Sorry I haven't posted in awhile!!

Hey everyone. I apologize for not having anything new to post. We spent a week in California with the kids and now I am down with some serious hip pain. For anyone who suffers any kind of hip pain, I am so sorry. It is the worst. Walking becomes next to impossible and prescription pain medication does not help.

So between vacation and hip pain I haven't been able to craft in two weeks. I am so behind on my house work that it will probably be another week before I can get back into the swing of things.

I have some awesome projects lined up too. I have an adorable bench I picked up at a yard sale that is bare wood! All it needs is some sanding and staining!

I also have a vintage milk can, two cable spools, and a desk that needs redone.

The weather is perfect now. We are only reaching 90 degrees now so once I am fully functioning again, I should be able to crank these projects out with no risk of heat stroke!!

We are also about to enter the baking season. I can't wait to share with you recipes and pictures! If you like cheesecake then stay tuned because I make killer cheesecakes!

Finally!!

Well I finally finished moving my craft posts to this blog. So anyone looking at all the posts from yesterday just know I am not on a crafting rampage!! Well, I kind of am but not that excessive...yet.

I've been trying hard to finish some projects eating up space in my garage. Crafting time isn't always easy to come by. Raising two kids, babysitting a one year old and maintaining our home takes up a lot of time. I never want to rush a project either, I want to do the best job I can do so if that means it takes a week to do something someone can do in a day than so be it.

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Comments, tips or questions are always welcome!

ORBS!!!

I’m about to tell you all about orbs!! Now I am not talking about the little ghost dots in pictures but a spin off of my garden gazing ball obsession. I just loved how much pizazz the gazing balls gave my flower bed so I came up with an idea to create them on a smaller and lighter scale. This way my very large tree can have pizazz too.
First thing you will need is a wiffleball or other light weight ball in a similar size. I found my wiffleballs at the dollar store 3/$1.

Now you will need something shiny to put on the ball. The glass gems I used for the gazing ball would work but it makes it a bit heavy. So I found these rhinestone like gems from Hobby Lobby. The container is 1 pound and contains various sizes.

I hot glued this little things to the wiffleball. There might be a faster way of adhering them to the ball; however, I really wanted them to stay in place. The Arizona weather can be very unforgiving.

I tied on some fishing line and hot glued gems right over the knot. Once it was finished I tied a paper clip to the other end. Secured with a little more hot glue and BAM! Hanging orb is finished.

Tinted Mason Jars

So like everyone else on pinterest I have discovered the potential of mason jars. I decided I was going to try tinting them. Since this was going to be an experiment I went to my local thrift shop and picked up 4 small jars.

I bought some glass paint at Michael’s. I bought two colors and mixed it together. The blue was a little darker than I wanted to I picked up a white with glitter to mix for added sparkle. Who doesn’t like sparkle right?

I followed the instructions on the paint. I painted two coats waiting at least an hour between coats. Then as per instructions wait 4 days for the paint to dry. Once the long wait was over, I put them into a cool oven, turned it to 275. Once it reached 275 they baked for 30 minutes, and then cooled in the oven.
They turned out pretty considering I had no idea what I was really doing. :)

I am going to find some pretty ribbon for the top of the jar then will put some candles in them.

Pikachu Beanie

My crochet adventures continue!! The past few nights I have been working on Pikachu beanies for the kids. It seems strange to be making beanies when it is 110 degrees outside but inspiration knows no temperature. I used the same beanie pattern as I did with the gumba. For the ears I used the magic circle and a 3.75mm hook. I started with four double crochet in the circle and increased until desired size. This gave his ears a nice point. The eyes and cheeks were all magic circle. Cheeks are 15 double crochet, eyes were 20 and the white in the eyes were five. I also stuffed his ears with filling from an old pillow (I washed the stuffing first).
Not to shabby.

Glitter Wine Glasses

What should I do with wine glasses found on clearance? Make them sparkle!! But where do I begin? Pinterest of course! I did a quick search and found a tutorial here.
So I set everything up, and got to work.

I followed the tutorial exactly. Glitter is so pretty but so messy.
Here is a picture of two completed glasses.

Dear Son's Hat Rack

My son has a lot of hats. Not ball caps, but fedoras and safari hats. I needed to find a way to properly display his hats so off to the thrift store I went. Luckily I found a hat rack for $1.

It was nothing fancy but a little spray paint and it would match his room perfectly.

I used the left over spray paint from his lego mini figure display case. Two quick coats and she was done.

I know he is going to love it. Not bad for a dollar.