Invisapeeps 2.0

I like the 'mentally' projects idea, Aardvark. I have two vests, several necklaces, and if I can get a knit circle so it looks like a circle, a pair of mittens.

Just finished a hat and fingerless mitts, and an in the process of braiding a scarf or cowl, depending on how it comes out.

I want to make some candle holders out of log stumps

I saw it somewhere where you cut a log stump to about 12" or so high and sand it down and then use a drill bit on top to cut out three circles the size of a tea light and put three of them in it or use citronella candle is using outside. some pictures had them setting in a group inside an empty fireplace.

I would like to make them for friends as a Chrustmas gift, so I better get busy huh

 

 

 

thanks my DH is gonna help me

I think they will make nice gifts for their houses and campers!

EmmDee wrote:

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Nice, those are on my "to do when I am not busy" list. I have done similar things out of sandstone mini boulders in the past.

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 I have 2 of those and they are lovely! They are displayed at our house :D

Riding in the WY Wind wrote:

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I think they will make nice gifts for their houses and campers!

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 I agree.  I really like the long half-log with several candles in it.  That would look awesome as a centerpiece.

I have AB little monkey puppets done. His SP loved the idea, so I am going to go back to Michael's this week and get some other animals to make into puppets.

Can't remember if I talked about this here or not yet...

Got all the supplies to do a craft with the kids. I really hope it works. Basically you save boxes about the size of a cereal box and cut the top part out. Then mix up quick dry cement and fill the box and then level it. Then have the kids decorate them with glass stones or shells or handprints or whatever. Then when it dries you have garden stepping stones. My mother and my Grandmother and my Father all have beautiful gardens so I am having the kids make one a piece for each of them so 9 total stones. I really hope it works. The guy at the hardwore store acted like I was nuts when I came to get the cement.

Here are some of the little stick puppets I made for AB's speech therapy, and for music and storytime fun:

oh, I think I am going to do some custom outdoor rugs similar to this blog feature lessthanperfectlifeofbliss.blogspot.com/2012/06/my-bee-wreath-rug-how-to.html

No idea what designs I will do yet but love the idea of creating it.

I like that~

I wanted a bird bath really bad, but did not want my puppies to get the birds, so I had the idea to put it inside my fenced in garden area....

LOL my DH asked I was setting up a bird BED and Breafast with their bath LOL

so I now have it on my front deck

here are some of the stepping stones

-- Edited by Balloon Animal on Monday 14th of April 2014 08:08:34 AM

those are nice

are they gifts for people or for you in your yard?

how thick is the cement?

I attempted to make this last night:
www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/melt-and-pour-soap/charcoal-rose-clay-spa-bar/

It turned out fairly well. We had fish filter charcoal which I naively assumed is the same thing, but it's in little rice-sized nuggets. So I threw some in the soap batter and they didn't break down very well. I crush some with the back of a spoon and that worked okay, but the bar still has little flecks of charcoal. But it looks nice and it smells wonderful. I used Rose Geranium essential oil, so it's all natural.

We just got the stepping stones out of the molds. They came out okay as far as the concrete and they seem pretty sound but some of the little jewels already came out. I guess they were not secured enough when we put them on there. It still looks kinda cool though because it left an impression in the concrete. Mostly those little flower jewels came out and left an imprint of a flower.

oh yeah that stuff is used by the dance moms for rhinestoning haha!

We actually gave out all the stones to my Mom, Dad and Grandmother this weekend as early Mother and Father's day presents and they really loved them! They are excited about putting them in their gardens and thought it was very creative and pretty idea.

I will take some, AG.

I started some picture frames today. I painted them blue (Ocean Blue, to be precise!) and once the second coat is dry, I will attach little shells that I collected from our trips to the OBX, I have a few others that I'm going to paint bright green for AB's room, and one black that will be made into a gift for my brother.

I'm planning on using some as jewelry. I have some very pretty (and whole!) shells that are destined to become pins and other things. I'm bummed, though, because I have a perfect teeny conch shell that I wanted to make into a pin for my mom, but it's not with the others. I hope I just overlooked a bag in the hall closet.

Last night I sat down with graph paper and drew out the quilts I want to make with my Star Trek fabric. I'm pretty sure I'll get two queen size quilt tops out of the fabric I bought. Which makes me feel better about how much I spent   

-- Edited by AquarianGrandma on Sunday 11th of May 2014 07:46:01 PM

those bottles remind me of something my mom had when I was young. You take an old wine bottle and get different colored candles and basically put him in the hole and burn them. As they melt the colored wax will go down the bottle. Then get a different color next time. Then over a long time you have this super cool looking rainbow wax bottle decoration. I remember thinking it was really cool. Kind of like the crayon melting pictures.

My mom wanted to make one of those blue bottle trees you see where people put blue beer bottles on wire and it looks like a cool tree and decoration for your garden.

My niece is having her First Communion in a couple of months and I have offered to do some favors.
I have these options in mind, what do you think?

I was even thinking of making some for her little friends (#1) and some for the moms (#2), but I don't want to leave dads out of the loop. But then I don't know if they would care.

Dads wouldn't care, but if you don't want to leave them out, make some cross-shaped cookies.