Creating with Joy

Even though my cell phone is in a protective case, I thought it would be fun to make up a decorative pouch for it! Now I can easily find it in my purse and it's wicked cool to show off! I just love Halloween, don't you? This stylish cell phone pouch can also be used […]

It's easy to dress up your chip clips with JOY embroidered letters - just adhere the letters with tacky glue. For words with an even number of letters like "snacks," mark the center of the clip and glue the letters evenly on either side. For odd-numbered words like "chips," center and glue the middle letter […]

You will be grilling in style this summer with this fun set featuring Joy® Iron-On Letters! There's nothing better than a fun summer cookout! I absolutely love the smell of food on the grill, and somehow it always tastes better than food cooked indoors. But before you light that charcoal, get yourself decked out with […]

I love fancy sandals and flip-flops, but I just don't want to pay the crazy prices for them. So what's a girl to do in the summer? How about decorating your own? I bought a pair of cheap slide-on sandals at the drugstore. They were cute, but I wanted to pep them up. I hot-glued […]

This amazingly cute Mother's Day sachet is so quick and easy to make, I am actually staying ahead of the game and I'll get my gifts done BEFORE the holiday arrives. Mother's Day is right around the corner - it will be here before we know it! I made a pattern using some scrap paper - […]

Here's a sweet gift idea for the princess in your life - give her a personalized headband to frame the hair around her face, and a "sweet dreams" decorative pillow to rest her precious head. There's precious little you can't make more special with Joy - look for a variety of embroidered iron-on letters at […]

Before...and after! It's fun and easy to update a worn-out backpack! Just wash it, brighten up the colors with fabric paints, and then add your favorite sentiment or inspiring word with Joy letters. Check out my how-to video below, which shows you how we used gesso, paints and stencils to give this little girl backpack […]

Do you live by your calendar and daily planner?  I do! Being inspired by a friend's kind gift; I found an inexpensive planner in the school supply aisles at the Dollar Tree. I brought it home and altered in my studio colors and it is all ready to go for 2016. Here is what you will […]

Who says iron-on letters are just for clothing? I decided to give this vintage-style pendant a personalized touch with a JOY embroidered letter. Items you need: - Dimensional medium (ICE Resin, Glossy Accents, Dimensional Mod Podge, etc.) - Large jewelry bezel - Small JOY embroidered letter - Patterned paper - Embellishments of your choice 1. […]

Now this is a great idea - a special tote bag designated just for the books you check out from the library. Use it to carry them home, but more importantly, use it to hold the books at home that you've finished reading until you're ready to turn them in. No more library books getting […]

You just can't have too many tote bags. We use them for grocery shopping, carrying essentials to the ballpark or beach, and of course the holidays are filled with good reasons to tote stuff around. Pick out your favorite iron-on letters and numbers, combine them with decorative trims and fabric glue, and you can quickly […]

We love going to amusement parks like Disneyland in Southern California. Many amusement parks and resorts offer special deals, like this backpack we recently got at Disneyland earlier this year. But with a sale price, that means everyone has the same backpack, so sometimes it's hard to tell ours apart from the same backpacks that […]