I sent the box out this morning! It was such a relief to hand that box to the mail lady 🙂 Now I am back to working on ornaments. The star will have the Chinese Character for Love in the center and will be shiny. The tree will be more green and not so blue. … Continue reading
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Thankful Thursday – Ornament Donation Breakdown
Instead of my normal Thankful Thursday post I am doing my donation list for my ornaments instead (I think very appropriate). So I have spent quite sometime thinking about the breakdown of each ornament (my goal is to have 5 of each, ambitious I know with two small children) and my reason why I chose … Continue reading
(Semi) Wordless Wednesday – Work in Progress
My angels (which will be pink and 50% will be donated to breast cancer awareness), the gingerbread man, snowman and my Happy Trees (my tribute to Bob Ross – lol). Crappy cell phone photo – yay! The holiday season is about giving so I plan on giving. I plan on each ornament having a charity … Continue reading
More Progress on Santa (AKA: Dad or Santa Bill)
So the more I work on Santa the more it looks like my dad. It looks so much like my dad my husband thinks I should add a can of Busch Light and a cigar next to him. I also learned that working on something like this with my husband home on vacation is difficult … Continue reading
Mummy Eyeball Wreath Tutorial
Here it is the Eyeball Wreath now cleverly named the Mummy Eyeball Wreath because my ideas seem to morph into something new. The original idea has been bouncing around in my head for a while I had recently found an old sketchbook with a bunch of doodles, one was for an eyeball wreath. My original … Continue reading
Adventures in (Homemade) Paper Clay…
So I have been working with the homemade paper clay for a little over a week now and I must say the second batch I made is fantastic! The clay is much smoother and not as wet as the first batch. I am enjoying myself and started on Christmas stuff. Headless Santa – (the base … Continue reading
10/10/10 – A Brief Weekend Summary
So the only reason I wanted to post something today was because it was 10/10/10. We had a fantastic crafty weekend, complete with a Dollar Store run! Dollar Store Score The coolest Dollar Store Score EVER! A gumball machine that I filled with CANDY CORN!!! I LOVE CANDY CORN! We did a Family Craft which … Continue reading
Pumpkin – Paper Clay
Okay I must admit I think I am addicted to this stuff. I am have a blast working with it, I just need to get some real armature stuff. I have so many ideas, I am doing basic Halloween stuff but can’t wait to work on Christmas I might actually try and submit something to … Continue reading
Homemade Paper Clay – FINALLY!
Here it is my results of homemade paper clay. So I am going to type everything out then my modifications and my reactions to it (it will be a long post). I took Jonnie’s Paper Mache Clay Recipe, I knew going into it I was going to make the following modifications: instead of flour I … Continue reading