Necklaces from Other Necklaces #25 #26 #27 Extravaganza

Why do we keep jewelry that just doesn't work for us? I don't know- I give up. I took some necklaces I didn't wear and made ones I will wear. Behold the making of the new and improved necklaces:

#15 Make a Chain the Will Amaze Your Friends! 100 Thing Challenge

Oh how cool! How did you do that? What are you going to do with it?

Again With the Toilet Paper Rolls !?! # 11 100 Thing Challenge

My name is Rebecca and I hoard empty toilet paper rolls. I can't help it I just see their potential and can't throw them away. Here's a little peek at the process of turning trash into treasure.

Which one did you like best?

#5 Upcycled Sales Ads But Now What?

Not sure what to do with these but I'll think of something.

Hanging Garden Ornaments

A couple of videos showing how I recycle/upcycle tin foil. Waste not, want not.

Finishing up the Tags from the Epic Gluing video

Video again? Why yes it is.

I may do a giveaway with these tags someday.

Crafting for Friends The Glue/Gluing Episode (with a surprise in the middle)

So I was home sick from work with fever chills but it didn't stop me from crafting.

You know, I could do a video for you too.

Is it Bragging if you know you make COOL STUFF?

I make cool stuff. I know this. You know this.  Is it bragging if I say it? Oh well.

Presented for your viewing pleasure...

Another Cool Art Project the FUN just Keeps on Rollin'!

I am making up-cycled tags using imagery from the 1950's. Having wayyyyyy too much fun. Wow I need to buy more Mod Podge already.

Making Something Cool from Something Decidedly UNCOOL

It's my super power. I make stuff. I make cool stuff. I can't help, it I just do. Here's something cool I filmed today.

Back on YouTube with a Junk Journal Flip Through

Listen to me talk about one of my junk journals. 

If Washingtons Grew on Trees: Art Journal Page

Stupid title but a fun page anyway. I just need a quote to complete it.

I got the stamps at my favorite thrift store, The I.D.E.A. Store in Champaign, IL

Here's their Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-IDEA-Store-by-CUSF

Creating Order from Chaos- The Unexpected Dishcloth Post

This past holiday season my friend, Laura, asked me a couple of times to make her some dishcloths in pastels to put in a bath type gift basket. I kept insisting that I didn't have those colors of cotton yarns but she could buy the yarn and I'd do it. I didn't hear back from her and the thought went the way of most things- right out of my mind.

I was cleaning/consolidating some of my craft supplies in anticipation of my big move to my own space (I'll miss my little pink room here but YAY! STUDIO!) when inspiration struck. Why not make my own dishcloth cotton yarn from the massive amount of crochet thread I bought over the summer? I was going to donate a bunch of it to the Yarn and Yak knitting group at the library but the more I looked at it the more I thought "This could work".

I ended up with a nice pile of dishcloth yarn, found an easily memorized pattern and made three lavender cloths in very short order. I got one big 30 gallon garbage bag of thread down to a 13 gallon bag (along with some owl hat yarn even). I still plan on donating another 13 gallon bag full to the knitting group. That still leaves me 362761473891643789154 skeins of yarn and balls of crochet thread so I think I'll be okay for a few months.

What I bought for $100 this summer

Pattern found at http://www.bestfreecrochet.com/2011/11/24/328-camo-print-dishcloth-maggie-weldon-maggies-crochet/

I still managed to let this thread and yarn go to the knitting group.

Knitting a dishcloth takes sooooooooooo much longer than crocheting one.

I took some yarn to my new place. Still have the bag of 100% wool here and whatever else is out in the shed. I plan on treasure hunting after lunch.

Rock, Paper, Scissors...Feathers!

Playing with some of my favorite things.

 Idea from Pinterest. Paper. Scissors. Glue. Ink. Camera. Grand kids.

Yummy. 

Zinnia Elegans

Get a zing from zinnias!

Zinnias are one of the easiest annuals to grow, grow quickly, and bloom heavily. They make a massive burst of color in your garden.

Zinnias have bright, solitary, daisy-like flowerheads on a single, erect stem. The most common zinnia is "dahlia-flowered" and grows up to three feet. Other types are "cactus-flowered."

Use in an annual or mixed border. Smaller zinnias are suitable for edging, windowboxes or other containers. The narrow-leaf zinnia also works well in hanging baskets.

Zinnias are very popular for cut flowers.

One of the flowers I remember my mom always growing is zinnias. I still love them. What other flower gives you so many colors and sizes and lasts so long in a vase? I have a few up and going out it the west farm garden but these are here at the house on the deck.

I was going to throw that planter thingy away. I think it was a record holder from the 50s or 60s. It came to me from the stuff I had in storage and I suspect it may have actually been Grandma Halley's. It sat on the garbage can to get set out but Brian and Deanna weren't sure so they left it. After I looked at it awhile I realized it would make a great planter. And so it is.