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Tag: crafts

  • An Easter Banner

    Easter banner

    I have a dear friend who does fun crafts with her Mother. The first really cool thing I saw that they each made for their homes was a Christmas banner. It was made of felt squares that were strung together on a pretty ribbon to make a banner. Each square had a letter on it and it spelled out “Joy to the World”. Each letter was made of crafty items like buttons, ribbon and other appliques. So cute! My friend had told me she wanted to make one for Easter too. A couple of months later she pulled me aside to show me her Easter banner. It was adorable, I was so bummed I didn’t have my camera on me.

    I was definitely inspired. I was out and about the other day and wandered into a fabric store. I was set on getting the materials to make my own banner. Unfortunately the store I walked into was strictly a fabric store. No fun stuff, kinda of “stuffy”, I felt intimidated and left.

    When I got home I decided to go through my scrapbooking stuff to see what I could find…

    CraftBox

    I came up with some cute things and decided to scale it down and use paper…

    crafts

    Cutting a bannerCutting out a banner piece

    bannersmy selection of colors

    Easter bannerA little too plain…

    Easter bannerMuch better, I decided to add patterned paper.

    Easter bannerDrying, just need to hang it up, probably in the front window.

    I used cardstock because I didn’t have ribbon thick enough to hold.  If you have ribbon use it, this looks a little stiff.

  • Homemade Puffy Paint

    homemade puffy paint

    Have I told you I love Pinterest?  Of course I have!  My most recent inspiration came from a Microwave Puffy Paint Pin, which led me here: Mom’s Crafty Place.  She posted really great pictures, my kids and I were sold.  We did it right there and then.  We loved it and used every last bit, will do this again!

       

      puffy_paint

    puffy_paint

    puffy_paint

    Thanks to Mom’s Crafty Space for the inspiration!

  • Homemade Valentine’s Day Cards

    Valentines Day Cards

    This year I was invited to a Valentine’s Card making get-together and had so much fun that I had one for the women in my family, that was also a blast.

    When it came time to think about the kids Valentine’s cards this year, it was a no brainer that they would make homemade ones as well, I had all the supplies ready to go.  In previous years, especially since they were in school, it was easy to just go pick up some pre-made ones.  Now that we homeschool we do more homemade things then ever, we have the time and resources so why not?  The boys made some for friends, some for family and some for their Sunday School teachers.

    We used heart stickers, flowers stickers, scripture stickers, glittery stickers, puffy stickers, crayons, markers and stamps.  We used card stock folded in half.

    Valentines Day Cards

    Valentines Day Cards

    Valentines Day Cards

    Valentines Day Cards

    Valentines Day Cards

    Valentines Day Cards
    notice the "Text Me" on Yahoo… lol

    All done!  I got them all in the mail to Loveland to go through their “Valentine Re-mailing Program“.  If you send them your pre-addressed, stamped envelope (I sent all in 1 big manila envelope), they stamp them with the Loveland PO postmark that includes a cute graphic and saying.  This will be the programs 65th year.

    Details on the Re-Mailing Program:

    • Deadline for delivery within the US in Feb. 9th, within Colorado is the 11th, you still have time Colorado peeps!
    • Put all your pre-addressed, stamped envelopes in a bigger envelope or small box and then mail it to:

    Postmaster – Attention Valentines

    446 E. 29th St.

    Loveland, CO 80538-9998