Something I forgot made me so happy.

I've been in a funk for the last couple weeks. 

Ya know what I mean.

I've recently moved from a giant front office window to a cubicle to another office with a window that's long and wide. 

I've had this paper weight crystal for years just waiting.

Why even mention this?  

Because I had forgotten how much I love Rainbows.

My friends, crystals make rainbows and lots of them.

At a certain time every morning the crystal will be in just the right position to make hundreds of crystals.  They bounce to and fro.  Sometimes I'll spin the crystal and then I'm in a whirling vortex of crystals.  Making me forget my sad little self.

It's wonderful. 

Hope you found your Rainbow today. 

Harmony Marie

Record Bowl. In record time!

Ga- Ga- ga- ha.

I've seen these on Pinterest and in a couple different news broadcasts.

I finally decided to try it. 

I went to the local thrift shop and got 3 records for $1.00

I found a couple different size metal bowls, turned the oven around 350, centered the record on the bowl placed in the oven and waited.

Not very long I might add.

All of a sudden I had some pretty sweet bowls! 

We had My Fair Lady, Camelot, Saturday's Warrior (I melted one a little too much), the Sound of Music!  All the perfect songs!

Now, they hold keys, phones and whatever else will fit in them.

*Note, if you wait too long...they will melt and stink.

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LOVE

Harmony here.

Just wanted to show you my latest creation.

I got bored one Sunday. . . and apparently, this is called Bunting.  I found some felt, cut out some felt letters, got my trusty yarn and needle and went to work. 

A couple hours later I had this....just in time for Valentine's Day!

I really liked it. 

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it's pretty awesome isn't it?

the husband made it.

it's for sale on our etsy shop.

but it could be yours!

i'll mail you a copy

Leave a comment.

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I've been busy the last little while but I wanted to share!

Meet Remi!

Meet Remi.
He loves cotton.
A. Lot. a lot.
Just doing want he does best.

Want him?

You know you do!

Leave a comment.

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Pin Remi on Pinterest!

I'll announce the winner on Friday!

Cottontail Bunny Cotton Holder. 

Literally but in Ceramic.

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View him on my Etsy shop!

Amy Butler's Snow Mum, but not in a pillow form.

Maybe, next time, I should use some real nice felt....nahhh.

Remember my lamp that I thrifted here?

Well, I found a lampshade, thrifted of course, but then, I just didn't know what to do with it. (my second lampshade actually, the first was just WAY too small, but it's agood thing I only paid $3.00)

It's actually sat there for a couple months to be honest. 

And if I know me, which I kind of do, I needed a quick and easy change.

I have this idea that I really want to do with a lampshade, but that will be stored away for future use and would have taken a couple too many hours.

So, back to the lampshade at hand.

Being a crafter procrastinator, I have many projects not quite complete.

Back in October, I had knee surgery, which I knew my backside would see a lot of seat, so I set up some small project for myself.

One being these Amy Butler Snow Mum Pillow Pattern.

And I made 4 .77 mums.  Once again, almost finished.

I've known for a while that they have so many uses, just haven't done it...

Like a pillow, a headband, blanket, they basically can be applied to anything.

Then I realized, well yes, I do have four, but only 1 lampshade.

Too many options and I know I'll want to change the lampshade again in the future...so what do I do?

Grab some orange thread, a African Glass Bead in blue, lampshade.

Through the eye of the needle we go, into the lampshade, out and int again, tie a knot.

And touchdown!

Now I can change out the color of the mum when I want with minimal impact on the lampshade and my life!

YESSSSSSSS.

Harmony Marie crafter procrastinator - 1

Projects to be complete - Bizillions

Peace out.

Amy Butler's Snow Mum Pillow pattern here.

Cottontail Bunny Cotton Holder. Literally but in Ceramic.

Meet Remi.

He loves cotton. A. Lot. a lot. Just doing want he does best.Remi is about 5.5 inches long and about 4 inches tall.He's been hand glazed with 3 coats to make him shine!

Visit him on my Etsy shop here!

Crafting it up. Pretty ugly style.

Just a usual Tuesday night. . .hanging out with little big brother and his friend Mike.

who apparently, are going to a sequence party.

so they bought shirts...

and i used my crafting power to create these.

i know. they are super gross.

i doubt i'll see something like this on Pinterest.

ever.

Snowflake Afghan

Finally.  I finished it and just barely gave it to my in laws for Christmas!

