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I started this new site for my stamping/crafting/scrapbooking business. Of course color is useful in every craft-but these are the colors from my Stampin' Up! business. It is so fun to play with so check it out. It's hard to mess up at putting colors together when you see them laid out in the view portion. This is just a picture of the original mock-up. We've been working so hard on it! So, go check out SUColorQ.com
and start creating your personal Q (Queue) of Color combos which we call Color Collections. Inspiration for your crafting will be waiting for you! Many Thanks to my sis-in-law for her input and enthusiasm! Check out her blog too-Dragonfly Impressions.
This is my first attempt at making my own topiaries. These were Christmas-New Year's Mantel Decorations. A fun and rewarding project! I found these great pots that look like Vintage French Pots and put some floral clay in the bottom for weight and stability. I then filled them up with floral foam. I cut the dowels with a craft knife and drove them through the foam down into the clay. The jagged edge I put through the foam balls. These were already covered with the bead-balls so I just painted the dowels, hot glued them on, and added a ribbon bow. The final touch is the natural moss. You can buy a bag at the craft store for a few bucks and it goes a long way. That is all there is to it. Voila! You can get really crafty and buy some bead picks, cut them up with wire cutters and stick them into all sorts of foam shapes. Hot glue secures each bead. This takes quite a bit more time, but is very fun. Buy a lot of picks though! I fell in love with the tiny gold balls until I ran out and couldn't find any more of this size-soooo my topiary trees for Christmas are only half done. So dissatisfying. For spring I will try some with silk flowers-maybe hydrangeas because they have so many individual blooms which is more versatile. The topiaries in these pictures cost around $7.oo each-a lot of bang for your buck! This includes the adorable pots. Have fun!
Happy New Year! It is time to start creating something.
You would be amazed what you could do in just minutes a day. We don't lose time in days, we lose it in minutes. So, when you are in line you can knit a row of a sweater, and before you know it, voila! Stamp something while you're on the phone with your mother, or a long-winded friend, in just a few weeks you could actually catch up on your Scrapbooking! This is the secret of all mother's whom are often asked the question-how do you do it? How do you find the time?
Minutes, my friends, minutes.
Exhibit A- My first knitting project.(I thought it would take months.) I finished this in 3-7 minute rows over a course of a few weeks. Busy? Bogged down with housework, kids, jobs, demanding husband? You too can create keepsakes! And even give birth a few times in the process.
As someone totally not famous once said, "If I can do it-anybody can!"
