SNOWFLAKE TIME

Snowflakes made from Dollar Tree Small Christmas trees

What you need:

6 small, white Christmas trees

White tape (wide)

Patience ....Lol  

Enjoy!!!
Watch the video instructions below 

Click here for Instruction video :-)

Pizza Dough Recipe

 Happy Valentines Day!!

How about some Heart Shaped Pizza

Well you need the right dough...lol

 I tried packaged mixes first and they were too sticky to work with....

so Next we went with the old tried and true 

Gold Medal Flour cookbook www.goldmedalflour.com

We decided not to put the shredded cheese in the recipe.  Tasted great as always.

Little Things

Little Things

Simple little things give me the biggest joy sometimes....

It doesn't have to be expensive or too shiny to make my heart bubble up a little.

 One of my favorite things.  

Earlier this spring I purchased a house and I had a lot

of fixing up to do. 
When the weather got nicer, I wanted

to make a little place on my screened in porch to 

relax and watch the 

trees blow, the rabbits play and watch the hummingbirds feed.

I found a little table at the thrift store and painted it a "beachy" 

kind of blue and found some already whitewashed 

baskets and shells from the dollar store.

to add a little bit of magic to my night time visits to my new "special place"

I took out one of my wide mouth mason jars and added a little string

of micro lights to it...purchased at Walmart

it gives the impression of Fireflies in a jar.

Fall deco

My friend Billie Jo is so talented!!!

Check out all her fall wreaths and decorations

Love the color in these!!

Happy scarecrow head :-)

This one is my favorite!!

Autumn Inspiration

So....I don't know if anyone else struggles with sleepless nights but lately mine have been beneficial, only to the degree that my creativity has been heightened during those wee hours of the morning between 12am and 3:30am.  

My son asked me why I am crafting in the middle of the night and my only response was...."well I was awake and my brain was spinning"  I thought I'd better take advantage of it.  

for the past three years my creativity has been curbed to say the least because of all the stress in my life right now, so a little reprieve is well worth the hours of sleep that were lost.  I'd rather be productive than tossing and turning for those few hours.

So this was project #1

I took an antique mason jar and wired the lid to hang off the back and put some glass rocks and river rock in the bottom, constructed a fall arrangement from silk flowers purchased at www.walmart.com  

I also saw my bin of fabric in my craft room that I had planned on getting rid of, for the move to a different house and low and behold there was fall fabric in there that was going to look great under the arrangement.  

(sorry the picture isn't that great...the phone I have doesn't take great pics but that will soon be rectified) :-)

Now get out there and make something!! lol

Garden

The summer has come to an end and fall has arrived, although you wouldn't guess it from the 90 degrees temps the last week.  I happened to see this picture from my garden on my shutterfly account and it made me both happy and sad.  I loved spending time weeding my garden and seeing all the flowers and plants that I had planted, full of life and color.  Now, it is time for a new chapter in my life as I get ready to move from this place that I've lived for 15 years.  

I've enjoyed my time sitting in this garden, grooming my little area of the world and having an occasional visitor sit with me among the flowers and plants.  The first time he came to visit he scared me to death....he leaped out at me from his hidden position where he had seemingly been stalking me, as I waved the collected weeds in my hand, unknowingly.  He would periodically show up to lay among the flowers or roll on the patio and would accommodate my need to pet him by laying still for a little bit.  I named him "my cat" although he technically belonged to the elusive neighbors who let him wander the neighborhood at his leisure.  "My cat" is a good hunter, apparently, because he looks like he always has quite a full belly and seems very content with himself. 

We recently had a stray black cat show up and looked like he was starving and I had a little chat with him and told him he needed to learn to catch mice like "my cat".  We tried to feed the poor thing but he didn't seem interested and later wandered away, not to be seen since.

Well enough of my ramblings...enjoy the few pics of my favorite spot in my yard...

I may add some more if and when I find them...  :-)

Repainted Stool

Bought this solid oak stool at the thrift store for $5

Restrained the top a darker color

Painted the rest chalky black

I love the way it turned out!!

Cupcake Jars

Cupcake jars....YUMMY!!!!

A friend at work made these adorable jars for her daughters first birthday....I think the possibilities are endless...

I can see these....with rainbow colors of cake....or fall colors....or Red and Green....

Red, White and Blue with sprinkles....Yummy!!

Hidden jewelry storage

My friend from high school made this cute and handy jewelry case.  

She found the picture at goodwill for $3 and then  an old window frame for the back part..attached the artwork with some hinges. 

She attached a piece of wood inside the window frame and used cup hooks for the necklaces.  You could probably put some kind of little fabric mesh bags on the board to hold rings.

Be creative and I'm sure you can come up with your own version... 

Thank you Diana for the great idea!!

(She said she loved the artwork but it had to be practical) 

Dress made out of men's dress shirts

I picked out two men's dress shirts that went together at a thrift store and used the top of one shirt and the bottom of the other and tried to make a dress...I cut the collar and sleeves off and tucked the edges in.. sewing clothing is hard for me.  I know most of you can do much better than this... I would love to see what you've come up with..

Whimsical Watering Can

My creative cousin made this wonderfully cute watering can for her garden and I love it!!!

Items needed:   Metal watering can (farm and fleet)

                         Acrylic jewels (eBay)

                         Shepherd hook (Walmart)

                         Pliers

                         Extra jump rings ( for jewelry)

Attach strings of jewels with jump rings into holes in can... 

