Nifty Mail Box

Ease the travel woes for someone you love

You know how when you come home from vacation and

there is a stack of mail the size of Mount Rushmore...

Well my niece just made this wonderful little 

solution for my sister and her husband.

All the mail was sorted by the person it was addressed to....

so they didn't have to do the sorting. 

Each bundle was tied with a pretty ribbon and there were

little treats in there to make going through the mail more enjoyable.

Heather, used an old shoe box that she covered with pretty material 

to make it special...

I love this idea and wish I was ....first ....going somewhere wonderfully warm and exotic

and second.....I wish someone would do this for me when I return...   ;-)

Garden Stepping Stones

My niece made these with her children and niece and nephew....

Heather used a Flour recipe:

1C - Flour

1C - Salt

1/2 C- Water

(which we don't know how it will hold up in the weather)

Shellac will definitely help with that a bit

these could also be used to paint and hang on the wall...just

push some paper clips in the back while wet and leave the loop hanging out to

use to attach string to, (to hang)...or one loop to hang on a nail

I have made these before, but used actual cement....

which is not as easy to write in....

We also used foil pie plates to put the cement in. 

and then decorated with different things...

(I will show pics of those later this week)

Also, Heather used cake decorating stamps that she found at 
Walmart to do the writing.... and then let the kids 
go to town painting

have fun...

Two More of Those Beauties

These are two of my favorites

Again...if this is your first time visiting my blog....all of these squares are made with 

Thangles  which are such a wonderful little invention,

they make half square triangles doable.  :-)

Makes me look like a pro....and I'm not  :-)

More Quilt Squares

Here are two more quilt squares for my block a month quilt

I was behind a little bit....so I had to do 4 of them in two days, 

so that I could go pick up the August square...haven't done it yet...

 I can't wait to see what they are going to look like when they have the borders 

around them and the whole quilt is done...

and if you are a quilter and you haven't worked with  Thanlges 

yet, you don't know what you are missing....it makes 

half square triangles sooooo much easier...

Water Color Painted Paper

I use water color paper to paint on and just start with the color I like most and add to it...using water to thin it out and make it lighter...blending the colors together.....

This is very therapeutic 

My inspiration for this was the movie "Miss Potter" about Beatrix Potter....and while the credits are rolling in the beginning she is painting different shades of the same color.  I loved the way it looked and it gave me the idea to paint whole sheets and once they were dry I could use them for whatever I needed them for.

I also love tearing paper....I really like the way it looks..

So I cut a piece to fit, tore the top...

Then I just stamped the thank you on ...and put a thin line of glue following the line of the painting and sprinkled on some of the same color glitter....I really enjoy a little bit of "sparkle"  :-)

Homemade Frozen Orange Juice Pops

I'm getting a hankering for some frozen orange juice on a stick.  I haven't made them in a long time, but with this heat it keeps running through my head that they would taste good....or what about frozen pudding.....

All I use to do was pour whatever it is into an ice cube tray and put in the freezer....before it gets totally hard...put a toothpick in or craft stick...and continue freezing.

Give it a whirl and let me know how it goes...  hee hee

I might put my kids to this task

Fourth of July Shirt

transforming your t-shirt to fringy fun

I put a t-shirt under it instead of a tank top

I think if I did this again....I would shorten the sleeves a little...but leave sleeves. :-)