Crafty Thursdays~ Autumn Hue Wreath

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Happy Fall!

I decided to make a new faith wreath for the front door this year.  I wanted to create a ribbon and mesh wreath for the kitchen door. This is what I created and used. It was easy and took no time at all to complete. 

~Supplies~

Wire Circle

Pipe Cleaners

Mesh Ribbon

      Purple (similar)

      Deep Orange (similar)

Fall Ribbon

      Plaid

      Leaves

Fall Sign

First, I wrapped the wire circle wreath frame with the deep purple mesh. I used piper cleaners to attach the mesh. 

Second, I wrapped the wire wreath in the burnt orange mesh to add more fullness. 

I then cut the orange and purple mesh into 8-inch strips. I also cut the plaid and leave fall ribbon into 8-inch 

I scrunched up the mesh, added the ribbon, and then ties them up with pipe cleaners. I added the bundles to the wreath. I made 8 bundles that I added to the wreath. 

I added the sign last!

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Till Next Time,

Monique

A New Floral Pumpkin Centerpiece

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Recently, I decided to create a new fall center piece for our dinning room table. I used a few items I had on hand already and bought the rest of the items at out local Hobby Lobby. I can spend hours in that store looking at crafts to create!

Supplies Needed
Pumpkin Vase
Styrofoam
Combination of Stems

• Leaves
• Floral 
• Beads Acorns
• Wicker Pumpkin
• Berries

Floral Wire Cutters

I used a pumpkin vase I've had for years. My mom sent me a floral arrangement a few years ago and I saved the vase thinking I may use it again in the future. I glad I held on to it. Here are few pumpkin vases I found online that are similar. 

Pumpkin with vine

Plain pumpkin

I took the floral styrofoam and cut it up into pieces so that the bottom of the planter was covered.

After the foam was in place, I went to work arranging the various stems until I had a bouquet I liked. I used a combination of berries, leaves, pumpkins, and flowers. I did trim a few of the stems with wire cutters.

Now, I have a beautiful fall center piece to adorn our table. It was easy to assemble and was under $25 to make since I already had the pumpkin vase. I;m sure you could use a basket and achieve the same beautiful result! I just have to pray that a certain gray and white kitty doesn't eat the berries of the stems.

Till Next Time,

Monique

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Creating a Saint Patrick's Day Wreath

After going through our Saint Patrick's Day decorations, I realized we needed a new wreath for the door! I looked online and didn't really see anything I wanted, so I headed to the store instead for some supplies!

Supplies I Bought

1 Grapevine Wreath

Green Ribbon

Shamrock Ribbon

Wooden Shamrocks

Glitter Foam Shamrock Garland

Shamrock Foil Garland

White Flowers

Green Ivy Foliage

Supplies You'll Need

A hot glue gun

Scissors

Wire cutters for the flowers

After playing around, we some of the materials I decided not to use the wooden shamrocks or the foil garland. I used them around the house instead.

I added the white flowers and garland to one side of the wreath, while wrapping the shamrock ribbon around the whole wreath. I cut up the foam shamrock garland into pieces. I just used the shamrocks and small green balls. I hot glued them on wherever I thought the wreath needed more decoration. I used the green organza ribbon to form a bow and hot glued a shamrock in the center. That's it.

Super easy!

Till Next Time,

Monique

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DIY~ Comfy Chair for American Girl Dolls

While Princess P was sick with the flu, I decided to do a fun project with once she started feeling a little better. We made a comfy chair for her dolls.

Supplies Needed
small wooden box
fabric
foam
stuffing
glue
needle and thread
sewing machine

I have been saving a wooden box that our clementines came in just for this project.

Princess P had to decided which dolls she wanted the chair for.... a historical doll or one of her modern dolls. She decided to go with the modern dolls. She picked out two fabrics, a pink and a green one. We measured out the fabric so it would cover the box.

We cut out a piece of foam to cover the top of the box.

I fold the fabric over the box and glued with a fabric glue.

I did the two longest sides first and then worked on the shorter sides.

I folded in the sides to form a clean edge. I then folded down the fabric and glued it in place.

I pressed down firmly to get a clean  fold.

I used clips to keep the fabric in place while the glue dried.

While chair dried, we worked on the pillows. I cut a rectangle a little bigger than the box to allow for seam allowance. Princess P sewed up the sides. We then stuffed the pillow with stuffing and hand stitched the pillows closed.

Once the bottom part of the chair was done, our mama cat immediately climbed on top for a nap.

Our finished chair had a back pillow and two small accent pillows.

It was an easy project to do and I had fun working with my daughter. She loved the chair and couldn't wait to play with it!

Winter Sweets for American Girl Dolls

During the big arctic freeze, most of the US has been experiencing, Princess P and I made some more fun food for her dolls out of clay.

She was super excited to help.

She even suggested we make some to sell. We may just add it to the Etsy store I plan on opening this month.

We made eggs and bacon.

Cinnamon Rolls.

Red and pink valentine heart cookies with sprinkles.

Pink sandwich valentine cookies with a cream middle.

Animal crackers made by Princess P herself.

and we made some pink, white, and red lollipops just in time for Valentine's Day!

Here is Emily holding her new treat.

The food turned out cute and I had fun with my sweet little girl!

Legend of the Candy Cane

Yesterday, as part of our Advent lessons, we read the Legend of the Candy Cane.


                                                              
It is a wonderful tale about the Candy Cane. We sat down together on the couch, eating our candy canes, to read this beautiful story.
The candy cane is a wonderful tool to reinforce the meaning of Christmas. The cane looks like a J, representing Jesus, when held upside down. When held upright, it look likes a shepherds crook, who were the first to see the star. The red stripe represents the blood of Jesus and the white represents the pureness of our souls when Jesus forgives us our sins!

After reading the story, we created candy canes for our Christmas tree.

We used wire, red and white beads, scissors, and ribbon.

The kids had fun and that's what matters the most!

{pretty, happy, funny, real}

~Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life~

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{pretty}
As part of our Advent celebration, we have been doing fun crafts, baking, and learning more about this wonderful season. A few days ago, we read The Legend of the Poinsettia and the children created a beautiful poinsettia garland for our school room.

It makes the school room rather festive!

{happy}
A certain black puppy has way too much energy. So we found a fun, creative way to challenge on these cold days.

We found a round rubber ball, since she LOVES to chew on Crocs, with some holes in it. We slide a bone into the ball and she works hard to get it out.

It keeps her busy and challenges her to use her thinking skills.

It's a win-win situation for us all.

It really come in handy when we are trying to get some school work done.

{funny}
Yesterday, we had a vet appointment for two of animals. You have to keep them healthy. Baby 

and the puppy

The whole way there, thank goodness our vet is close by only 15 minutes, the two of them carried on. Baby meowed every few seconds and Puppy whimpered and whined constantly. 

We had our own choir in the car.

{real}

This is from 2 weeks ago.

Chewed up markers, crayons, chalk, Legos, shoes, erasures, phone cords. She loves slippers! Last night, a certain little puppy sat under the Christmas tree and ate through a light wire. Now a section in the front our tree is black as night.  It looks like I will be heading out to buy a new strand of lights.