Motivation Monday - Reuse, Repurpose, Recycle

When the shirt I ordered to wear Easter morning came,

I was a bit surprised at how long it was.  Not sure if they

sent the tall size or if the shirt was just made long.  I

ended up cutting off 3 inches.  Of course, I set aside the

fabric instead of tossing it!  It only took a few minutes for

me to decide what I was going to do with it.

I grabbed a dollar tree wreath, 2 flowers off of a 6 foot

floral garland that cost $2.50, and my hot glue gun.

I wrapped the fabric around the wreath & glued it to the back.

I glued the flowers in place and hung the wreath on the wall!

Probably the easiest (and cheapest) wreath I have ever made!

So stop & think how you can use that piece of

scrap fabric before you toss it in the trash can.

Motivation Monday - Moss Topiary

I'm ready to start making some fresh, new decor

for my home.  I have been scanning blogs for weeks

now and have found the inspiration that I needed!

Item List -

Ceramic Pot - $1.00

4" Foam Ball - $1.25

Bag of Moss - $1.00

(I only used about 1/4 of the bagged moss)

Ceramic Bird - $1.00

Paint (on hand)

Ribbon (on hand)

Stick (from the yard)

Sand & Gravel (from the yard)

Glue gun & Glue sticks

First thing I did was paint my little ceramic bird off white.

(forgot to take his before picture)

While the paint dried on my birdie, I filled my ceramic pot

with gravel, sand.  Take your stick and center it your

ceramic pot.  Cover your sand with the bagged moss.
(You can also use foam in the pot instead of gravel & sand.)

Next time I will paint the white foam ball a

dark green or will buy a green foam ball!

Start gluing your moss to the foam ball.

Take your foam ball and push it down onto the stick, then remove it.

Shoot a little dab of hot glue into the hole and place the ball back on the stick.

Tie a ribbon around the stick and place your little birdie next to your pot.

I found all my supplies except the foam ball at the Dollar Tree.

Any question?  Feel free to send me an email!  =)

Motivation Monday - Quick Easter Craft

We, like most everyone else, are on a tight budget.

When it came time to try & come up with something

to give the children at church Sunday morning for

Easter, I decided food would probably be the

cheaper route to go.  So the little one & I headed

out to the store, and started looking for inspiration!

While cruising the cracker/cookie aisle, Mason

spied the Goldfish Crackers.  That's when I

remembered a "carrot" craft I had seen numerous

times online and in magazines.  I grabbed a HUGE

container of Goldfish (& a smaller box for Mason),

headed over to the baking section to grab a box of icing

bags, & to the craft section for a spool of green ribbon.

These were easy peasy to make!

1 12" Icing Bag

Goldfish Crackers

9" Green Ribbon

I filled the icing bags up with crackers, leaving about

4" at the top, then tied it shut with the ribbon!

Wah-lah...Super Cute & Inexpensive Easter Carrots!

Goldfish Crackers - $9

12 Icing Bags - $4

Green Ribbon - $0.60

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Total - $13.60 for 12 Carrots

Motivation Monday - Spring is Here!

Spring is here or that's what the calendar says anyway!

We had sleet & snow flurries most of the morning and

it has been cold all day!  We were blessed with a gloriously

warm first day of spring this past weekend.  I am looking
forward to it starting to warm up the rest of this week!

Easter is the first weekend of April this year, so it's time

to get out those spring decorations and display them.

I found this fun Easter Egg Wreath tutorial and am

hoping to find all the supplies I need to put it together!

(not my picture)

Motivation Monday - Altered Pop Top Can

I have been racking my brain trying to come up with a really cute Valentine's Day Craft.  Today while cruising the craft boards, I think I have found exactly what I want to do.

The only limit to what you can put in the can is the size of can you use!  I can think of something to put in these cans for just about everybody.  However, I don't think I'll be making them for the itty bitties just because they might get cut on the can once the top is popped.

(not my picture)

I found the Altered Pop Top Can Tutorial at Craftbits.com.  I've already created a SCAL2 cut file that will fit a Sam's Club soup pop top can.  Can't wait to try this (hopefully tomorrow)!

On a side note, I did finish the Knitted Top Hat in aqua blue & have almost finished a Popcorn Bobble Hat in cream.  I hope to have pictures soon!  =)

Motivation Monday - Valentine's Cards

Every year our Church collects Valentine's for our shut-in members.  I try to participate every year.  This year there are 29 recipients. I designed these postcard size cards.  I've already printed them & all I have left to do is cut them out.  I hope the cards make their day a little brighter!

Motivation Monday - Recent Vinyl Projects

I used my Cricut E & SCAL2 to make wall art for the bedroom doors in my house.  I also used vinyl on the dry erase boards & my Cricut E!  (the boards are attached to the doors with Command Picture Hangers - the velcro type)