Wire tree part II – and other crafts…

Waaaay to cold to take a picture outside (-17 F!) so we’ll have to make do with cruddy indoor pictures for now. Here is the tree almost finished. I used modge podge to seal the sticky floral tape and it worked great! I didn’t even bother with the spray sealer. I’ve added a swing – but the swing seat is not permanent…just to be used “for now”.  The “roots” were never meant to be seen…that’s why they are so dinky. There will be much more to this tree by the time I’m done. And…I’ve started another, larger tree…yes…I really did.

Can you see it there amongst the clutter? Geesh, do you also have 15 different projects going at any given time or is it just me?

We did have girls craft night on Friday evening and we made these mushrooms…

It’s too bad you can’t see the sparkle, cause these babies are glittered! The project can be found at MarthaStewart.com! (LOVE MARTHA!)

And…Lisa sent some fabric my way so I quickly covered a couch cushion in this cute flannel. Thank you Lisa! The cover is removable so I can wash it up and keep it clean. It’s so cuddly!

Last but not least Gabe and I made this snow globe. He has a “thing” for snowglobes and has always loved them. Boy was he tickled to make this! The little snowman is a polymer clay snowman I made a couple years ago on another craft night with Carmen. The funny thing is he’s tall and skinny outside the globe…and fat and jolly inside the globe. I like him much better this way! I used hot glue to glue everything down and to seal the lid on – it works great so far. Otherwise it’s filled with boiled water (then cooled) and a half a teaspoon or so of glycerin and LOTS of glitter. (Maybe too much glitter – is there such a thing?) Thanks Julie for reminding me of this great craft!

Well, that’s it for now – Happy Crafting!!

Happy Thursday!

I finally framed the papercuts I did a while back. You can find the papercutting patterns here, here, and here. I will hang this in my office – I’m going with a neutral color on the walls and lots of pictures. I just love this background paper, but I’m not sure it is the right color for the job…someday soon I’ll take a picture of that wall and you can let me know what you think.

In other news I made up this sachet using an old dryer sheet and some baking soda. (Click the pink word to be taken to the tutorial). I’ll be using these in the big Rubbermaid keepers where I store my out-of-season clothes. Hopefully it will keep the clothes smelling fresh and not of plastic. I have too many clothes…I have sizes bigger and smaller than what I am now. I know, I know, I should just get rid of the bigger ones…I’d just like to know why it is so much harder to lose pounds when you’re over 35 than under 35. Forty is right around the corner and I’m scared to know how things will change then.

Also Carmen wrote nice things about me on our blog Thrift Store Horror – and you get to see the before picture of these paper-mache stumps. Go check it out.

I’ve been spending a lot of time outside, our weather has been gorgeous! I’ve heard that it will soon change from warm and dry to hot and sticky so I better get back out there – Happy Crafting!!!