Great success at Oakland Halls first Creative Cafe for the year. Had 60+ students come out to paint mugs and learn about the Green Squad Challenge. Hopefully they will use these mugs for our bring your own cup/bowl events. All our events are byo basically. Love seeing all the creativity of my students. Next Creative…
Tag: diy
Candy Corn Beanie Hat
Since it is fall and specifically October I thought making a candy corn theme knit hat needed. #knitting #octobersixthcreations #knit #knithat #october6thcreations #craft #crafty #yarn #loopsandthreads #candycorn #halloween #winterhat
Strawberry Cards: Ashlee Collection
I love love love these strawberry stamps from flourishes. You cannot get these stamps anymore as the company does not exist. This collection is called Ashlee.
Friday Finds- Marshalls Haul
Some people call them hauls. I call them finds. I don’t really go to a store looking for items. I just happen upon them mostly. One of my fav places to happen upon cool stationary and crafty things is Marshalls. The items are super cheap and typically more fancy brand crafty items. arrow paper clips-…
Using Tote Bags as Gift Wrap
Wrapping up handmade birthday presents for my staff. Many of the gifts are still being created but I wrap between creation sometimes. Pro tip. Instead of using expensive paper gift bags buy some cool designed reusable bags for only 99cents. Found these at tjmaxx. They are larger then grocery bags. #octobersixthcreations #diyproject #craft #craftblogger #craftblog…
DIY Bath Bomb
Recipe and supplies 1 cup baking soda ½ cup citric acid ½ corn starch 3 tablespoons Epsom salt 1-2 teaspoon water 3-4 teaspoons Grapeseed oil 20-25 drops of essential oil (my fav is a ylang ylang with jasmine combo. lime vanilla is also refreshing) handful dried flowers- optional silicone molds or round holiday ornaments whisk mixing…
Embossing Soda Can
This DIY was really easy to do. I had done something similar to this a long time ago with embossing foil. I wanted to see if I could do the same thing with an upcycle twist. Supplies Aluminium Can. The bigger the better Ball point pen Scissors. I use tin snips. Tape Corrugated cardboard Picture…
Cement Planter
Finally finished painting all the #diy cement planters. Tried this out as an example for something to do with my students. If you look back at previous post you will see the pictures of making them. Used paper cartons from almond milk, small compostable cups, and coconut water as molds. Didn’t have any of those…
Yarn Hugs
Yarn hugs
Yarn Color Combos
Snapping some photos today of new color combos for scarves. I use afterlight to brighten the pictures because yarn automatically gets dark when photoed. Then I use phonto to add in the marker font writing. I do these pictures to help me name the scarf but to remember the combos. I can get so overwhelmed…
Photo Props
This cabinet door will make many of a picture from now on. Sanding and painting success from a few days ago. Wanted a white board of sorts to better photograph or video my projects as I complete them. Found this door at community forklift. It was some dirty grey sorta white mess. Now it is…
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