I know it's St. Patrick's Day, but I haven't been dreaming about leprechauns. I've been dreaming about spring. This past week was lovely. Warm and sunny with a few spots of rain here and there. But the weather man says we're getting snow this weekend. Noooooooooooo! So I'll be keeping busy making more of these Easter sacks for my 8 year old's class, while watching the snow fall. Hopefully this will be winter's last hoorah....
Have you seen these adorable bunnies at Target? Both are in the Dollar Spot but are $3 each. One is a plain paper mache and the other looks like ceramic, but it's really more of a white paper mache. I decided to Frenchify the brown paper mache one. I started by giving it a few coats of white paint. Then I tried to hand-stamp some French script on it. Fail! Because it's not completely flat,...
My boys have taken over my craft room! First the 10 year old came in asking if HE could make a "paper Mario" pillow. I really wasn't sure what that was. So we took to the internet to find a Mario image. When he found the one he liked, I downloaded it on to TAP paper. And because he's only 10, I ironed the image on to the fabric for him. Then he got busy...
I found this vintage, French agricultural plaque on eBay last week. As you can see, someone tried to paint it and then stopped. I figured if I could get it for a steal, I would finish painting it and no one would be the wiser. So I made a ridiculous "best offer"...and I won! Look at it now. After a few coats of chalk paint, it looks so much better. Now I'm just trying to...
It's that time of year again. The time when I start dreaming of spring and want to give Old Man Winter a kick in the pants. Granted, it hasn't been a horrible winter here. Still, I long for warm days, green grass and flip flops. And did you notice Easter is early this year? Easter in March. MARCH!!!!! I know it comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, but...
