Crafting, Sewing, Creating!

I've been busy doing more fun stuff...lots of sewing and creating. I bought myself a glue gun and oh the things you can do with a glue gun! Hmmm...maybe I could get used to this not working thing after all;)

These little things are really fun to make. It's a great way to use up scraps of materials and so easy to make that I usually sew them while I'm watching TV. I'm not very good at just sitting and watching TV, so having something like this to work on is perfect. I'm planning to glue them to barrettes and hairbands or make some brooches to attach to bags or...anything really!

I LOVE buttons. Every kind of buttons. I try to add buttons to everything I make and it makes my day if I find a button on the street to add to my collection! I bought a bag of covered buttons at the thrift shop the other day for $2 and glued them to my bobby pins to funk them up a little. They look really cute in my hair!

One of the guys that Steve works with has a partner who likes to craft and she passed a few websites onto me. Very nice! I was inspired by these on one of the sites. Unfortunately, they weren't practical for me because we can't put any holes in the walls and wouldn't be able to hang discs made of particle board. So, I decided to run with the general idea and create a lighter version, but kind of keep the same idea.

If you look really closely, you can see that they are light enough to hang with blue tack (sticky tack). We have a lot of wall space to fill and inexpensive projects like this are perfect! Again, I just used left over pieces of fabric and ribbon and the cross stitch wood circles were really cheap to buy.

I got it in my head that I really wanted a chalkboard but apparently, you can't buy them anywhere anymore. It's all whiteboards. So, Steve and I headed to the hardware store and bought the stuff to make one. Just needed a cheap piece of board and some chalkboard paint. Steve painted it and drilled the holes for the ties. I made the ties by braiding scraps of old material. I love the way it turned out and best of all...

...we get to write with chalk again! I used to love chalk when I was little and haven't bought any in years.

Lastly, I just finished my favorite project that I have been working on but I can't post a picture because it's a gift for a very special person. I'm going to pop it in the post in the next few days, and once it's received, I'll post a pic. I'm really excited about it!

What have you been crafting or creating? Share your ideas with me!:)