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

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Cottontail Bunny Cotton Holder. 

Literally but in Ceramic.

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View him on my Etsy shop!

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.

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

Giving Back

My little Etsy shop has been keeping me busy. 

I wanted my customers to know how we really appreciate their business.

Especially because it's going to help fund out adoption!

So I made some little bookmarks, which include a thanks and my blog.

Which, you know... I didn't buy a thing.

I used some paper and thread from my mother-in-law.

My favorite is the blue with roses.

And that, my friends, is the extend of my scrapbooking abilities.

Peanuts + Mario = WORLD DOMINATION

Found these awesome sheets at a local thrifty shop.
From 1988! 

See, 26 years ago, my little-big-brother was born. 
He loves Nintendo, 
we all did, still do.

$3.00 - per AWESOME sheet.

$5.00 - colored sheet from Walmart, because after hitting up all the thrift shops in town and not finding the right color, and still wasn't the right color I wanted...C'est la vie.

Yarn - gifted from my Grandma in Iowa.

$12.00 - per quilt batting, after using $40 off and JoAnn's.
Bias - gifted from Gram's in Utah.

Time to quilt with Carol P.
3 hours and done!

Happy Birthday Brother!

Chikity and Hen

I had some old lightbulbs. 

Which I've seen some things that you can do on Pinterest.

So I'd thought to try it with some Hen and Chick plants.

I have a little things for succulents.

These little ladies work great with the bulbs!

Plus, I heart how they bob around, swinging too and fro. 

I was looking at my desk, I have 8 jade plants and 1 little bonsai plant.

I may need to work on that. 

Idea originally stemmed and pinned here

Other Chick and Hen ideas pinned here

Olive's Blanket but Mustard

I knew I was going to make this as soon as I saw it. 

I also knew that mustard was going to be a main color.

Mainly, because I heart Mustard and a good friend, namely Natalie, had a wonderful gram that was giving up some yarn. 

By some, I mean, a LOT of yarn.  Luckily...I was able to snag some.  Again, by some, I mean 4 boxes full, and I felt bad about taking that much, but I barely dented it.
Now, what to do with it?

Dottie Angel has a pattern here!

Pinned here.

Bring it Winter!

Bring it Winter. 

This year, things will be different. 

Why?  Because I have Pinterest.

Yes, things will be different. 

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