Super Easy Fridge Magnets

 

Hi Everyone,

Happy New Year! I hope you've all had a great start to the year.

I'm going to keep my promise of blogging more often this year and today I'm going to show you a super quick and easy craft. I made these with my girls as they just love fridge magnets.

What you need:

Cardstock or pretty paper

Clear Epoxy Stickers (off eBay)

Magnets (I have a magnet sheet that I cut up)

 

Stick the clear epoxy sticker onto the card (I used scrapbooking card). Press until all the air bubbles have been smoothed out. Then simply cut around the sticker and glue a piece of magnet onto the back.

 

Stick them onto the fridge and ta-da!

This is the perfect activity to do with the kids on a rainy day. Any design or picture would be perfect!

Take care everyone, thanks for visiting.

xxx

 

Bead Soup Party

As some of you know, I am a part of a Facebook group called Bead Soup Cafe, every year Lori Anderson puts together an awesome blog party called The Bead Soup Blog Party . 

This year there are over 500 entries from all over the world. We are paired with a partner and we send each other a "soup" of beads. We then create pieces from those beads and reveal on our given dates. 

We have to use the focal and the clasp, but we can use some of our own beads in the creation too.The sky is the limit!!!

This year my partner is Carmen from Little Maketto.

Here is a wee sneak peak of the soup I sent Carmen...

 And here is what she sent me....

Look at all the interesting beads and colours...

 

 The focal and clasp

mixing the soup....

Stay tuned for the reveal next month.... until then I'm going to have so much fun creating.

Take care everyone,

xxx

Memories of My Mother - A Charm Bracelet

As some of you know I am part of the Bead Soup Cafe Facebook group and last year when a loved member of the group passed away, a Memories and Thanks Blog Hop was announced and is being hosted by Lori Anderson at Pretty Things.

 I wanted to take part and honour my mom who passed away very suddenly in January of 2004, this week marks 9 years without her. 

My dad died when I was 16 so my mother became a single mom of 2 teenagers overnight.

Along with losing her own parents the year before,she had to learn to drive, get a job and take care of us on her own. She raised us well and she saw us grow up, get married and move very far away..

She was and still is my hero.

 

I had an amazing charm bracelet that my hubby gave me and added to over the years, the one stipulation was that each charm meant something to both of us. Unfortunately the same year that I lost my mom, we had a burglary and all my jewelry was stolen. I never did replace my bracelet, so what better way to honour my mom than a charm bracelet.

I had a few mismatched earrings left from the burglary that have been sitting in my jewelry box and I knew they would be great on a bracelet. And I filled the spaces with beads of her favourite colours.

I'm so happy with how it turned out and I can add a few more charms or beads as I come across ones that remind me of her.

 

 A few months after I lost my mom, one of her friend's sent me this poem and it has always meant a lot to me. 

Its perfect....

 THE TIDE

The tide recedes, but leaves behind
bright seashells on the sand.
The sun goes down, but gentle warmth
still lingers on the land.
The music stops, yet echoes on
in sweet, soulful refrains.
For every joy that passes,
something beautiful remains.
--Author Unknown

 

  

Take care everyone,

xxx

    

Catch the Sun

Hi Everyone,

Last week I needed to get my crafty mojo back - remember my self imposed Pinterest Craft Challenge,that I wrote about here? Well I have completed one of my projects and let me tell you - it has lifted my spirits and made me happy for days......

So this post is not so much a tutorial, more a photo shoot, that I hope inspires...

I raided my bead drawer for all the sparkly beads I had.

I used nylon line and crimps to secure the beads....

Then I just played around - the purpose was not to be perfect but to catch the sun.....

I made these sparkly sun-catchers on a stormy, rainy day and strung them up along the curtain rail

The early morning of the following day, the sun-catchers caught my eye. The kids were still asleep, Sean had left for work... it was just me and my coffee.....

If you know me well - you know I'm always on the go, rushing around and always tired. I think I miss out on a lot in terms of my children, I sometimes feel I'm spread a bit thin. And these past couple of weeks being housebound with Gabriel and his broken leg, I have had to take it slower, pay more attention to each child....and its been fantastic!

 Don't get me wrong, Gabe needs around the clock care and is grumpy, sore and bored and it is hard! But this has been my chance to catch a bit of that sun! To spend time with my school going child who I don't see much of during the week. 

When he has healed and back at school - I will miss this time that we have had together. And we will be back to racing through our weeks

A couple of days later, the morning sun caught the sun-catchers and we all stopped to watch the prisms and sparkles.....the kids were so excited....And it was a moment we spent together, happy, laughing and just being! 

So seize the day... catch the sun.....don't let go of those moments....or they will be gone, lost to us forever....

Happy Monday

xxx

 

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Pinterest Craft Challenge

Hi Everyone,

Okay so I know I've been quiet lately and to be honest I've lacked a bit of motivation too. 

I have a few unfinished projects lying around and of course I have been nursing Gabriel and his broken leg as well as caring for the girls and general household chores.

So... I needed some inspiration to get my creative mojo back on track. I decided to have a look at my Pinterest Boards to get a few ideas and set myself a Pinterest Challenge...

Some of the crafts are very basic and super easy fun - I need these for the day's when I don't have much time or energy..

Let me show you my picks to keep me going for the next little while...

I love these hair ties - I have fabric so I'll just need to get a few recoverable buttons and ties. 

Don't you think they are fab and so easy? What a great gift idea too...

via Pinterest

I have heaps of jars... heaps!!! And aren't these super cute? And you know how I love jars...

 

via Pinterest

 I made a few sparkly hanging bead creations years ago - and they always look so fantastic - so I'm going to try them again...

via Pinterest

Don't you just love these shelves? I only have 1 box on hand that I can use - and I'm going to give it a go...

via Pinterest

I love this "Scrapbook" look and I have just the frame too....

via Pinterest

How gorgeous is this magazine rack? 

I have a wooden one that I'm not using and was thinking of doing something similar to it and using it on our desk for the kids' homework....

I have frames! I have wire and pegs!!!! I'm totally doing this asap!

via Pinterest

  

At the moment I'm really liking the decorating with newspaper look!!! One of my unfinished projects could definitely work using this idea....

   

via Pinterest

 So what do you all think? 

This should keep me busy for awhile, right?

Take care and thanks for stopping by 

xxx

  

Beachy Inspiration

Hi Everyone,

As you know I'm doing another gallery wall, this time in the living room. 

I have about 8 white frames with photo's in so far, but wanted to include some beachy pictures, whether it be colour inspired or nature inspired.

So I've been doing a bit of digging - now that we have Broadband - I know, I know....we have been coping with dial-up for many years but now that I'm blogging it made sense to join the real world.....

I found this amazing site from Pinterest and I just had to visit it...

Design Seeds  is a fantastic source for colour palettes and there are so many gorgeous pictures ...

Now as I need beach inspired colours - its a toss up of the following colours... should I go natural sands, sky blues or aqua??? Have a look at the few offerings I've downloaded from Design Seeds

I love the blue of this boat and I am thinking it may be the "pop" colour I'm looking for  

Design Seeds - Boating Blues 610

However my trusted favourite colour.....

Design Seeds - Aboard Colour 610

 What about a dash of red?

Design Seeds - Beach Tones 600

Please pop along to Design Seeds it's such a beautiful site.

Also.... what am I going to have as my signature "beachy" thing?

Starfish.....???

Via Pinterest

Fish...???

Via Pinterest

Shells...???

Via Pinterest

Driftwood...???

Via Pinterest

What do you all think? 

I have the sand, blue, aqua colours for painting, I just need to decide.

HELP !!!!!!!