Feeling crafty this week

A couple weeks ago I saw a bead and ribbon necklace on another blog, Wayward girls crafts, that was pretty cute so I decided to make one for my sister this week for her birthday. Of course this project was harder than I thought it would be, but then most things are! The ribbon I bought to make the necklace of course was WAY to thick to fit through the beads so I had to use other ribbon I had leftover from making hairbows. Here is Hailey modeling it :)

I also found this plate and cup on the clearance isle at Wal-mart last week and thought they would make a great cake stand, and they did :) The cake isn't actually finshed in this picture because I had to put it on a board to move and deliver it, but you can still get the general idea. It was super easy, just put a ring on hot glue around the bottom of the cup and put the plate on top, hold for a minute to make sure the glue sets and you are done! The whole thing cost less than $3 and took less than 5 mins to make. I will definitely be on the look out for clearance dishes in the future. I am thinking a nice rich color charger plate and a colored glass goblet would be great for the holidays!

Finally finished!

I started this piece in Jan 2009 with the intention it would be a Christmas present in 2009...well it is almost Christmas 2010 and I am finally finished!! Yay me! I can't wait for Robert to open it Christmas morning!


On a side note, I got a great deal on some bamboo kitchen utensils awhile back and they finally came. It took almost 5 weeks for them to be delivered, but I paid less than $4 total for a 6 piece set and they seem to be really good quality, nice and heavy.

New hobby

I am always admiring little girls with all the fancy bows, but just don't have the money to spend on matching bows to go with all Hailey's outfits. So, I found a tutorial online that seemed pretty easy to follow and I have been collecting clearance ribbon for a couple weeks. I finally got a chance to try my hand at bow making tonight and while they aren't perfect I am happy with how they came out for my first attempt and I think I will be making lots of bows in the future. Hailey may just end up with bows to match most outfits after all :)
This is the website I used:


The out come: