Sunday, August 9, 2015

My new crafting space.  Table was made from 2 solid core doors (Lowe's) on top of 4 bookcases (Target).  Paper storage came from Michael's (Reflections cubes).  All cabinets came from Lowe's.




Saturday, October 19, 2013

Fall Wreath

Fall Wreath

This is a substantial size wreath I made to hang outside next to my front door vs. hanging on the door itself.  I used a very large wire rim frame as the base.  I used orange wire garlands (2) to wrap around the rim. 2 rolls of the burlap deco mesh was used as the base.  On top of the burlap I used orange and brown deco mesh, and then draped the floral ribbon.  I purchased everything at Hobby Lobby when they had all the Fall items 40% off and 50% off all the deco mesh

Halloween Witch Wreath

Witch Wreath
I used a black deco mesh base and added the green and purple deco mesh.  All witch hat and all the embellishments were purchased at Michaels last year after Halloween, so got some great deals!  The witch legs I purchased this year at Hobby Lobby when they had 40% off all their Halloween items.

Skeleton Wreath

Skeleton Wreath

I wrapped black deco mesh around a wreath and then used floral pins to drape black boas around it.  I found the black boas in the Halloween section at Hobby Lobby.  The black netting, crows, skeletons, and skeleton heads were all found at the Dollar Tree.  The skeleton heads have an off/on switch in the back that when turned on, the eyes flash different colors.  

Thursday, July 5, 2012



I saw a post where a ceiling lighting tile was cut up and placed in a box and used to carry markers.  I showed it to my husband and asked him to make me something to sit on the counter so I could place all my markers and specialty pens in there and have them at my fingertips when scrapping or making cards.  I love how it turned out.  He used two ceiling lighting tiles cut in half and stacked on top one another (so that gives a 4 layer height). He glued them to a piece of wood so I can move it around if I need to and then added some molding around the edges to give it a finished look.  

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Candy Bouquet for Easter

Cookies n' Cream vase

For those who don't like a lot of chocolate, I substituted Cookies n' Cream bars for the normal Hershey chocolate bars to make the vase.  I also replaced a lot of the pure chocolate bars with Paydays, Butterfingers, Kit Kats, etc.  A nice substitution for an Easter basket.