Great finds!

I picked up some real beauties at Club GW

and I wanted to share-

 topiaries

 white wicker

 baskets

 cake plate

 architectural details

tin pots

iron cloche

styrofoam balls galore

puzzle pieces for stenciling

wooden angel

wreath

Let the fun begin!

Gotta fly- Claire



My jewelry days ...

Over the past few years,
I made quite alot of jewelry.

I sold quite alot of jewelry too-

at craft fairs, at work, mostly to friends through friends-

I haven't made any in the past year.

Ever since I started blogging-

odd isn't it?

a blog about creativity and I stopped creating jewelry!
weird

But, I was in Michael's craft store the other day

and the beads are gorgeous-

My heart began to pitter patter and

I couldn't pull myself away without first picking some silver beads up-

I hesitated because I do have bins and bins of beads already-

but I saw these silver beads and knew immediately

that I needed to make a watchband with them-

All you need are 2 strands of beads, jelly wire, and 4 hooks-

Feed the jelly wire through beads, ending with the lobster claw clasp-

pull the thread through the clasp about 3 inches-

knot it and thread it back through the beads for a 2nd time!

Both bead strands should have lobster claw clasps on each end-

And that's exactly what I did!!

Clip the strands onto the watch face- VOILA!

So simple, but I think it's a beauty-

something I will wear anytime, anywhere-

I have other bands to clip to this watch
 but I think this has a modern flair
with the chunky silver-
so simple to make-

 I'm never gonna make it as a hand model-lol!

So, simple, cheap, fun-what else can you ask for??

Well, take care, gotta fly- Claire

Hanging out on a limb

I was in one of my favorite discount chains the other day and spotted some pictures I loved-

At $30 a pop, there was no way they were coming home with me-

so I took a few pics with my trusty phone

and started re-creating in my mind!

I am always picking up framed art at GW-not for the art but for the frames-

and with my trusty Krylon spray-

the frames are new to go!

After flipping the art over, I spray mounted some scrapbook paper from my stash-

My chalkboard vinyl was perfect for the birds and

the words would be created with "the machine"!!

I hadn't used this in awhile so I was excited to bring it back to life-

With a few cranks-it was set-

the letters popped out-

and I was good to go!!

I didn't want to use the same black vinyl for the limb

 so I decided to use the real thing and spray it

and I attached it with hot glue-

the clothespins also got a quick spray

and

voila, a simple and very cheap project-

floating pictures for my screened porch!
The smaller pic- mommy and daddy bird
and
the larger is the whole flock!

The whole thing cost me a whopping $3.98-( the cost of the 2 framed "art" pieces!)

I had everything else-

Just what I love, a cute and simple project for pennies!

Well, gotta fly-Claire

Goodwill #6

What's a week without

a stop at Goodwill-

Don't know what I'll do with this-

For 50 cents, it was well worth the chuckle!!

This tissue cozy is quite pretty

and will look divine in my powder room

without changing it up abit!

Love the stiffy bow in the frou frou fabric-

It was $1.00, too!!

Last, but not least, a metal stand-

tried out some craft paints which may work out in my "craft" room,

but for $2.99, who cares-

I can spray it white

and add it to my valentine treats

(notice the towering heart)

All in all, another good time had at Goodwill!!

Well, gotta fly-Claire



Easter Egg Embellishments

There are so many "egg"ceptional ideas in bloggyville-

The Easter crafts have been so creative-

I bought a cheap bag of plastic eggs with no ideas-

Puffy paint came to mind on a stroll through JoAnn's-

Lots of dots and stripes-

so far, this is what it looks like-

Next, the spray paint all over the eggs and puff paint

Trying to eliminate the pastels-

going with a tone on tone look!

A styrofoam ball became the base and I started to glue

So far, so good!
Now, to fill in the empty spots
 where the ugly syrofoam peaks through-

instead of the usual filler I use-

I spyed some shredded paper used in gift baskets and bags

It was cream colored so it coordinated well with the eggs!

Here is the final product-

I love it-
The monochromatic coloration is exactly what I was looking for-lol

sounds like I'm creating a richly enveloped room

with the same colors but different textures-haha

It's plastic eggs-people!!!!!!!!

So...
What do you think? 

Goodwill #3

I usually don't find alot of "craft" material at goodwill-

yes, I find bases, pots, frames

 and that kind of stuff

but weirdly enough,

I found a slew of styrofoam-

cones, topiaries, wreath forms-

Listen, I'm not complaining- I was a happy camper-

They were marked 25 cents each!

I've begun playing with all of them-

I'll start showing you on Monday

I can't wait!!

See you then-

Gotta fly- Claire