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Whether you’re looking for a DIY project for a Christmas gift, a home improvement project, or your wedding, you’ll be able to find something right here. This category features all of our DIY projects rolled up into one, easy location. We cover everything from wedding to Christmas to gift guides to Halloween. Our projects are budget, family, living-on-your-own friendly and easy to make! We’ve made every project featured here and our posts will let you know how we liked making it. Let’s be honest, we’ve loved pretty much everything. Leave a comment if you have one. If you’re looking for something more specific use our search bar or check out one of our niche categories. Thanks for stopping by, hope to have you back soon!

Celebrations/ Christmas/ DIY/ Garden Thyme/ Side Dishes

Holiday Flower Centerpiece

December 5, 2018
Holiday Flower Centerpiece.

If you want to put a smile on my face there are two guaranteed ways: feed me or give me flowers. There is nothing like having a fresh arrangement to brighten any room. When I was a little girl, I remember there were these Robinson crabapple or magnolia trees, which would bloom pink flowers every summer. Those trees lined the block and I would pick flowers to give to my…

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DIY/ Family Fun/ Millennial and Parents/ Parenting/ Side Dishes

DIY Mrs. Weasley Sweaters

November 28, 2018

Every December, we scramble to find a cute or ugly Christmas sweater for a holiday party. It usually ends in a last-minute purchase with one we aren’t thrilled about. Since ugly sweaters became trendy, prices have gotten out of control. Last year, I searched for Mrs. Weasley sweaters. I was looking for something we could monogram with our initials (like in the film) not just an ‘H’ nor ‘R’. The…

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DIY/ Family Fun/ Halloween/ Parenting/ Side Dishes

DIY Jack-O-Lantern Halloween Costumes

October 24, 2018
DIY Jack-O-Lantern Halloween Costumes

Every Halloween, Fatima and I do a couple’s costume. In college, we were Peter Pan and Tiger Lily, then themed to Shondaland’s Scandal and How to Get Away with Murder, went easy and comfortable with Salt and Pepper, and then Harry Potter. Last year, we stayed in and sat on the couch dressed up as a pregnant married couple. Now, we have a third wheel that has to be themed with us. Our…

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DIY/ Millennial and Parents/ Parenting/ Side Dishes

DIY Starry Night Baby Mobile

September 26, 2018
Baby Mobile

Liam is nosy. If it moves, makes noise, stands still, is colorful, lacking color, or not visible to the naked eye, he stares at it. He even has conversations with things around the house, like our shiny doorknobs and the corners of any room. Once his sight began to expand and his focus developed, we knew we needed to give him a mobile to focus his attention. However, every mobile…

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Cleaning and Organization/ DIY/ Side Dishes

Bathroom Cleaning Hacks to Make Life Easier

February 28, 2018
Bathroom Cleaning Hacks

I’ve successfully avoided cleaning the bathroom on a regular basis until October 2017. I will literally do all other chores before having to clean the bathroom. But every busy season and especially now, I find myself taking 95% of the household chores. I needed to figure out some bathroom cleaning hacks to save time. Growing up, my sister and I had a set list of chores. My main responsibilities would…

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DIY/ Garden Thyme/ Side Dishes

DIY Spring Flower Arrangement

February 21, 2018
Spring Flower Arrangement

I love flowers. They make me happy. They also make the space they fill brighter and happier, too. When it comes to gifts, I am a very simple person. Gift me flowers. For Valentine’s this year, Brian gave me a homemade spring flower arrangement. When we first started dating, Brian sent me a beautiful bouquet of Peruvian (alstroemeria) lilies to my dorm. They were gorgeous. I swear, they lasted for two…

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DIY/ Side Dishes

DIY Sea Shell Wreath

January 24, 2018
Sea Shell Wreath

This post was originally published on June 11, 2013. After four years of dragging it in and out of storage, some of the shells went missing and others needed to be secured. We updated this post on our DIY Sea Shell Wreath with new photos. Lilies and Loafers has affiliate relationships, so we may get a small share of revenue from your purchases. Items are sold by the retailer, not…

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DIY/ Side Dishes

DIY Instagram Photo Collage Refresh: 2017

December 27, 2017
Instagram Photo Collage

We put together our photo DIY Instagram photo collage two years ago. Since then, we print updated photos and replace older ones as new memories are made. This year, these are the photos that made the frame. Memories with our DIY Instagram Photo Collage Travels How could we not include our amazing trip to Hawaii and LA? We’ve been talking about it for what seems like 365 days, yet it’s…

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Christmas/ Gift Guides/ Side Dishes

Our Holiday Gift Guide For Everyone in Your Life

December 15, 2017
Christmas Gift Wrapping

It snowed last weekend so we didn’t leave the apartment. We did, however, blast Christmas music on repeat. Fatima was about to kill me. We did go outside for a few hours to run errands, go to the gym, and pickup a package at the post office. Never again, do I want to go back to the post office. With the holiday season in full swing, we put together this…

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Celebrations/ Christmas/ DIY/ Garden Thyme/ Side Dishes

DIY Holiday Flower Arrangements

December 6, 2017
Flower Arrangements

Our friend, Tammy, flew in for a quick visit over the weekend. We had her over for boozy brunch and later that night went out for pizza at Pizza Beach and margaritas at Sweet and Vicious. Before she got to our apartment, she asked us if we wanted to do a post on flower arrangements for the holidays. Obviously, we couldn’t say no. One of Tammy’s many master talents is…

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Birthday/ DIY/ Family Fun/ Gift Guides/ Side Dishes

Aunt Jean’s 70th Birthday: Paper Faces Photo Book

November 1, 2017
Photo Book

Today is my Aunt Jean’s 70th Birthday! Over the weekend, my dad threw her a birthday party in Connecticut. Yes, she was very surprised! For the last year, I’ve been working on a very special gift; a family photo book. Aunt Jean is the queen of photos; she has a photo album for every decade going back decades! She requests an updated family photo from everyone annually. Whenever we’re all…

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Pumpkin Succulent Centerpieces

October 4, 2017
Pumpkin Succulent Centerpieces

Fall is my favorite season. And my favorite thing about fall? Pumpkins. Not just PSLs, but the actual fruit. Growing up in the ‘burbs, I loved going to Lyman Orchards to pick out pumpkins. By the end of the trip, I’d pick out every pumpkin I could carry. I wanted to carve them all! To further my pumpkin addiction, I made these adorable pumpkin succulent centerpieces. Call me crafty. Fatima…

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Birthday/ DIY/ Family Fun/ Gift Guides/ Side Dishes

Thirtieth Birthday Gift Basket

July 19, 2017
LiliesandLoafers - Thirtieth Birthday Gift Basket

I have a confession, I am obsessed with gift baskets and boxes. For every birthday, graduation and holiday present, I like to give a few items I think the person will love. This obsession started after I began celebrating Christmas with Brian’s family, almost eight years ago. Besides spending time with his family and eating a ton of food, I love the little gifts I would get in my socking. I loved…

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Cleaning and Organization/ DIY/ Our Home/ Side Dishes

DIY Desk Makeover with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint

July 5, 2017
DIY Desk Makeover with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint - LiliesandLoafers

This desk makeover (using chalk paint) was so much fun to do and stage. Lilies and Loafers has affiliate relationships, so we may get a small share of revenue from your purchases. Items are sold by the retailer, not by Lilies and Loafers. The desk we have in our apartment is the desk I used at my parents’ house. Growing up, it was the perfect size. It was wide enough…

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