Showing posts with label toadstools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label toadstools. Show all posts

Monday, January 16, 2012

Mushroom Love

After making some for my wreath, I couldn't resist making a bunch more.  I made ten of these little ornaments for my tree.  However, this photo was the last time they were all together.  After seeing them, our friend insisted on buying half of them for his family.  It was a tough decision, letting them go, but he won me over with his incredibly sentimental and touching story about how much they would mean to his family.  I was incredibly shocked that something I was just making for fun for myself was actually selling.
Since I love them and what I have left of these are all packed up for the year, I'm going to make a few more for my craft room. As I type this, I have a few stems drying.  Hey, ornaments aren't just for Christmas!  Like I mentioned before, I adapted a tutorial from Hannah's Blog.  Since I changed a few things, I'm going to take progress shots to share with you guys.  That way you can see a different way of doing it, as well as see some little tips that helped me along the way. 

Bye!  Have a craftastic evening.  I'll check in soon with some pretty ladies, more mushroom love, and a glimpse into my newest obsession.

Thursday, December 22, 2011

It's Done!

My wreath is complete and I'm all hung up on it!
I ended up adding a lot more stuff than I originally expected, but I think it all works well together.  The toadstools where inspired by a tutorial I saw on knick knacks & ric rac.  However, I changed it up a little bit.  Instead of thread spools, I used painted corks.  I used felt for the spots, instead of pom poms.  Gotta work with what you've got, right?!  I liked the mushrooms so much I made a whole bunch of ornaments for our giant tree.  Those are up next!  

I'm enjoying a relaxing day, so it's about cocoa time 'round these parts.  I have one more day of work then a three day weekend with my honey!  I'm so excited.  And lucky.... a 3 day weekend in retail....over Christmas?!  Guess all those weekends in a row with crazy hours are paying off for me.  Oh, and New Year's Day off?!  I'm practically giddy over here.