Showing posts with label spring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spring. Show all posts

Monday, April 11, 2022

Home Sweet Home State


How many of you are fans of the game show, Wheel of Fortune?  One of my favorite categories is called "Before and After".  I've always wanted to be Vanna White.  She seems so elegant! 

 

Monday, March 14, 2022

Jumping into Spring Like...


What is your favorite motif for Spring decorating?  Bunnies are definitely a first choice for me!  They never fail to make me grin.

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

DIY Pocket Bunting


This just might be the quickest little project I've completed in a long time.  Since this is a challenge for Earth Day, everything is recycled from something else. 


Monday, April 12, 2021

Watercolor Greeting Card Ideas for Mother's Day


Spring has arrived.  So far, our April weather has been glorious!  Is it just me or are the redbud trees extra pretty this year?

Monday, February 8, 2021

Monday, April 13, 2020

Spring is a Time to Rejoice!



Temperatures are getting warmer and early Spring blossoms are nodding their heads to say,

"Hello!"

Thursday, March 28, 2019

Welcome Spring 2019 *Link Party*

It's time to welcome springtime! We're celebrating the beginning of spring with a group of our blogging friends with a link party for all things Spring! 





We hope you'll join us and share your springtime crafts, diy projects, recipes, and activities. We can't wait to see all of the inspiration!


Thursday, March 10, 2016

{Part 3} Spring Plaques Inspired by Song of Solomon 2:12

The weather is beginning to warm.  Spring is just around the corner!  The first few buds and blooms always make me think of Song of Solomon 2:12.  (I prefer the Authorized King James Version.)

"the flowers appear on the earth;
the time of the singing of birds is come,
and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land"

This year,  that beautiful verse inspired a series of three plaques.  I hope you can visit often and see all three!  If you would like to view the first one, please click HERE! or THERE! for the second plaque!

Here is the third and final one!


It's my favorite!


 
Please let me tell you about the *FREE* materials I am using for this project!  We are currently re-modeling our kitchen.  WHEW! 

First comes DE-struction, then comes CON-struction.
 
 
The destruction phase included ripping out a pantry and these boards were part of the shelving.  They each measure 11.25 inches by 14.5 inches.
 
JACKPOT,  right?  Totally free, right?  ;-)
 
I didn't have to salvage them from anywhere but my own kitchen!
 
I gave three of them a quick coat of off white paint.  (only two made it into the photograph)
 


When phone books were left in our driveway this year, I almost tossed them immediately into the recycle bin.  Does anyone use those anymore?  'So glad my hoarding habits kicked in and made me keep them in my craft room!  ;-)  The pages look like newsprint to me. 
 
Jackpot, right?  Totally free, right?  ;-)


 A couple of pages were ripped out of their books and glued onto each of the shelving boards using children's regular ol' white glue.
 
 
I created and printed this FREE PRINTABLE for Song of Solomon 2:12c.  I am into a raw look for this project, so the paper is just wide ruled notebook paper and the each word is cut individually. 


Next, using some pretty green scrap book paper that has been in my stash FOR EH VER an adorable Turtle Coloring Page was found.  The first was just printed as is.  The second one got a quick size edit and then flipped so the turtles could snuggle.  ;-)  A bit of coloring with my colored pencils and voila'.  Cuddling Turtles!  Aren't they sweet?!  I love her eyelashes, lipstick and pedicure!



Plain white glue holds everything on the board.  This project was so much fun and practically free!

What have you been crafting for Spring?  What is your favorite inspiration?

;-)  -Marci

Thursday, March 3, 2016

{Part 2} Spring Plaques Inspired by Song of Solomon 2:12

Spring is just around the corner!  The first buds and blooms always make me think of Song of Solomon 2:12.  (I prefer the Authorized King James Version.)

"the flowers appear on the earth;
the time of the singing of birds is come,
and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land"

This year,  that beautiful verse inspired a series of three plaques.  I hope you can visit often and see all three!  If you would like to see the first one, please click HERE!

Here is the second one!


 
Please let me tell you about the *FREE* materials I am using for this project!  We are currently re-modeling our kitchen.  WHEW! 

