A Little Christmas Crafting

Hi!
  Been busy getting settled, but still trying to squeeze in some creative time. Here is what we have made recently.

Wreath using embroidery hoop, t-shirt, buttons, jingle bells, and hot glue.

Christmas ornament for a swap made using an old CD, old sheet music, scraps of fabric, glitter, wire, beads and hot glue.

Emma's snow people made using buttons, scraps of fabric, googly eyes, hot glue.

Paper and Glitter ornaments using old book paper, glitter, ribbon and hot glue. 

We both have been enjoying the hot glue gun lately, Emma even decided to use it on her own. She has done fantastic with it and has only gotten one hot glue burn. 

Here is a glimpse of the little one (who turns 7 tomorrow!) at work. 

Tracing while her painting dries. 

I hope you are finding time to be creative as this year draws to an end!

Happy Holidays!

Stash Busting- Art Roll

With our upcoming move, I realized I needed to get rid of a large portion of my craft stuff. Quickly. The movers come to pack up our stuff in less then a month.

Yikes and Yeah!

So, last night I went through my fabric stash. I have a small milk crate of actual fabric and a small suitcase of clothes for upcycling.

While sorting through my stash, I found the collar I had taken off of a jacket thing last week. The collar was HUGE and ugly and I thought I might actually wear the jacket thing if I took the collar off (turns out the coat is still ugly).

Anyway, when I was trying to decide what to do with the collar, the light bulb went on.

An art roll!

Completely from stash clothing, the art roll has 22 compartments. I filled it with sharpies because that is what Emma prefers to work with. I made a few smaller compartments for smaller sharpies, pens or pencils.

I have also been going through my mother-in-laws stash as well. I found a pack of 10 blank note cards with envelopes still in it's package. I originally thought I might use them for watercolors, but decided I really wanted to stitch on them instead.

The first five are paper stitched on paper.

The last five are fabric stitched on paper.

Well, I hope you have been inspired to make something creative!

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