look what we made!
this is the craft to end all crafts. it took us a full 4 days where we did nothing but this and played with lego...but every one of my 21 kids has their very own snowman sweet jar.
2 balloons, 1 layer of paper mache, 1 layer of plaster cast, 1 super thick layer of pva glue and white paint.
what did you do at work this week? i bet i win!
although most of my creative energies do seem to go into making yummy food, when i get a little time off (like the 2 week holiday i had recently) i like to make other things of the non-edible sort.
i had a large blank wall in my livingroom. blank it is no more as i filled it with a triptitch.
i also stitched me a new tea towel. i'm quite proud if it even though it's simple and didn't take me too long. i haven't kept any of my other embroidered tea towels, so this one is novel.
look what i just stumbled upon! it took me a second to realise why someone would post a picture of crumpled pieces of paper.
that would be me.
i just made the christmas card star and it's beautiful. it almost made me cry a few times as the base shape doesn't take into consideration that all the points are going to be ever so slightly bigger than the template because of folding and card thickness. so getting your points to lay flat on the base is impossible, but creative gluing can achieve the perfect star!
here are my tips if you want to attempt the crafting glory...
you don't need 20 cards as the instructions say, you need around 10 as you can get 2 points out of every card front.
glue the base shape onto the back cover of a card and score the fold lines with scissors! scoring is your friend. make this first so it's good and dry when it comes to gluing on the points.
trace around the point template on the back of each card front with a pencil and scrape on the fold lines with a ruler and scissors. this way you score the card and it makes for a perfect fold. remember, scoring is your friend.
hold each point in place to ensure it's really stuck before trying to glue the next one.
good luck and happy crafting!
maybe i'll try the 3D snowflake next.
i thought yesterday was the solstice (as did erin and michael so i'm not alone) but as luck would have it, it's actually today. so i'm not late in wishing you all a happy december solstice. what are you going to do with your shortest day of the year?
i know what i'm going to do. more christmas baking! i have a batch of eggnog bread in the oven while i type. as you can seen from my previous posts, all i've done for the past 2-3 weeks is bake, cook and knit. but yesterday i changed it up a bit. with all my knitting now complete, i went for a walk and collected some of the branches that fell during the wind storm and made a christmas wreath. what fun!
i might attempt the christmas card star next.
i stole this link from one of erin's friends...but she stole it from someone so i feel ok about it all.
this site amused me greatly. as much as it made me feel better about the world, it also made me a little sad...
FluidEffect. you need to click on portfolio and then before and after. but the other links are worth a browse as well.
this is the spot for thinking....
i love dressing up for halloween. it really might be one of my favourite holidays, after my birthday and christmas of course.
but nothing beats dressing someone else up as well, even if they were being a whiney baby and complaining i was getting makeup in their eyes when clearly that was not the case....not that i'm naming any names....
i like to call this bonnie and clyde ride again.
as some of you may know...halloween got going for alex and i on saturday with erin and michael. some tentative plans became a reality.
but then sunday, alex and i continued the festivities with more pumpkin carving and the viewing of 'it's the great pumpkin, charlie brown!'
well, i said i'd follow ray's tips and share the results...and although his pumpkin is superior...i am greatly satisfied with my attempt.
what do you think?
check out 23 for all the carving festivities.
look at this pumpkin carving crazyness!
ray's pumpkin carving tutorial tells me exactly how to produce this masterpiece...step by step.
i'm trying it.
and for better or ugly or worse i'll photograph the results and share them with you.
