Crafternoon!

After leaving church on sunday I stopped at JoAnnes and then Home Depot and then came home and crafted all day long, and did nothing else, and it was wonderful.

I made this cute little vase out of some twine and an old sun dried tomatoes jar. I put in some of the sticks and stuff I had from a huge vase we had in our house that the cats kept attacking, so I ended up switching it out. I love how it turned out! The first thing Eric did when he saw this on the shelf was jump up, knock it over, and attack the grass. This one may have to be a gift...my cats are saying I am not allowed to keep it!

These pictures are kinda out of order. In the evening when Paul got home I made Lemon Shrimp Linguini which was awesome and I don't have a link to the recipe, and for dessert I wanted something quick and easy so I made popcorn balls, they remind me of new years and my childhood! (One of the ladies always made them on new years and she gave me the recipe at my bridal shower when everyone gave me their favorite recipes, it was awesome). Basically is is really bad for you, Karo syrup, sugar, Jello, and some butter. :)

I made those coasters in the bottom right. Such a quick fun project that looks awesome when you are finished! I will have to take some better pictures after i get the cork on the bottom and get the final coat of sealer on.

I made a candle in a teacup, I love this idea, so simple and so cute, so up my alley. Then after being inspired by Becca and my Mom I hung ornaments from the chandelier. Their ornaments looked so cute hung on bookshelves, windowsills, and chandeliers that I had to join the party!

I made this yarn covered F with some leftover cardboard, some yarn from the dollar store (awesome place to buy yarn for projects like this!), and some of the felt flowers originally intended for my wreath (that I am still going to make).

I made this paper balls from a free printable I got online. They are kinda time consuming but fun to do as a simple project while watching tv. I have always wanted something of this sort but never wanted to pay 10-20 for a cute variety of balls and stuff at the store, paper, printable, free was the perfect solution!

I also made this little cupcake plate. I love looking for cool plates at random thrift stores or sometimes even ikea and then finding candle holders that look cool with them. I glued them together to make a cupcake plate (I have made cake plates too) and the idea is to give them to people on their birthday with either a cake or cupcake on it. I have done it for one friend so far and it was a hit. I want to continue doing it for people. :)

Here is my new dress that Paul said looked like a mafia hankechief but that he liked it. :) And my lunch of grilled chicken and wheat pasta with homemade pesto (from my momma). So yummm. Me crafting and sick of cutting out cork, and the vanilla cotton candy that I had to buy at JoAnnes because I am addicted to cotton candy!!

And that was my sunday full of crafting. I had a blast, it made me tired too, but I got to lay on the couch with the hubby and cuddle all evening and it was awesome. :)