Showing posts with label Crafty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crafty. Show all posts

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Ornament Swap Numero Dos

In a momentary lapse of judgement, I decided to do two different ornament swaps this year.  
I don't know what I was thinking....
I've never even done one swap let alone two swaps!!!
I kept the same rules - I would not buy a THING!!!
I would only use what was in my craft room.

So this is what I made:
I used plain ornament balls, hot glue, an old book, the end of a thick paint brush,
 and a 1-inch square paper punch.  I punched A LOT of squares out of the old book I had.  Then, I would take the square, wrap it around the end of the paint brush, put a dab of hot glue on the end, and place it on the ball.  I did that A LOT until the ball was covered and looked like this:


If I had had more time (I may or may not have been finishing these 30 minutes before the swap), I was going to add something Christmas to the side of it.  However, everyone loved the way it looked without anything else.  I liked them and was pretty proud of them.

Here is a look at more of my super talented friends and what they shared with me!

From Kim Scott

From Adana Buttrum

From Debbie Holman

From Sarah Ellis

From LeighAnne Dugger

From Jerra Leek

From Ally Rogers

From Aubrey Buttrum

From Janet Sweeney

From Carole Cosbey

From Jana Dugger
I love that these special people will always have a special place in my heart and on my tree.

Monday, December 29, 2014

Ornament Swap Numero Uno

I am blessed with some FABULOUS friend who are blessed with so many different talents.
One group of friends has gathered together in the recent years to have a cookie/ornament swap.
I was not able to attend this party this year because LB had a basketball game that was rescheduled for that night.
So, I sent my ornaments with my friend Sandy.

Here is my story behind my ornament:

I was cleaning out my craft room and realized I had entirely too many things in it!
So I decided I would not buy ONE thing for my ornaments.
Everything came from my craft room. I found cookie cutters (who has cookie cutters in their craft room?) that I think I had bought for our annual cookie swap.  I had plenty of scrapbook paper and even found silver embellishments to add to them.  I used E600 glue to attach the ornaments to the paper.  Once the paper and glue had dried, I carefully cut it out.  This was MUCH easier than cutting them out then attaching.  Using the same glue, I then attached the embellishment to the the cookie cutter.  Finally, I attached some craft twine to the back in order for my friends to hang them on their tree.

I was pretty please with how they turned out!


LB made this one for a school project.
 Here are the ones my oober talented friends made for me.

Made by Sasha Gott

Made by Kristen Hicks

Made by Lauren Beene White

Made by Sharon Kea

Made by Bonnie Hendrix

Made by Allison Cross
Made by Nocona Canady-Flatt

Made by Ashli Rogers

Made by Ashley Deffenbaugh

Made by Lynne Moore

Made by Keli Westmoreland

Made by Sandy Thompson

Made by Kimberly Gott

Made by Sarah Buckley
Don't I have such creative friends!!!
I am thinking I need a tree next year JUST for ornament swap ornaments!!

Sunday, July 13, 2014

A Patriotic Crafty Day

We have had a bucket list this summer.
(Yes, I should have blogged about it, but since I have done almost
12 months of blogging in 2 months, I am not too worried about it!)
One of the things on the bucket list was to make shirts.
I saw this craft idea and knew we had to try it.
My kids LOVE to tye-dye shirts and thought this would be SO much easier!

Materials Needed:
shirts
duct tape or vinyl
spray paint
poster board

Step 1:  Choose a design you want on your shirt.  We cut ours out on the Cricut machine using vinyl.
My daughter made stripes on her shirt (pictures of that were not taken, sorry) and used duct tape 
for the stripes.

Step 2:  Place the vinyl on the shirt where you want it.  Once you have it where you want it, adhere.
(see pictures below)

Step 3:  Place poster boards through the shirts and then lay the shirts on top of poster boards or newspapers.
(see pictures below)



Step 4:  Spray the shirt using the color of spray paint you want on the area you want it.
(Check to be sure the spray paint is able to be used on fabric.  Most I saw where able to be used
on fabric.)




Step 5:  Let the paint dry for a few hours and remove the vinyl or duct tape from the shirt.



Step 6: After 24 hours, wash and dry. I washed and dried them by themselves the first time.
ENJOY!!!

All Things Are Ready....

The wreaths are hanging...


The flowers have been arranged and placed...


The pews have been beautified...


The table for the confetti to be thrown has been decorated...


The bows are in place...


The flower girl's items are ready to be used...



The dresses are hanging ready to be worn...


The groom's table is arranged with cupcakes and cake...

Cupcake liners made with the Cricut cartride "Cupcake Wrappers" and the handle made with the ? from the Cricut cartridge "Cuttin' Up."

The bride's table looks lovely...


And the food table is ready to be loaded down...


Let's Get Married Now!!!

Monday, June 23, 2014

We Mustache LB to have a Great Birthday!

Since cousins were in town, we decided to have LB's birthday with all of them.
The original plan was to have a big friend birthday but as plans go.... that didn't happen.
She finally looked at me and asked to just do a family party this year so that is what we did.
We all had a great time with all the mustache things she had found for the party.







We invited Mr. Bob to come as well because he was celebrating a birthday as well.
It was his first birthday without Mrs. Joan and we loved having him with us.





I can't believe she is 12!!!!!
Where has time and my little girl gone?
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