Nifty & Crafty

Welcome to Nifty & Crafty! Here I'll be posting some great DIYs, some crafty things, delicious recipes and some homemade beauty stuff. Plus really anything that I find nifty & would like to share. You can mostly find me now over at my personal blog Permanent Procrastination.

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Glow in the Dark Icing Spooky Cupcakes // Handmade Charlotte

I’ve never seen food that is glow in the dark before and how you make this is so random and surprising. I’m just going to have to make all my food glow in the dark from now on!

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Printable Halloween Teabag Holders // Handmade Charlotte

The thing about Halloween parties for children is, there’s often a lot of grown ups around sitting down and trying to escape their screaming children. Help them chill out but still get into the Spooky spirit with these Halloween teabag covers! Cute and easy. 

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Red Velvet Hot Chocolate w/ Origami Bat Topper // Handmade Charlotte

Serving up a blood red drink to your party guests is one thing.. having actually turn out to be amazing hot chocolate is another! You’ll have to convince them to take a sip first! But that’ll be a lot easier if they have these cute bat straws to go along with them! Did I say cute? I meant spooky, very spooky. 

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Halloween Boo Bark // Eazy Peazy Mealz

This Halloween snack looks not only easy to make but super Halloweeny in it’s bright orange colour! It’s like you’ve literally smashed a candy filled pumpkin to pieces and started eating it. Except it’s not that, it’s better. 

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20 FREE Pumpkin Carving Templates // Vivint

Whether you’re just not very good at carving or just can’t come up with any ideas. You’ll be sure to find the template for you in this set!

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Woodland Animals - No Carve Pumpkins // Simple as That

Carving pumpkins in Australia is really not a thing. Firstly I would be sure to injure myself and secondly my pumpkin would be dreadfully hideous. But not in the spooky way that’s suppose to be.  These Halloween pumpkins are super cute and super easy to create too, as their faces are just pieces of felt stuck on! The right level of scary for the little ones in your life. 

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DIY Monsters Inc ‘Boo’ Costume // Manion Amor

Who cares how many years ago Monster Inc came out, this costume will always be cute and Boo will go on in our hearts! “Kitty!” (sobs quietly)

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Spooky Boo Brownies // Betty Crocker

These brownies look delicious, and incredibly simple! Perhaps even someone who is awful at baking things could achieve this? (me)

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DIY Lavender + Vanilla Body Butter // A Beautiful Mess

It’s nearing the end of Winter in Australia, but my skin is still dry af. The skin is basically flaking off of my body. I don’t want to talk about it but I’m not Summer ready. I really need some good body butter to slather all over myself, and what would be even better is if that butter also smelled of lavender & vanilla. It’s a quality combination.

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Rare Days Off (by Tegan Seymour) Chilling in my striped bodysuit in a rare day off work

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15 (Real) Things You Should Know Before Dating a Girl who Blogs! | Permanent Procrastination

If you haven’t read the awful post by Cosmo, well just don’t even bother. Just read this one instead. It’s a heck of a lot more relatable, and amusing. Trust me!

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My Winter Bucket List // Permanent Procrastination

So for about half of us it’s Winter right now, and the other half it’s probably a lot warmer. My hometown in Australia is currently having a bit of a heatwave. Let’s just say I don’t want to be outside tomorrow. Anyway for all you winter bunnies. Here’s a bucket list that’s sure to keep you cozy and entertained during the cold season. 

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25 Fun and Free Fonts // A Subtle Revelry

I’m always downloading fonts, heck I have so many I forget where the nice ones are. That’s probably too many. But anyway check out these awesome ones that would be perfect for whatever reason you may need pretty text for!

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5 Ways to Start Fresh This New Year // Permanent Procrastination

Packed with tips and ideas to start your 2016 off on the right foot! As well as plenty of links to articles with even more info on everything. It’s an overall quality round up. 

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Aromabotanical Home Fragrance Giveaway!

Only 2 days to go in this awesome giveaway! You could win a Pear & Ginger Diffuser, a Pink Freesia & Rose Candle, and a Coconut & Lime fragrant disc! ( to hang in cupboards and such.)

The giveaway is sooo easy to enter, it involves liking 2 facebook pages. It’s a cinch! Just head on through the link above and follow the instructions in the giveaway widget!

GOOD LUCK!

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DIY Tea Infuser // Always Rooney

This DIY is for the cute end of the tea infuser. Not the end where you put your tea. It’s such a great idea to personalise it, like with the ideas shown above or anything else that you can think of! Too sweet. Which is also coincidentally how I like my tea. Banana Bake anyone?

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DIY Snowflake Marshmallows // I Spy DIY

I have wanted to try and make my own marshmallows! I love how they come in this cute cute shape and then when you pop it into your hot chocolate it just makes everything better and even more wonderful.