Fall leaf frame

 I loved the fall leaf frame I made for the craft cottage so much I had to make a larger one for the mantel in the house. I used orange burlap behind it and added buttons. I placed in/on a 12x12 frame that I had already painted off white and distressed the edges on. Added more of the scrabble times with the edges inked with distress ink.

 Happy fall!

Fall crafting 2011

 My friend Jessica and I like to craft. We decided to see if some of our friends wanted to come craft with us once a month.

 We started by having an open house in the craft cottage with a little food, beverage and a couple free make and takes.

 A fall card using bleach and chalk.

 And a Halloween party favor,

 with wrapped Hershey nuggets inside.
We had a great time and received lots of encouragement. In fact we even scheduled more classes. We will be hosting a class in October to make fall wreaths, homemade vanilla and pom poms. In November we will be doing Christmas tags in a tin and Christmas ornaments. We put together all the materials and our friends just pay a small fee for the "kit" and help with bringing food. In October we are having a potluck brunch and November will be a pot luck appetizers!

 This morning Jessica and I got together over Pumpkin Spice Latte's and had our nails done. Then headed to JoAnn for some creative therapy. Above is Jessica modeling her new set of nails with a before shot of our pumpkins.

 We found Glitter Blast! This product is amazingly gorgeous!

 See? GORGEOUS!!!

 While we were waiting for our Glitter Blast to dry we tore fabric for fall garlands.

 We used torn fabric, felt, ribbon and burlap. So fun to make!

Inspired from here.

 After Jessica left to spend some time with her hubs, I didn't want to leave the craft cottage quite yet, so I created this fall frame. I used some left over drop cloth from Lowes as the background under the glass of the frame, then used a leaf punch to punch some scraps of patterned paper. On some of the leaves I used distress ink to ink the edges and also inked the edges of the scrabble tiles that I purchased off Ebay. The frame is a $3.00 frame from Walmart. I finished by tying some ribbon, twine and glittered string that I purchased on Etsy. I am so pleased with how it turned out!

 A few little sneak peeks at my craft cottage fall mantle.

 Lots of glitter and sparkle.

 Fall colors, leaves,

 pumpkins, twigs and branches.

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a lovely weekend!

A peek at the craft cottage

Last night a few friends came over to make luminaries for Relay for Life, so I snapped a few pictures of the progress so far on the craft cottage. This is the entrance to my craft cottage.

 I added some tissue paper pompoms to the ceiling to help lighten it until I can find some time to paint the whole room.

Then added some drop cloth pennants with twine and ribbon. In the background you can see the desk/hutch my hubby built for me 6-7 years ago. I will do a more detailed post more towards the end of the month.

 Added the WELCOME vinyl I found at TJ Maxx, below is an old window I purchased at ReStore, it will hold family pictures. I've decorated my mantle with different found objects that I love.

 Totally in love with the area! Ack! happy dance!

 Had to bring in an extra table to craft at. Some how I didn't get a picture of my craft island/table so will have to do another post for that! ha!

My coffee/tea chocolate area! Hope you enjoyed my little peek! I will try to do one more post before leaving for the birth of my grandbaby! I will be out of town for 3-4 weeks!

Have a crafty day!

Lunchbox tins and jars...

 A couple weekends ago a couple friends came to hang out in my craft cottage!

 We had a nice lunch out there, before the serious crafting started!

 We covered "lunchbox" tins to hold cards.

 We made cute little candy filled jars

 to give to a coworker or friend that needs a little hug

 or two! Ha! The jars are filled with kisses and hugs!

 Sarah filled hers with peanut butter cups =)

 Fun simple little projects to use up some of my craft supplies!

 We had planned on making some cards too, I think Sarah got one made ;)

It was fun to see how the craft cottage is going to be used! I am still trying to finish organizing ALL my craft junk goodies!
Thanks for stopping in!

A gift for baby Gia.

 I am headed to a shower for a friend this evening and wanted to do a special gift for the nursery. Since Gia is such a different name I thought letters spelling her name would be perfect!

 Mama is doing her room in Winnie the Pooh with pink, white and yellow flowers and butterflies =) I looked through my stash and found some stickers I thought would be perfect.

 I decided a Dollar Store butterfly would be perfect on the letter "i" with a rhinestone flight trail.

 A few pieces of ribbon, ricrac and glittery flowers for the "G".

I hope mama and baby Gia enjoy my gift!

Thanks for stopping in today!

DREAM bunting...

 I wanted to quickly share my DREAM bunting/pennant. I picked out some cute fabrics at JoAnn the other day for a few projects around the house. The first one being a bunting above the bed in the beach room.

 I love this fabric soo much I may use it in the laundry room too! Which can I just say quickly, is coming along marvelous! I am loving it! Anyway, I used 3 different fabrics, some of my wrinkle ribbon and a few black letters I had in my stash.

 I decided to keep it simple with not a lot of decorations. I will be making another one for the garden room once I figure out the decor in there.

LOVE! 

I have been working away in the craft studio too, trying to get it together enough to use in the next few weeks. It is coming together... so many things to get done! Ha!

The sun is out this morning, which means I need to get the housework done so I can do a little yard work before the rain tomorrow. 

Have a great weekend!

Paper carrots

While blog stalking I came across this adorable idea. I decided it would be perfect for us to make some up to sell for a fundraiser for Easter/Spring for Relay for Life. My example is not as cute as the original, but I wanted to keep it simple and inexpensive for mass producing. My friends will be coming over sometime soon to make these up, which is the best part! *smile*

Have a wonderful weekend!