Salt Dough Ornaments

So yesterday I realized that Christmas is almost here.. And I have yet to do any Christmas crafts with the kids! This bring us to the salt dough ornaments. I wanted to make something that I had all the supplies for, and this doesn't require much so it was perfect.

What you will need: 2 cups of flour

                                  1 cup of salt

                                  1 cup of water

                                  Cookie cutters

                                  Baking sheet

                                  Mixing Bowl

                                  Rolling Pin

Instructions: Mix together salt and water, then gradually add in water as you mix together.

                      Flour the counter top so it doesn't stick, roll dough onto counter.

                      Use cookie cutters to cut out shapes.

                      Bake at 250 degrees for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, or until hard.

                      Paint when cool! Cover in clear coat afterwards if desired.

See? Really easy. My ornaments don't look very Christmasy though do they? Hehe.

Refurbished Jewelry Box.

I found this Jewelry Box at the thrift store for a whopping .50 cents! I wish I would have thought to take before pictures, but I'm just going to be blunt, It was ugly. A nasty off white color with wording on every drawer saying which jewelry should go where. It was just screaming at me to take it home and make it pretty. So I did. This cost me nothing to make, since I already had all the materials on hand, all I paid for was the jewelry box. And now my little sister has another Christmas present to add to the pile. :)

I chose a hot pink color for the box, and painted the drawer handles purple, and also mod podged some flower scrapbook paper to the top.

I painted the inside of the drawers purple to coordinate with the drawer knobs.

I modpodged some more scrapbook paper to one of the sides, as well as some cutout scrapbook letters.

I also modpodged her name on the other side, and painted the inside of the box a teal color. Covered in a few clear coats of spray paint and there you have it! So pretty and girly :)

Craft Therapy.

So a few days ago I finished one of the projects that I had been working on for 3 weeks, I'm a little hesitant to post the pictures since it's a Christmas present I'm working on, So I'm going to show you another project I started.

Scrapbook paper picture frames.

What you will need: Picture frame ( I got mine for 25 cents from a yard sale)

                                  Scrapbook Paper

                                  Mod Podge ( I made my own)

                                  Paintbrush

                                  Clear Protective Spray ( I used clear spray paint)

                                   Sandpaper

                                  Marker

How to make homemade Mod Podge: All I did for this was mix Elmer's glue with water until I got the consistency I wanted, I like mine a little bit thick.

Directions: Place picture frame onto the white side of the scrapbook paper and trace the outside and inside. Then cut out the tracing.

                   Apply Mod Podge to the white side of the scrapbook paper, then apply to picture frame.

                   Chances are that you are probably going to have scrapbook paper hanging off the sides        a bit, but that's okay that's what the sandpaper is for.

                    Once paper is on the frame, apply another coat of Mod Podge on top of this.

                    Let dry, then add a few more coats of Mod Podge.

                    Once dry, you can start sanding down the edges of your frame, so the paper is even and there are no jagged edges.

                    When you are finished, Cover in a coat of clear protective spray.

And there you have it! Easy Scrapbook paper picture frames.