A place to check out

This website has a lot of interesting things, from photos of lost gloves to how to make a beautiful butterfly out of recycled paper... check it out :)

http://www.atomicshrimp.com/st/content/wild_food/

ATC for 6 degrees

Over at 6 degrees of Creativity, Gretchen is getting ready for a swap this February. She asked us to create cards that express Creative Goodness.
My cards are all about my love for things that are aged. I used Holtzs tissue tape to do the edges and the back, some distress ink for the stamping and edges and actually used Holtzs paper which has been sitting in my office untouched for a very long time (till now).  Those flowers are really more of a brown... not sure why they look so pink.. must be the glitter. The cards look better in person ifyou ask me. I have to scan things..cameras are all down :(

Itty bitty Christmas altered matchbooks...

I made these for a swap I joined. I don't think I ever did a matchbook before.. interesting indeed. I used a leather book cover for the cover.

These are two of the gratitude scrolls I made from an online workshop with Cathy Malchiodi in 6 Degrees of Creativity.  

Bombs are ready!

This is just a few of them, the rest are still naked. They are scented with a "brown sugar" scent, smells lucious! This was my first time making these suckers, very simple but easy to mess up. Just 2 ingrediants really, citric acid and baking soda, but you will need witch hazel and a scent on hand as well. I picked up my citric acid dirt cheap online from "Bulk Apocathary" in Ohio, it was 4 bucks., gotmy scent there as well.

if you want to try them do a small amount first. Take 1/3 cup of citric acid to 2/3 cup of baking soda, mix it very well or it will be grainy. Add a few drops of scent (enough to please your nose). Spray (and I do mean spray) some witch hazel into the mix. Don't wet it! Just a little and keep mixing it with your other hand. If it will clump together at all you are done!. My first batch I went to far and the darn things kept growing like pizza dough.. although I suspect I can still save some of those dough balls. Then you want to pack it into a plastic mold. I used old easter egges, you can use those plastic ornaments or whatever else. I found I could roll some of mine up like a meatball. Let it sit in the mold for a short while then pop it out and let them continue to harden. I waited a tad too long.. was not fun to get out!..    I made these also as part of a swap..... hope somebody likes em!

Doti Dolls :)

Just a few doti dolls made for a swap.... got to get back to my bomb making.

Wine Cork Key Chains.. Perfect gift for the boater and / or drinker!

I made these for a swap I am doing.. actually only one is for the swap, just no point in making one!  These are really easy to make. You just need some old wine corks (mine seem to gather on my window sillglue, ) some key rings, hook eyes from the hardware, beads charms and some jewlery findings like  jump rings and eye rings.And I prefer two pairs of pliers, one to hold it and one to twist,  cause the fingers don't work as well as the pliers do. You can find a tutorial for these right here.
http://www.simplecrafter.com/tutorial-wine-cork-keychain/
Perfect gift for the boater or drinker!