Share some Love...

Similar to the previous posting, you can do this at any event. We put this together for my Husband's Grandma's 80th birthday. I had her mail me some favorite older photos and chose this one to put in the frame. Have guests sign the frame saying Happy Birthday or whatever they want. Josh and I had this done at our wedding instead of a guest book and we love it to this day. It is especially cute when little children sign their names on it for Grandma or whoever. You can find these frames at Micheals, almost any crafts store or it would be real easy to put it together yourself. :) Enjoy!!

Write a Story....

Anyone can do this at any event such as a birthday, wedding, baby shower, and so fourth. Put together an album with cute scrapbook paper and place solid color matte paper on those pages for a place to write. Slip them into an album and write a sign for people to read that explains to guests to write a story about the bride and or groom, the birthday boy or girl, for a baby shower you could do pieces of advise, or baby stories. Again this can work for almost any event.

 I made this recently for my husbands grandmas 80th birthday. I bought scrapbook paper with fun antique designs on it such as a old keys, mystical mermaids, corsets, men in old time bathing suits, and old newspapers. It turned out great once people gave us stories. To fill in blank spots I put pictures instead. It is a great gift to give and a fun on too.

New Art-Piece

This looks like it is a hard art piece to make but really it took less than an hour. All you need is paint, paint brushes and a sponge. I sponged the paint with a little bit of water and started to put color on the canvas just as the picture is shown. I used a darker color for the corners. As for the branches just start drawing branches, lines really, how easy is that? Then the birds are in the shape of a heart but with pointy tails. The flowers are just streaks of red paint. This really was an easy project. I made this for my sister for her birthday. Now I want one for myself. :)

Decorative Silverware

All you need is nice looking silverware, crystal beads and some wire! SO EASY! and VERY cute! Great gifts for newly weds or even friends or family. This was a fun craft to do! Enjoy!

P.S Make sure your wire fits through your beads.

Braid a Scarf

So Cute and So Easy! Here are the steps to How to Braid a Scarf from which I learned in Israel.

Step One: Tie a basic knot, leave enough room to slip the hole around your head.

Step Two: Turn your knot as seen in the picture. See three parts of the scarf you can braid with. The first is by my left thumb. The second is the middle part which is touching my left middle finger and the third part my right thumb is touching. With these three parts, start braiding.

Step Three: let the ends of the braid fall loose, throw it over your head and have the braided side on your left or right side. Beautiful!

Newly Weds Love Buckets

I have a friend getting married this month and anyone that knows me knows that I hate just buying a gift, but I love making a gift more personal. For this couple I made what I call Love buckets. One is titles "her" and the other "him." The man picks from the "him" one and she picks from "her"s. In these buckets you will find folded pieces of paper. On these pieces of paper are thoughtful things you can do for or with your new spouse. You can pick on each day or whenever you cant think of something sweet to do for him/her. There are ideas anywhere from "Go for a walk" to "draw a hot bubble bath for her, light some candles and turn on some music."

All you need to make these are cans (see through), your choice of scrapbook paper, hot glue gun, sticky letter and ribbon. Wrap the paper around the cans, place your letters, and decorate with ribbon. SUPER SIMPLE! Be creative for gifts to someone you love.

Horse Sticks for Kids

For Christmas I made horse sticks for our nieces and nephew. I made the girls' horses with white and pink and for Ethan, with brown and white. I actually got the directions to make this online.

http://createeveryday.blogspot.com/2008/11/make-your-own-hobby-horse-stick-pony.html

Here is Shaylee with her Horse on a Stick. This was a fun gift to make and I wish I would have had one when I was little. My Grandma used to put a paper sac on the end of a broom stick and then we would draw a horse face, then my little sister and I would prance around Grandmas house and play!