Things have been relatively quiet over here and with an apparent storm of the century approaching, I figured I’d…share my mantel decor? Because that’s relevant at all? No, I’m just kind of excited to finally have a mantel to decorate. No more stockings on the wall for us! I’m getting ahead of myself, though. Stockings …
Here’s a fun craft you can make with your kids… Mr. Snowman. We made ours with Crayola Model Magic because it’s nontoxic and easy for kids to mold…You can use any air drying clay though. Here we have the eyes, buttons, mouth and nose shapes. We made ball shapes for the eyes and buttons and put …
I really enjoyed the wreath on my front door this Christmas. It was hard to take it down, the door looked so empty and sad without it. So I got out my trusty grapevine wreath, it’s the base for many of my wreaths. I had some leftover boxwood from my daughter’s wedding. I bought …
So here we go. The good, the bad and the ugly about painting Mason jars. It all started when I decided I wanted to make May Day gifts for my neighbors. I wanted to be able to actually put the flowers “in” a tinted Mason jar without the color melting away. I had seen the …
One of the things I made for my daughter’s wedding reception were personalized water bottle labels. I’m going to show you some photos of them, then tell you how easy they are to make. Close up view of bride and groom’s name with the S behind it in pink which is the first letter in his …
ONLY at Christmastime can you find me in a K-Mart store…They always have the cutest Christmas decorations there. My husband Tim and I ventured into K-Mart the other day. I just HAD to get out my camera and take pictures of some of the Christmas decorations to share with you all. Tim of course just shook his head …
My little Sister Lori made me a Ribbon Garland (Swag) last year…Last night I made it into a wreath. This wreath took me all of about 4 minutes to put together. I took the ribbon garland, put it around a grapevine wreath, added a nest with eggs then scattered a few artificial leaves into the nest. I love how it …
*CHALKBOARD HERB GARDEN* This is really easy, so let’s get started… First get some clay pots and tape off what you don’t want painted with painters tape. Also put a piece of tape over the hole on the bottom so paint doesn’t sneak in… Prime your clay pots with inexpensive primer-I used …