The ART of Craft :)

I have discovered the most amazing website ever! PINTEREST.com!!  I have a newfound love for crafting!  I've always been crafty but it was always for KIDS projects ... I ve always wondered how to turn a old table into looking new and awesome.. I see wood scraps outside or old dresser tossed away outside on the curbs and I always would wonder what I could do with it. My husband had updated a pastor's preaching podium and I wanted us to start finding old furniture at goodwill and make it into a weekend project to create something awesome out of it. We never got around to it yet. I thank GOD that I found PINTEREST and I fell in LOVE! and am extremely motivated! Im going to start updating old things that i already have before i go out bringing more old stuff for projects into the house. I am starting small and slow working with things i ALREADY have in the house. Praying for creativity and CHEAP methods .. This totally keeps me occupied at nighttime while my husband works third shift. I am very excited to focus on ONE room at a time and match things up by color coordinating and with a vintage touch :) 

cheap and easy way to make a kids art storage display :) 

 ziplock bags from dollar store and duct tape from target on sale for 2.50

total $3.50 :)

love notes for my husband and i when we miss eachother. im sleeping before he comes home and i leave a love note for him and then he leaves a love note for me when i wake up :) 

dollar store frame, sticker, paper, and erase marker

total $4.00

For christmas this year i wanted to do something different. The reason i found PINTEREST was because i wanted to make gifts for the ladies this year. God guided me to that website :) and behold i was able to create gifts! AWESOME gifts i could never have thought about and CHEAP! :)


button hairclips 

wrap the button with thread onto the end of the bobby pin, make sure the button is faced up on the shortest end of the bobby pin otherwise it will be backwards. then put glue on back.

 bobby pins from the dollar store, buttons from joann fabrics on sale 2 for 5.00 (i got 4, paid 10.00), e-6000 2.50
total approximate 15.00 with tax.. I made 4 gifts with this, each got 3 button hair pins :)

bookmarks

 tie ribbon on end of the paper clip and put glue to hold it in place.
paper clips 1 dollar
ribbons i already had in storage free
glue
i already bought the glue for the hairclips so this gifts was only a dollar! :)

knit free scarf!

 click on this link for the tutorial.. this was fun to make !
i got the yarn on clearance for 2.50  :)
http://tinysparklythings.blogspot.com/2009/10/diy-martha-stewarts-no-knitt-scarf.html

homemade necklaces

 this was the big project i did!
scrapbook paper
e-6000
paper glaze
bead wires (for neck)
necklace clips
flat glass jar fillers
i made total of 25 necklaces , 4 sets of 5 each  for my mom, jasons mom, my sister ashley, and sister amy.
http://sabbyinsuburbia.blogspot.com/2011/01/homemade-christmas-pendant-necklaces.html
click on above link for step by step tutorial how to make necklace
I used bead wire instead of metal wire on website and also added beads.
this project was a total of about 20-25 dollars! :) I used leftover scrapbook paper for background of the hanging frame :)

I am looking forward to doing more and more crafts for myself and the household besides the kids. im very excited and cant wait to get working on amazing awesome and most of all USEFUL crafts! :)