2016 Review and Goals for 2017

Happy New Year!  I hope that I am not too late to say that, as we are now already starting the third week of 2017!  The start of a new year is a good time to take stock of things, remember achievements from the previous 12 months and look forward to planning the next.  I've not really made new year's resolutions but instead thought about goals I would like to achieve, or work towards.

So first, here's a quick look back at some of the things I did in 2016...

The top 5 most popular blog posts for 2016 were mostly craft tutorials...

5.  3 Techniques to Decorate Pencils


4.  DIY Matchbook Notebooks


3.  Rainbow Colours and Free Printable Planner Page


2.  Learn How to Make Your Own Sketchbooks


1.  Origami Box Tutorial

Back to School Round Up

I hope you've enjoyed the DIY decorated stationery posts I have been sharing this week - have you tried any of them yet?  Today I thought I would share a quick round up of all my Back to School projects, you'll also see that I've also been collecting other ideas over on Pinterest!

Click on the links below to find tutorials for:

• decorated pencils
• decorated wooden pegs and binder clips
• learn how to make a lined, zipped pencil case
• make quick and easy mini matchbook notebooks
• and if you have a little more time - make your own sketchbooks or notebooks

If you're looking for more back to school inspiration, check out my Pinterest board - I've been collecting more DIY ideas as well as stationery I love, ideas for organising your desk, planners and you'll also find some gift ideas for teachers on there too!

6 DIY Ideas for Easter

With Easter almost upon us I have been gathering lots of ideas for recipes, decorations, DIY projects, gift ideas and more on my Easter themed Pinterest board.  I thought I would share a few of my favourite DIY ideas with you here!

1. Easter Bunny Spring Wreath by Krista from The Happy Housie
I love the green eyelash yarn used as grass with the bunny in this wreath!

2. Cook Craft String Easter Eggs by Jeannette Nyberg on craftwhack.com
These look great as hanging decorations, I've also seen them made with small chocolate eggs inside.

3. DIY Easter Bunny Bean Bag Toss by Leslie from Pink Stripey Socks
This would be fun to make for your children to play with!

4. Felt Bunny Softie PDF Pattern by Precious Patterns on Etsy
These are so cute!  I think one of these would make a lovely alternative to chocolate as a gift for a child!

There are so many creative Easter recipe ideas around!  These are a couple of my favourites:
5. DIY Easter Basket Cake by Carrie Sellman on The Cake Blog

6. Easter Egg Cookies by Debbie Thorne on HobbyCraft

See more Easter ideas on my Pinterest board:

Follow Hazel's board Easter on Pinterest.

Free Printable Christmas Labels

Have you finished wrapping all your Christmas presents yet?  If you still have a few to go and are looking for last minute labels or gift tags here are a few free printables for you!  All you will need is a printer, some scissors, a hole punch and some pretty string or ribbon...
The first set of free printables are ones I designed and shared here on my blog a few years ago, the rest are all ones designed by other people...

1.  Free Christmas Printables; tags and circles with holly, puddings and Christmas trees; download from my blog post here

2. Bright, Fun Holiday Gift Tags; modern, customisable tags; download from Our Best Bites and the Little Umbrella

3.  Christmas Stickers; 8 fun Christmas designs; download from Foodpackaging Labels

4.  Free Printable Holiday Tags; download from Petit Pippin

5.  Free Printable Tags for Christmas Packages; download from Skip to my Lou