Book Wreath

I thought I would share with you this project I did while recovering from a recent surgery.  I have been wanting to make one of these book wreaths for a while.  While I was holed up in the house, I had to use what I had around.  Here is the supplies:  one cereal box cut into a wreath form, a lot of pages from an old book, and a hot glue gun.

Before I pulled out the pages, I had painted the outside of the pages with my burnt umber craft paint to give it some age.  Next, I arranged the pages in an accordion style and hot glued them on the cereal box starting from the outside working my way in.  Keep a pencil handy to keep burning your fingers to a minimum.

After one HGTV show later, this is what I ended up with:

Okay, now that I see it from this angle, perhaps I need to shift it a little to be on center.  Here is a close up of the wreath.  It reminds me of a flower.

I plan on sharing this at:
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I've been in a galaxy far, far away!

Sorry I have been MIA around here.  Last week was a little crazy.  I was organizing my son's 6th birthday party.  You know what that means?!  Cleaning, planning, creating, and buying stuff.  Stars Wars was our theme.  I try not to reinvent the wheel.  So, I spent a little time googling star wars party ideas.  I decided every child had to have a Jedi robe and a homemade light saber.  Needless to say, I didn't anticipate 12 children replying that they would be able to come.  So, I spent quite a bit of time pumping out 12 Jedi robes.  Don't get me wrong, even though it was a lot of work, the kids totally made it worth it.  Just look how cute they look.

Of course, no star wars party is complete without a visit from Darth Vader.

I give kudos to hubby for letting 12 kids hack him mercilessly.  After 2 hours of games, cake, ice cream, and presents, I think we produced a memorable birthday party for my young Jedi.

Happy birthday to my 6 year old Jedi!!!

Using what you have...

Sorry for the delay in showing my latest craft.  I have been feeling better and better each day.  I have even gotten out and driven to the store today!  It felt great for about the first 20 minutes of being into the store.  Then, I decided it was time to head home for the couch.

The craft I'm sharing today is made from materials I found in my closet.  Because I've been stuck at home recovering, I didn't have a way to make any purchases.  (I know my husband has been grateful for that.)  Anyways, this is the first time I actually dug around to use what I already had on hand and come up with something.  Let me go ahead and warn you that this is by no means an original idea.  In fact, this has been done by many in various ways.

I used a piece of 25 cent gray felt sheet, thread, needle, scissors, beads, and tulle.  The end product is these two broaches.   

Obviously, the second one is in need of some sort of bling for the center.  I think I will dig around for some pearl beads.  I've put an alligator clip as wells as a broach clip on the back to make it more versatile.  I can't wait to wear it in my hair on a head band or perhaps use it as an embellishment on a cardigan or maybe even a black tote.  The possibilities are endless!!!

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Cabin fever!!!!

Well, it has been a full week after the surgery and I'm doing better than I thought I would.  I wanted to thank you for your thoughts for my speedy recovery.  I've got about 2 more weeks before I should be back to normal. 

Right now, I have a bad case of cabin fever!  I'm the type of person that will come up with a reason to have to get out of the house after one day.  I've read 4 romance novels and watched way too much TV.  I have been going completely bonkers!

My husband just doesn't understand that need to do something.  He thinks I'm nuts for wanting to do some project or really anything.  I love that he is concerned and wants me to take it easy, but I just can't take doing absolutely nothing.  I can't drive yet or lift anything over 10 pounds for an entire month.  Let alone going through my uncomfortable healing process.  It was leaving me feeling utterly useless.  

I tried to bribe him to go to the Dollar Tree to get me some things for a little craft.  I pretty much knew he would laugh.  I finally had to dig something out from my closet to do while I could be laying down.  It is amazing what you can think of using when you don't have the option to hop in the car and get the required stuff.  Hopefully, tomorrow I'll be up to taking some pictures of my latest little craft.  Until then!