It was necessary for me to take down my winter Christmas wreath on my front door. I needed something for spring. Here is my adventure in wreath making.
Tag: art
DIY Test: Painted Pillowcase
Tried out the paint a pillow case with acrylic paint thing. This is how it went.
DIY Flower Press
I had some awesome flowers for my 4th of July party that my mom brought from her garden. I have a apartment so I cannot grow my own flowers. I hate when the flowers have to go to compost because they have died. This time I really wanted to preserve some of them by pressing….
In the spirit of DIY gift giving I have been doing a lot of beauty diy things because that is what I am working on as projects for people. Trying and testing new things. In the same theme of DIY gifts is canvas art. I love a good canvas creation. Something person for those you…
I was cleaning today. there was a t-shirt on my counter. my crafty brain said stop cleaning and create. Combined two ways to make a no sew t-shirt bag. Had some duct tape that needed to be used. Did the tie bottom instead of using safety pin to thread the bottom. you can see my…
Made this for my friend who loves Harry Potter. The red and yellow turned a lot deeper after baking. The baking was tricky. First I did 350 in oven. Noticed that the black was not setting. Did a second run on 400. Generally stick with the 350. Seems like that worked well for other mugs…
While away in Ohio for the last 4 days I Upcycle crafted with my niece. She is a girl after my heart. She is down to create things out of anything. I have been wanting to try out a toilet paper roll flower tutorial that I found on better homes and gardens. I thought this…
Follow Friday! Creativebug was something I stumbled on. Their pinterest page is fantastic. Boards and boards of great creative ideas and info. I checked out their website. You can sign up for a small fee to take classes/workshops on pretty much anything creative. The basics to the more detailed. Something I may consider doing in…
This project is really really easy to do. I made these for my staff last year. I love a good appreciation project that is personal. I try to make things that my staff won’t just throw away. I did a theme of phrases that had to do with seeing and leadership. I also made a…
Made myself a blog planner. Found this awesome template for the pages from Confessions of a Homeschooler blog http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com. I used my normal notebook making ingredients cereal box thread martha stewart paint sharpies my brain vellum for making stitching templates if not drawing directly blue painters tape tea dye ink pad hole punch button As…
This year I wanted to do a few new things at our annual 4th of July party. I had seen these mini pinatas on pinterest. They are now pinned to my celebrations board. My mom was here this weekend so I put her to work. She did a great job with her little assembly line….
Personalized notebooks from cereal boxes closer look.
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