A few Crafts

Holy COW its been so long since I've posted It took me nearly an hour just to get in to my blog haha!  BUT, now that I'm in I'm going to be better about posting. 
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Have a Great Day Friends!

Family

Valentine Jars {my grandmas jars}

 These jars came from the sevreal thousand jars my Grandma had,  THOUSANDS!  I love that I got some!  Some of her bottles are quit old and so pretty.  I love collecting jars and rather then let them sit on a shelf waiting for canning season, I decided to dress a few of mine up for a sweet reminder of my special grandma. 

♡Love ♡

 

Today i am sharing a very fun and simple idea!  I LOVE printables.  They are so fun to decorate with.  These lovely ladies that make them and share them for free are GREAT!  Go HERE to print yours.  I love double duty crafts and this is one of them.  I cut the board around Halloween and am excited its something that can be switched out year round.  I email my prints to my local print shop.  I have them printed on card stock and sometimes on glossy card stock.  I like the quality and I like that i dont have to mess with my printer that never works lol:)  I cut my board on mdf wood but you dont need to have it made on this.  you can use a clipboard too or I think one made of cardboard painted white would be soooo adorable....hummm I might have to make one!  really anything would look great!  Below are the supplies I used.  I found my washi tape at walmart for $1, the ribbon at $ Tree, tule at walmart a roll is a $1,  and i used a hole punch I have.  I added my washi tape to the top and bottom of my page then punched my holes and added it to my plaque.  I hope you have fun making yours!

Coffee Filter Wreath Tutorial

Aren't these just beautiful? my sister made one and i decided i needed one for myself.  these are incredibly easy and so affordable.  i spend maybe 3$ on the whole project.   

i started off with cutting a round wreath form from poster board.  my sister used cardboard which i think is probably the way to go, but i didnt have any and im incredibly inpatient so i went with the poster board.  then i placed it on my living room carpet and poked holes all over it.  i bought the coffee filters at my grocery store for cheap cheap.  i think they were only $1.50.   

grab the center of each coffee filter and push up to make a cone then twist the end and push though each hole you created with your pincel.  SO FANCY!:)

after each hole is filled i flipped mine over and tugged on each one to make sure they were all secure.  then i poked a hole at the top and added a jute sting for hanging.

i went onto pinterest and found these CUTE cupcake toppers and got them printed at my local print shop on cardstock.  HERE is the link for the free printable.  i found my mini clothespins and walmart.  the jute sting you can find at any dollar store by all the painting supplies.  i cut around the designs and then added them to my sting and tied them on to the back of the wreath.  i am obsessed with how easy and truly CHEAP this is to make!  swoon!

  

Heart string art

Have you ever made "nail string art"? It's so fun and easy:)

 It's freezing cold outside and most of my family is sick so my oldest daughter and I picked out a few scrap pieces of wood to create these cute shelf sitters. 

We started by painting and distressing our boards.  Then we cut out a large heart and small heart out of paper.  We placed the paper on the board as a template. We used little finishing nails and tapped them into place. After you have done that remove your paper and tie your yarn around one nail.  I wrapped mine around the whole heart first then started randomly laceing my yard around the nails until I liked the way it looked then tied it off.  So easy! Aren't they cute?! 

I {love} Valentines Day...

I know it's eary but I decided to doodle on my chalkboards for Valentines Day.  Valentines Day is one of my favorite holidays.  I {love} the no stress-just have fun-holidays.  AND it's when my husband purposed to me too so I {love} it for that reason as well:)