Gift for Grandma and Grandpa

Hello crafty people!

I hope all is well in your part of the world.

Today I'm sharing a gift that I helped 
Marie and Asher make for their 

Grandma and Grandpa for Christmas.

I found this little hanging metal sign at the

Dollar Tree one day.  I picked it up with 

a whole bunch of others to use with the kids.

Their Grandma and Grandpa have a boat and I thought

it would be just perfect for them.
I took the jute off and let the kids pounce all over the

sign with alcohol inks.  They had a ball painting it and

we all thought it turned out great.
I did have to clean up the anchor with some alcohol, but that

was simple enough.  I tied the jute back on and then 

found some letters in my stash to add their name.

Marie and Asher were very excited to have made

this special gift for their grandparents.

Of course, Marie thought it was pretty funny that

G-Ma was the messiest one and ended up with blue 

fingers.  The next day I had a doctor appointment and

Marie thought it would be funny if the doctor thought I 

had some crazy disease.
She didn't, she just asked "You been painting?"

Didn't fool her one bit.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you have been inspired in some way and will

come again soon.

Until then,

remember, crafting doesn't have to always be expensive.

Take a look a the Dollar Tree in your area and the clearance

items in your local craft stores.
This project only cost me $.50!

 

Recipe Box

Good day!

I hope your day is going well.

Today I'm showing you the beautiful recipe box

my brother made for my daughter for her bridal shower.

Each guest wrote out a favorite recipe for Kelsie and 

brought it to the shower.
I thought it would be nice to have a recipe box to put them

into, so I requested that my brother make her one.

I gave him the size I needed and off he went, 

designed it and made it.

These are the pictures he sent me when he had it finished.

I think he did such a beautiful job.  I never knew he had 

this talent, because he never had the time to do any woodworking

before he retired.

My sister in law got the dividers for the box, so it

would be ready to go.

He even has his own brand to mark his work with.

One of the amazing things is that all the wood that he's

been working with is his old privacy fence from his yard.

Several years ago they needed a new fence and he kept 

a lot of the wood to use "someday, for something"

Now he has the time and is making beautiful things with it.

Amazing what you can do if you have a little vision.

Here is a picture of Kelsie at her 
"virtual gift opening"

showing her recipe box and thanking

her Uncle.

I'm sure she will enjoy and use this box for years

to come and it will be handed down to the

next generation.

Thanks for joining me today for a while.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my talented

brother's work.

Come again soon,

until then;

have some vision!

 

Journal and Note Pad

Welcome!

I'm glad you've stopped by today.

I have a hand made journal and note pad to show you today.

Our scrapbooking and crafting group at 
My Happy Place usually have a 

Christmas Crop every year.

This year, again we had to put it off, due to Covid.

But finally on March 5th a group of us got together

to have our Christmas Crop.
I decided to make my gifts for the exchange.

I love how these turned out!

I made them myself from the cover, to printing the pages

on different colors and weights of paper, to hand sewing the

signatures into the journal.
I really enjoyed the entire process.

I made the entire note pad also, including

cutting the paper and gluing it into a tear off

note pad.

Here you can see that I have different colors of paper

for the pages.

If you look closely you can see the hand 

stitching that holds each signature into the

book.

I put the notepad on a chipboard 

backing, so it could slide in under the

belly band.

This way the pad can be removed and a new one

put in, when this one is gone.

I loved making these gifts for the gift exchange and

hope the person that received it will enjoy using them.

I also made some Salted Caramel Sauce to go along with

these, but that's for another post some time.

I hope you have enjoyed this post and will come again soon.

If you are interested in learning more about making 

journals of different kinds, my favorite videos are

from Nik the Booksmith on YouTube.
Check her out, she is very knowledgeable and

does some great videos.

Until I see you again,

make a gift for someone!