Last month I did a stocktake of my office and… yikes. Supplies everywhere. Faux leather, wooden letters, candle wax, wicks, the works. Stuff I’d picked up with great intentions and then just left there.
And to make it worse, I wanted to buy more.
So I put myself on a buying ban, and “Just make it June” was born. My challenge for the month: make as many craft things as I can using what I’ve already got sitting around. No new purchases. Use the stuff. Simple!
The first project in my sights was to make earrings. It’s on my list of 52-in-52 for 2026 (52 things in 52 weeks), and I already had everything I needed.
The faux leather would be perfect for making my earrings. I had picked it up from a local store for only a few dollars, along with the earring hooks and an extra ring.
The beauty of craft, and the rise in popularity of the Cricut (I use a Silhouette Cameo), is that there are freebie projects everywhere. So, instead of reinventing the wheel, one quick Google later and I found this design on Printable Cuttable Creatables.
I selected white, grey and black, laid it on the mat, and a few short minutes later, I had all the pieces cut out and ready to go.
I did end up needing to press them quickly with the heat press, and then stored them under a book overnight to make sure they stayed flat.
Then first thing this morning, using some needle-nose pliers, I put it all together, and bam, Bob’s your uncle…and I have some new earrings.
I probably should have gotten out of my dressing gown before snapping a photo, but hey, it’s before 7 am here, and it’s cold. The gown stays on.
Next up, I’m eyeing off the photo frame and the wooden letters. My friend has this very cute picture of all their family names in a frame, Scrabble style, and I want to steal the idea. We’ve got a new bookshelf being built at home (cannot wait to share pictures), so that feels like it would look really nice on a shelf.
The other option is to make some candles. We’ve got the wick and the wax, and I have some old jars from other candles I’ve already burned down that I can reuse. That could be a fun family project we all do together.
So many options!
It’s going to be a fun, crafty month.
Does anyone else have a drawer/room/entire cupboard of supplies they keep promising themselves they’ll use? What’s the longest outstanding thing on your to-do list?
