Holiday Crafting

I have been working on several projects over break because I have the time.  However, like all breaks, there just isn't enough time for me to get all the projects and crafts done that I want to.

My holiday crafting began with  an ornament making party with some girl friends before dead week.  It was pretty fun and we all got to make some really cute and pretty ornaments for our trees.  We also shared some good laughs!

Also, before I left school for break, I learned how to make center piece flower arrangements for dinner parties and wreaths.  Mine turned out so pretty if I may say so myself.  I had no idea how wreaths were made until I learned how to make them with the Hort Club.  Let's just say your fingers get pricked a lot and there is a lot of tugging on wire.  It's a painful but fun process with a pretty end product!

 

Since being home for break, I have made a lot of things.  I made things when Josie was over, but I also have made a dream catcher horse shoe, bath towel wrap, three red neck wine glasses, three hair flowers, and over a dozen embellished horse shoes for a Rodeo Queen event Erin has coming up.  I feel like I've made more stuff, but this is all that comes to mind right now.

I made Erin a special Christmas gift this year.  It is a dream catcher made out of a horse shoe.  However, the shoe isn't any ole shoe.  It was one of HotRod's first shoes he got after coming to our farm.  To string on the beads and dangle the feathers I used only HotRod's hair from his tail.  I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.  It was tough to make because I wanted it to be perfect but mostly the memories of HotRod kept bringing tears to my eyes making it tough to see what I was doing.

These are the horseshoes I embellished.  I used fabric flowers, jewels, beads, twine, ribbon, feathers, buttons, and beads on the ones I made.  They all are pretty and different from one another.  They were fun to make and I have so many other ideas that I hope I have time to put together someday.

 

 

Crafting is the best when time allows!  I hope to be able to get a few more things done before I go back to school.  Stay tuned!

Christmas Break 2012

Christmas break came with perfect timing like it always does at the end of a hectic and stressful semester!  Of which, I ended with four solid A's and one B+.  This last semester was the best yet in terms of grades for me!  I'm finishing my senior year at WSU strong!

Although Christmas Break is a break from school, it is far from being easy going and calm.  My family and I have kept plenty busy with baking, having people visit, riding horses, decorating, sewing, cleaning, and going places.

Here are images that sum up the business, craziness, and happiness of the holiday season!

Sledding behind Chuck horse the morning after the first holiday snow.  It was a blast.  Before long Chuck was giving rides to the whole family!  He is such a good, strong, and easy going young horse!

My ginger bread village.  I powered through building this by cheating just a bit and using a hot glue gun to attach the house pieces together.  Thanks to Erin for her brilliant idea of using the glue gun!

 

As a Christmas tradition, I make cinnamon rolls Christmas Eve and let them rise overnight in the fridge so that my family can have fresh baked cinnamon rolls while opening gifts Christmas morning.  This year I did things a little differently...I made them as cupcakes using Paula Dean's Apple Cinnamon Roll Cupcake recipe.  They turned out to be pretty good and yummy!

 

My favorite Christmas gift this year was this purple and specially designed bronc halter Erin had made for Daisy.  Erin chose purple to match the other purple things I have gotten for Daisy.  She also choose to have the purple daisies on the halter be hand painted on and she chose purple and AB crystals for the conchos.  It is very pretty and Daisy looks so proud when we put it on her.  I love it!

 

Christmas break has been a good one, and I am so happy I have a few more days left to finish up projects and rest before starting my last undergrad semester at WSU. 

 

Merry Christmas and Happy 2013!!

 

Crafting with Josie

I decided before I came home for Christmas Break to invite little Josie over for a Craft/Slumber Party with Erin and I.  Josie is 7 and in first grade.  She just loves and adores Erin and I.  I sent her an invite in the mail because she loves getting mail, and she called me right away to say she wanted to "accept the invitation."  She is so cute!

Erin and I picked Josie up the Friday before Christmas at two and when we got home we crafted, baked, and ate non stop!  We made little stain glass images with markers, decoupaged fabric and glass plates, made chocolate covered and candy dipped pretzels, ate pulled pork, played dolls and trains, read a couple books, and watched Elf.  That was just Friday.

While making the pretzels, Josie said so many cute things.  The two that stand out and that are now being used by our family on a regular basis are "Ooo la la" and "Fancy Nancy".  Jojo kept saying these as she mixed sprinkles and candy cane bits for the pretzels she was dipping.  It was pretty darn cute because she was doing her own thing with the supplies I had set up for her.

Decoupaging plates!

Slumber party in the family room!

On Saturday morning, we got up, started watching another movie, made glitter light bulbs, ate waffles, played dolls and trains, beaded necklaces, and gathered up treats to make treat plates. 

Josie modeling her button and sequin necklace she made, Beaver PJs, and Christmas hair flower I made her.

We had Josie for a busy, fun, and entertaining 24 hours (well almost 24 hours)!  We look forward to more fun with Josie in the future!