Happy Thanksgiving and I hope everyone who is celebrating today is have a good holiday. Our turkey is in the oven. My parents are here visiting which is unusual. We haven't celebrated Thanksgiving together in years. Their fall visit usually coincides with Halloween instead of Thanksgiving. It is nice to have company on the holiday.
I realize that it has been awhile since something crafty has been posted on the blog. I have been doing a lot more research on techniques lately than actually producing anything. That will hopefully change very soon since my yearly craft retreat is coming up and it always gives me the kick in the butt I need to get started again.
Have a good holiday. :-)
Monday, October 14, 2013
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Another Non-Craft Related Post
Yet another non-craft related post....my daughter's birthday is this week and to celebrate it, we spent the day at the local water park. Needless to say, everyone is tired tonight but I wanted to share a few photos that we took. I love waterproof cameras.
Now, it is time to figure what's for dinner and then pass out from exhaustion afterwards.
Happy Tuesday.
Now, it is time to figure what's for dinner and then pass out from exhaustion afterwards.
Happy Tuesday.
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Recapturing an Old Interest
Over the years I have tried my hand at a lot of different crafts, everything from needlework and papercrafts to pottery and jewelry making. I find that my interest in a craft tends to go in waves. I will concentrate one and when mojo fails, I will try my hand as something else.
Lately, my interest in jewelry making has been rekindled. I have been making simple earrings and looking into various types of wire work and chain mail. I recently picked up a Laliberi earring kit to put together. It was a fairly quick and easy kit. One thing I ended up changing out was the earring hooks due to the fact that I snapped the loop off of one of them while trying to open it up. I find that the earring hooks in these kits are made from too soft a metal and it is better to replace them with a better quality hook.
I like the look of the frosted acrylic flowers in the jewelry that have been coming out recently. It was the main reason that I picked up this kit.
I have also been interested in how to make some of the chain mail jewelry. I noticed a bird in cage bracelet when I was last at the bead shop which I was curious about. After a quick internet search, I realized that it wasn't difficult to do and this is what I made this morning before the kiddos woke up.
The most difficult part of making the bracelet was getting that first bead in the cage and getting it to stay there when you started the second. Once I figure that out, it was easy peasy. I need to change the clasp out since this is the only that I had in my stash. It doesn't quite match the colours of the metal links but it will do until I get a new clasp.
All in all a fairly productive Sunday morning. I can see more jewelry being made....maybe some Christmas presents.
Have a good Sunday.
Lately, my interest in jewelry making has been rekindled. I have been making simple earrings and looking into various types of wire work and chain mail. I recently picked up a Laliberi earring kit to put together. It was a fairly quick and easy kit. One thing I ended up changing out was the earring hooks due to the fact that I snapped the loop off of one of them while trying to open it up. I find that the earring hooks in these kits are made from too soft a metal and it is better to replace them with a better quality hook.
I like the look of the frosted acrylic flowers in the jewelry that have been coming out recently. It was the main reason that I picked up this kit.
I have also been interested in how to make some of the chain mail jewelry. I noticed a bird in cage bracelet when I was last at the bead shop which I was curious about. After a quick internet search, I realized that it wasn't difficult to do and this is what I made this morning before the kiddos woke up.
The most difficult part of making the bracelet was getting that first bead in the cage and getting it to stay there when you started the second. Once I figure that out, it was easy peasy. I need to change the clasp out since this is the only that I had in my stash. It doesn't quite match the colours of the metal links but it will do until I get a new clasp.
All in all a fairly productive Sunday morning. I can see more jewelry being made....maybe some Christmas presents.
Have a good Sunday.
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Meet Humphery
This is a totally non-craft related post and is really more for my mom and dad.
Meet Humphrey as the kiddos have named our new car. We finally picked it up last night and the kiddos have christened it "The Humphrey machine" or Humphrey for short. Believe it or not it is after the Minecraft cave spiders which happen to be blue. My son and his friends had started to call these spiders Humphrey during the last school year and since our car is blue, this is what they decided to call it. I think it is hilarious but my husband just rolls his eyes. I don't think he is too thrilled to be calling our nice lovely new car "Humphrey". For some reason, guys just seem to feel a car is female.
Any way....here are some pics of our new car. It has been absolutely fun to drive and it is so weird to see the odometer in double digits instead of closing in on 200K.
Needless to say, I am going to be parking in the farthest reaches of the parking lot for the next little while and avoiding any kind of traffic.
It was sad to say goodbye to our Outlander. It was the first car that we had ever bought. Even the kiddos were a bit sad even though they are happy with the new one.
Hopefully, I will have something craft related to post very soon.
Have a good Wednesday.
Meet Humphrey as the kiddos have named our new car. We finally picked it up last night and the kiddos have christened it "The Humphrey machine" or Humphrey for short. Believe it or not it is after the Minecraft cave spiders which happen to be blue. My son and his friends had started to call these spiders Humphrey during the last school year and since our car is blue, this is what they decided to call it. I think it is hilarious but my husband just rolls his eyes. I don't think he is too thrilled to be calling our nice lovely new car "Humphrey". For some reason, guys just seem to feel a car is female.
Any way....here are some pics of our new car. It has been absolutely fun to drive and it is so weird to see the odometer in double digits instead of closing in on 200K.
It was sad to say goodbye to our Outlander. It was the first car that we had ever bought. Even the kiddos were a bit sad even though they are happy with the new one.
Hopefully, I will have something craft related to post very soon.
Have a good Wednesday.
Monday, August 19, 2013
It has been a while....
Mojo just hasn't been visiting my house the last couple of months. Since creativity was absent, I decided that I would take advantage of the dining room table not being covered in craft supplies to finally getting around to painting the top of it. It no longer looks like a battered mess but now I am scared to use it and since it is not only where we eat and also where I craft that posed a bit of a problem.
Well today I finally bit the bullet, grabbed a dollar store table cloth and made myself complete a layout. I just love this Bohemian Bazaar paper from Graphic45 -- the colours, the vibrancy, the patterns...all of it.
I think that mojo might be visiting again. I have missed it.
Well today I finally bit the bullet, grabbed a dollar store table cloth and made myself complete a layout. I just love this Bohemian Bazaar paper from Graphic45 -- the colours, the vibrancy, the patterns...all of it.
I think that mojo might be visiting again. I have missed it.
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