First Christmas Craft.....

Making ornaments out of a scrabble game. First, I collected the names and place them on the bars to see what fit the best. Then, I had Charles saw them at my marks. The edges were a little rough and I did not have sandpaper so I went outside and used my sidewalk to smooth them up real quick :) I simply used wood glue and glue the ribbon behind the center letters. Now we all have our personal ornaments for this year and the kids love to find their names on the tree! So simple and easy!

SO I am in LOVE with pinterest. If  you are on pinterest then you know exactly what I am talking about. There are so many amazing things that strike your interest and so many things that I want to accomplish now. Maybe in the end possibly selling some of my creations. There are a lot of dreams that I have for my photography career and a lot of ways that I would like to things go. However, God's plans are not always the same as our plans so while I am learning my patience, I am spending my time being creative! I look forward to sharing everything with you!

Get Crafty for Christmas......

It's that time again, time to start working on Christmas presents and crafts. I am looking forward to creating and making crafts with the kids over Christmas break. Hopefully we can accomplish some of the things that I want to. I am looking forward to making things that are new and creative projects. I have a few that will be gifts but most of them will just be fun bonding time with the kids. We may do some baking this year also. My new goal this year is to become an expert wrapper. I have the hardest time wrapping presents nicely, so I am going to try my hardest to master that. I hope to have projects to show you very soon! Merry CHRISTmas and God Bless.

Showered with love....

So the Meet & Greet for Phillip, Amber & Andrew was a success! I had so much fun working on the projects that I was kind of sad to give them away. But they loved them so much so I am going to share them with you!

This is a poem that I wrote for them. I LOVE writing poems and have since I was little. I am so glad that I am able to bless others with this gift. 

 Dixi cup lanterns were a hit. They were more time consuming than I thought they would be but it was well worth it! This is a strand of 20 lights and I'm glad that I didn't buy one with 50 :)

 The canvas was probably my most challenging project because it did not come out as I planned. However I do like the outcome :)

 

This letter A was my favorite project. Yes, they are real crayons.

Hope you enjoyed these projects! There WILL be more to come! See ya soon!

Babies, babies and babies

I helped with a baby shower with Ashley a couple of months ago for Kelley and I had so much fun making the decorations. Instead of making something that would just be tossed in the trash, I decided to put a little heart into it. I had a blast! So now I am doing Phillip and Amber's meet & greet Sunday and am working hard on my projects :) I will post pictures after they see them Sunday. I love the way they are turning out. Below are a few of the things that I made for Kelley's shower. I've decided, I kinda like this "shower thing"!

Here we go!

I am starting this blog as more of a creative outlet than anything else. I will use this place to post pictures of things that I've made, poetry, some photography, couponing and so on. Sometimes just to place my thoughts on screen and out of my head. You never know what you'll get! I would love for people to follow my blog and to keep me motivated. Who knows how long this will last because let's face it, I really don't need "one more thing" But I think I will enjoy it. So here goes and enjoy!