I made sets of these felted balls a few years ago as presents for friends and family members. Put them together in sets – half in one color, half in another, with a smaller different colored felted ball and you have an indoor bocce ball set. Start with felted wool sweaters. To felt sweaters, takeContinue reading “DIY Felted Wool Balls”
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Printer’s Shelf turned Jewelry Storage
This printer’s shelf was a wedding gift from a friend and admittedly it has been hanging out in my art room for quite some time. Having seen various ways to turn these into lovely works of art for displaying jewelry, I decided to take this in my own direction, and make it a memento ofContinue reading “Printer’s Shelf turned Jewelry Storage”
DIY Beer Flight Sampler Paddle [How-To]
In response the great interest in the first installation of the DIY Beer Sample Paddle, I have another post for you on this very same topic. This time however, there are more detailed images and steps to explain the process. There are no plans however, as the design seen above was drawn free-form. Eric wroteContinue reading “DIY Beer Flight Sampler Paddle [How-To]”
Coffee Filter Flower Card
One of my art teacher roles is often to teach my students that the hand made gifts are truly the best. This is an easy project that is fun for all ages. You should have seen my seventh grade students working on this yesterday – the enthusiasm made my day. If your peonies don’t likeContinue reading “Coffee Filter Flower Card”
Too – Low Tank Fix
Why women (or anyone for that matter) will settle for ill-fitting clothing never fails to amaze me. I am not at TV person at all – there are only about 2 shows at at time I can ever really get into and I hate channel surfing – too much visual stimuli for me. I dislikeContinue reading “Too – Low Tank Fix”
Vanilla Ice Cream
This organic ice cream is easy to make and can be dressed up into a fancy sundae with peanut butter chips, chocolate sauce, and sprinkles as above, or kept plain old classic vanilla – see last photo. Eric found a brand new, never been used(!) ice cream maker at a thrift shop a few weeksContinue reading “Vanilla Ice Cream”
Sewn Paper Cards
These are a few more of the sewn paper cards I have been working on lately. I have so many projects, they are coming out of my ears – I can’t get them on paper fast enough. The infrequent art project posts on here are only because I have too many going at once toContinue reading “Sewn Paper Cards”
Fabric Breakfast Food
I decided it was time for Greta to have some of her own fabric food to play with. She loves to stir, drink imaginary liquids from play cups, and cook invisible foods. I could watch her pretend for days on end – it is fascinating to me and I wonder where she gets her ideasContinue reading “Fabric Breakfast Food”
DIY Glitter Wand
I had a glitter wand when I was a kid and I remembering playing with it all the time. It was tubular and filled with pink, purple and glow-in-the-dark glitter. I fondly remember holding it up to my eyes to make the room appear pink. I used to flip it end over end to watchContinue reading “DIY Glitter Wand”
Small Bathroom Remodel
So theme in our house was obviously update & remodel. We knew this going into this house. The tricky thing was updating in a way that we were happy with but would not price us out of the neighborhood. This is something to consider and be careful of in any house and any neighborhood. OhContinue reading “Small Bathroom Remodel”
Bluebird Hill Art 