Beautiful cards.

Adorable. Looks pretty easy. Buttons for birds.

I found a nice board with a lot of cards to make.these are simply beautiful. Some are easy and some are more advanced. They are pinned on this board http://pinterest.com/luvtapin/makes-me-want-to-share/:

Here are examples I pinned on the board:

Of course these could be changed up to any occasion they might fit.

Looks easy and uses scraps.

simple

This card was added to my board.

I traded-the one above  this one since cupcake liners seem so much easier then the origami. For some sad reason-and I actually tried this simple dress- I cannot do that craft. Tears.

 

 For direction for any cards on here or to see my Pinterest gift share ideas with more cards and stuff to give hit link on this page. The ideas for these go back to different sites given there. to their credit.

simple guy card

                                                                                                                                                                                      

Blue Ribbon Fair: Home Made Bath Salts

Blue Ribbon Fair: Home Made Bath Salts: I will be mailing a package soon to my Mom. I got her several books and made her quite a number of  DIY crafts. One was lemon Bath salt. ...

Photos and simple directions on link. lemon bath salt gift.

Continuing on with great fun with kid's-We chose to do on the 4th

In continuance of fun kids ideas for almost any time of the year-even though we did them on the 4th. We have:

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1. Supplies to make bubble snakes. Why to love this fun project. It is so cheap. I got my bubble at the dollar store or you can make your own. You need water bottles. Only one if kids will take turns or you have a single child. Great use for the sock whose mate died in the washer long ago. Most people have scissors, food coloring and a rubber band anyway.
2. You cut the tops of bottles and save these neat ends for a sun catcher on a later date.
3. You slip the sock over the bottle like a glove covering open end of bottom bottle and rubber band it to keep in place.
4. Now in a shallow bowl, pour in bubbles and add food coloring. My kids chose 2 colors.

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    5. Dip the sock and bottle bottom in the bubble mixture and blow.

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My kids loved the balloon blow up one. Again easy and inexpensive fun experiment with things on hand. it was so awesome how it worked.

1. 5 supplies needed in first photo.
2. Fill water bottle about 2/3 full of vinegar. Put soda in balloon. Carefully put balloon lip over top of bottle mouth and loose the soda into the bottle to hit the vinegar . 2nd. picture shows the result starting.
3. You will be reminded of a hot air balloon blowing up the ways it just stand up after a short time. The balloons do deflate but last a few days. Also they will not behave like helium balloons to let you know. But great excitement to do.

 We also tried our hand at polymer clay. the recipe I used turned out great, but will take time to really get it down pat. The kid;s made gifts for their brother for his birthday.

http://thenewnew.blogspot.com/2011/06/homemade-polymer-clay.html

Clay projects made by my children

Here is the recipe link for the clay. I actually -upon reading the comments tried a microwave method someone mentioned so you may wish to scroll down and do it that way. worked wonderfully, though I added more cornstarch to my mixture. the picture next are step by step clay project. I mainly did this part and plan to do a lot more clay things.

To microwave this you use a mixer

Nice clay finished and ready to form.

 Finally our last project was exploding soap fun:

Thanks to :   http://www.ourbestbites.com/2012/04/kitchen-craft-soap-clouds-and-homemade-kiddie-




Each kid had a  bar of Ivory (R) soap. Only ivory works this way.

Finished one bar.

Ice burg of soap





We also as on the link molded the s0ap into cute molded bars, but they really crumbled up when removing so were not nice for picture as the ones from the link I got the idea for.

Ivory soap on microwave plate for about 2 minutes.





I am sorry if my post may be out of order from what I would like, my internet fair usage is messing with it so will have to do as is. I think all are smart enough to arrange the pictures in there mind the order they should be.

Have fun

stranded in a bookstore with a bible, an MP3 and a missing person poster.: Cute and Creative Craft and gift book.

stranded in a bookstore with a bible, an MP3 and a missing person poster.: Cute and Creative Craft and gift book.: I love crafting. I have noticed it is now called DIY a lot, but whatever it is called if I was "stranded in a bookstore" I would probably ch...

See my book blog to read on a sweet crafting and home made on the "cheap" side book.

All about Ginger

Cherry Red

Fire Red

Copper Waves

Brass Curls

I love red hair. God gave me blond. Last night I was reading a funny list about "ginger" and how they will get you. Funny "Ginger" list. After reading I thought to post some red haired pictures from my Pinterest for fun.

 I happened to see a board on Pinterest with about 300 pictures of red hair awhile back. Now that is a fan for sure.

After I had added this I thought of working a collage with them. Maybe next time I will figure that out. I already had 3photos on here and did not want to go back and redo it.



And for a final act. the post would not be complete w/out:

A guy.

