Getting our craft on!

Summer is here and we had lots of fun today getting our craft on!

Mothers Day gifts from Girl SCouts!!

Our May meeting we crafted some paper straw tulips and hand painted Cups for Mother's Day gifts!

Fun with Friends!

Sure was nice to visit friends and work on some craft projects and just plain have some fun!

DIY scented ornaments and Personalized Mugs!

they turned out amazing!

12.18 makes me feel merry

Christmas snow globes and all homemade Christmas decor makes me feel Merry!!!

Mason Jar snow globeS!

Our next Christmas Craft project!  found lots of ideas on pinterest!  will show you what I come up with when I get them finished!

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I found this on pinterest and it will be my starting point :)

fall decor pinning

8 easy fall decor ideas from Pinterest

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I simply love gathering ideas on Pinterest.  I am NOT sure what I did for inspiration before it! LOL.

My latest project...

I made something! LOL! 

It is getting so close to Fall and I am really getting excited to decorate for it... I know, I know, I was just starting to get used to the Summer weather but... school is starting soon so that means FALL right?  I saw this great wreath on Tatertots and Jello website and instantly knew that I wanted to attempt to make my own!
Here is the post from her site that got me going!

http://tatertotsandjello.com/2012/08/make-a-fall-houndstooth-pumpkin-wreath.html

Isn't it just the cutest?  yeah! so I went and snagged me a wreath and found some yarn to wrap and then I realized as I was looking through the tutorial for this, there is SEWING... I do NOT sew and do not have a sew machine.... so I was stumped.

Then I decided to knit me some pumpkins and hot glue some twigs like this to them...

I found this pattern on Raverly.com.... Love this site for great crochet and knit patterns!

Fall Pumpkin 
 Materials: 
Red Heart Light n' Lofty Multi - Colorway: Pheasant 
US 11 Needles 
Small amount of poly-fill 
1" twig 
Gorilla Glue 

Cast on 20 sts 
Row 1 (and all odd rows): Purl 
Row 2: *kfb, k1* across, 30 sts 
3-18: work in stockinette 
Row 19: *k2tog, k1* across, 20 sts 
20: purl 
Cut a 10" tail, draw through remaining sts and pull tight 

Using cast on tail, draw through CO sts and pull tight then mattress stitch the two sides together (remember to stuff the pumpkin before stitching it closed!) 

Using the Gorilla Glue, glue the stick to the top.

Ok so this is how I did it and here are a few of my wreath!  Hope you like... and good luck making yours!

Happy Fall decorating :)

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knitting.... updates!!

I just realized that I have DONE a lot of knitting and not posted all of my finished items... so HERE they are!


At one time someone asked me if I was going to sell the dolls... and Yes I am... Please message me if you are interested in one! THanks

 I have also been working on some really cute animals: Cats, Bears and a bunny... 

This little guy is Sawyer's favorite... and he reminds me of Chicken Little...

I also did an Owl...

I am on a knitted dish cloth kick too... any kind of pattern I find I have to try out! (ok I crocheted a couple too)

last but not least I found some CUTE chicken patterns... Cluck Cluck!

I am sure there are many more to come ..................so stay tuned!!

Spring Crafts

Is it spring?  I sure hope so... this week started off with SNOW, then finally we got some much needed sunshine and I found a few signs of spring....

This Cherry tree blossoms sure look like SPRING.... so now that we are on Spring Break, Ashlee and I decided that we needed to decorate a little for spring so we made some flowers and banners that we found on Pinterest!

 The flowers we made on the cricut and the pinwheels are from another idea found on Pinterest!

 These sweet tulips, Ashlee made by tracing her hand, cutting her hand out of the paper and wrapping around a pipe cleaner and then using a pencil to curl the petals!! So cute!!

 The banner turned out very cute and a it even has a little Easter paper in it too!


Enjoy!