Wednesday, November 20, 2013

I Hope They Don't Haunt Me: Altered Art

The Country Living Fair was recently held at
Stone Mountain, Georgia.
If you've never been, it's a must see!
My daughter, Carrie, went with me this year.
Here she is with Cari Cucksey, 
of the tv show, Cash & Cari...
How do you like Carrie's scarf?
I made it!
I learned how watching Audra Kurtz's video.
Audra blogs over at The Kurtz Corner.
In her video, she shows how to arm knit an infinity scarf.
Yes, you heard right...
arm knit.
Instead of using knitting needles,
 you use your arms!
It's really fun and you can make a scarf in 30 minutes or less.
Carrie was stopped over and over at the Country Living Fair
by people complementing the scarf or asking where she got it.
She graciously told people that her mom made it.
She's made a few too, but none of them were the 
preferred color of the day. 
Check out Audra's video and start making Christmas presents!

Hometalk & Country Living Magazine
hosted a meet & greet for bloggers, & for me the highlight was meeting blog friend, Linda of Coastal Charm.
She was just as sweet as I thought she would be!

I'm sure you're wondering what any of this 
has to do with the title of this post!
Well, one of the things that I loved at the fair
 were some altered art pictures. 
So, when I came across some old photos 
that a vendor was selling for $2 each, 
I had to get some to alter.
Check out this beauty...
Hand written on the back of this photo was,
Gwendolynn, 1885.
I hope Gwendolynn has a sense of humor!
Gwendolynn, deer, don't be mad!

Then there were these handsome gents...






Don't they look dapper?

This is the one I'm most worried about haunting me...

She looks a little annoyed.

And finally,
there's this sweet baby...

I couldn't help but giggle after each one I finished!

And, they were really easy to make.
I used a reindeer punch to cut paper for the antlers and glued them on with tacky glue.
The red nose is a 3 dimensional dot 
I found in the scrapbook section. 
It already had sticky stuff on the back,
so you just peel & stick.

They still make me laugh.
They would make great Christmas cards.
Wouldn't you love to get one of these in the mail?


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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Spring Into Christmas

While on a recent junking trip,
I came across a bin full of old bed springs.
 Not knowing what I would do with them,
I went ahead and bought 3.
They would have been cute with some small pumpkins sitting on top of them, but I was thinking about Christmas!

So, I picked up some candles at the Dollar Store...
they came 2 to a box so each candle was only 50cents!
I placed a candle inside each spring.
They wouldn't stand up straight, so I cut some fabric into strips, wrapped it around the candle and tied it to the spring.

 Now we are ready to spring forward into Christmas!


And, while I was at the Dollar Store,
I bought 3 vases.
I covered them using Christmas napkins that I had
 leftover from last year.
Then I added a row of buttons to cover the edge.
I used the same technique that I shared
 when I covered these jars...

You can see that post HERE.

Do you shop at the Dollar Store?
You should... they have great items to craft with.
And no one paid me to say that (unfortunately)!

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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Feather Your Nest Ornament

This ornament is quick, easy, AND inexpensive.
You could make several in just a few minutes!
They are also easy enough for the kids to make.

The base of the ornament came from the craft store in the Christmas section. It already has a loop for hanging.
 Remove the paper disc from inside and 
trace around it onto scrapbook paper.
Cut the scrapbook paper along
 the lines you just traced.
Use tacky glue to adhere the paper to the base.

 Use tacky glue to glue in Spanish moss to form a nest.
Spanish moss can be found at the 
Dollar Store in the floral & craft section.
Add a little green moss. This came in the
 same package as the Spanish moss. 

Glue in a little bird and your ornament is ready to hang.

So simple.
So beautiful.

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