Patriotic Paper Fish
Here is a quick post and simple look at fun, little 4th of July fishies. They are easy to make but do have several steps and take some time. How about a happy whale with lots of teeth? Silly. -Grandma-
Tag: paper crafts
Paper Carrots
” Only in dreams are carrots bigger than bears.” -Old Yiddish Saying- These are little carrot boxes which I downloaded to my Silhouette Cutting Machine library. Hard to see the carrot in them as shown above, but not hard to see in the picture below. I reduced the …
Sorter Boxes for Magazines
journal entry: Ahhh. Sorting things. One of my favorite pastimes. I bought these cardboard sorter boxes at The Distribution Center. { The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints } The centers are open to the public. They come flat and unassembled for one dollar each. You simply tuck in the …
Party Lights in Nothing Flat
Twinkle Button Lights Come in Every Color of the Rainbow. I Checked ! journal entry: I had to get something out of the Valentines’ box last night and found these little pink lights which I had never opened. For some reason, and I don’t remember why, I didn’t …
Keepsake File Box
“Taking joy in living is a woman’s best cosmetic.” -Rosalind Russell- I am always looking for somewhere to put something. Patterns, pictures, tutorials, ideas. One thing always leads to another and so I made a Keepsake File Box to sit on my desk. I used a combination of …
Easter Garland from Paper Scraps
This was an easy-easy Easter Garland to make because I used my Silhouette Cutting Machine. It helped me to make the connected rabbits, chicks and duckies. I cut the leaves by hand. These were my supplies: card stock paper scraps white floral wire beads ink pad for distressing glue dots …
Folk Art Family Tree Using Silhouette
A Silhouette Cutting Machine was the Christmas present I bought for myself. I played around with this and that and finally settled on my first, real project. A Family Tree. I wanted it to be a folk-art style tree with symbolism. And, that is what I got. I wanted the …
Paper Scrap Family
“As much as I love to converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scenes, for the warbling of birds and the prattle of my children.” -John Adams- journal entry: This is my second family group made from …
Handmade Journals
“We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.” -Goethe- journal entry: I am a failed journal keeper. I love other people’s journals. Perhaps other people would like my journal . . . if I had one. I love to buy journals. I love to make journals. I love to …
Handmade Journals
“It was the best of times . . . it was the worst of times.” -Charles Dickens- journal entry: It’s true. Things can be wonderful and awful at the same time. I love this photograph and wanted to try it as a cover for a journal. I think it is …