More Cards.

Well, I know I said I was going to start a new painting today, but that didn't really happen. I did paint, sort of, I realized that Valentines Day is coming up quick, and I wanted to get some cards in the mail soon. So, I made some festive Valentine's Day cards! It was still being creative, just a way to get my juices flowing!






An nice end to a Monday!

Adventures in Craftiness: Mini Wreath Ornament

I have been kind of obsessed with ornaments this year for whatever reason. You may have seen my past two Do it yourself darn it! Take One and Take Two and this is my contributions to your holiday DIY festivities. This could be great as last minute hostess gifts or perhaps a craft for the little bit older kiddies to do during holiday gatherings.

Things you’ll need:
*Floral wire
*Wire cutters
*Your favorite adhesive (I like E600)
*Ribbon or Yarn
*Scrapbooking goodies, buttons, stickers, feather or whatever your decorating heart desires.

Cut a length of floral wire to your desired amount. The more wire the thicker it will be. You can free hand the circle you’ll be making for your mini wreath ornament or you can use of cup to guide you.

Next start wrapping your wire around itself until you get reach the end of your cut wire.

When you have wrapped all of your wire cut off any excess that you don’t need and it should look something like this:

Wrap your desired yarn or ribbon around what will be the top of your wreath. Make sure to leave some some length to create a loop for hanging your mini wreath.

Now comes the really fun part! Decorating! If you needed a great way to keep some of the older kids in your life occupied during holiday celebrations you could pre- make the wreath and let them decorate like crazy! I picked out a really great scrapbooking flower and sticker (A for our last name Amelio). I also sewed two buttons together with embroidery floss. Play with your decorations until you get them where you like them and glue them down.

Let dry and TADA! Your very own holiday goodness!

Have fun with your design too. Make it as colorful and unique as you are!

Happy Reindeer Trails!

wordy on wednesday: five

I was having a lot of trouble coming up with what I was going to do for this weeks "Wordy on Wednesday" so I decided to sit down with all my crafty stuff and go crazy. This is what that looked like:

Wel I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out seeing as thought I didn't know where it was going.

Dream

Some close ups:

Happy trails!!!

Wordy on Wednesday

I’ve decided to try and make this blog a little more organized; mainly for me. I want to make sure that I blog on a regular bases and as often as possible. My first step in this goal is to create a weekly series, thus Wordy on Wednesday was born.

I adore words. Words and I have not always seen eye to eye but eventually we came to terms and have had a great love affair ever since. I enjoy quotes, one liners, zingers, and lyrics the most. Even one simple word can be very thought provoking to me.

So here’s the deal: Every Wednesday from here till whenever I will take time to be creative. I will take my favorite word, quote, song lyrics, or whatever and create something visual. It could be a photo or a sketch but whatever it is it has to be WORDY!



Here is my first attempt at this. Please be kind, this is the first time I've ever really done the "scrapbooking" deal. Recently I've been using the word lovely for EVERYTHING! I can't help it, it's a lovely word!
I’m excited! Are you?




Happy Trails!