Coffee Filter Wreath

This was very easy to make, just time consuming!

What you'll need

-Coffee Filters (I would say at least 300)

-Acrylic Paint

-Freshly made coffee

-Hot Glue gun (low temp)

-Straw Wreath (purchased mine from Hobby Lobby for 5$)

-Cookie sheets/large pan

On this craft Saturday I first started by brewing a 12 cup pot of coffee. I poured myself a cup and then poured the rest into a large bowl to use for dye. Dip each filter into the bowl of coffee and place onto a cookie sheet or large pan. You can squeeze out the excess coffee after the filters have dried a little. Continue to repeat this until you have dyed all of your coffee filters. Once you're done dying the filters coffee color you can use acrylic paint and water to make other dyes. I used red (turned the filters pink) and teal.

I used plastic glove to ensure my hands did not turn red

It might take a while for your filters to dry, took mine about 30 minutes. (I sped things up with a blow dryer, because I'm impatient) After the filters are dried you can start to fold them and attach them to the straw wreath with hot glue.

Step 1: Flatten out the filter.

Step 2: Folder the filter in half.

Step 3: Fold the filter in half again.

Step 4: You're done

Periodically step back and look at the wreath to make sure fullness is even.











Fantabulous Flipflop Storage Idea

I am sure just about everyone has several pairs of flipflops or sandals or have a daughter that owns several dozen! ( I know my girls do). Well this is a super easy and functional craft project. The ones I made didn't cost me anything, I had most of the stuff around and got my hangers from a friend. You can pump several of these out in less than an hour. What takes the longest is letting the glue dry on any embellishments you add to it..



What you will need for this is as follows.
wire hangers(mine were free from a friend) (pretty sure dry cleaners have these also).
scrapbook paper or ribbon- I used a piece of 12 x 12 scrapbook paper and cut a 2" strip. You will have plenty of paper letft over to make 5 more.
glue stick
elmers glue if you choose to add an embellishment to the front.
tin snips  I used my husbands
needle nose pliers or craft pliers

First clip bottom of hanger off and then curls the ends as in the picture. Don't get rid of those pieces you cut off. I have a craft project using those and leftover coffee filters from Angies coffee filter weath!! It will be fun and pretty.

Then comes the hardest part. You need to bend wire into little horseshoe shapes on each side. Try to get both sides as uniform as possible. After you get the wire how you like you can wrap the paper around and glue in place. I decided to add an embellishment to mine but is not necessary, I think they are cute either way.

Below are a few of my finished little hangers. I think I will have to make a few more, I have 2 daughters after all.

Remember don't throw those pieces of the hangers out. This was a fun and super easy craft, done in just an afternoon. Oh Craft Saturday how I love thee!

Coasters Anyone

About a week before Christmas this year all of our children were home ( that does not happen very often anymore since they are all grown now and starting their own lives) and we do cherish our time together.
Well as you would guess we decided to have a craft Saturday (naturally). Our craft of the day was coasters.
I had a box of 4 x 4 tiles that I had originally bought to redo our kitchen table but that never happened and so these tiles had been sitting around for a few years at least. I also had a huge collection of scrapbook paper I had purchased mostly from ebay.  I just started buying and couldn't help myself. Now I had used some of the paper for other crafts but this was going to be a great use of the paper.

We set up on our dining table and proceeded to kind of have an assembly line of sorts. Oh and we also incorporated a little cheer into all this fun with wine for a few and a beer for the others. We used modpodge to glue the paper onto the tiles and let them dry a bit. Next came the least fun of the project...sanding the edges. Although by the next picture you can see that we did have a little fun with this part to. Thats Angie and I sanding and laughing. I so cherish the time I get to spend with our kids.

After sanding the edges off we put at least 2 or 3 layers of modpodge on top to seal the coasters. We used a rubber mesh for the back. Here again I had this in a drawer somewhere. I had bought it to line my cupboards and had quite a bit left over. So there you have it, a quick and inexpensive coaster that makes a great gift. We used ribbon and tied  4 of them in a pack and gave them as gifts. Of course we kept a few for ourselves.

 We had alot of Christmas themed paper that I think turned out really nice. We also made some all occasion sets to. All in all I think it was a success on so may levels.

You see even the boys got in on all the fun we were having. Although they made a different type of coaster but that is for another post later.  Sorry I got a little winded in this post but it truly was so much fun having everyone home and crafting together. Time well spent. Crafting is good for the soul. And if you can use things laying around your house all the better. Happy Crafting Everyone!

Photo Frame Wreath

Not all wreaths are round!

I created this one for the Valentines season!

I created this one for the cool winter season!

What you'll need: picture frames, ribbon, paint, hot glue gun, small ornaments.