You can check out my "hair" pins. (no pun intended) at: http://pinterest.com/luvtapin/hair/ I have a few more red hair pictures and I also have the rest of the hair spectrum, the regular colors we are born with plus blue, pink and purple. Seriously. I have not stuck with red even though I love it.

Cakes and Summer Birthdays

T shirt scarf made for daughter.

We have about 5 summer birthdays around here. Here are the 2 cakes for my daughter's in June:

sucker flowers with apple licorice stems and leaves. Orange slice butterfly and chocolate sprinkle path for it.

lollipop flowers on chocolate with bees made of yellow and black larger jelly beans

 Cupcake candles on corner..

                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                             
My son's party in July.

My lovely daughter did this one with Reeses's pieces. 3 layer basketball.

My daughters gifts I made her
 

Card: paint with round lids and crayons.

Earrings with large buttons and beads on left, necklace -:finger polish and embellishments.

 Things my kids made with soap and clay for their brother:

I will do another blog on this one soon. Until then, I am sure you can all do much better than us on these.
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Upcycling Plastic Bottles.

Great ideas found here :Under the Table and Dreaming for leftover plastic bottles. I am planning on doing the bracelet ones. It may be awhile, but hopefully have pictures if they turn out descent on here. I also love the gift ideas dome and may do that- perhaps today for my son's birthday.I am making mini grasshopper pies and this would be cute.

On the 4th we did this one:

Bubble snakes

This also featured on the link above. The items need to do this are:

Sock with no mate, scissors, bubble -or make your own- rubber band, empty plastic thin bottle and if you want coloring: food colors of choice.

1. 1. Cut sock to slip on sleeve.
   2. Cut off bottom of bottle (parent's job?)
   3. Fit sleeve from sock on bottle covering end with it to make bubbles come out of it.
   4. In small shallow bowls: (not shown ) put layer of bubbles and mix in coloring to your tastes. 
   5. Wrap rubber band on sock to hold it on bottle on shaft of it. 
   6.  Outside and dip bottom in bubble mixture. blow and have fun.
      
      
      

4th of July Kid's Fun Projects

We did this for the 4th in place of fireworks this year since the heat here in the mid west was so bad you were not allowed to purchase. These are great projects to do about anytime of year to your discretion.

Fireflies Jar. We love them here-the real ones!

Things needed for firefly jar project: lidded bottle or jar that you do not need for anything else, assorted glow sticks, and glitter of your choosing. Simple

1. The first Picture above is an example picture from Pinterest. This went to a spam sites,so I will not give a link for credit to the blog for it. The "pin" on Pinterest had directions there (cannot pin this now because site is spam) and they actually worked so I still suggest doing it.  .

I upcycled a clear coffee bottle, bought the glowers at the dollar store and had the glitter.


Gather your jar, break open the glow sticks (be careful to supervise, maybe use gloves and keep the stuff from spilling except in jar. I let my kids do it themselves but they are older. Also I do not know what this might do to clothing so wear old duds.)Pour the glow goop out of stick(s)into the jar(s)and add glitter. Put lid on tight and shake. Now find a dark place and enjoy the fun. We did this in the day and our bathroom is dark without the lights on, but this would work great at night time for outside when warm.


I was planning on posting all our projects, but the post turned longer than expected so I will continue this post with other projects in the next few days. 

As an extra we did not look up the scientific stuff on this one, but I am sure it would be interesting. If it had gone to a site it may have been included so if you want to try to do that let us know what you found on it.

Really simple crafts to duplicate from upsacale shops.

I pinned this on my http://pinterest.com/luvtapin/crafts-many-on-one-page/

This site is wonderful. What you will find here as an example: 
DIY  copy cats like Pottery Barn, Anthropologie, Pier 1, urban Outfitters and more copycats. http://savedbylovecreations.com/2012/05/50-knock-off-designs-to-make.html

I myself have never had the privilage of being near any of these establishments, nor purchasing. I really really like this idea. Check the ideas out if you love DIY and  crafting like me or you just want to save a lot on things you might purchase at these places. Also great for gifting....All the ideas....

 On another note,  I am working my new camera and want to share what kids and I did on the 4th and other things I made tweaking tutorials slightly (An idea and run with it with what I have on hand.)

Fabric deals.

Pinterest again. I pinned on Pinterest Buy? a great site here Fabric on Internet at:   


                                                                                             I do not sew, but use a lot of fabrics in my crafting. Love these colors also in the photo. Very eye catching.. So for fabric check out this blog or if you are on Pinterest go to my board and pin. SIMPLE!

http://thehumblenest.com/2010/05/10/30-great-places-to-buy-fabric%C2%A0online/

Blogging Adventure: 4th July activity pictures and links.

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Blogging Adventure: Ways To Reuse Gift Wrap

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This is just a starting point on this blog as a beginning post to test how it looks an just to start the race.