
12 Days of Gift Giving: Paper Bag Art Journals
What you'll need: 3 paper bags Glue Acrylic paints Paint brushes Scissors Twine Step by step: 1. Remove the bottom and side pieces from...

12 Days of Gift Giving: Wine Cork Danglers
What you'll need: Wine cork Jewelry or floral wire 2 eye pins Jump ring Ribbon or twine 2 pair of jewelry pliers Miscellaneous beads Step...

12 Days of Gift Giving: Laminate Sample Key Rings
What you'll need: Laminate samples (I bought mine for 10 cents each at Tinkertopia) Stamps StazOn ink Split rings Acrylic paint Step by...

12 Days of Gift Giving: Cereal Box Bookmarks
What you'll need: Cereal box Paper bag Cardstock or other paper Stamps Dye ink pad Scissors Paper trimmer Embellishments Twine or ribbon...

12 Days of Gift Giving: Toilet Paper Roll Cuffs
What you'll need: Toilet paper roll Hot glue gun Ribbon Twine or leather Jumpring Charm Jewelry pliers Step by step: 1. Cut the tp roll...

12 Days of Gift Giving: Paper Votive Holders
What you'll need: Cardstock or other paper Twine or ribbon Glue Xacto blade LED votives Paper trimmer Stencils Pencil and eraser Step by...

12 Days of Gift Giving: Soda Can Birdies
What you'll need: Soda can Embossing machine and folder Paper piercer Paint brush Wire Scissors Twig Sealer Step by step: 1. Wash and dry...

12 Days of Gift Giving: TP Goodie Bags
What you'll need: Empty toilet paper roll Foam brush 2 pieces of cardstock or other paper Ribbon Edge Punch Embellishment of your choice...

12 Days of Gift Giving: Water Bottle Bracelets
What you'll need: Plastic water bottles Doublesided cardstock or other paper 1 fine tip Sharpie Scissors Gel medium Paint brush...

12 Days of Gift Giving: Cereal box Notebooks
What you'll need: Cereal box Acrylic paint, 4-5 colors Gesso Stencils Stamps StazOn ink pad Paint brushes Water Sandpaper Hole Punch...

12 Days of Gift Giving: Ornament Earrings
What you'll need: 2 miniature clear ornaments 2 pieces of 2" chain (any color) Glitter (any color) 4 small jumprings 2 fishhook earrings...

12 Days of Gift Giving
As many of you know I'm not a huge fan of the holidays and no it's not the holiday's themselves I don't like it's the simple fact that...

Choose Joy
My creative life has given me plenty of opportunities to choose joy instead of bogging myself down with all the "glass is half empty",...

Balance Through Crafting
As a naturally shy person, working in the retail industry probably wasn't my smartest career choice. I already had an aversion to people...

Thrive
We are all dealt bad situations in life sometimes. It's just a fact of life but remember those trials are what make us who we are. I'm a...

Living with Gratitude
How often do you say "thank you"? For anything or for everything? To those around you or in silent prayers? For me it's never enough....

Change in the Making
Today's canvas was inspired by my favorite Mercy River CD, Higher. Not only are their songs beautiful and uplifting but I find that...

Racing Time
Ever feel like your constantly racing against time? Cramming every possible second with every possible task in need of completion? I do!...

Cherish
My mom swears she's "not a crafter". Give her the choice between crafting and a reading and guess which one wins? The book hands down...























