More Christmas fun!

We had a craft day two weekends in a row!  It's going to be a while before the next one, so we had to make this one count.

Inspiration came from here...

First of all, using a jigsaw is fun!  I'd never done it before, and I found it to be easier than it looks!  It was hard for us to keep the blade straight when we were trying to use the wood as a straight edge to guide us in where to cut.  Once we switched to just drawing a line to follow, we did better with keeping a straight blade.

Here's how we started:

Then...

We went to Lowe's to get some paint and some lights.  We decided that on these first trees, we'd go with red and green.  Next time may be solid green, we'll see!  

We left the paint to dry, and lights will come another day!  To be continued...

Crafting for Christmas...

Now that it's November, seemed like it was time to start thinking about the Christmas crafts or I'll never get done what I want to do!  Lots of things I want to try this year, but we started here...

Here's how my project turned out...

Here are some pictures of the works in progress...

Still need to find stars to add to the top, but I have some time to figure that out.  This was WAY more time consuming than I expected it to be, but once you figure out how you want to do it, it goes a little faster.  Not sure I'd want to mass-produce these, though.

Enjoy!  Happy crafting!

Prepping for fall...

It's been almost two years since I blogged.  And I think I'm ready to get back to it.  I've been pinning more again, so I'll try to post results from time to time.  One pin per week?  We'll see! ;)

I was in need of a good craft day.  It had been a while, and it's been a busy few weeks and months, so unplugging and spending time in my craft room was just the ticket!  I got my inspiration from quite a few different pins... and put my own spin on each one.  My goal was to have a mantel decorated for fall at the end of the day.

Welcome fall sign:



Mason jars with "wheat" in them:



Leaf banner for mantel:




Homemade pumpkins:



In the end, here's how my projects came out...

Somebody told me I need to add the word "y'all" at the end...

Bonus points if you can figure out any of the hymns I used!

I think I still need to add some things to these, but it's a start.

Success!