Where has the time gone?

 Guess I am not much of a blogger., lol. I am going to make some space in my life to get back to my blog and back to my creating. The candles went over pretty well for the holiday season, but the hot wax  wasn't something my little ones could really join in on. My 16 year old daughter and I have now moved on to soaps and body products. Our family has also added a new member... This is our super cute lionhead bunny Fifi.

I shall return!!

This Holiday we are working on yummy scented candles

Peacock feather earrings

These earrings were a hit for my daughters birthday. Now all her friends would like a pair, so this evening I will post the simple tutorial on how I made them.

Natures Craft Store

A nice walk in the woods with the kids!!

Here's what we found today, Everything we got was just laying on the ground..

We clipped off all the greenery from the branches, And set the branched aside to dry out. We will save those for tomorrows project.

We made bundles of the greenery and wrapped them with some pipe cleaners we had on hand

After the kids wrapped the bundles I wrapped some twine tightly around the top of the bundles to secure them better and put a dab of hot glue on the ends of the twine.

                                                

We added some ribbon , pine cones and cinnamon sticks for decoration. They smell beautiful, and add a nice touch to our holiday decor.

Aluminum can earrings

Didn't put together a tutorial, but wanted to share what I have been working on today:)

Rustic Twine Christmas Ornaments

Here are some very simple ornaments that add a bit of country and the smell of Christmas to your home. Best of all, I got almost all my supplies at the dollar store!!

Here's what you need:

1 ball of twine
Styrofoam balls
cinnamon sticks
whole cloves
plastic berries
glue gun/sticks

ribbon

First I poke one whole clove through the Styrofoam marking the top of the ball.

Place a circle of hot glue around the clove and begin gluing the twine.

Work your way around the ball gluing the twine making sure that all the Styrofoam is covered.

I then poke another clove in the bottom of the ball.

Cut a 3 inch piece of twine and a 3 inch piece of ribbon, glue them together in the center. hot glue onto your ball.

Using that handy glue gun I just decorate the outside of the twine ball with the cinnamon stick a few cloves, berries and ribbon.

So simple :) Unfortunately my little helpers couldn't do much to help with this craft due to the hot glue gun, but they had some great ideas on what I should decorate them with.

Scented Pine Cone Ornaments

Nothing like combining a nature walk with the kids into a day of crafts.

First thing we did was go collecting, we collected sticks and pine cones in the woods behind our house. I placed them all in a large plastic bag and added Cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. I wanted my pine cones to hold the smell so we left the bag for about a week shaking and mixing it everyday.

Things you need:

sticks

pine cones

glitter glue/ or white glue with glitter

hot glue gun

cinnamon sticks

whole cloves

cinnamon and nutmeg

birds (found mine at the dollar store)

ribbon/beads

Using the glue sprinkled with glitter, we decorated the tips of the pine cones and the sticks and left them to dry.

When they were dry, the decorating started.

I was lucky to find these little Christmas lights in the scrap booking section of the dollar store.

I glued them down the pine cones. Added the Cinnamon sticks/ little birds perched on top our pre scented sticks, ribbon for hanging with the hot glue gun.

Super easy, and the kids loved this craft from start to finish.