Family Christmas Craft Night: First Craft

The table full of craft ideas.

 First Christmas Craft :  is a scented snowy candle holders

Supplies needed, Epsom salts, Mod Podge, ribbon and blue snowflake stickers.

 

First craft to make were these snowy candle holders.  They are so easy to make.
I applied Mod Podge on the bottom half of a pickle jar and then sprinkled spearmint scented Epsom salts.  After the jar dries, I then applied a second coat of Mod Podge on it.
 

Next, I glue a blue ribbon and a bow on the top.  I also had snow flake stickers and applied a few of them to the top part of the jar.
I am putting mine in the bathroom for the holidays.  They just smell so good. Just add a tea candle and it's ready to scent the whole room.

 

PEACE CANDLE

Here is a simple dollar store craft. I bought 5 tall white glass candles, small wooden letters, you get 3 letters in each packet and gold and silver glitter.  First, I Mode Podged gold glitter onto the letters. I let them dry for a few hours and then applied a second coat.
I also applied glue to the bottom of the jars and then added silver glitter to the glued area. Next I tied gold string to each letter and then tied them to the candles. I used a big glue dot to the back of each candle to hold the tied gold string to. That way it stays in place. This project cost about 10 dollars and I bought everything from the dollar store.

Family Pumpkin Decorating Party

 

 

This year we had less family members at our little party.  My step son was unable to make it due to a musical practice and my son and his wife just had a baby boy (he is such a cutie). My daughter and her family came over and we had a blast. Best thing is, making memories with the grandkiddies.  Enjoy a few pictures from our family pumpkin decorating party.

 

 

Our snack table

 

Our supply table

 

Stickers and push in facial pieces

All kinds of paint

 

Queen Witch Lisa

  

                                                                My granddaughter painting

and her daddy carving

 

Adding Bling

 

Ta Da.......our finished pumpkins!  Our party was Spooktacular !

 Next year's goal: is for everyone to dress up.

 

 

Fall Banner

This has been the summer of surgeries. My sister had surgery the first half of summer, and then I had surgery the second half .  So other then a few batches of cupcakes, I have not had the energy to make any crafts.  BUT........it's now my favorite time of the year and what better way to welcome it, but with a fun fall banner.  I am posting the printable letters that I downloaded from one of my favorite blog sites.  Stop by there and check out her blog.  It's a fun site.  Plus you can download the letters for this banner.   darlingdoodlesdesign.com

                                                                             

 

One of the finished banners displayed on Debbie's gate 

 

Supplies, F. A. L. L. letters, felt and fabric cut outs of leaves and pumpkins, twine, strips of fall colored fabric, fall color card stock paper (scrapbook paper) and of course glue sticks and a hot glue gun.



My sister Debbie, arranging what she wants her banner to look like.
She used a whole puncher to punch holes in the paper. She then glued the leaves to the card stock, next she carefully strung the twine though the paper.  Finally, she tied strips of cloth between if banner.
 

 

The girls cutting out their card stock. They used crimping scissors to give them a cool look. They are going to glue their letters to the card stock. 

I used fall paper that I purchased on sale at the end of the season.

The banner laid out on the ground.

 

 

 

 

Displayed on my fireplace mantel. 

 

I made a second banner alternating the felt leaves and pumpkins and tying the strips of cloth between them. 

I love how it turned out.

 

Happy Fall  :-) 

 

Happy 4th of July !

Happy 4th of July upcake style. I made these patriotic cupcakes for our daycare celebration, and my daughter Nicole made the large cupcake.  I hope everyone has a safe and happy Independance day.

What you don't see in this picture, is how I fell off the chair and dropped my camera in the effort to shut the light off.  I wanted to capture the lit sparklers.  Never happen in time.

The reason we have been making cupcakes is because I recently spent quite a bit of cash on cupcakes.  After the purchase I thought to myself, "I could make these cupcakes, why would I pay someone else to make them"?  So, Nicole and I have been making cupcakes for recent events.   

Picnic Cupcakes

Yummy cupcakes, that are perfect to take on an "Old Fashion Picnic". The picnic basket was a treasure I found a few years ago at a flea market.  I just love it.  Okay, back to the cupcakes.  My daughter and I made these cupcakes and kind of stuck with a picnic theme.  We used butter cream frosting and chocolate and confetti vanilla for the cake part. I especially like the yellow crystals we used on top of the frosting. My son in law made some refreshing home made lemon aid to go with our treat.

So, who is ready for a picnic?

Relay for Life Cupcakes

Nicole & My Beginning

Relay for Life Cupcakes

Father's Day Rocks

My daughter Nicole came up with this craft.  Painted garden rocks, they will mark each row of vegetables in dad's garden. You could do the same for a flower garden too.  Nicole just used acrylic paints and painted the rocks to coordinate with the veggies.  Then she painted the name of the veggie on the rock. You can spray them with a lacquer to keep them from washing off during a rain.  What an awesome father's day gift this turned out to be.

How cool are these garden rocks?
I will post a picture of them once we place them in the garden.
Great idea Nicole.

New Mommy's Gift Basket

I love making up gift baskets.  I made this basket especially for my daughter in law, and gave it to her at her baby shower.  The new baby gets so many gifts and sometimes the new mommy gets forgotten.  So, I like to make "a new mommy basket", full of items that the new mommy can use to pamper herself.  I love how this one turned out.

Supplies I used.  Candles, body lotion, body wash, blue towels, socks, face wash, little make up bags, some candy and a few other odds and ends.   You can add whatever you like.

  I just stuck with the blue theme, since the baby is going to be a boy.

I usually put rolled up towels to build some depth.   Then add the items around the towels.
It's a good idea to use glue dots to secure the items to each other.  That way everything will stay put and not fall out of the basket.  In this case the basket is a blue bowl.

The Finished product.  Of course, my crazy Vera must be involved. 

A close up.

I finished it up by putting clear wrap around the basked.

Here is the basket, tucked in with the other gifts.