They loved it!

Original pin and instruction from here.

"Mo-chee" Otherwise spelled Mochi

 

Mochi (Japanese: 餅) is a Japanese rice cake made of glutinous rice (not to be confused with gluten) pounded into paste and molded into shape. In Japan it is traditionally made in a ceremony called mochitsuki.^[1] While also eaten year-round, mochi is a traditional food for the Japanese New Year and is commonly sold and eaten during that time.  From Wikipedia

 

this is a long family tradition.

no longer do we need to pound with mallets.

instead we have a trusty mochi machine

Happy New Year's

Baby Boy and Dachsund Dog Love

The husband's sister is having a baby boy!  She thought of the cutest nursery idea!

She's going to decorate it with Dachshunds!  Of course, they own their own, Miss Daisy!  Steph and I are bound by our love of shopping and cheapness.  She'll see something super cute...and I usually say "We could make that!" So we did.

Steph thought of the idea of doing the dachshund dog...and then extending her belly!  She saw it on these chairs.  So she projected it onto the canvas (between her and my mother-in-law and being a preschool teacher they have almost all things crafty that you need)

I just basically helped her paint.

Turned out pretty cute...she really wanted a pop art style. Like this pin.

Took us about 2 hours to finish...between waiting for the paint to dry.

I'll have to get a picture of a canvas we did for my sister last Christmas...

Ideas stemmed from similar Pins Here and here.

To see Steph's Pinterest Board of Dachshund click here.

Fort Kit for Christmas

 

 Who doesn't love a good fort? But who hates ripping off sheets and blankets from all the beds? Then, having to put them back ON?

 

 Fort Nelson consists of:

3 thrifted sheets with ties sewn on

clothes pins

clamps

3 flashlights

glow sticks

suction cups for those hard to hold window areas

bungee cords

My little sister, Hali, happened to be there when the nephews opened it. Immediately, she and my nephews ran downstairs to play. Afterwards, Hali asked when she was getting one. 

She is almost 21.

Saw this here on Pinterest

Magnetic Scrabble Board. DIY

My sister Hannah is super smart.

She loves Scrabble.

Too many words in her mind. 

I found this idea on Pinterest...of course!

Obviously, someone needs to use an Official Scrabble Dictionary.

I remember even thinking while taking the photo..."wouldn't it be funny if I spelled it wrong, ha, good thing I've double checked the spelling." Yet, still got it wrong. 

Things you'll need to create along with some approximate pricing.

Scrabble Game : Free from lady at work or $10 at Walmart.

Magnets with sticky back : Free because I am a crafting hoarder.

Scissors to cut magnet.

Large Frame with super ugly photo in it :  $5.00 Thrifted.

Metal Board : For some reason, I couldn't find this anywhere in the craft shops. I even had my 40% off coupons...yet I improvised. Came to me one night...an oil pan.  So, I bought one from Walmart for $10.  But it's so big, I can get another large magnet board out of it. (I have something super in mind.)

Tin Snips : for the oil pan/or this is completely unnecessary if you find the right board initially.

Official Scrabble Dictionary : I bought mine on Half.com for $4.00

Paper to cover the Official Scrabble Dictionary and a sewing machine.

Craft paint to antique : Already had

Metal Letter Stamps : I got these from Artbeads.com $15 for another project...but had a brilliant plan mid making.

a Hammer : Already had.

Water and Paintbrush : Already had.

About $29.00 to make if you don't include my metal stamps.

Took me about and hour to make.

Cut the sticky magnets into strips and apply to all the letters.

We took out the ugly print in the frame and traced it on the oil pan.

Then, we took the tin snips and chopped it out!

Watch out, this is super sharp metal edges.

We then placed the cut oil pan into the frame and put the ugly print flipped backwards back in the frame.

I wanted to antique frame, plus it already had some pretty good dents...so I took my letter metal stamps and stamped the wood.  After, I went over the entire frame with some water downed craft paint and wiped it off  after it bled in the wood. I tested it first on the back to make sure it would still kind of look like letters.

Which is did! 

A true Scrabble player would never play with out the trusty Dictionary.  I didn't care for the cover, so I decided to make my own.  I found some paper strips and material and sewed it right onto the original cover.  I loved how retro it looks.

i love how the antique look is actually letters, so unless someone is paying particular attention, they would never notice!

I put on a tag and Viola!

Hope you had a jolly Christmas!

Pinned here

Merry Christmas!

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