Christmas Crafts

Some of the crafts I made for Christmas this year:

 

golfball/snowman ornaments

Cut, power sanded, and painted :)

  

 

 

Then after 2 failed attempts, I had to recreate my own red wine lollipop recipe (the one I had, simply didn't work!) 3rd time was the charm :) It's hard to see, but the molds I used were of a gingerbread man, and a moose! Got a kick out of the moose.

 

Made lots :)

Gettin' Crafty

My first attempts at wood burning...

Mini snowmen gourds, got some of the same treatment...

...it's a start...hoping to get better at it. Having fun with it :)

What's Old Is New Again

Just recently a "little" butterfly wondered on over here. Worn out from the weather, it was in desperate need of a makeover!

After a quick sandpapering and a couple of coats of rust inhibitor. This was what was left:

I was asked to turn it into a monarch butterfly...so I got busy and this is what it transformed into:

MUCH better!! Though now it's so pretty, I don't want it outside! ☺

(its little stick will also be getting a quick touch up)

Never Enough Scarves

So after my first attempts at making scarves from T-shirts, thanks to Pinterest, I found a whole bunch more to make!

Again using old T-shirts, I was able to make a Knotted Scarf:

Ruffled Scarf, I added some detachable T-shirt rosettes:

Also made a couple Infinity Scarves:

Can't wait to see what I can find to make next! ☺

Craft Corner

After those scarves I made...what was I to do with the left over t-shirt material??

Rosettes! ☺

A Bit Of An Obsession

Okay, so recently, and I mean very recently, I joined Pinterest. This was something I had been avoiding for months, friends and family have been on it and kept telling me I should join. I waited out because I had heard it was a bit addicting and I just didn't see a need for it.

For those of you that don't know what I am talking about, Pinterest is a site that lets people share photos and ideas from all over the web. From your favorite brands to handy household tips (like how to make your own cleaning products), to organization, clothing, designs, craft ideas (one of my favorites!), kids, pets, recipes...you get it, there is ALOT! I, like many others, have been sucked in and can't stop finding ideas!!!

One idea I found, which I just loved, I had to make. It was easy and cheap enough. The idea is taking your old T-shirt and making it into a cute scarf. I made a more chunky version with an ol' T-shirt I had here at home that I didn't wear anymore.

I liked it so much I decided to make another, this time with a T-shirt I bought for $1.

(Yea, I would never really wear this shirt either, which is why I felt no sympathy in hacking it right up with some scissors.)

*snip snip*

...then you simply cut your fringe...

....then the fun part, you just pull at each piece of fringe....

and Tada...a scarf! ☺

Easy, right? ☺

(I ended up trimming the bottom of the fringe and adding knots instead.)

I am gonna be crafty crazy! ☺

Christmas Crafties

Another year of painting Christmas stuff...this is what I came up with this year...LOVED how everything turned out!

Made two of these, got out the power tools and cut them out myself!

More ornaments...

Hope everyone has a Very Merry Christmas!!! ♥

Christmas Crafties

Got a lil' more crafty with Christmas this year...painted some ornaments...

...some with crackle finish...




...then got a lil' crazy with the gourd painting ☺

(every snowflake on this one is different)

...and I finally got the guts to try out some Santa's.

Paintin' 'Til My Fingers Fall Off

I've been paintin' and paintin' and paintin' some more....but I am finally finished all my painting for the charity auction that benefits Alzheimer's disease!! Yay!! and just in time too...here is what I got done... ...more lady faces...
...plaid and striped apple gourds!

Everything that is headed to the charity auction ☺

Let's hope they sell well!!

Weekend Of Paint

Cortney headed over to our place friday night for a weekend of painting! We literally painted from morning 'til night. Got alot done for the charity auction we are both going to be in, in early November. Had alot of fun! ☺

(Cortney paintin')

(Toby helped, by mostly staying out of the way, and tryin' to catch a certain lil' fly that kept buzzing around the room. Hehehe, that was just entertaining to watch him!)
(...More paintin', notice the pepsi cans, lots of much needed caffeine was consumed.)

This is what I got done so far....everything is painted free-hand...

(Snowmen)

(Scarecrow faces)

(Gourde buckets, LOVED how these turned out, though they took alot of time.)

....everything so far, there's more to paint though! ☺

From Beginning To End

As I have briefly mentioned before I am trying to gear up and get some gourdes painted for a charity auction in early November. Hoping that goes well, I started painting and have lots to still do. Super excited I was able to sell a couple of them already! Now hoping the auction does even better. This was a gourde scarecrow face in the making:

What I have to start with after all the mold and nastiness is scrubbed off:

Getting the base colors on:

Now to start the face:

There he is, all done!