Rubberband Easter Eggs
Here is a quick and easy way to “color” your Easter eggs to give them a more personal and unique look. You first boil your eggs and let them cool. Then take rubber bands, e.g. from your newspaper, and wrap … Continued
Graduation: Spiral Ribbon Lei
Graduation ceremonies are just around the corner and it is high time to gear up for the festivities. I dove into my ribbon stash (yippee, a reason to explore my treasures!) and found 50 yds of double-faced feathered satin ribbon … Continued
Valentine Candy Airplanes
Valentine is just around the corner and with two school aged boys now, our work was cut out for us to craft a valentine for their class mates (a total of 48 students!). 50+ candy airplanes ready to deliver a … Continued
Christmas Flower Hair Barrette
On one of my runs to the craft store I picked up this really nice Christmasy fabric remnant. It had the Christmas colors and a bit of glitter thread to make it special. Unfortunately it was not enough fabric for … Continued
Christmas Skates
When I was unearthing our painting things for the Santas and Nutcrackers I came across an old pair of children ice skates that I’ve laid aside a couple of years ago for a special kind of Christmas wreath decoration. I’ve … Continued
Ribbon Trees
Alright, now or never! For the last two years I’ve been buying these really pretty Christmas ribbon rolls in the after Christmas sales with the thought that one Christmas I will make something out of them. My drawer with the … Continued
Santas & Nutcrackers
For the last couple of days my oldest son and I have been busy painting and crafting Santas and Nutcracker figurines for an upcoming craft fair. It was a real assembly line with him painting all the solid colors and … Continued
Craft Fair with a Friend
What was I thinking when I got all excited and aggreed to participate in a holiday crafts fair!? Yep, I am going to participate not just visit… Yikes! My friend who reeled me in has her kids attend the Shining … Continued