The Crafty Bug

It is time to start thinking about our Valentine projects. I hope to get a few posted before Valentine Day gets here, but we all know how slow I can be.

Here is a fun one that you can do with pre cut 4″ blocks. I first painted them with a burgandy color then an off-white over it, after it had dried. Then I hit it with the sander to give it the distressed look. Then spray with a sealer, you can skip this step if you don’t want to do it. Then I used my cricut to cut the letters and heart in vinyl, added the little heart. Very simple, but OH so cute.

For those of you that don’t want to spend the time doing your own , I have been asked to make a web site. It is in the works, really excited about it. In the mean time if there is something that you would like to buy, you can contact me, and we can set it up through paypal.

I bet you wanna see the Valentine Blocks, so here they are.

I wish I would of written about this book before now, but I’ve been busy making them.

I started out making a gratitude book for my two granddaughters, for Christmas. WELL, when everyone saw them I was asked to make more. Even my fifteen-year-old grandson wanted one, which really surprised me.

The purpose of the gratitude book is to stop and reflect on their day at the end of their day. Then write one thing that they were thankful for that day.

Here is how I made the book. Cut all your paper 6″ x 6″. Have a cover sheet for the front of each month. Decorate the cover sheet according to the month. Each month will have three sheets of paper. The days are written on lined posted notes, that have been cut to fit the page. Only ten days to each page except the last. Glue the posted note to the page.

One of the things I did in the book was, on a family birthday I wrote their name and then added a cupcake sticker. So, on that day, they don’t write anything; they are thankful for that person, being in their life. (we hope)

To put the book together, punch two holes in the top of the pages, and use two 1½” book rings to hold pages together. Then, I tied ribbons to the book rings for added decorations.

I hope the pictures give you some kind of idea what I am talking about. These books are fun to put together, and you can even let them decorate their own books, the way they would like them to be.

Any questions please contact me. I am even doing one myself. You can start it anytime during the year, it doesn’t have to be the beginning of the year. I think it is a good thing to stop and think of what good happened during your day, instead of the negative all the time.

Happy Crafting!!

As you can tell I am having a lot of fun working with the wooden blocks. I am really going to have to work hard to get my monopoly quilt done for my grandson for Christmas.  But the wood is so much fun to work with I cant seem to put it down, and I have a couple more projects I want to do yet.  As I said before just follow the instructions on the Jingle all the way pattern for all these, and any questions, please let me know.

Happy Crafting!!

Here is another wooden project. Follow the directions to the Jingle all the way. The wood was cut 2×4 were cut 6″ 3½” 6″ the 1″x 2″ was cut 3½”.

If you have any questions please let me know.

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This is a fun easy project. You will need fine glitter, glass balls, Pledge with future shine floor wax, and I made a funnel for my glitter, out of paper, and I had ribbon to tie a bow around them. Here is a picture of what you will need.

Remove the top of the ball. Pour the floor wax into the glass balls, and move it around to get the whole inside wet, drain the excess back into the bottle. I used the funnel to pour in the glitter, roll it around making sure you get the whole inside covered. I let it set for a little bit before I replaced the holders on the top of the balls. Here is a picture of the finished glitter Christmas balls.

These are the small Christmas balls so the only decorations I will use on them, will be the bow on top. You can use all kind of things to decorate your Christmas ball, like vinyl, stickers, let your imagination loose on this project. Here are some I used stickers with.

They are really a lot of fun to make. Any questions please let me know.

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Here is another wooden piece for Christmas. It is a count down block. It will done as the Jingle All The Way, was put together. If you have any questions, please let me know.

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Here is Family done with the different size wooden block. You follow the same instructions, as in Jingle All The Way.

With this one figure out how tall you want it to be and go from there. Mine was pretty tall, but I liked it that way. I put a metal decorative heart on the M with E6000 glue.  If you have any questions let me know. I will be happy to help you.

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I found a cheaper way to do a clock. If you are like me, you are all for cheaper. I went to Walmart and found some round clocks that were very inexpensive, less then it cost to buy the clock works for a clock. Here is what you need for the clock. Your clock, mod podge ( oh what would I do without mod podge?) a brush, your image to put in the clock, screwdrivers to get the clock apart, and scissors.  You will also need numbers for your clock I cut mine with my cricut and vinyl. Here is the picture that I started with:

Here is a little tutorial on how to do the image in photoshop:

Make a template of what you need for the size clock you have. 1) Open template in Photoshop 2)Open image in Photoshop 3) Make sure the image is of good quality 4) Bring image into the template 5) Roughly position the image over the circle 6) place the cursor between the image and the circle (in the layer’s palette) 7) Press the alt key and click between the image layer and the circle layer. 8 ) position the image to your desire 9) you can enlarge or shrink the image by pressing the control + T key to readjust the image. 10) tip: you should color correct the image before bringing in the picture to the clock template.

Take the clock apart remembering how the hands have been placed on the clock, because you will want to put them back on the same way. Mod podge your image to the base of the clock, I didn’t mod podge the front just the back. Replace your hands, and put the clock together again.

Here is one I finished using a black clock.

It makes a fun little clock, and you can do a cute little Christmas present for Grandma & Grandpa they can enjoy the whole year around. There is no limit to the clock faces you can make.

Hope you understand my instructions, it is really an easy project to do. I love easy too.

Happy Crafting!