Step 1: paint the frames the a color of your liking

Before

After

For this particular wreath I decided it would be cool to hot glue a smaller frame inside of the large one.

Step 2: Tie the small ornaments onto ribbon, and hot glue onto the front of the frames.

Step 3: Hot glue a bow onto the top center of the frame to complete your wreath!

Step 4: Hang the wreath from a wreath hanger on your front door and let all the neighbors enjoy you creation!









Fall Wreath

Fall Wreath

What you'll need

Got these supplies on sale from Hobby Lobby!

Step 1: Wrap the burlap around the pre-made wreath.

Step 2: Wrap the different colored string around the wreath.

Step3: Hot Glue the flowers anywhere you see fit.

Step 4: Hang the sign (laugh) in the middle of the wreath. (I screwed screws the front of the wreath and hung the sign from them).

Custom Coffee Mugs!

How to create your personalized mug!

What you'll need: white ceramic coffee mug (bought mine from the DollarTree), Sharpie permanent marker, and last but not least, creativity!

Step 1: draw/color/create design on mug.

Step 2: place on baking sheet and bake in the over at 425 for 20 minutes.

Step3: enjoy your awesome custom mug!

Here are a few of mine I have made



Teacup jewelry holder

CUTE AND EASY!

I made this particular jewelry holder for my sister (not sure when she will get it, it actually looks pretty nice in my bedroom right now.) 

What you'll need: Tea cups (at least 4), one plate, fabric flowers (optional), hot glue gun. I get most of my supplies at the goodwill. There is just something so rewarding in turning other peoples "junk" into beautiful creations!



Step 1: using the hot glue gun, glue one of the teacups  to the plate.

Step 2: Glue the rest of the teacups around and on top of the first cup.

Step 3: Take the fabric flowers and glue through the teacup. (this will fill in the open areas and hide most of the hot glue residue) 

SO CUTE AND GREAT FOR GIFTS ANY TIME OF THE YEAR!

Happy Crafty Saturday!

Pallet shelf #1

                                                             

Ok here it goes. I am making my first pallet project. I saw one like the one I am attempting on Pinterest. It is for my daughter.
First I had to talk my husband into helping me cut the pallet to my specifications with his saw. Hopefully he will let me try my hand at the saw for my next project but for now I need him. I am making a shelf. We cut the shelf and then had to cut a piece for the bottom of the shelf. So far so good.

Now comes the hard part sanding and more sanding.

Once I sanded it to my liking I stained the entire thing with some stain we had laying around. I think it turned out pretty nice. I used a rag to put it on and then wiped it off. It was just an old rag so into the garbage dumpster it went when I was finished.
I then used polyurethane to finish it and give it a shine.

We had these hooks laying around so I put one on each side to hang scarves or what ever. Angie has the shelf now and I think she is going to add a few knobs to the front of it. When she finishes it we will put a picture of the finished piece on here.

Footstool/Storage bin made from a drawer

     

 Ok so over college Christmas break my daughter Victoria and I made a cute footstool/storage bin to give to my other daughter Angie who you will see also likes to do crafts.  I saw this project on pinterest from a great lady with Beyond the Picket Fence and decided to give it a try. I don't think it turned out to bad for our first one. I had this old dirty oil stained drawer and decided it was perfect for this project.

        The first thing we did was clean it up and sand it a little...OK alot. We needed legs for it so we went scavenging around the farm and found some 4 x 4 's and I had my husband cut 4 legs 6" long. Now they were pretty weather worn so we sanded these a bit. I liked the worn look so we didn't do a whole lot of sanding. The next thing we did was brush some cream colored paint on the outside of drawer and on the legs.

         After the paint dried we sanded again. Just randomly took off some of the paint until we liked the look. Next came the stain. This was fun because the stain really brought out the grain of the wood and the paint that was left began to really make the piece worn and unique looking. On the inside of the drawer we just stained it. The bottom of the drawer was made from bead board and overall the inside took the stain beautifully.
         We used polyurathane on the drawer and legs and boy did it really start to come alive. My husband was again asked to help us by screwing the legs to the bottom of the drawer. So far so good! Next came a step I have never attempted...putting a foam padding on the lid...for our first time I think it came out great. We will change a few things on our next one but that is all in the learning process I guess. Oh we had also stained and poly'd the underside of the lid, added two pieces of board to the underside so the lid would not slide.

   So there you have it, our first drawer turned stool. That's me on the left, my dad in the middle and my daughter Victoria on the right. Ok we started it on Saturday and finished it on Monday but only because we had to let things dry and mainly because we had never done anything like this before but I think it turned out really nice. It made it to Angie on the other side of the state a few weeks later and she really liked it so I guess that is the main thing and it gives me the confidence to try other things.
        Oh craft Saturday how I love thee!!