 

   

Another Fairy Garden

face="Georgia" size="6">I was recently visiting a woman's house when I noticed a couple of different scenes she had set up in her yard... enchanted little places where fairies and trolls live.  (There are always lots of mushrooms in these places... makes me think differently of mushrooms.)  They caught my eye and I asked her if I could share them with all of you.  She loves to share the enjoyment she gets from her little piece of heaven, which is her yard.  She told me that she thought of removing the little pond in the fairy garden and then realized that a local toad had taken up residence there and decided that disturbing his little sanctuary would be cruel... so we wait for him or one of his relatives to come back this summer and revisit  his spa.
     

Handmade Oven Mitt

Handmade Oven Mitt.....

Don't burn your hands anymore!!!! 

What you'll need:

Scissors
Fabric 
(two different Patterns)
Pins
Insul-Bright 
(heat resistant felt)

Sewing Machine

  

Spring Pinecone Wreath

A friend of mine gave me permission to post a picture of her latest project...that I think is sooo Cute.  she had her grandaughter help her paint the pine cones and oh how cute it is!!!

Take a look and be inspired!

Christmas Stockings from Old Sweaters

 Here is my newest video on YouTube....

I think I really need to add music to these. :-)

I will have to put my son back to work, he can edit these faster than I can.

here are some pics of the stockings after I was done.  

I still have one more to make....or two  :-)

that fur is the softest stuff...I love the look of it.

The white stocking looks like it belongs to Bigfoot....lol  

might have to go back in there and trim his toenails... hee hee

Make Your Own Notepads

Items you'll need to complete this project ...

Paper cut into the size you want for the notepad
Aleene's Tacky glue
sponge paint brush

Wood to make your clamp, you can decide the size.
2   5" screws
4   washers
2   bolts

Re-Covered Mouse Pads

 Here is a video for Recovering an old mouse pad...   

New Projects Coming

Sorry for the delay in new content.  I had to get a full time job due to life changing events and that leaves little time for making new posts or projects.....but....I have one in the "can" as they use to say....  hee hee... and that doesn't mean the toilet....lol

I'm having a little trouble remembering my YouTube password.   I have so many different passwords in my head and then websites make you change them periodically....so I'm at a loss for what that one is at the moment.   Then, I had the video edited and it disappeared....so I may have to start over again. We will see what happens.

I have also lost all my "camera people" due to "Mine Craft"  They are either all playing that (mining diamonds and other things to make square pigs and cows..lol) or they are trying to become YouTube sensations and so they have little time to become Mom's camera person.  So I am back to trying to video tape it myself, which isn't always as easy as it may sound.

And speaking of Mine Craft....does any Adult besides "Captain Sparkles" understand that game...I watch them play it and build these elaborate "worlds" with houses and water falls and hidden rooms....all with a pick ax in hand and I just don't quite get the fascination with it.  I watch them put all these memorized codes in to move here and there and see their frustration as they allow other people to come into "their world" only to be betrayed and have the world totally destroyed.  I don't get the fascination with it.  If somebody I invited here to visit, killed all MY sheep (mind you, I don't have any) I wouldn't invite them back and I think I would stop allowing visitor to come near  my sheep and other livestock and I definitely wouldn't invite them into my home.

Does anyone else have children who are "Mining" and aspiring to be wealthy like "Captain Sparkles"?

Just wondering.

So, on that note, I go back to crafting and say....soon, my friends.  I will have some wonderful creation for you, soon...  :-) 

Until then, you can check out my YouTube channel    my channel My Channel and watch some older videos.  

Also, I want to say thank you to all my readers.  I may not have many subscribers on my blog, but I do have many who follow me on YouTube and I just wanted to say thank you for reading my blog and watching my videos.

Re-purposed Metal Yard Chair

A friend of mine was getting rid of some chairs and I was heading to the 

dump to make a little extra change so I was thankful to take them.....

I was thinking they were folding chairs    

but, then I saw them....I said...

"I don't think these are going to make it to the dump" hee hee

I had the perfect idea .....

I scrapped some of the chipping paint off and put some 

Rustoleum on them and viola'

I still may do something different with the tile looking back...but

I'm not sure....

The other one is on my patio...so cute!

I borrowed my neighbor's plant to put on there until I got

one of my own.... I love it!  

Thank you Annie for the chairs...much better than taking them to the dump.

♥

"Selfie" Fun Album

We all know how our kids like to take our

phones and cameras and take pictures of themselves....

who doesn't love a "selfie".

I remember as a kid how I loved looking at pictures

of myself.

So, I was looking through some old CD's of pictures last night

and ran across some pretty funny ones of the kids

and thought to myself...wouldn't it be fun to

make a Shutterfly album or one that you make yourself
with some of these silly pictures that they
have taken over the years...

It would help document their interests and what they were

thinking about and their sense of humor while they 

were young.

 this is apparently him practicing his mugshot photos... hee hee

 One of them made this on the "paint" program

 My oldest was fascinated with all my old show wigs that

I wore when singing...I think this was Reba McIntyre

I found a lot of pictures of my son's toys...this was his backpack

ready to spend the night at Grandmas

They took a camera to my moms to document their stay

My son also liked to lay out his clothes the

night before and put his Spiderman pillow in there

for the head.  lol

I had to put one of myself in there.  We found baby squirrels in

the yard and they were very friendly...this one was trying

to climb up my leg...

not sure what is on his head....

this was probably his first great selfie... love it!