Unique Picture frames

My hubby wanted some pictures in picture frames to put on his desk at work. He picked two out and printed them on 4x6 photo paper, and I went about looking for frames. I could only find 5x7 frames, and I don't have mat board or the stuff to cut it with, so I used scrapbook paper. They came out so cute, I think I'm going to do it this way every time!

These were old frames I had in a box somewhere; I wiped them down and cleaned the dust off the glass, and they ended up looking adorable! I think I'll go shop Savers and D.I. for a few more to collage a wall with (possibly sand them and repaint them too). Hehe! 

Origami Earrings

I found some amazing origami earrings on KSL.com classifieds. I don't know how to make them (yet) but I'm sure they could be figured out. Or help the lady out and buy the ones she's made!

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=21030930&cat=74&lpid=&search=jewelry
$5 in West Jordan, UT   84084
Lorena @ 801-867-8865

Ribbon Wall-hang

I was going through my iPhoto library and came upon the picture of a craft I had done a year or so ago.  This is great way to hang lots of pictures, kids colorings, homework assignments, etc on display without taking up tons of wall space. I ended up putting my niece's artwork and artwork from other kids I babysat.

For this project, I used ribbon from gifts I had gotten here or there... mostly from my wedding. I cut them all about the same length and lined them up how I liked it. Then I took a wooden dowel (available at any craft store) and spray painted it black. I used glue dots to get the ribbon on there, but the ribbons came off after a few months, so I recommend hot glue. Be careful not to burn yourself, because the ribbon can be very thin. I found little painted wooden clothespins at Roberts (now closed in my area.) These were very cheap, and a few have fallen apart. Not recommended if your kid will be doing most of the pinning. I've seen colored plastic ones that seem to work better, and I think you can get them from Wal-mart.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Honey-Can-Do-Plastic-Clothespins/17434844?findingMethod=rr

Painting a Model and making Earrings

Originally posted 2/6/11

This is a model of a Titanic that my dad found in The Black Hole (aka his enormous storage unit.)

I bought my paints for my titanic (at Hobby Lobby) the first couple days of January, and I finished it on about the last day of January. Pretty neat-o, huh? I only lost 3 pieces. LoL. Actually, I think they were lost sometime back when I was 12.

I also made a pair of earrings... I found the seahorse shell at Roberts and grabbed it on their 75% off sale. My friend Crystal, and I, went to The Bead Fairy and assembled our own treasures. She made 3 necklaces, and I made these earrings and several rings.

Next, and possibly most awesomely, Dave and I found a sewing machine at DI. This first picture is the one we've been borrowing from Dusty (which we will soon return to her).

This second picture is the one we got a D.I. (Deseret Industries). It was $25 and then we spent a bit to buy a cord/pedal and those sticks that the thread sit on - it was originally missing one and the other was too bent to be useable. My machine LOOKS a lot like Dusty's but mine is a model or so Newer. The threading spots/bobbin winding are slightly different. And Dusty's only seems to be able to do 2 stitches without having to switch out some internal pieces. Mine has all those internal pieces, and I can do ALL the stitches (except that I don't have a twin needle.) It's super cool. I also got some extra bobbins.

Lastly, I've been making and eating lots of sweets. I made a double batch of Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies last week as well as a triple batch of Tapioca. Then 3 days later, I made a double batch of Tapioca. Yum! Then today I made Homemade Oreo Cookies. ^_^

Poor Dave; I'm not helping him get thinner very well.

A couple scrapbook projects done!

I originally posted this on another blog on 4/28/2011

So I got my husband, Dave's LDS mission pictures all organized in an album... not 100% in chronological order, but he doesn't care too much about it, so I'm calling it done.

Also, I scrapbooked the best pictures from our wedding through the end of 2010 in the 12x12 scrapbook I used as our wedding reception signing book. Looks pretty spiffy. I should take some pictures to post for you.

Okay, I took some pictures. These are some of the Before Wedding Reception pages...

And these are some of the After Wedding pages...

Also, I had fun today... I was down to 14 12x12 papers and 10 8.5x11 papers for scrapbooking, (as opposed to a stack of 150 12x12 and 40+ 8.5x11) so I bought 2 stacks of 50 and a stack of letter punch-outs. Then I went to buy glue, but I don't have a great impression of Elmer's glue, which is the only brand Wal-mart sells now, so I went to Roberts, and they had mostly Elmer's and one of the brand I like, Scotch: craft glue. So I bought that (Roberts was cheaper too) and then ran into a stamp rack that was on clearance - 99 cents per stamp, ink, etc. (as opposed to $7.99 on the regular isle) and got like 8 generic-like stamps and two inks - black and red. So my stamps say things like 'congratulations', 'thank you', 'get well soon', etc for making homemade cards. WoOt!