Don’t you dare throw those old jeans out! Today, we are going to give them a new purpose. From home décor to school supplies, we'vegot you covered.  Make sure to follow us on Instagram (@midgeandmadgemingle), then, like the pic of the two of us with all of the denim projects, Repost the pic and you are entered to win a Heidi Swapp marquee letter of your choice and a denim/embellishment kit! Be sure to check out our latest Mingle Below.

There are so many different ways to re-cycle your old jeans!! Midge created this fun wreath using strips of denim and wrapping around the wreath base.  The Cute Plaque Jewelry Organizer is darling with that denim pocket! Home Decor balls again using strips of denim and knots, wrapping the balls creating a designer look on the cheap! Dog chew toys, Bracelets, Placemats, Banner and MORE!!!

For these cute denim bags you will need to cut a pant leg, and a circle out of cardboard.  Push the circle down into the pant leg, and glue the bottom closed like a present.  Roll the top of the pant leg and glue it down.  You can then create denim flowers for the front.  So fun and easy to make!! 

WOW!!!!!! Check it out! This is all we have left of a pair of jeans! Be sure to watch the Mingle to see all of our fun projects!!! Be sure to enter to win our giveaway! And don't forget to comment, like and share!
Loves- Midge and Madge 

Congrats! Class of 2016.  We created this fun Graduation Party to celebrate in style.  Using these quick and easy projects and techniques (along with our handy dandy Cricut Explore Air) moved us to the front of the class.

Making this banner was a breeze! Using our Cricut Explore Air we created this Graduation Banner.  This intricate design cut so smoothly.  We love the Cricut Design Space, because it is so user friendly!  We also used the Cricut to create the flags on the straws!

Check out our awesome Grad Caps! We purchased the Grad Cap SVG file from the Lori Whitlock Collection.  Uploading the file to our Cricut Design Space is as easy as 1,2,3... We added the brads and tassels and BAM! Instant Graduation Caps!

We ordered the spoons off of Amazon.  They were just plain wooded spoons.  We used our black Archival ink and some small sentiment stamps to doll the spoons up  a little :)

Lindt Chocolates are one of our favorites.  So, of course we had to set out a festive little jar of yummy goodness!  And how cute is this "2016"?!?   WE R Memory Keepers makes these adorable pinata numbers.  Add a little We R fringe tape and you have a fancy frills centerpiece!
     We had a blast getting ready for this party.  If you have any pics of your graduation part, we would love to see them.  We hope to Mingle with you again soon

Is your Craft Room a compete disaster?   Tired of not being able to find what you are looking for amongst all of your crafty clutter? We were too! Today we are sharing some of our favorite out of the box stash storing solutions. Some of these were found on Pinterest. Follow us on Pinterest and go to their board “Crafty Organization” for all the details. Check out this weeks Mingle Below. And don't forget, you can enter to win a Prize by leaving a comment on this blog post and share one of your favorite Organization Techniques.

We absolutely love our Raskog Carts from IKEA! They are great and hold so many things.  Keeping everything organized.  In the video Madge explains how her system works and why the spritz bottle have labels on them. 

In this pic you will see Midge explaining how she made her own Stamp Holders using her We R Memory Keepers Fuse Tool.  

Use little tins and baskets to hold your "go to" embellishments.  Madge has hers in little bread pans and other fun vintage tins that she has collected.  They keep everything organized but yet they are still within arms reach.  

This is a fun Spice Rack that Midge bought from Costco! She took out the Spices and put in the embellishments! They are magnetic and it even has a stand!!! WHAT!!! But wait the coolest thing is the way we organize our Washi tape and our small ribbon.  This is called a Spice Stack and we got ours at Bed Bath and Beyond.  This is a fabulous idea that we found on Pinterest.  Be sure to check out our Board Craft Room Orgaization HERE to find original post! 

Again be sure to watch our fun Mingle to see all of the different types of Craft Room Organization!!! Be sure to enter to win a a fun prize!!! Remember Winners will be posted on our sidebar weekly!! 

