March Jewelry

You guys are going to get a few more St. Patty's Day crafts from me,

simply because we were all sick and I wasn't able to share them.

My mother and I both made some jewelry for St. Patrick's Day this year.

This Lucky Necklace, my mother should hide if she wants to keep it...

Cuz I LOVE this one!

And think she should give it to her child with the darkest hair :)

Then she made bracelets like this one for all of us, even lil' AuBrynne!

Then I made this little guy.

I made then scrapped and re-made this necklace a dozen times.

Then I was tinkering with some glass vase filler beads...

And what do you know? They fit into the little necklace piece I had!

So, I put those and some little Orange hotfix crystals in then some Dimensional Magic, and Voila!

I have a question for you crafty ladies to follow the pics

And one with this creepy ring holder...



So I need to ask you all a question about this Modge Podge Dimensional Magic stuff!

After a week or so, I am finding the Dimensional Magic goes cloudy, for lack of a better word.

It take on this blue-ish tone and is still pretty transparent, but NOT.

Does this make sense?

I have done some looking around, and have read that you have to use a sealer if you are using printed from your printer paper.  But I am having this happen on ALL my projects!

Which is really sad, because some of them were already given as gifts.

Anyways.

Does anybody have any tips on this issue?

Or causes, like: You have nannites in your house, Allie...

Or: Oh its simple chemistry, Allie...

Ok.  So help me out with this one, cuz, I think this stuff could be so FUN!

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Making It With Allie - St. Patrick's Day

Hey friends!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Thank you to all of you who left me such kind and sweet get well messages!

We are up and running and getting back to our normal schedule!

First I must share...

My cousin Paul's wife, Lisa, was eating some watermelon last week...

She swallowed a seed...

This morning, little Charles Aaron arrived!



Charlie - 21" 8lbs 13oz. 7:38am



My little brother has banned his girlfriend from eating watermelons for a good ten years!

Congratulations Lisa & Paul!

Now, It's time for this week's

Making It With Allie Party!

I am very excited to show you all of our St. Patrick's Day decorations!

Later, I will show you what these ladies wore to St. Patrick's dinner.

Because we didn't want to get pinched!

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So, now it is your turn!

What have you got this week?

I am anxious to see!

You all are SO inspiring, I can't wait!

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March Door

Hello Friends!

I am SO glad to be back in time share a few of our St. Patrick's Day Decorations!

Our Front door got a much needed infusion of Green and Orange!

I am super pleased with how it turned out, even if I don't regularly decorate with these colors.

I make a HUGE exception this time of year!

I was inspired by Paisley Passions door decor

I love the wreath within a frame idea!

In fact I have that same frame she used.

But I wanted to go in a little bit different direction.

I went to Hobby Lobby and in the clearance isle I found a little gem!

Sorry, I didn't take photos of it before I crafted it all together.

But I am sure it was in the clearance area because it was inadvertently distressed after its staining.

But this worked REALLY well for what I wanted.

So, I took some foam core board and cut out a circle ring and added my flowers on about a third of the ring

Then I wrapped lots of different green and orange ribbons around the rest of it.

Then I hung it inside the frame. 

Here is the final product!

And one inside, without the glare...

So, here is the question I ask you all:

 

Does this frame need to be white-washed  and distressed?

Or Maybe sheer white added?

Antique white or cream?

What would you do?

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St. Patrick's Day Jello

A few weeks ago, Kayla over a Funky Polka Dot Giraffe made the most beautiful

Rainbow Jello with her kids as a St. Patrick's Day activity.

It turned out amazing and she posted a FANTABULOUS tutorial on how to make it!

 

It inspired me to make jello.

 

Now, if you know me at all, you would be correct in the assumption

that Jello is not a staple food item in our house.

 But right as everyone was starting to fall sick, I thought this might be a nice thing to have as a soothing snack.

So, we made some with Greens and Orange flavors.

And little AuBrynne suggested that since it was for St. Patrick's, we should cut a piece with the Shamrock cutter...

So, we did. And here is what we made!

It was fun and very festive!

Thank You Kayla, for the inspiration!

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A Special St. Patrick’s Day Features

We LOVE St. Patrick’s Day around here!

LOVE it.

I was so excited to see SO many St. Patrick’s Day themed crafts this week!

I thought I would do a special edition of St. Patrick’s Day Features!

Regular Features Tomorrow!

The Pike Fam – Shamrocks Rock

Sun Scholars – St. Patty’s Day Fun!

Can’t Stop Making Things – Rainbow Cookies

Crafts and Sutch – St. Patrick’s Day Printables

Sarahndipides – Crochet Shamrocks

Our Seven Dwarfs – Lucky Branches

A Sign of the Times – Leprechaun Magic

Flamingo Toes – Fabric Lucky Clover Specimen Art

Also check out her St. Patrick’s Day Printables HERE

Wiccan Make Some Too – T.P. Roll Shamrocks

AliLilly – Paper Rosette Shamrock Décor

Craft, Interrupted – St. Patrick’s Day Mini Wreath Trio

A Love 2 Create – St. Patrick’s Day Rag Wreath

Thrifty 101 – St. Patrick’s Day Door Décor

Nat Mac’s Knick Knacks – Feelin’ Lucky

Paisley Passions – March Inspired Wreath

Something Created Everyday – St. Patrick’s Day Rosettes

Redberry Barn – St. Patrick’s Day Gift Bag Card

Nifty Thrifty Things – St. Patrick’s Day Printables

Yesterday On Tuesday – St. Patrick’s Day Lucky Gold

Rook No. 17 – Shamrocks on a Stick

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And stop back tomorrow to see the Non-St. Patrick’s Day Themed project Features!