Crafting

Amanda on January 7th, 2015

Matthew decided he wanted to be a Minecraft Creeper for Halloween.  To make his costume, I ordered a hoodie and got him some green pants to wear.  I was feeling a little inspired so I decided to make him some Creeper shoes.  I worked on them while the boys went on their fall camping adventure. […]

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Amanda on September 21st, 2014

Jill and I went to a watercolor painting class in August.  I’m not remotely artistic so I was a little worried my painting would be awful.  I think it came out okay and we had a ton of fun.  I think I want to do another one of these classes. 🙂  

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Amanda on March 2nd, 2012

I decided to get a little creative this year and make heart-shaped crayons for Valentine’s Day.  Since I stink at crafting, I was pretty proud of myself for putting my own spin on a project that I found online.  (Yay for internet!) Home-made Heart-Shaped Crayons: Peel the paper from your crayons.  (The easiest way to […]

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Amanda on December 18th, 2010

Sometimes I get a little crafty. Usually, it turns out the complete opposite of what I intended or better yet, I don’t finish! 🙂 Inspired by a project I saw online last week and a hand print wreath my younger sister Rachel made for my parents while in school, I decided to stop at JoAnn’s […]

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