Pirate Box

Box Before

Box After---- Now my treasure Chest

This is my before and after shots of my pirates Box for my Halloween Costume this year..what you think I should put in it for a treasure?

Embroidery Crosses

These are my most favorite things to make..I have a old embroidery machine, but look see it can still make som beautiful designs like this..these were purchased at  Embroidery Library ..The red and gold are my favorite colors for this...but look at this pink one...georgous isn't it..I made these for my friend Dee that is coming to visit me this next month...She orders these from me on a regular basis...these make the best gifts.  Oh yeah this is my 150 post already...since April.   6 months...I think I must craft alot uh...lol..crafting is an important part of my life....my mind is always on create no matter what it is that I am doing..

Texas Acorns

My Blogland Friend named Donna at  Brynwood Needlesworks set out a request for acorns from around the country...I was curious about the acorns in Texas...you would think they'd be huge uh?....well in all actuallity they are quite small and mahogany colored. I found this to be very interesting. I am from up north and they are different shaped and much bigger....Check out her blog it is a lovely place to sit for awhile...and watch for all the fun acorns she is collecting along the way also.


  Graphics from: PCCrafter.

"Spooky " Halloween Card

Ok I will get myself back to something a bit closer to the next holiday...lol.... I made this card for my grandbabies for Halloween...I went to my local scrapbooking shop and cut the die cuts from chip board ( cheerios box) them embellished them as shown. this was started with a white card base...I used sprays and stamps to embellish it.....I love the chip board machine ( cuttlebug and a Accu-cut machine) . It makes some fun shapes to add dimension to your projects. Stickles and Diamond glaze for more interest...then the martha stewart corner punch on the corners.

Got the Christmas Spirit Already

I totally want to craft chrsitmas stuff....I love making anything christmas. ..these are for my friends that come to my Christmas craft party every year...this will hold all the goodies to make three projects I will teach. I have the same 4 ladies every year and one new one every year for a total 5 ladies in my small craft room..we all have so much fun thou even with the tight squeeze..We all look forward to this every year..they are all asking already what we are making..so they got me going on a few things...lol...this will be thier gift along with a special ornament from me. The things we make at the party will be something they can make for thier family and friends this year also.

I Made this with a large plastic coffee can. I cleaned it out with soap and water...poured some vanilla on a newspaper and set out in the sun with the lids on it...gets the coffee smell out..then I wiped a bit of vanilla on the inside of the canister wha la! ready for cookies....These graphics were purchased from http://www.coutnrycharmgraphics.com/ over a year ago..I run them thru my xyron so they will stick on nicely and there ya have it...A beautiful canister...these work well for mailing goodies also...

Old Shoes Made New Again

My favorite shoes were getting so old and scuffed that I bought one of those Sharpie wood repair pens and fixed them right up...Now they look pretty sharp again and ready to wear for a longer time.. these pens worked great to dye the wood a darker color...

Halloween Surprise.....look here...

I made this as part of my Halloween costume...I will be making that pretty soon too. I am going to be a Pirate and this is my treasure box. Inside will hold a treasure for one of the party go-er's that can find where I hide the key...this way the hostess can play along too. She has a huge party planned so thought I would find a way to include her also.

I need ideas of what the treasure can be...can you help me out...Leave in you comments....I will look them over and pick one for my Halloween night...please can you help ..

I will have a special halloween prize if I use one of your suggestions....am I allowed to keep it a secret?.....evil I am .