Have you been wanting to make a Fairy Garden, but don’t want to break the bank? It can be done! Let us share with you some of our  “on the cheap” tips and tricks. It’s fairy garden madness! And mind you Midge and I kept it a secret the whole time.  We didn't reveal our gardens until we recorded this weeks episode.  Midge may or may not have liked that surprise! Be sure to watch below.... 

What did you think?  Super fun right?  Yes, we made our Fairy/Gnome Gardens for Indoor/Outdoor use.  However, you can use these tips and tricks and create your very own fairy garden.  Let's go over a couple of the tips shall we?
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Don't you just love how Midge used bottle caps and popsicle sticks to make her bench.  She also had fun making her light post from a vintage clothes pin! And check out the chimney with the "smoke" cotton ball coming out the top! EEk, I squeal with excitement when I look at her darling fairy garden.

Did you know that Midge's wishing well works?  How cute is that?  And you all know that I love mushrooms right?? Midge made the most darling mushrooms out of cupcake liners! She really thought outside of the box on her fairy garden! I am loving each and every item aren't you?
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Midge also created her trees out of coffee filters and straws! Yes, I said coffee filters! 

I am crushing on my Vintage inspired gnome garden.  My gnome garden is filled with vintage toys that I turned into Gnomes making them hats out of cardstock, and paper flowers.  I used the cute bench, chair and ladder that the "Little People" used back in the 70's.  These cute little toys I bought off of Vintage Yard Sell Utah on FB.  I also used a fun little old suitcase to house my gnomes in.

I made my houses out of the on the go gum containers, and jute.  I cut an oval piece of cardstock and glued the yarn (that looks like grass) on and added the glass rocks.  My trees are fun, just cut a branch off of your tree and add pom poms! 

The mushrooms were just pieces of wood, glued to a cork screw, and the doors to the houses were made out of gold plastic spoons.  This was such a fun project for me to make! 

We hope that you liked todays Mingle! For a chance to win some fairy dust (aka a Glitter prize pack) of your very own, simply “Like” Midge and Madge on Facebook, and comment on this video! We love pins, comments and shares!!!  Until next time friends!!! 
​Loves- Midge and Madge

Friends, we are so excited to share with you another Kids Boredom Buster!!! Sculpey Oven Bake Clay took this overcast gloomy day and made it fun.  Our kids came home from school, dropped their backpacks and immediately started asking "what can we do? We are bored!"  So you know Midge and I, we get out the Sculpey oven baked clay, set up and covered, a table outside and had them go to work. It was amazing how their attitudes changed once we placed the clay in front of them.  You could see their wheels spinning on what they were wanting to make! Each one of them wanting to create different things. 
Sculpey oven baked clay comes in a variety of colors, and not only do they have clay, they have the tools to sculpt, create and execute an amazing project.  We did this fun activity with our children, but do keep in mind that Sculpey oven baked clay is for all ages. Young or Old you will find creating with Sculpey relaxing and fun.

Our kids range from 18 years old to 9 years old.  The variety of projects that you are going to see are unique and one of a kind. 

Avrie is in deep concentration creating a fun flower pot full of flowers. 

Januare' is busy creating some fun sushi rolls. 

Gunner is creating a fun smurf

Autymm is creating cute little two peas in a pod

Midge is creating some fun beads.  And if you look close you will see that she used our signature colors!!

I was working my magic making a mermaid! You can check out all of the details on my blog HERE

Midge was on a roll! Not only did she create the beads, but she created a Penguin, and a Octopus! Be sure to check out the Octopus on her Blog HERE

We laughed and laughed as we constructed our masterpieces! It was so fun watching and seeing what everyone came up with.  Everyone used different colors and you could see the concentration in their faces. Below are the finished projects of each one, before following the directions and putting them into the oven to set.

