A while ago found these perfect birch bark pieces and decided to make a mini

house out of them. Used wood chips for the rooftops and a wooden base. Lots of hot

glue and voila!

 

I know it's not Halloween yet but having projects just lying around drives me nuts

so decided to finish this old beat up ceramic doll head box.

Her eyes popped out and she looked spooky so why not turn her into a

glowing eye creepy box decoration!!

 



What to do with an old broken clock frame.....curious indeed.

Well an Alice in Wonderland diorama is just fine I suppose.

 

 

 



 

Decided to give making a pistachio shell candle holder.

Easy and fun and great way to re-use the shells!

Start with heavy cardboard, pistachio shells,

any votive (glass is best as it won't melt/burn),

spray paint, hot glue.

 

Use any size cup or glass and cut out the shape on the cardboard,

do the same with the votive. This gives you the pattern to follow.

Start by hot gluing the shells around the circle until you get to the outside and

can no longer see the cardboard.

 

Spray paint any color, dry, and voila!!

 

 



 

Haven't posted anything in quite some time but it's Father's day

and here is an idea for a card/gift.

Made the root beer card to go with a case of Dad's root beer.

A good old fashioned favourite!!

Finding the bottle graphic was easy and printed out, getting a Dad's root beer

label was also easy using Google image search and grabbing a small plant with

a root attached from the garden was super easy.



 

 

Oh and that's my father in law on the label, replaced the original guy on the label

with his picture.

 

Original label

Label found here

 

Any photoshop program can remove the original guy and you can replace it with

your dad, father in law etc.

 

Here's the bottle I used

Bottle found here

Bottle

 

And of course the verse on the inside ties it together.

And voila a nice card and gift idea!!

 

 

It's also very inexpensive if you are on a budget.

And who doesn't like root beer!!

 

A nice angel diorama with street light. Keeping a natural theme and using only browns, golds and greens this little gal turned out great! The light uses two AA batteries and the housing is hot glued to the back of the diorama.

 

Merry Christmas 2015!

 

Another snowman with a shabbier style!

 

 

This wine cork tray used to be an old print, the print wasn't really anything so the frame was painted and had drawer pulls screwed onto the ends to make a tray. The wine corks were cut in half and contact cement was used to affix them to the glass of the print.

 

 

They didn't line up perfectly but some of the glass was left without cork and painted with chalk paint. You can write anything on it, wine time, wine please, cheese and crackers or any funky saying.

 

Mostly just for display and a good way to reuse some old wine corks. The two pieces together make a nice gift idea!

The wine cork snowman looks really cute with a mini santa hat and instead of mixing green and red, went with blues and red.

The first snowman ornament I made, pretty simple, he's to hang on a wine bottle. A wooden spool used for the hat. Any ribbon colors would work and a fuzzy orange pompom for the nose.

Not an original idea but a nice cheap way to hang some coffee cups at the cottage!
No stencil required, just paint the letters however you like. It's not meant to be perfect.

A Rudolph and Clarice! Some felt on the chest, beads for eyes. Used false eyelashes for Clarice.

These reindeer are getting fancier.....some beads on the antlers look really nice.

Wine cork reindeer. These are so easy to make and any design is possible. You could leave them unpainted. I chose to paint mine with different colors.

Use wooden dowels for the legs and to piece the head to the body. Take a screwdriver and carve a small hole, then use hot glue and shove the dowel in place. You can cut to the length you want beforehand or after. Paint it any color. Do the same with the screwdriver for the antlers.

For antlers I used different plastic branches from flower arrangements but you could just as easily go outside and pick tiny twigs.

Pins for eyes, just cut them down to about a quarter inch or less and push them in. Ribbons and tags can be tied or glued on. Embellish however you like.

Wine cork projects. Tried making a little train. Hot glued the pieces that were cut together and painted them. Added some embellishments and a tag. Turned out ok. Hot glue is tricky to use with cork, it doesn't always stick well. The cork usually has to be cleaned or shaved off a bit to get rid of the outside layer in order to stick better.

Pallet sign for entranceway or laundry room.

Funny pallet art for the wine drinker

A simple plastic dollhouse can be painted and turned into a creepy Halloween house for your mantle!
Sometimes you can find these at Value Village for about  bucks.

There is a set of orange string lights glued onto the inside as well as lots of embellishments. Spider web, insects, skeletons, pumpkins etc etc....once the inside was done, the house was permanently glued shut and affixed to a wooden base.
Misc outdoor branches glued to the base to resemble trees. You could do anything to make it look like it's spooky. I like the spider web through the branches.

An extension cord to turn on the lights and voila!

Found these used grape crates on the side of the road, they had old labels on them however they were moldy. So ripped them off, cleaned them, printed out these labels from the internet and mod podged them on. They turned out terrific and the 3 stacked together make a great display item! Gotta love free stuff!!   

This is the last pallet art for now. Going to start to work on Christmas projects. There's one more Halloween project coming up too. 
This image was mod podged onto the boards and stenciled lettering in turquoise.

Back in May 2015 my cat died from cancer. Her name was Io. She was beautiful and my daughter painted her picture. I think she did a wonderful job. I had to put it on the blog.

A dollar store birdhouse turned into a Halloween tree house! Most items are free from the forest! With some skeletons from Michaels and misc craft from the dollar store I think this turned out awesome. A tealight will be added to the back to give a nice glow inside the house.