Crepe Paper Wreath

Are you looking for a CHEAP and EASY Valentines project?  Here it is.  I think it turned out pretty cute.

AND, all you need is 3 things to make this!

*Crepe Paper- I used about 3/4 of a roll and it made a wreath size about the size of a dessert plate, but you can make one as big as you would like

*A piece of wire

*Embellishments 

Your first step is to cut the Crepe paper into about foot long strips.  You don't want to fold the whole roll into one bunch, because if you do that, it will be much harder to punch a hole all the way through.  That is why you take little strips at a time.  Makes the hole punching a lot easier!
So, as I just said, you want to fold the Crepe paper like this:

And when you have that piece folded, punch the wire through the middle like this: 

And repeat until you have the whole length of the wire covered
like this:
(I added some white Crepe paper as well)

When you're done, add a few embellishments and a piece of ribbon to hang it from like this:




They would be so cute in any color!!

Amy 

The Crafty Side Of Life

{Anne Franklin Designs} Giveaway on The Tootsie Wootsie!

Head on over to The Tootsie Wootsie.  

She is doing an awesome giveaway from {Anne Franklin Designs}!   

I was looking at some of the items that The Tootsie Wootsie 

posted from {Anne Franklin Designs} and

 I am in LOVE with her necklaces!!  

They are re-purposed Scrabble tiles!!

The Tootsie Wootsie has amazing projects 

on her blog that are so cute as well.  So go check it out and 

enter the giveaway!

http://tootsiewootsieboutique.blogspot.com

I'm so happy that I won! Yay!

I was SO excited to learn that I had won this
beautiful ring from Vintageno35
Go check out her blog, she has amazing things on there!!

                                                    www.vintageno35.blogspot.com

Freebie!!!!!!

Feel free to take this!
Also, if you do end up using it,
I would   Love it if you would 
become my follower!

Amy 

The Crafty Side Of Life

Happy Linking!!
Amy 

The Crafty Side Of Life

Home Depot Frame

This really isn't a craft tutorial, just kind of a "look what I did" post.
We recently got our family pictures taken, and of course, I had to order a 
picture that is an odd size (16x16) which, in turn, makes the 
frames that size way expensive!  It was going to be about $80 for a frame that size. 
So,  what do I do?  Head on over to my local Home Depot and buy (and have them cut for me)  a piece of Crown Moulding!  So, add wood glue, some nails and a little paint .......... but not $80 later, more like $18.... here is my finished frame!

Amy 

The Crafty Side Of Life

Bargain Bin Find

I found these wood triangles in the bargain box at the craft store for
.25 cents each, and thought that I NEEDED to do something with them!
I decided to make them into some cute decor for either a shelf or a table top

They were quite simple to do.  First I painted the sides with a cream colored craft paint, then I glued some scrapbook paper onto them.  I find that the easiest way to attach scrapbook paper onto wood is with a glue stick!!  You don't need to use any specialized wood glue, just a good ole' glue stick.  It works great!

After I glued the paper on (with a glue stick!!),  I sanded
so that there weren't any rough edges.

Now the fun part.  EMBELLISHING!  I decided to make a "birthday" decoration, complete with a homemade paper candle (i'll post that tutorial in the near future) a "home sweet home" decoration, and, since I have a little boy,
a decoration that wasn't so girly, a more "macho" decoration, which is still cutsie.  Which I glued a little clothes pin to it so that I could either attach one of his pictures to it, or in this picture, I have a little card that says "Cute".

Here they are:

Amy 

The Crafty Side Of Life