The Didrecksons Est. 2005

I know it looks simple.  I am just so proud I finished it, I'm giddy!!  **squeeeee**

Fall Fun Craft!

My friend's blog, "...from under His feathers..." had this tutorial and I LOVED the idea so I decided I would let Luke do it!  The original post is here. You should stop by and check out her blog.

I had slightly different resources at my disposal so I will make my own tutorial below.  You can choose which tutorial you would like to use based on the supplies you have on hand.  We had so much fun making these and I hope you do too!  Thank you Brooke for this wonderful idea!  This cost me nothing but time as I had all these supplies on hand.

First you start with the basics.  I had some pint and half pint canning jars.  You can use any glass jars you have on hand:

I had Blue, Red, Yellow and Green paint:

I wanted to make an orange.  I know that yellow and red make orange.  Armed with that knowledge, I set about mixing the two for my desired pumpkin orange tint:

Then we wanted to see what color we could make if we combined ALL the colors together.  This is what we got.  It's a dark purple:

I had some random tea lights on hand:

I had just the basic thin masking tape and some kitchen scissors:

I cut out some faces with the masking tape and put them on the jars.  Brooke says to be sure to rub the masking tape on really well so the paint wont seep under the tape (my masking tape is the cheapest stuff you can buy from the dollar store so paint seeped under ours as you will see in later pictures):

I had Luke paint the jars (over the masking tape faces):

We waited for them to dry and then removed the masking tape.  Voila!!!:

So very cheap, easy and fun!!

Mother's Day Craft

Ok, so I know what you're thinking..."What in the world are you doing, making a Mother's Day craft at the end of January?".  Well, this baby is due in May right around Mother's Day and I wanted to make sure I was prepared!



Jenny Gilley let me use her embossing heating tool to finish off my project.  I have done 1 of the 2 wreaths.  The one pictured below is for my mother-in-law.  I stamped and embossed family initials on some of the ribbons.  This is my kind of craft, tying bows.  Now THAT I can do!!

 

I'm on a roll

Thanks to my friend Jen's wonderful blog Lipstick and Laundry and her tutorial, I was able to make her 'No Sew Pumpkin'.     

I also made the jar covers below for my MOPS Moms.  I will fill these jars next week with homemade hand moisturizer!

I am so excited!!  I have never been a crafty person.  My mother and my two sisters have always had an amazing knack for things of that nature, but I never felt like I did.

I am also blessed with many friends who are crafty.  I have always been so overwhelmed when looking at their latest creation because it was so intricate and beautiful.  

However, the other day I decided I was going to get up off my duff and learn how to do some crafts dag nab it!!!  All my friends had to start with the simple stuff too, at one point in time, so here I am.  Simply happy with my simple creations!!

Crafty?

SQQQUUUUUUEEEEEE!!!  I am SO pickin' proud of myself right now. 

I (on my own and of my own volition) went to the store, bought a grass broom and silk flowers to make a CRAFT!  Yep, you got it...Debbie Didreckson made a CRAFT ladies and gentlemen!  I think I have removed the finger prints from my right forefinger and middle finger with my glue gun, but a small price to pay, right??

I know it may seem so simple to my many crafty-gifted friends, but it's a BIG deal to me and all I could think to do was be vain and share.  So....here it is.  Not fancy, I am a pretty plain gal...but I LOVE IT!!  Better yet, the whole project only cost me $5.00! 

**cheesy grin**