If I Dream It...

In trying to figure out what to share - this week really isn't super different from last week... but it's a different method... again super simple (and who doesn't love that?!) and worth the share in my book. I promise I will branch out soon to share new things - but for now... I stick with canvas, only this time it's not painting per se... it's "painting" by printing (a bit of a stretch I know -- but you get where I'm going) :) So I decided to try those homemade canvas prints that are ALL over Pinterest... that said, I had read a few a while ago,  but you would've thought I'd go look again before trying... that would've been the smart thing... that's not what I did. I had things in my head from what I read and I just went with it. The good news is it was simple and even with the wrong type of print on my first attempt - it still kind of worked (admittedly not as well though). Below are my first two attempts - in order... you can ...

The weekend is over and it's back to the normal daily grind... however, I felt my crafty bug crawling so I went ahead and got my canvas back out. A few months ago I had been working on items for a local animal shelter that does a charity art auction and I absolutely hated one of them... so I repainted over the whole thing in black to make it a black canvas... it was time to create something on it. That said, I wasn't feeling anything that would take a lot of time... I had dinner to get ready and some cleaning to do... and a poker game to play in... so not a ton of crafty time. The last detailed crafty time I did that I didn't have enough time for... well, the remnants can still be seen in my craft room... so yes, that's part of the cleaning I had. When working to get something done in time - I can destroy a room like no tomorrow... craft room and kitchen (for baking) in particular.  Anyways, I thought today's quick little project might be good for a #MakeItMonday...

I finished this project awhile ago - but it actually took two attempts and I'm finally sitting down to write out the successful one. When I got married we did an hourglass with colored sand. Thing was - we had a LOT of extra sand... what would we do with it? I decided to make a monogramed frame. My first attempt was an epic fail (sand is surprisingly heavy). So pouring it from the old one to the new one was a little tricky and the pattern wasn't as pretty. But the point was to use our extra and actual wedding sand... not buy more. So I worked with what I had. My original was a thin box frame with plastic sealing the back and then the back on top of that. I didn't get any pictures of the back - but you can see the plastic in the back in this photo. Sadly the sand started to leak from the bottom left corner pretty good. Each time I cleaned it up - more came out, the 'leak' got bigger, and I couldn't fix it without taking it apart and potentially ruining ...

Ok so it's been far too long since I've taken the time to write here... However, I've still been trying new things and taking photos along the way. So I'm going to stop and take the time to write a few down right now and then will get to writing about the others too. For today - I'm going to share a few simple crafty things I've done. So lets get right to it, shall we? First, I did a candy tray / dessert plate for a birthday. We always had a special birthday plate for birthday dinners so I wanted to give something similar to a friend. I've done the painting ceramics at stores and had them fire them and then go pick them up. It's always fun but the hardest part is always waiting to go pick it up. I didn't want anything near as complicated (I'm no artist) and I had heard of writing on dishes and putting them in the oven to make your designs permanent... so that's what I tried. Birthday Plate: Plate Sharpie Markers Rubbing Alcohol Pape...