We would like to Thank Sculpey for sending us this awesome product to play and work with. We would also like to Thank Sculpey for sponsoring this post. As designers we receive select products so we can share projects, tutorials and more with all of you.  Posts include affiliate links.  Our projects, tutorials experiences  and opinions are 100% our own. 

Be sure to check out Sculpey and try this cool Boredom Buster today!

Loves- Midge and Madge

Let's get started with a little instruction on each of these fabulous words, arrows and hashtag! 

Tissue Paper- You will need tissue paper, Mod Podge and a paint brush, and some Tim Holtz Distress Paint (I used Gold)  Start with a full sheet of Tissue paper (if you want to keep the pattern) and start at one end of the word and paint with the Mod Podge and laying the tissue paper down smoothing it out as you go.  When you run out of tissue paper just align the tissue paper and start again.  Allow it to dry and take a craft knife to cut off the excess tissue paper.  Add your paint and Bam! Your word is ready to be hung. - Madge
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Create- Midge- used acrylic paint and a sponge brush to cover wood.  She did a light coat and wanted to leave brush strokes to give a more aged look.  When paint was dry, she used distress ink to darken/age all the edges of the word.  After that she  cut strips of different colors of elastic (you could use ribbon, fabric or whatever you want.) and tied it in knots around the letters at different intervals.  You could add as much or as little as you like.  This one is so simple but has a really fun look!

Corkscrews- Spray paint your word first. (This helps when you have little holes where the corks touch to show that this isd a completed word. This technique takes a lot more corks than you realize.  I ordered mine from Amazon, however, if you are a wine drinker than save your corks! (LOL) I plugged in my hot glue gun and glued them to my letters. - Madge

Glittered Hashtag- Using a sponge brush, paint a fairly heavy coat of Mod Podge, Decoupage, Glitter Glue, or whatever is your favorite glitter adhesive, over entire piece.  Then, generously cover with glitter.  Apply pressure to set glitter.  When dry, shake off excess glitter and spray with clear lacquer. -Midge

Fringe Tape- This is a super fun technique.  I painted my arrow first with white acrylic paint.  I then took my fringe tape (I got it from We R Memory Keepers) I used three different colors and layered them as I went.  The fringe tape is self adhering. - Madge

Hello...can you hear me?  LOL--This little word was super simple.  I found some paper flowers from my craft stash and glued them to the word.  (I didn’t have enough to do all the same color, so I used what I had.)  After they were glued on, I sprayed a light coat of brown spray paint over the entire thing.  When that was dry, I did a heavy coat of white spray paint, making sure to get the edges of the wood.  That’s it! - Midge

Happy- 2 steps to “Happy” 1-Paint the word (of course I chose something in the turquoise family) 2-Hot glue different sized mirror circles all of the word!  (They can be found at about any craft store.)  Easy Peasy right!!!  I’m sure there are lots of ways to polka dot your words, but this is one of my faves!!! - Midge

Blessed- I painted this with gesso and allowed it to dry.  I then took my watercolors and created this fun watercolor technique.  The more water the more the watercolor effect, the less water the less watercolor effect.  After it was dry, I painted the edges with some bronze acrylic paint.  - Madge

Enjoy- For this word, I simply painted the entire thing with gray spray paint.  Using the We R Memory Keepers pompom makers, I made LOADS of pompoms!  I used the large and small sized pompom makers.  For each pompom I used both variegated and solid gray yarn.   I arranged the pompoms on top of the painted “enjoy” how I wanted them and simply hot glued them on.  Wah-Lah! - Midge

Old Fashioned Stained Arrow- Beat it!  Hit the arrow multiple times with a hammer, pliers, rocks, whatever gets the aggression out!  Using scissors, I also scratched long lines into the wood.  (I wish I would have done more of these) Then Using your favorite stain, (I used a mixture of white vinegar and steel wool, which gives the wood an aged look) cover wood.  Allow to dry and embellish to your hearts content.  I wanted to keep it simple, so I just wrapped a little jute around the base and tied a knot. - Midge    

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