Reclaimed Wood Wall Art

Tags

aspens, painting, reclaimed wood, wall art

Setting: The Belmont – wintertime in the mountains

Characters: Dylan whom I was chatting to while creating this piece, and May Erlewine my favorite mitten state folk artist

Plot: There have been lots of construction projects around camp these days, and I like to collect some of the scraps. So, I had some mix matched tongue and groove to work with. I pieced it together, and screwed a white washed picture frame over the top. Then I was inspired by the trees in my backyard and went to town. Its not Monet, but I had a blast painting the scene.

-H

Graduation Caps

Tags

dyi, glitter, glue, graduation, graduation caps

Setting:

End of one chapter, beginning of another

Characters:

Glitter and my ISCI gals

Plot:

I finished my student teaching earlier than the rest of my teachery friends, so I volunteered to bling all of our caps for the graduation ceremony.  This task required glue, a paint brush, and some gold, silver, and black glitter.  To make the flower pattern, I painted one petal at a time with the glue, then sprinkled glitter on (to save time, I could paint more than one petal at a time as long as they were going to be the same glitter color).  I wanted each of our caps to be similar, but not completely the same.  So the flower shape stayed the same, but the petal colors are unique to each cap.

-R

Paperbag Skirt

Tags

american girl, diy, gift, paperbag skirt, sewing

Setting:

In the sewing room

Characters:

American Girl Doll

Plot:

This project is my little cousin’s Christmas present. Two paperbag skirts, one for an American Girl Doll, another for the doll owner. Because I am too lazy to make my own tutorial, I will refer to this site: oh, sweet joy
I did not follow this tutorial when making mine, so it probably looks a little bit different.

-R

Knit Bangles

Tags

bangles, diy, gift, Knit, yarn

Setting:

Thanksgiving-time, prepping for Christmas

Characters:

Myself and the authors of the book:

Plot:

This bangle was instant gratification.  You can easily have knit and ready to wear in a day (which was why it appealed to me).  It also makes a perfect little gift!  I used the empty duct tape roll (cut in half) to use as the base of the bangle, then knit the cover, and sewed the seams together. A seed stitch was used for the first bangle and size 6 needles (if I did it again, I’d use a smaller needle). A stitch I don’t know the name to was used for the second bangle and size 1 needles.

-R

New Home, New Lampshades

Tags

craft, diy, home decor, pendant light, string pendant light

Setting: “da Belmont”
Characters: a couple of kittens
Plot: sadly, when I moved down from Denver I pitched my old string shade. Here are the new ones! I like how they turned out.