Craft Time

Wow - it's been a long time since I last posted. Things have been busy and, thanks to my good friend Emily, I've been getting my crafty on. I've been following all kinds of blogs with great ideas...sometimes I follow exactly and sometimes I put my own special themes on it. Above are some homemade hurricane lamps. All dollar store pieces and some seashells I've had for years. I tried putting them together with gorilla glue, but it made a mess. The hot glue, although slightly less stable, is definitely my preferance.


The Topiary was one that I did with my mom. I sent her the instructions and she made hers first. She did a great job so I basically copied her. This turned out pretty well, although the picture doesn't do it justice. I'd love to get a pic of my mom's hearth where she is displaying two topiaries in a beautiful fall display.


The rosette balls were fun to put together, although I'm not sure what to do with them. I thought they'd look great in the bowl on my table, but the colors are a little too bright for me. I'm planning on re-doing my kitchen colors soon though, so at that point I might decide to pick new colors and make some additional rosette balls...or maybe I'll find something else fun to do. I'm thinking or either changing the flooring, or for a simpler solution, adding a runner along the entry way and a rug under the kitchen. Any thoughts on some great colors?


The halloween wreath is all dollar store. The orange ruffle is actually a bath back scrubber (well three back scrubbers). Everything else is dollar store and, for my first wreath I think it looks pretty good. I did a fun birthday balloon wreath that now resides at my mom's house - both of those were "distraction" projects to do during the BYU/Airforce game. It was a good thing I had them because it was NOT a fun game to watch. That day I also made a slate tile tic tac toe game that is now on the deck of my grandparents house. I doubt they've used it - but it's my personal opinion that it was CUTE! Pictures coming if I can remember!


The barrettes are just a few of the ones I've made. The originals were given to Isabella for her Birthday. I saw some darling ribbon barettes at the Stake Fair we had last week so I just knew I needed to use up my ribbon by making these cute things. I made a fun flower one with gold accents for Natalie - but again...no pics. I should really document how totally cute the stuff is that I make! Some day when I'm old and grey, it'll be nice to look back and see that I once made things that turned out not too darn bad!