Fish Bowl Snowmen

December 31, 2012

Happy New Year's Eve, everyone! I'm feeling a little sick to my tummy right now...I hope it passes and isn't the start of something. So I thought I'd stop in & post some gifts I made for Christmas.

I saw some snowmen made from fish bowls on Pinterest, and thought it looked like a cute and easy gift idea, so I made them for my mom & my mother in law.

I bought different sized fish bowls at a thrift store, but I know they have at least 2 sizes at Dollar Tree.

I wanted them to light up, so I didn't glue them together. Instead, I squirted a layer of hot glue around the rim of the bottom two bowls to help prevent slippage. I also added some silver decorative ribbon for fun.

I filled the inside of the snowmen with a bath loofah. I cut the main string that holds it together, cut it in pieces to fit the bowls, and sprayed them with glitter glue (not that you could really tell). On one snowman I used white, on the other I used silver.

Like I said, I wanted them to glow, so I bought a pack of battery operated tealight candles and put one in each bowl, under the loofah. They look so cute all lit up!

For the rest of the decor, I just played around. I made the black hat out of a spool of ribbon & felt. The Santa hat & scarf I got at Dollar Tree in the pet section. The rest of the items for the face and buttons I already had on hand. 

Here are some pics of the finished products. Hopefully they liked them!

And here's my mother-in-law's all lit up

I guess I'll make one for myself next year. :)  Hope you like them!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonderful New Year!

*Starr*

Mitzy the Elf

So, are you doing "Elf on the Shelf"? I know some people have done it for several years, but this is our first.

Our elf is named Mitzy, and the kids are having so much fun looking for her each morning. 

Here's some of her antics so far...

She replaced our family photos with faces of dogs from magazine cutouts.

She left some mini snacks for the kids (pretzels and mini marshmallows dipped in chocolate & sprinkles)

She left the kids some balloons with a secret ingredient!

And today she was on my son's bookshelf, dressed as Mario! 

(Xander is a Mario Brothers addict).

I can't take credit, my husband Brian did that one.

What has your elf been up to?

*Starr*

Christmas ornament wreath

Hello again!

I love to make wreaths. I finally finished my Christmas ornament wreath today...I've been working on it for a couple weeks (on and off). Honestly, I'm not thrilled with it. But I'm tired of messing with it, so here it is! 

As usual, most of my supplies are from Dollar Tree. They had some ornaments on clearance for 50 cents at the beginning of the season, so I stocked up.

I used the basic 'wire hanger' tutorial that is all over Pinterest. I made sure to hot glue the ornament caps on first. It didn't look 'full' enough to me, so I added some gold ribbon ties. I thought the glittery gold star was a nice focal point.

I couldn't find anything good to cover the hook of the hanger, so I used a poinsettia flower clip that I made my daughter last year. haha

Unfortunately, the quality of the ornaments is so bad I can hear balls falling off as I type. The toppers keep breaking. Gluing them on doesn't really help if the part you put the hook through cracks in half. 

Oh well. You live, you learn! 

I'm Starr! Nice to meet you!

Hi everyone! My name is Starr, and I'm a craftaholic.

Whew! Now that I got that off my chest...

For those who don't know me, I'll try to make a long story short (I talk a lot, so that's a challenge). I'm a 36 year old wife and mother of two; Xander is 5 and Shayla is 2. I generally work full time, but was laid off in December of 2011 and have yet to find a decent job (i.e.; a job that will support 2 kids in daycare).

In my search for projects to keep sane I discovered Pinterest. Not only did I find all kinds of fun and interesting things to do with my kids, but I discovered a creative side of myself that I didn't know existed.

I always wanted to be crafty. As a kid I remember saving all the cardboard tubes from the center of the TP roll but I couldn't ever think of anything to do with them. And that's about how far my craft attempts went. Vague ideas that never materialized.

Since Late 2011 I have been doing more and more stuff all the time. I'm constantly looking for new ideas, or better ways to do things already in my head. I'm no Martha Stewart...I feel like my work is more like a hodge-podge of stuff thrown together until I like it. But I'm happy to share my ideas, because maybe someone else can improve on them further. Personally, I agree that imitation is the highest form of flattery, so go ahead! Copy anything! Craft it up!

Besides crafts, I'm a total bargain hunter (I love thrift stores & practically live at Dollar Tree), I love freebies and try to collect as many as possible, and I am attracted to anything sparkly. I live just south of St. Louis, Missouri, and it's doubtful that I'd ever move away from this area. It's a totally underrated city.

Okay, I better stop there or I may never stop.  I hope you visit now and then!

*Starr*

PS...because I always have a PS...Here's a few pics of me and my family, so you know who's talking to you. 


That's me. And yes, Starr is my real name. I'll tell you the story some other time. LOL

This is Xander, my big guy. He turned 5 in September.

This is my baby, my silly goose Shayla. She'll be 2.5 in December.

Here's the whole family! My husband Brian and I have been married for 6.5 years.