Crafts and DIY

Do you love Crafts and other things DIY?

Good. Then you’ve come to the right place. Kim & Ink started this website because crafting is part of our DNA.

The first DIYing I did was papering my room in blue and white when I was in high school. A few years later I purchased a beautiful voile print and matching solid polyester, then designed and sewed a bed skirt and curtains and quilted the bedspread and pillow shams. It was beautiful, although I have no idea if it was the latest style. We only had the department store’s catalog for our style guide in those days!

But this isn’t a blog post. So, read the posts in this category to discover the evolution of Kim & Ink and the Crafts and DIYs we can’t help but share.

1000 Gifts Personal Challenge And A Watercolor Card Tutorial
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1000 Gifts Personal Challenge And A Watercolor Card Tutorial

There are times when a special book comes along. A book like “1000 Gifts.” The book that inspires you to take another look at your life. And then you find the strength to begin a personal challenge. One that may be long overdue. A 1000 gifts personal challenge to be more thankful. To fight for…

Minimalist Christmas Village Tutorial
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Minimalist Christmas Village Tutorial

Minimalist Christmas Village Tutorial.Today we’re continuing our tiny town DIY.Three more buildings to add to the Schoolhouseand Grandma Murphy’s Cottage. We started this project last week, in this post: How To Make Our White Scandinavian Christmas Village Let’s finish our 5 building village today. Just in time for Christmas… only 2 days away! Minimalist Christmas…

How To Make Our White Scandinavian Christmas Village
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How To Make Our White Scandinavian Christmas Village

Today we’re sharing how to makeour White Scandinavian Christmas Village.Use your cutting machine, our patterns and some white-as-snow cardstockfor a minimalist Holiday look. Don’t you love driving around a tiny village in the winter, looking at the houses and stores with windows glowing and warm light spilling out onto glittering white snow? There’s no need…

How to Make Minimalist Christmas Gift Tags and Place Cards
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How to Make Minimalist Christmas Gift Tags and Place Cards

Make these Minimalist Christmas Gift Tags and/or Place Cards to continue the 2020 hygge, simpler Holiday theme we all grew to love.       Let’s talk about Christmas table décor. This year we’re all about minimalism, which the Scandinavians do with flare. So we’re researching simple, hygge concepts for our Christmas table setting when…

Starch Your Spiritual Wings: Faultless Flying in God’s Formation
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Starch Your Spiritual Wings: Faultless Flying in God’s Formation

Starch for Your Spiritual Wings: Be the angel flying faultlessly in God’s formation, every fiber infused with the strength of the Spirit.   This week, as we went about our kimenink business, my mind was going as fast as my fingers. You know how it is. You’re doing repetitive work, like tying 75 tassels for…