Stacking Boxes Redo

I had every intention of taking photos of my recent project...Ok, that's a lie.

I got lazy, and my camera on my iPhone is HORRIBLE. I mean HORRIBLE.

Wait til you see the 2 photos I did take with it.

So I immersed myself in my craft, didn't worry about taking photos, and had a fun night with it.

I found 6 stacking boxes at a thrift store the other week and got them ALL for $5.00 

YES, I got ALL SIX boxes for less than a dollar a piece. 

It pretty much made my day. 

Ya, I'm easy to please.

 

I cut some burlap, that I already had on hand.

And glued it around each box, leaving a good inch or 2 of the box showing on top and bottom.

Then I wrapped and glued jute around each lid.

And wrapped and glued  jute around the top and bottom edge of the burlap.

 

I found some labels online and printed them onto fabric.
(Using freezer paper method.)

 

Attached the fabric to each box, and outlined it with jute.

And that was all, finished and done and they are growing on me.

On a different note, WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE CAMERA ON MY IPHONE?!

It used to take amazing photos, with or without flash.

Now no matter if I use flash or not, lots of light or not, the photos are horrible.

Anyone else have this problem?

Snowman Container

I have a large version of this lil snowman that I placed a small tree in.

My sister-in-law admired him, so I made a mini version for her.

I used a cottage cheese container. 

Painted it a light tan color.

I used dark brown to give a grungy look to the top and bottom rims.

Then painted on his face. 

I used tea stained cheese cloth and stuffed in the inside.

Then added some prigs of greenery, a stuffed candy cane, 

some cinnamon sticks and a star. 

Pretty quick and easy.

Primitive "Peppermint" Sticks

I made these for myself. :) 

And as Christmas gifts.

I cut dowel rods down to about 4 inches long.

(Any size dowel rods would work.)

I cut my fabric about 6" x 1".

 

 

Used hot glue. (I LOVE HOT GLUE, if you haven't noticed by now)

Hot glued the strip of material on one end at a slight angle.

I wrapped the entire stick, and then hot glued the end, and cut off any excess material.

I printed a tag I found from a share site on Facebook onto a piece of fabric.

(Using freezer paper ironed to the back of most material allows it to go easily through the printer)

And attached it with twine. 

 

Voila, Peppermint Twists that will last me forever. :)

Snowman In A Jar

I've seen photos all over Facebook of crafters making their own lil snowman scenery jars. 

So I had to try it myself.

Ok, well the craft started out great.

And I even got out my REAL camera to take photos of it all.

Then it all fell apart from there. LOL

After a few pictures, I got a visitor.

And it threw me off my game. 

So when I finally got back to crafting,

The snowman I was working on would not go together right.

So I gave up on the photos. 

So instead of sewing, I got out my glue gun. LOL

My first step was to make 3 round shapes for a snowman using this tutorial...

HomeSpun from The Heart Tutorial

Well, that did NOT go so well for such a small snowman. 

Maybe if I would have hand sewn, but I DON'T hand sew.

 I finally just made three sloppy balls for my snowman.

Drew on a mouth, and attached a nose made from material shaped into a cone.

Wrapped a scarf around him.

Made a horrible hat using material and my glue gun.

No directions needed, as I just shaped and glued the best I could.

I placed him in a mason jar. Added a couple pieces of old garland that I cut down, 

hoping to make them look like tiny trees. 

And then I added some Bean Bag Fill to look like snow.

Maybe cotton would have looked better? Or even some fake snow bought at the store? 

But I used what I had on hand. :)
 

And here is my finished craft for the day.

Ya, nothing to be proud of for sure. But it is what it is. 

Wish me better luck on my next craft.

Projects like these are why my blog is called 

MAYBE I can make that.

Hanging Candle

 

I cut down an old piece of wood I had laying around.

I painted and sanded to distress.

 

I drilled a hole in the top center of the board. 

 

I then attached a strand of wire through the hole and wrapped it around itself.

I attached the candle using a piece of string. 

And I didn't want to admit this, as its pretty silly but...

My candle kept sliding down off the board. 

So I used a thumb tack attached right underneath the candle

to hold it in place. An old small nail would have looked better, but I didn't have any on hand.

 I did paint the thumbtack to blend in though. :)

Mini Christmas Tree

How did December 2nd get upon us already? 

Time is going by TOO Fast!

 

My first Christmas craft was a retake on the fabric tree's I have previously made.

Instead of tying all my material in knots and attaching to the tree, I did it in a different pattern.

I simply cut the fabric in about 3" x 1" strips, and looped them. 

Then attached with a glue gun. 

And each row I placed a little bit overlapping the previous row.

Simple, easy and quick.

Not sure if I like it, but at least it was something different. :)