Crafts & Gifts

The weather sure cooled off this morning! I woke up feeling quite chilly! That's okay; the weather is perfect for me! Not too cold and not too hot :) Hoping it stays nice for the weekend! My peonies are blooming and my lilacs are exploding with blooms! When you go out on my front porch, you can smell their delightful scent!

I thought you might like to see a simple craft I have been doing. I based it on a craft I picked up from another blog--Musings from Kim K--pretty little flowers!You save the leaves from old fake flowers, get some floral wire (I used floral stems), floral tape, and buttons! Check out her blog and look up the directions. When I had gone to Michaels, in the those $1 bins I had bought some mini doilies. I decided to use them as a base for under the button. I enjoyed making them so much that when my husband went with me to Michaels and was looking through the bins with me he found tiny paper flowers. I knew I would use them for something! I bought them and glued the paper flower to a button base....does that make sense? Believe me they were super easy to make! Another great craft idea from another great blogger! You ladies rock!

In April my cousin Johanna visited me from Pennsylvania with her family. We had a great day (as I knew we would!) and talked and laughed and shared for hours. Never long enough though! She came armed with gifts and she sure knows what we like! Look at these beautiful depression glass plates! Perfect for my collection! I never saw them before so it was so cool to receive them! She brought me an Amish-Menonite cookbook which I plan to go through shortly. Great reading for my porch! And guess what else? Knowing my love for Holly Hobbie--a cake pan! Pretty to display or use! I'll probably do both! She also brought my son a cool book called Country Skills, knowing how my son loves pioneer type skills---with all his yard work, log stacking, log splitting, etc.  Very grateful to her for all the goodies! Gee, I sure wish she would go back to blogging..hint, hint...When I see her this Summer I will have to bug her about that ;)

Before I go, I also wanted to show you how I repurposed two wreaths I had with some odds and ends. I'm starting to like repurposed more than new!

Have a terrifc day!