My daughter and I had a wonderful day out!  It was an event known as Girls’ Day Out in Sparta (our favourite little town!) and we went with my local women’s group.  For $30, we received so much and the profits went to help support the continued development of Sparta’s Community Centre.  Upon arrival, we [...]

Remember this? I kept looking and looking at it trying to decide just what I wanted to use it for.  I was pretty sure I was going to be moulding something in it but I wanted to find just the right thing.  Then it hit me.  Sidewalk chalk! How to make it: 2 parts plaster [...]

Tonight’s theme for In the Zone is Knock on Wood.  Come join your hosts Robi Cohen and Cyn Gagen and find out how they interpret this theme.  http://linqto.com/rooms/creativeedventures

Went for a Sunday morning walk in Springbank Park here in London, Ontario after Mass and breakfast with my women’s group. It looks really gloomy here but really by noon it has turned sunny and is getting warmer. I can’t do a lot of walking so I sat down on a bench for a while [...]

Peeps sure have come a long way since I was a kid.  Now there are contests to make Peeps dioramas, multitudes of crafty ideas using Peeps, and many many awesome ways to use Peeps in making yummy treats. Crafty Chica has made an adorable Peeps shadow box; she also links to a slideshow of a [...]

Jelly Belly’s official website where they have a virtual tour of their factory http://www.jellybelly.com/Virtual_Tour/virtual_tour.aspx An adorable jelly bean wreath from Chica and Jo http://www.chicaandjo.com/2010/03/30/jelly-bean-wreath/ These decorative jelly bean balls are so sweet http://thethriftress.blogspot.com/2010/03/have-your-jellybeans-and-decorate-with.html Flickr, Butterfly She A jelly bean cross with the jelly bean prayer http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/easter-religious/kids-crafts/jelly-bean-prayer-cross.html Here’s a nice version of the jelly bean prayer [...]

For my next project for the DSC Stashbusting Challenge, I made some functional items to fulfill a need within my house.  You see, I needed to something to hang in my living room by the front door that would provide me with the items I need just before I head out the door.  I wanted [...]

  This past Monday on In the Zone, our show theme was once again the #1 Billboard Hit for this week in 1969, Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In.  I made this fun craft that would be great to make with kids using items from my own stash as well as items from the Dollar Store Crafts [...]

Here’s what I’ve done with my tiles for Reece’s Rainbow so far.  Have you been working on yours?

Look what I got in the mail yesterday!!! I was so excited to see this arrive.  For the second year in a row, I was lucky enough to be chosen (by random draw) to participate in Dollar Store Crafts’ Secret Stashbusting Challenge.  http://dollarstorecrafts.com/2011/04/apply-now-secret-stashbusting-packages/ http://dollarstorecrafts.com/2011/04/secret-stashbuster-line-up/ Pictured above: Die Cut Block Letters, Chenille Stems (or Fuzzy Sticks [...]