Chevron Craze

I have been working on painting ornaments.

They are glass ornaments that I have been painting with acrylics and then sealing with a gloss clear coat.

I decided to try a chevron pattern since it is so popular.

I used a green and white to make the chevron pattern.

On top of the chevron pattern I drew a silhouette of a reindeer and painted it in with red.

The result is a fun, modern Christmas ornament!

Harry Potter Bookmark

Need to make a gift for someone?

Does that someone love books?

Well that was the situation I was in for my Dad...

And I decided to make him a Harry Potter bookmark out of felt!

I started with a rectangle piece of flesh-tone felt.

I then cut out hair, glasses, eyes, a nose, and a mouth out of black.

Out of red I cut a lightening bolt scar and to rectangles for the scarf.

Out of yellow I cut a large rectangle for the scarf.

I hand stitched everything down with coordinating embroidery floss.

I then finished it off by stitching on another rectangle piece of flesh-tone felt on the back to cover up all of the other stitches and knots.

Now you have a gift perfect for book lovers!

Tailor it to fit their likes!

Pirate Necklace

This is necklace two of three that I told you that I made for myself this past weekend.

This one has a pirate theme.

The sword and skull are actually two charms that my boyfriend bought me about three years ago!

(I told you I barely ever make anything for myself!)

So I happy that I finally made a necklace with them!

I think this one is fun and I can't wait to wear it.

The beads help to jazz it up a bit.

Thanks for looking!

Slay Your Own Dragons

If you're a crafter, then you know how rare it is to make something for yourself.

Well, I finally did! Yay!

I have so many cute ideas for necklaces for myself, I just never get around to making them.

I made three necklaces for myself this past weekend!

Here is one of them:

I saw these two charms and knew they went perfect together!

They are both charms from the Fairy Tale line.

I used a head pin to attach the dragon on so that it would hang longer.

I also added a black rhinestone charm at the top.

I am happy with how this turned out!

Now go out and slay your own dragons!

Pirate Monkey

This past Thursday was my older brother's birthday.

I was in a dilemma of what to make for him.

I have had this little monkey figurine sitting on my shelf, waiting to be painted.

I didn't want to paint it like just a plain old, two tones of brown monkey though.. that would be boring!

I finally decided to paint it like a pirate! Michael loves pirates and monkeys!

Why not combine the two?!

This is what I ended up with:

I am really happy with how it turned out!

I just used acrylic paints to paint him and then sprayed him with glossy sealer to give him a shine.

Michael seemed to really like him!

Carving out Memories Card

I wanted to list one more Halloween card in my shop for the season!

Here it is:

This one turned out cute and fun!

It is bright and would be great for someone who enjoys Halloween but isn't as much into the darker aspects of it.

The background is paper that is striped in green, orange, and black.

The foreground has orange polka dot paper with scalloped edges.

There is a purple sticker on top that reads "Carving out Memories".

Cute pumpkin/jack o lantern stickers decorate around the center.

Purple rhinestones accent the sentiment.

This card and more are available in my Etsy shop

https://www.etsy.com/listing/164225824/halloween-card-pumpkin-carving-out?ref=listing-shop-header-0

Thanks for looking!

Spooky Halloween Card

Tonight I am sharing with you a new Halloween card.

I made a few last cards to put in my Etsy shop for the Halloween season.

For this one I started with black paper that had "Boo" in various sizes on it.

I then used scalloped scissors to cut out a smaller section from tan paper that had various Halloween sentiments on it. I put this section on the bottom right corner.

On top of this I put a spooky looking tree, a full moon, and a small graveyard scene.

Ribbon with spiders on it runs across the top of the card and down the left side.

Where the ribbon crosses I placed a glitter foam spiderweb sticker.

This card and many more are available for sale in my Etsy shop:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/164224458/halloween-card-boo-tree-spiderweb-spooky

Thanks for looking!