The kids all love eating freezer pops. But the twins always complain about their hands being cold. For a while now they have worn oven mitts to keep their hands comfy.Starting last summer I saw people making these fleece freezer pop holders. However, I am not a sewer and kept putting it off. Yesterday, the kids and I finally made some.I pulled out a bunch of fabric and let them cut out their … [Read more...]
wine cork board
This month's Upcycle challenge is wine corks.Now, I don't drink (wine or otherwise) but I have friends who do who were nice enough to give me some of their wine corks.My creation using corks is a simple cork board. Here's my supplies, a 5x7 frame and some wine corks. (This was an old beat up frame that I spray painted red.)Using a hot glue gun I arranged the corks in a pattern on the cardboard … [Read more...]
yarn bottles and paper pinwheels
I did a little yarn crafting with some friends this week. We all made these yarn wrapped bottles.inspiration from here and hereWhen I got home it took me a little while to decide what I wanted to put in the bottles. Since the yarn is covered in yarn I wanted to do something different. Since it's almost summer, I decided on some paper pinwheels.tutorial hereNice and summery near the front door. … [Read more...]
Yarn Wrapped Twigs
This week was the last week of school. Which means that next week is finals. Which means lots of studying for me. But I did take a break to make a *quick* and easy craft. Yarn wrapped twigs. I had a small ball of some variegated yarn leftover in some pretty blues and greens. I had the twins run around the yarn and gather up some sticks for me. I wrapped them up with a dot of glue at the … [Read more...]
Muumuu refashion
My husband was understandably confused when he came home the other day and I was sitting in front of my sewing machine. As I'm sure you've noticed, I don't sew much. But I have had a couple project idea's floating around and since it's getting warmer there was one that I really was excited to try.Several weeks ago I saw a Muumuu refashion project. Yep, a muumuu. And it was really cute! I have many … [Read more...]