Make your own Terrarium

Hello out there and sorry it has been so long since my last blog entry! :)

I thought I would share the terrariums I made for the center of my kitchen table.  They were really easy and looked cute.  I like projects like that.

If you want to make one I thought I would try and include a mini tutorial.....  Here are my supplies....

The jar I got for 75 cents at Tai Pan.  The moss and small fern were growing in my backyard as it has been very rainy lately.  I just cut out chunks with my handy knife :P.  Rocks came from the backyard as well.

Layer the rocks on the bottom and then I make holes where I want to add the greenery.  This is totally up to you.

I then gave it a quick trim and added water to the rocks.  I also mist it now and then to keep things moist.

This is the largest one and my fav.  The photos dont hardly do them justice.  Hope everyone is enjoying spring!

Graveyard bones tutorial

Last night I wanted something to do to relax.  I decided since I was about to decorate for Halloween that I would do a Halloween decor craft.  I looked at my decor that I already had and decided that I needed BONES.  - at least ones bigger than what I had.  So this is what I came up with....

Here is how you make them if you want an easy relaxing project to hang out and watch Walle.

My supplies:

aluminum foil

paper mache

gesso

antique gel

foam brush

old sock

I started by mixing the paper mache in a tub..

I then made a bone shape out of aluminum foil and started to cover it with a thin layer of paper mache..

As soon as they were covered and looked like a white bone I put them in the oven on 100 with the door cracked just to help them dry faster.  When they were dry they looked like this. 

I then painted a light coat of Gesso all over them and let it dry.  Then I took my sponge brush and dabbed antique gel into the cracks and rubbed it off with my trusty old sock.

And then let them dry and they were all done!

I will probably rearrange them a couple of times before Im ok with it but for now I have bones freshly dug up out of the grave!

Easy Cheesy Mini Tutorial

I had a problem.  Well, not really a big problem but one of those problems that drive you crazy until you do something about them.  So, I did.  I felt so much better about it that I has Sweetheart come in and check it out.  He even agreed that for me, problem was solved.  For him however, it had never been a problem in the first place - go figure! lol.

My problem was that lately Sweetheart has been hanging towels on the stove to dry his hands.  Ok, but we do have a bathroom right around the corner with some lovely hand soap and a hand towel all ready to go.  Oh no he has to wash his hands at the sink and then he needs a "drying towel" at the ready for him. 

The problem is that the towel never really stays where it is supposed to.  I usually come in and find it unfolded hanging on the bar, laying on the counter, or waded up and on the floor.  Then it has to go into the wash because it has touched the floor and can no longer be used as a hand drying towel.  Sorry but ich!

So, I did this....

TADAA!

I know, your really impressed!  Actually your probably wondering what the heck I actually did.  I'll show you......

Yes its the same towel just a really bad photo.

What I did tho was grab a pony tail from my daughters bathroom and put it around the towel.  And there ya have i, the towel is not going to move.  The thing is it isn't very pretty either.  So I ran and got a flower from my work room and glue gunned a clip to the back.  (I was in a hurry so the glue is totally messy but I don't care- I may peel it off later and use the flower for something else)

Then I just clipped the flower to the front of the pony tail.  I don't have a photo - it was super simple. 

There ya have it!  Now I don't have to worry about picking that towel up every again until I wash it at the end of the day!