Crafty, Crafty, Crafty!

I was very crafty over my Fall Break!
I made a couple of trips to Michael's, a trip to Target, and a trip to Home Depot. 

I gathered my paint, scrapbook paper, felt, hot glue, and the mod podge. 

I painted, cut, and glued. 

I created!  

Enjoy!!

:-) 

Remember those empty canvases above me bed?

Here they are now!

One of my favorite things that I have made so far!
Coasters!
So much fun, simple, and can have any design you want on it!

This is my favorite so far!
Map hearts on canvas.
They are places that I have lived in or been able to serve in.
I hope to be able to add to this in the future. :-) 

This is hanging in my kitchen! 

Have you created anything lately or is there anything that you are hoping to create in the future?

:-) 

Just Pin It

Okay, raise your hand if you are addicted to Pinterest.

*Raises hand* 

I am definitely one to admit that I love, love, love Pinterest! 

There is seriously something on there for everyone, something that you love, 

or something that you will want in the future! 

It is crazy. I have to allow myself only a certain amount of time to be on there

or

else I will look down and realize that I have been re-pinning things 

for the past five hours. 

It can be a problem. 

But, I love looking at all the things that are on there.

The food.

 The clothes.

 The backyards.

 The wedding dresses.

 The photography.

The DIY crafts. 

So many ideas flow out of Pinterest and thanks to that website, 

my creative juices have been flowing. 

Here is my first result of being crafty after browsing Pinterest. 

Autumn Wreath

This isn't the best picture (it was taken from my phone). 

But, the wreath that I got the idea from actually had burlap as the cover and for the flowers. 
I only have a Michael's here in town right now (the Hobby Lobby got destroyed in the tornado)  and  I didn't find burlap there. 
So, instead I bought felt in colors that I wanted and used that. 
The covering is felt and the flowers are made from felt.
I then added the buttons in the middle of the flowers. 

Now, for my favorite part of this wreath, it is a foam wreath.
So, I hot glued safety pins on the back of the flowers and then was able to place the flowers on the wreath wherever I liked them. 
This allows me easily take them out and replace them with another fun decoration or different color flowers. And since I chose a beige color as the background, I can create anything and it will go. 

An easily changeable wreath for any season! 
:-) 

Have you been crafty lately?
Is there anything that you have been wanting to do?


And Pinterest lovers, don't forget to raise your hand! 

:-) 

Saturday Painting!

I finally finished that canvas that I showed earlier! I was hoping to get it done before I went back to school and thankfully, I did! Here is the before and the finished product! Also, there is one misspell :-/ However, I may be able to fix it later on.

Before

The finished product

Also, today Mom and I spent the afternoon painting! She has been working on some different things lately and has an Arts in the Park event coming up. But, I decided to paint a picture inspired by one of the pics I took at the beach this past week. It was actually my first real, legit picture to paint! I was super excited how it turned out and love it! What do you think about it?

That is my sailboat! My first ever!