I never made any before. But this year there's actually a few things I need to consciously try to improve in my life.
1. deal with my anxieties
2. buy less clutter at yard sales
3. finish what I start
4. if I can't finish what I start, at least get rid of the evidence
5. straighten my panty drawer-seriously! why am I keeping all those Granny panties with little holes and snapped elastic?
6. buy pretty panties-I'm worth it
7. drink more water
8. wear some jewelry every day-I make jewelry,for goodness sake!
9. wear lipstick every day
10. wear perfume every day
11. wear nicer clothes every day
12. work harder to make 8,9,10, and 11 a reality-I'm worth it
13. get rid of those 2 pair of ratty flannel pajama pants I wear every day so I can keep #'s 8,9,10 and 11
14. appreciate the time I had, instead of fretting over the time I lost
15. smile more
16. laugh more
17. take time to have my hair styled instead of hacking off my bangs with the kitchen scissors at the last minute-I'm worth it
18. remove myself from the bottom of the list to the top of the list-I'm worth it
19. spend less time on the computer and more time on Real Life
20. relax and tell myself there's always, always, always something to be grateful for
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Of course, these resolutions will most likely all be broken, more than once, before the end of January. So my last resolution is
21. don't feel bad if I break any of these self-imposed rules!
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We had our Black-Eyed Peas, our Fried Cabbage, Cornbread and Coleslaw, and at the last minute...Pork Chops. So here's a toast to Auld Lang Syne...all the Happy Memories of 2008, may 2009 be the best year ever.
Kudzu
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Valentine's Day Crafts
I started making a plastic sandwich baggie wreath the other day and found out my daughter took off camping with my camera. I realize I use that thing every single day! She brought it back yesterday and I got a photo of the wreath halfway tied. I got the idea from Garden Web last year, when Oddie made one, and I really wanted to make one for myself this year.
I took a wire coat hanger and shaped it into a circle. Don't untwist it, leave the hook at the top. Bend it with pliers to form a hanger. I looked at a few wreaths, trying to figure out how I wanted to do it, because I saw several different methods of tying the bags on. Here's how I did it: I took about 20 or 30 fold lock sandwich bags ( $1 for a box of 150 bags), stacked them flat on top of each other, and trimmed the three seamed sides. I picked them up one at a time, and flipped the fold lock top up, and folded them into fourths lengthwise, and tied it onto the wire hanger in a single overhand knot. It's probably going to take all 150 bags! In the photo you can see I bought some Christmas decor on clearance( red tinsel-y garland and red metallic bead garland half price) I'm trying to figure how to use it on the wreath! lol ...I'll show it later, when I finish it.
I'm a little upset with myself...I saw this wonderful flower made from a page in a book, cut into strips and folded. I saved it in my favorites, but when I clicked on it tonight to give credit for the inspiration, all that came up was the photo.
I happened to have a paperback book that I could use for this. I buy lots and lots of paperbacks at yard sales for anywhere from a nickel each, to fifty cents each. That's a lot of crafting material on the cheap :D The first one I made I cut the strips with regular scissors. The one in this photo I used pinking shears. I wanted to use my scalloped design scissors, but I forgot where I left them :D So cut some strips the width you'd like, mine are a little under a half inch wide. I used 48 strips for this flower shown. Fold 24 in half and pinch the end flat and glue the ends together on the tips. Take the other 24 and fold the ends together, but do NOT flatten them. They'll be little loops of paper :D The next step was taking 2 flat ones and 2 loops, and staple them together at the very end. Make 7 sets of these. Now, what I did was heat up the glue gun and squeeze out some glue on the very ends and hold them together til cooled. Do this til all 7 sets are glued together in a nice blossom shape. I cut two small pieces off the red tinsel garland, and hot glued a piece in the center of the blossom, front and back. The last piece was hot gluing an old pink rhinestone earring to it, and a silver pipe cleaner for the hanger.
Did I mention that that was the same Tiny Tot stapler I was using the day I almost bled to death?!?! LOL!! Don't try that at home :D
Here is a finished one, and one hot glued together.
I don't know which setting is best. All these are coming out yellow! I hope you can tell it's a pink enamal earring with dark pink glass rhinestones glued to the center.
I took a wire coat hanger and shaped it into a circle. Don't untwist it, leave the hook at the top. Bend it with pliers to form a hanger. I looked at a few wreaths, trying to figure out how I wanted to do it, because I saw several different methods of tying the bags on. Here's how I did it: I took about 20 or 30 fold lock sandwich bags ( $1 for a box of 150 bags), stacked them flat on top of each other, and trimmed the three seamed sides. I picked them up one at a time, and flipped the fold lock top up, and folded them into fourths lengthwise, and tied it onto the wire hanger in a single overhand knot. It's probably going to take all 150 bags! In the photo you can see I bought some Christmas decor on clearance( red tinsel-y garland and red metallic bead garland half price) I'm trying to figure how to use it on the wreath! lol ...I'll show it later, when I finish it.
I'm a little upset with myself...I saw this wonderful flower made from a page in a book, cut into strips and folded. I saved it in my favorites, but when I clicked on it tonight to give credit for the inspiration, all that came up was the photo.
I happened to have a paperback book that I could use for this. I buy lots and lots of paperbacks at yard sales for anywhere from a nickel each, to fifty cents each. That's a lot of crafting material on the cheap :D The first one I made I cut the strips with regular scissors. The one in this photo I used pinking shears. I wanted to use my scalloped design scissors, but I forgot where I left them :D So cut some strips the width you'd like, mine are a little under a half inch wide. I used 48 strips for this flower shown. Fold 24 in half and pinch the end flat and glue the ends together on the tips. Take the other 24 and fold the ends together, but do NOT flatten them. They'll be little loops of paper :D The next step was taking 2 flat ones and 2 loops, and staple them together at the very end. Make 7 sets of these. Now, what I did was heat up the glue gun and squeeze out some glue on the very ends and hold them together til cooled. Do this til all 7 sets are glued together in a nice blossom shape. I cut two small pieces off the red tinsel garland, and hot glued a piece in the center of the blossom, front and back. The last piece was hot gluing an old pink rhinestone earring to it, and a silver pipe cleaner for the hanger.
Did I mention that that was the same Tiny Tot stapler I was using the day I almost bled to death?!?! LOL!! Don't try that at home :D
Here is a finished one, and one hot glued together.
I don't know which setting is best. All these are coming out yellow! I hope you can tell it's a pink enamal earring with dark pink glass rhinestones glued to the center.
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