Lovely For You
This past weekend I lead a workshop at SMoCA for teens at the Night At The Museum Event. It was such a good time!
I used rubber stamps of mason jars, stamped them onto paper, scanned them into the computer, cleaned them up and blew the scale up to a larger size. Then I printed the graphic jars onto white card stock. I had the participants cut the jars out and glue them on three sides down to a colored card stock, leaving the top open so a paper note could be tucked in. Then they decorated each of their jars. They made some amazing projects! Here are the sample I created. I will post theirs into another post soon.
This Message in a Bottle craft is quick, easy and fun. I have now made dozens of then to give for Christmas gifts this year.
I will be selling the kits to make them at Crafteria, on Friday, December 7th. Stop by and visit me at the the best handmade crafts fair in Phoenix. For only $5 you can take home a jar, the instructions and a packet of goodies to make one of your own. See you there!
Bazzill Basics Paper is offering an opportunity for crafters and card makers – they are hosting a Card Swap. Read on for details:
Bazzill Card Swap & Starter Kit
Bazzill wants everyone to discover the love of card making – to enjoy making something and giving it away. So Bazzill created Card Swap, a fun activity that invites card makers to register to join (it’s FREE), create 10 of the same card, send them into Bazzill and get their own card and nine others back from people all over the United States. The swap always have a theme and a specific paper to include, but the variety of cards that arrive are unbelievable. People that participate continue joining each swap and new people join in every time. To encourage participation, we have created this kit (shipping ends 1/15/13).
Bazzill Card Swap Starter Kit – ($20 value)
Send $10 to cover postage and handling and receive:
- 22-sheets of 8×8 Bazzill Love Story patterned paper (includes ten sheets of cardstock)
- 24-sheets of 6×6 Bazzill Basics Red Devil patterned paper.
Use the Basics Red Devil paper to make ten cards for Bazzill’s Card Swap. Mail in your creations and get your own card and nine other cards from swappers. For more info and to register to play, visit: http://swaps.bazzillbasics.com/
Paper offer available through January 15, 2012. Allow 2 to 3 weeks for shipping.
Mail to: Card Swap Starter Kit, Bazzill Basics Paper, 7001 W. Erie St., Ste. 2, Chandler, AZ 85226. U.S. addresses only.
The Halloween decorating projects continue. For today’s installment I created paper bag luminaries by cutting the bird and tree shapes out using my Cricut. I laid the shapes down onto the brown bags and then coating them with a dark grey spray paint. These are filled with sand and tea lights and will line the driveway on Halloween night.
For more Halloween click HERE.
Halloween brings out the crafty in me. I love anything with skulls and monsters. I created this green Ogre-like monster wall hanging using felt mostly. It is hanging on my front door, greeting guests with a sweet and scary welcome. For more Halloween click HERE.
I love Halloween. LOVE! Growing up in the Mid-West, Fall is such a colorful season filled with specific smells. I wait all year for Honey Crisp Apples to come into season along with Apple Cider and Sour Cream Donuts, not to mention all things pumpkin flavored. Living in Arizona can be kind of a buzz kill for those Fall feelings. I looked up the weather and it appears that we will have a solid month still of 100 degree days. Enough already – I am ready to wear boots and pull out the scarves. Soon, I tell myself and then we Arizonians will live in paradise for six months. So for now, while I wait for the shift in weather, I am going to will the season by thinking Fall. I have put all of my Halloween decorations up and will be posting highlights throughout the month so stay tuned for those. In the mean time here is the direct link to all of the past HALLOWEEN goodies. Enjoy!
The Phoenix Craft Rave 2012 call to artists application is now available. Please click here: Craft Rave Application Apply by Saturday October 7, 2012. The event will be Saturday November 17th!
Visit the PHX Craft Rave site in the coming weeks for more details, we are working on the 2012 updates.
This summer we are having summer camp at home each week has a different theme filled with activities, crafts, food and field trips related to the theme: Here is the LINK to previous weeks.
For week eleven we had Tropical / Sea Life Week. We also went on a field trip to see the movie Sharks Tail.
Here are some of the highlights from Tropical / Sea Life Week:
Tropical Pancakes
Tropical Luau Dress-Up
Tropical Breakfast
Deep Sea Fishing in the a Backyard Bucket
Homemade Sock Octopus
Tropical Breakfast
Surfing Fort
Tropical Temporary Tattoos
Trip to the Aquarium
Trip to the Aquarium – Looking at Star Fish
Waffle Octopus and Blue Yogurt
Homemade Tropical Fruit Snacks
Trip to the Tropical Big Surf Water Park – Water Slide
Trip to the Tropical Big Surf Water Park – In Front of the Wave Pool
This summer we are having summer camp at home each week has a different theme filled with activities, crafts, food and field trips related to the theme: Here is the LINK to previous weeks.
For week ten we had Animals and Insects Week. We also went on a field trip to see the movie Charlotte’s Web at the Studio Movie Grill where lunch was served during the film, a real treat for the little ladies.
Here are some highlights from Animals and Insects Week:
Homemade Animal Shaped Pizza cut from cookie cutters
Homemade Stuff Animals – Pink Snakes
Flamengo Observation
Butterfly Sandwiches
Fantasy Foam House for Toy Frogs
A Buggy Breakfast
Field Trip to the zoo – observing a Rhino
Field Trip to the zoo - Carousel
Field Trip to the zoo – Photo Booth
Green Grape Caterpillars
Strawberry Ladybugs
Animal Match Game
Monkey Taco Pocket
Snail Cinnamon Rolls
Post Cards to Gramma and Grampa’s
Bumble Bee Marshmallow Pops
Field Trip to the Peacock Park
Peacock Feather Body Paint
Animal Temporary Tattoos
Chocolate Animal Sandwich Cookies
This summer we are having summer camp at home each week has a different theme filled with activities, crafts, food and field trips related to the theme: Here is the LINK to previous weeks.
For week nine we had Winter Week – here are some of the highlights. We also went on a field trip to see the movie Ice Age: Continental Drift.
Winter Play for Toys
Indoor ‘Ice’ Fort (plastic table cloths and packing foam)
Snowman Sandwich
Fake Science Experiment Snow
Homemade comfort food Pot Pie with a Snow Scene drawn on top
Sledding down a grassy hill at the park
Sledding down a grassy hill at the park
Bagel Snowman
Frozen Hot Cocoa
Field Trip to the Ice Skating Rink
Field Trip to the Ice Skating Rink
Pancake Snowman on a Bacon Snowboard, served with a side of Snow Yogurt
Field Trip to Snow Day at the Zoo
Field Trip to Snow Day at the Zoo
Field Trip to Snow Day at the Zoo – The Animals Got To Play in Snow Too!
