Creative Device Covers

I stumbled across a slideshow of felt gadget covers on Yahoo, and I thought these two were especially fun.  Have you made anything personalized for your device?

 

 

Savings Plan

Now that we're well into the new year, are you thinking about saving?  Last year as we prepared for our trip to England we wanted to save some food and/or souvenir money.  I made this jar, and we saved $1 the first week and $2 the second week and $3 the third week...  We kept it up for 25 weeks, and at the end we had $325!  Some of the last few weeks I had to be kind of creative with the groceries (since that was where the money was coming from).  If you save for 25 weeks, the most that you have to save in one week is $25 - so it's a great short-term plan.  I may have to start it up again!

Candles

We recently had a Christmas party for Young Women's, and my secret Santa gave me the coolest gift.  She made these fabulous candles by drawing on tissue paper with a Sharpie and then hair-drying the designs onto the candles (using wax paper as a buffer).  The gold squirrel is perfect in my living room, and the London cityscape is amazing.  You can see Big Ben and the Tower Bridge here - the other side shows the London Eye, the Gherkin, and the Shard.  I love homemade gifts!

Craft Fair

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!  We did, and now I'm busily preparing for a craft fair.  (Hence the gap in posting...)  I'll be at the DeKalb Area Women's Center Friday evening and Saturday - come see me if you're in the area.  Here are some Liberty print lavender sachets and earrings that I made.  I'm hoping to put what's left over in my Etsy shop.  Stay tuned!

Glam Pumpkins

Happy Halloween!  For mutual a couple of weeks ago we decorated pumpkins.  I decided to paint mine with some metallic paint.  It turned out rather nice, don't you think?

Shell Jars

Do you collect seashells?  Whenever I'm at the ocean, I can't resist picking up a pocketful.  After a couple of trips to California and a couple to Florida, I started keeping them in mason jars.  To make them a little prettier for a living room display, I sprayed the lids bronze and printed some labels.  They still have some space left, so I'll have to head to the beach again soon!

Martha's Craft Room

My sister is building a new house that has a wonderful attic room. It made me think of the pictures of Martha Stewart's craft room that I found sometime last year. Isn't it fantastic? I would love to have such a simple, appealing, functional space. Read the article here.