Summer Adventures

Wow, I can't believe that it is almost the end of July already! School starts again at the end of August, so I am running out of summer vacation. Lately I have been busy with camping trips and going away parties, so I haven't posted here as much. Sorry! But here is a picture of a recent craft project that I put together:

I made it for my friend Andy--the handsome guy on the right. He's leaving for Law School this week, about halfway across the country. Our group of friends have known each other as early as preschool, so we have a lot of memories. I thought a great way to allow Andy to take these memories with him to school would be to create him a photo collage. But just a photo collage in a frame seemed a little too "girly"--so I made it into a magnetic board that he can use to put up notes, messages, pics, etc.! I printed out a TON of pictures, cut them out, and arranged them into the collage you see. The only thing that I did to make it magnetic was to buy a 12x12 piece of metal to put in my 12x12 picture frame! I also made Andy eight of my dictionary magnets with various nicknames or important words. He like it a lot, and I loooved making it. Printing out all those pictures really took me on a trip down memory lane...

I'm going to miss you Andy!!! Good luck in law school!

Beware the Ides of March!

Whew, I survived the Junior/Senior Prom! All of my decorations looked GREAT--but unfortunately we forgot our camera. I am still kicking myself over that! Because of all the Prom craziness I haven't had time to do any other craft projects, but I did want to share my birthday present re-do. Remember the craftastrophe I wrote about earlier, where my birthday package to my friend Jason was totally destroyed in transit? Well, here are the new magnets I made for him:

We call him Jason the Giant, he loves to wrestle, and his other dog is a Pug/Chihuahua mix and looks a lot like the picture. He really enjoyed them, so everything turned out well!

When Jason got his belated replacement birthday present, I also got a great present from his partner Gerry! Gerry gave me some envelopes with amazing security patterns.

Thanks Gerry, I love them!!!

Craftastrophe!

Last night I learned of a terrible craftastrophe that occurred. My friend Jason just had a birthday, so I mailed him a little package. It included a birthday card and these magnets:




But then the craftastrophe occurred. When the package arrived at Jason's house it was torn in half and the magnets were gone! So he never received my gift... I am so disappointed! I was really excited about these magnets--one has Jason on it, the other Hunter, and then a labrador retriever on the third. (Jason's dog is a labrador retriever and he's named Hunter). So now I'll have to make him a new birthday present. I can't believe he didn't get his magnets!

Crafting Catch-Up

Here are some recent crafts that I've been working on...



Origami cranes made from the pages of a dictionary



Bottle cap magnets using images from a dictionary



Necklace pendant, also made from a dictionary



An origami flower ball made from magazine pages