading Barbie’s DIY Valentines Day Adventure: An Up-cycled Love Story
10 Up-cycled Trash to Treasure Barbie Projects. Make easy furniture from Thrift Store finds
I found this old curtain valence at the Thrift Shop a few years ago and thought it might make a pretty wedding gown for Barbie. Barbie Doll No-Sew Wedding Dress I just played around and wrapped it this way, then that way until I found what I thought looked best. I glued on two pieces… Continue reading No Sew Barbie Doll Wedding Dress
The InspirationOne garage sale and one Styrofoam craft ring in a surprise bag and my inspiration struck. We love floating on tubes at the lake so why shouldn't Barbie! I likes projects that are reasonably simple and fast to make and this project fits the bill. I would give it a medium level of difficulty… Continue reading DIY Up-Cycled Barbie Doll Float Tube
Turn Thrift Store finds into wonderful Barbie Doll furniture and accessories like this luxury hotel room with a view of downtown Edmonton!
What Barbie doesn't like a fabulous collection of designer hand bags? Make these super cute and easy Barbie doll purses and create your own line of Barbie designer dreams bags! Each bag takes less than a minute to make, the supplies are available at most dollar or craft stores and no sewing required! This would… Continue reading Easy DIY Sparkling Barbie Doll Purses
The one thing about Barbie - she loves shopping! These fashion displays are easy to make from re-purposed or re-used items and are sure to be a hit with your Barbie enthusiast. Whenever possible I try to make my projects from recycled or salvage things or I up-cycle, restore or re-use found items. I like… Continue reading DIY Barbie Boutique
This scene was inspired by the two chairs which were originally candle holders that I purchased for under a dollar at a garage sale. That same day I also found the polka dot fabric at a garage sale down the lane and there the vision was born. This project is a compilation of re-purposed elements and… Continue reading DIY Barbie Doll Hair Salon
