Sleigh Ride

Every year it seems like I have less and less Christmas decorations.  Does anyone else have this problem?  Well I have been making some each fall to fill in.  

This was a cheapo black frame that I painted white and then aged it with a smoky glaze.  Then I just took a piece of glittered card stock as a background.  I cut the sleigh and the holly from the Christmas Cheer cartridge and the snowflakes from Accent Essentials.  The mat was a plain white so I added a white metallic paper over it and wrapped it with silver thread.  

Now I just need to find the perfect spot for it.
I'm linking to these parties.
Show and Share Day at Just a Girl.

Camera Strap

I finally made myself one of the ruffled camera straps that have been floating around the crafty blogosphere.  We're taking a vacation soon, and I really need a camera strap.   Can you guess where we are going?  :)

I just covered the old strap that I didn't use.  I put a little batting in it too.  Nice and comfy for my neck and oh so stylish for Disney.  :)

Busy week

  I have been busy this week with a few projects.  I started knitting a shrug for our Emma which I hope to have done by Tuesday.  I made the Robin's egg frame from the earlier post this week.  I've made a few cards that I will post tomorrow.  Oh and I almost forgot about the London collage for Katherine.  But I have finally got around to working on my jewelry box.

  About a month ago I had taken all the jewelry out and pulled all the hardware off, but I put it aside because I had no place to paint it due to the weather.  The weather was good today and nice enough I could paint it on the deck.  I'm not finished by any means but here are a few pics for a sneaky peek at  it.

I can't wait to get the painting part done.  I'll have to make a quick run to Jo-ann's to find a pretty fabric to reline the drawers.  

Valentine's Craft Redo

Here is what I made about eight years ago, and they are still cute but they needed updating.  They look a little worse for the wear and have been packed up pretty much since we moved into our house six years ago.

 But instead of actually redoing them I decided to make more, just with a different spin on them.

A much more up to date look don't ya think?

So then I found a couple of styrofoam cones that didn't get used at Christmas time and put it all together for a little Valentine's decor in the house.  I usually don't put anything up for Valentine's day.  Which is strange because I love hearts and the color pink.  Anyway... here it is