I bought a package of those clear marble rocks when they were on sale at Michael's for $1 a while back now. All along I intended on making magnets, it just took me until now to get around to it. I am going to show you how I made them. There might be a better way or you might prefer to work with different adhesives, but this is how I rocked them. These magnets are so fun and simple. They would make a great Mother's day gift. You could even use photos to personalize them. I used a sheet of ...
Crafts
My Five Most Favoritest Projects (so far)
This little blog has only been around for nine months. Since starting, we have grown leaps and bounds. So for those of you who are just joining us, or have forgotten or just plain didn't have the time or patience to look through nine months of posts, I thought I would introduce you to my five favoritest projects (so far). And yes, I know favoritest isn't a word. You can see the whole room reveal here and more details on the gutter bookshelves here. You can find the butterfly tutorial ...
Mother’s Day Bouquet
I first did this project with my second grade class. The neighboring teacher, who was super awesome (Beth), taught this lovely craft to me. I just adore it. A fun twist on a bouquet, perfect for Mother's Day or spring. The Supplies (and a stapler, which isn't pictured): You will need to cut the tissue paper into small squares. Then you take your green construction paper. These will be the stems. You can fold the paper either way. You will have to decide if you want short stems ...
Wedding Card Box
Now that we are heading into wedding season, I am sure there are a ton of brides working out the details to their big day. I know when my sister was at the bitter end, she was scrambling to work out a few. One of those was a card box. The card boxes that were available to purchase were expensive and didn't really jive with the feel of her wedding. We ended up making our own card box that felt more like her. We found a mailbox for $9.99 at Walmart. We used masking tape (we were out of ...
Decoupage Easter Eggs
A while back I was at Hobby Lobby and saw these paper mache eggs for cheap, cheap, cheap! I threw a bunch in our basket and thought, "Hmm...we can make some fun Easter crafts with these". Weeks later the eggs were still in their Hobby Lobby bag waiting to have their full potential realized. With the use of Modge Podge, tissue paper and glitter I more or less decoupaged the eggs. I just slathered on some Modge Podge, stuck some torn pieces of tissue paper and Modge Podged on ...