First Holiday Arrangement

Wow! It has been forever since I have posted anything on here!! Of course school has sorta taken over every part of my life right now....and I still have a couple weeks left of the semester. But the holidays are here and when I get a spare moment (which are far a few between) I like to make holiday things! 

I was really wanting to make a cute arrangement for my Christmas decor, so I went out to Hobby Lobby and Michael's and bought a few things. I went a little over board and now I have SO much stuff, but that only means I get to make more things now!! 

So this is what I came up with.....

I wanted it to be elegant, yet quirky. I think I got it!

Flower Wall Art

With many, many nights on Pinterest, I found a project I thought was cute. So of course the crafter in me just had to make it! Here is the link to the blog with the tutorial on how to make this. 


With tons and tons of scraps of paper I had from scrapbooking projects, this project was very cheap for me. I already had the paint as well, so all I had to buy was the canvas. 


I wanted to do mine in bright colors, so here is how mine came out.

I wanted the flowers to be slightly different, so I positioned the flowers in different places on the canvas'. 

Here is a close-up of the turquoise canvas.

Beaded Bracelets

One thing I have always loved is jewelry! Bracelets are one of my favorites. Being a crafter, I figured I would make my own bracelets. Not sure on how I was going to make them, I just went up to the craft store, looked in the jewelry section and hoped something would spark my imagination. Here is what I came up with:

Then I liked it so much, I decided to make other colors to go with other outfits!

Needless to say, I have made many, many more! I've even made some for people who liked them so much. They are very quick and simple to make, which is probably why I have tons of bracelets now! :)

I will be trying some other types of bracelets very soon!

Paper flowers

I have so much scrapbook stuff that I end up not using half of it. So I started thinking of things I could do with some of it. I love flowers and have a million paper flowers, so I glued a few of them together, stuck a clip on the back and made a hair flower clip! My first one was so cute, I made four more. 

You just need scrapbook paper flowers (any kind), hot glue, brad or button or anything to go in the center of the flower and a hair clip or a pen for the back! 

Since they are paper, they would have to be handled a little more gently, but I think they would actually last awhile! Super simple, super cheap (because I already had everything), and super cute! :)

Spring Crafts

Spring has sprung! And the weather could not be more perfect! All the craft stores have all their spring items out and I am excited! When I went last, they had unpainted wooden bird houses, all different styles out. I thought it would be great to paint one and see how it turned out. So I did. Not as great as I was hoping, but I still had fun doing it. This would be great for children to do and put the bird houses outside for the birds or just around the house to show off their art work! Here is mine!

Bluebonnets

Spring is here and the weather has been so nice! Bluebonnet season is among us and wow, they are everywhere! Much better than last year. One of my all time favorite things to do is to drive through the hill country looking at wildflowers. So many different, vibrant colors. And it gives me a great excuse to take pictures! Here are a few pictures I took when I last went looking at wildflowers.