First comes DE-struction, then comes CON-struction.
 
 
The destruction phase included ripping out a pantry and these boards were part of the shelving.  They each measure 11.25 inches by 14.5 inches.
 
JACKPOT,  right?  Totally free, right?  ;-)
 
I didn't even have to salvage them from anywhere but my own kitchen!
 
I gave three of them a quick coat of off white paint.  (only two made it into the photograph)
 


When phone books were left in our driveway this year, I almost tossed them immediately into the recycle bin.  Does anyone use those anymore?  'So glad my hoarding habits kicked in and made me keep them in my craft room!  ;-)  The pages look like newsprint to me. 
 
Jackpot, right?  Totally free, right?  ;-)


 A couple of pages were ripped out of their books and glued onto each of the shelving boards using children's regular ol' white glue.
 
 
Next, I chopped up a valentine heart that happened to have cute birds on it.  I also played around with these little bird shapes I've had in my patterns FOR. EH. VER.  and don't remember where they were found.  Some tail embellishing was done as I was cutting the birds and their wings.  Some tails are short, some are longer, some are heart shaped.  They were cut from the same scraps as the FIRST PLAQUE.


I created this FREE PRINTABLE for Song of Solomon 2:12b.  I want these plaques to look sort of raw so regular wide rule notebook paper was used and each word was cut individually.

Using white glue, everyone hopped onto the plaque.  'No real plan with the wings. I just tried to place them in differing extensions, like they are flying.


I love that it appears a bit haphazard.  Some here, a few over there, scattered about in happy flight!

Spring will be arriving very soon!  I'll be ready for it!  ;-)  What is your favorite thing about Spring?

Please come back in a couple of days to see

Part 3 of Spring Plaques Inspired by Song of Solomon 2:12!


;-)  -Marci

Thursday, February 25, 2016

{Part 1} Spring Plaques Inspired by Song of Solomon 2:12

It's so wonderful to see the harbingers of Spring!  Did you see my post about  The First Bloom of 2016?  The first one always makes me think of Song of Solomon 2:12.  (I prefer the Authorized King James Version.)

"the flowers appear on the earth;
the time of the singing of birds is come,
and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land"

This year,  that beautiful verse inspired a series of three plaques.  I hope you can visit often and see all three!  Here is the first one!

 
Please let me tell you about the *FREE* materials I am using for PART 1 of this project!

We are currently re-modeling our kitchen.  WHEW! 

First comes DE-struction, then comes CON-struction.
 
 
The destruction phase included ripping out a pantry and these boards were part of the shelving.  They each measure 11.25 inches by 14.5 inches.
 
JACKPOT,  right?  Totally free, right?  ;-)
 
I didn't even have to salvage them from anywhere but my own kitchen!
 
I gave three of them a quick coat of off white paint.  (only two made it into the photograph)
 


When phone books were left in our driveway this year, I almost tossed them immediately into the recycle bin.  Does anyone use those anymore?  'So glad my hoarding habits kicked in and made me keep them in my craft room!  ;-)  The pages look like newsprint to me. 
 
Jackpot, right?  Totally free, right?  ;-)


 A couple of pages were ripped out of their books and glued onto each of the shelving boards using children's regular ol' white glue.
 
 
Next, I played with some scraps of paper and cardstock. Using a leaf and snowflake punch along with a stencil and pair of scissors, leaf and flower shapes were punched and snipped.  There really wasn't a plan, just cutting whatever leaves or flowers seemed pretty at the moment.  Then I scattered them across the board.


Next, I created this FREE PRINTABLE for Song of Solomon 2:12a.  It's printed on wide rule notebook paper.  I wanted the look to be kind of raw, so I cut each word separately.

White glue holds everything in place.
 
 

I love that it appears a bit haphazard, like the first buds of Spring.  Some here, a few over there, scattered among the winter debris.

Spring will be arriving very soon!  I'll be ready for it!  ;-)  What is your favorite thing about Spring?

Please come back in a couple of days to see

Part 2 of Spring Plaques Inspired by Song of Solomon 2:12!

 
;-)  -Marci