I finished this little shadow box today. The tiny bottle brush tree was one I dyed last year. I added small white beads to it. The small calf and the sheep are ones I brought home from my mother’s collection of little craft items. I painted the sheep to bring it back to white. Looked […]
I’ve been spending the past week working on little shadow boxes made from Christmas cards. This is the first one I made. They are getting better as I work on more of them, learning some hints and helps that make the process easier than it was initially. 2018 update: You can see many more pictures of […]
Last year, my daughter-in-law brought me some figs from the store where she works. We are far enough out in the boonies that I have never seen fresh figs for sale in any grocery store in the area. Sad, isn’t it? This year, I asked her to get figs for me again. They were on […]
A few years ago, I made these cookie cutter ornaments for the Christmas Notebook ornament exchange. They were pretty easy to make. I found a cookie cutter collection at Wal-Mart that had twenty cookie cutters for only $5. What you’ll need: Metal cookie cutters Mod Podge decoupage medium Scissors Background paper Paint brush X-Acto knife […]