Old window frame, melted crayons, and beads

Here are a few new projects I have done recently.

This one is an old window frame I found outside under our carport. I took the screen off and strung a wire across the top. The snowflakes are cardboard from Hobby Lobby- I covered them with fabric. I put a couple small nails in the back where I wanted the wire, wrapped one end of the wire, hung the snowflakes, and then wrapped the other end. Now when I want to change the snowflakes to something else I just have to unwrap one end of the wire from the nail, hang the new stuff and re-wrap it! Never-ending possibilities- snowflakes, birds, letters...whatever comes to mind!

This one is a combination of two other things I have done. The crayon art and rosette headbands. I took green, yellow, and brown crayons and broke them in small pieces. I melted them with a hair dryer, then took fabric rosettes and hot-glued them to the canvas. This one is an 8x10.

These wrap bracelets I have seen all over the place, and some have been kind of pricey (especially the designer ones). So, as usual, I decided I could make them myself. These are the very first two I have done.

These were all just quick shots this morning to get them posted- so please forgive the quality of these photos! : )

Rambling...

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and survived Black Friday! We had a great day Thursday and didn't go out until 7 for the 8 am sales at Walmart- and the toys I wanted that went on sale at 10 the night before were still there!

I have a couple new projects I have been working on lately. I will post those with pics sometime next week (it takes forever to prepare and upload photos with my netbook, which is all I have to work with right now). That's a big part of the reason I think I'm not motivated to post more because it takes forever and I get frustrated so I just don't do it. I'm trying to get better at that!

Have a great weekend!

Bird's Nest Pendant

My latest crafty endeavor- the bird's nest pendant. I have seen these online and, as usual, decided that I could make them myself.

 I used copper wire and several different sizes and styles of beads.

This one I left shiny- the other two I oxidized.

These can be done with any type of wire you want it to be made of and whatever beads you choose, I was gonna use blue beads to look like robin eggs but I didn't have any on hand. Boo. Oh, well. I hope you like them!

I love fall

I love fall. I love it when the temps get cooler, the trees change color, pumpkin lattes, and for us SE KS folks- Neewollah! I was gone last weekend and when I got back, all of a sudden the tree in the neighbor's yard was blazing orange. Beautiful!

I snapped this yesterday morning as I was leaving to take P to school. I couldn't resist.

At the pumpkin patch

A couple weeks ago we went to the pumpkin patch with my daughter's preschool. They had a blast!



In the corn bin.

 

The hay bale slide!

Next week...

I just realized that I haven't posted since Oct. 7! OMG! I have totally been neglecting my blog. If anyone actually reads this, next week I will actually write a real post. I need to get caught up on editing pictures and then they will be up- hopefully anyway. See you next week!

Fearless

Motivation- well, I don't have any right now. I have been slacking on everything including on posting. I need to finish some headbands, put laundry away, etc etc. On the plus side, I made this last night.

(This photo was taken with my phone and placed directly here- so pardon the quality.)

I stamped FEARLESS on a brass washer with my stamps and trusty hammer. I colored the letters in with a black Sharpie (this actually works really well). Then I just strung some random seed beads and wrapped it around the top a few times and tied it off. Now I just need to decide exactly what I am going to do with it- necklace, bracelet, key chain...The possibilities are endless. Now if I could just find that motivation...