The last few months, I’ve had a new addiction…macrame. Talk about an easy craft that requires inexpensive supplies! I can’t believe I didn’t try it sooner. I guess because I was a child of the 70’s and it seemed outdated. But now, it’s everywhere! With the knowledge of a few basic knots, the possibilities are … [Read more…]
I mentioned in my last post that I saved wine bottles for the centerpieces. I know this is pretty common way of making an inexpensive centerpiece. I just didn’t want it to look like a wine bottle. After collecting , cleaning and taking the labels off. I decided to try a marbling technique that I … [Read more…]
I started writing this post months ago and just haven’t had time recently for my blog. Of course, I haven’t stopped doing things, so the next few posts will be catching up. For Earth Day, our local art gallery had a call for Eco Art. This is the project that I created. Ryan referred … [Read more…]
My one thing a day-throw away project is going well. I’m ahead of schedule, which is great, because it always gets so busy in the spring. I started with Christmas items as I put them away, headed into Connor’s closet for a little and now I’m going through my kitchen, one drawer/cabinet at a time. … [Read more…]
We are just back from our vacation at the Outer Banks, rested and refreshed. The family that went with us had two little girls and I was excited to have young children to do crafts with again. Having two boys, I never got to make beach anklets, so I planned to take some hemp and … [Read more…]
This was a Pinterest-inspired project, with a few tweaks, that I made at the beginning of the summer. I have a fascination with glass insulators and a friend of mine got a box of them at an auction and gave me a few. I started looking for some Pinspiration and found them used as a … [Read more…]