Feb 2, 2013

.....Happy Birthday Jeremy!!!....

Tomorrow is his Birthday for calendars but the Celebration is Today!*








Lots of Happy Faces!
i am loving it



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*we all know what tomorrow is!
Jeremy happy 40 let that # rise !

Jan 31, 2013

Paper Heart Garland



Valentines Day Heart Garland





Materials

Scrap paper. You can use book pages, junk mail, or any other scrap paper that you like!

Scissors
Stapler
Embroidery thread and a needle
Twine
Ribbon

Directions


Cut out 3 strips of paper that are 1/2" wide in varying lengths. Try 9", 10" and 11" to start.
Fold each piece in half.
Take the 9" strip, and nestle it inside of the folded 10" strip, then nestle both of those inside the 11" strip.
Hold the bottoms of the paper together in one hand, and use your other hand to gently press down on the paper where it's creased. You want to work the creases in between your fingers that are holding the bottom of the paper.
Garb your stapler, and put one staple through all of that paper to secure your heart in place.
Tie a knot in one end of a piece of embroidery thread, then use the needle to work it up through the staple, leaving you with a little tail coming out of the top of your heart.
Tie the tail to the twine, and tie a pretty bow on top where it connects, if you like.
Repeat steps 1-7 to create as many hearts as you like for your garland!


Jan 21, 2013

Orgami Ring for Valentines Day


first image




 Start with one piece of origami 

paper.
Place it color-side down.
Fold in half, then unfold.



Turn and repeat. You should now 

have a "+" in your paper.



Fold each side to the center. It will 

look like doors being closed.
Unfold. Your piece should look like 




Take the edge and fold it to the 

first fold you made before 
Do the same with the opposite 

edge 


Fold one edge over to the second 

crease from the opposite edge 


Repeat with the opposite egde.
The outcome will be the paper 

being divided equally.



With the colored side up, fold back 

the top segment 



Fold the top left point to the center 

of the paper, similar to an airplane 
Thumb Image 2
fold 
Repeat on the other side 






Turn over 
You are going to fold down on the 

line shown 
Fold down 

  

Turn over
Fold point back
Repeat on other side 

  

Unfold both sides 
Now you are going to open and 

fold. Pull open the folded piece and Thumb Image 2

push upwards 
Repeat on both sides 



Fold point down toward center 


Repeat on both sides 

  

Fold up bottom fold 
Fold up again .
One last time .

  

Turn over 
Now you are going to make it into 

a ring. The small tab is where you 

will insert the other end of paper 

I find this part to be a challenge. 

Just keep rolling and working the 

paper until it looks like standard image 1
You've done it!





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Jan 20, 2013

Valentine-Wreath Craft for 5.00


That's Right we are going to make this for 5.00
but don't tell BLOOMING HOMESTEAD!


TOTAL COST 5.00
 

First pop the roses off the stem but be sure to keep them attached to the bottom green bud part otherwise they will fall apart.
Next, grab you hot glue gun and start gluing them into the wood wreath base.

OK so its from bloominghomestead.com

but i have seen the wreaths and roses at the Dollar Store and the hot glue gun and glue sticks

TOTAL COST   $ 5.00

Jan 13, 2013

Recycle Glass







1 Make sure the toaster oven is on a surface where the sides are not touching anything else.
2 Sprinkle a little bit of salt on the tray to hold the bottle in place and then place the bottle with the label up on the tray.
3 Close the toaster oven and set the temperature for 200 degrees. Wait for two hours.
4 After two hours have passed, turn the temperature up as high as it will go (but do not set to broil). Leave the bottle cooking for about 10-15 hours.
 5 After 15 hours, the bottle should be completely flat
.6 Turn the temperature down to 200 degrees. Leave the bottle in the oven for 15 hours.
7 Turn the toaster off, and leave the bottle in the toaster for about 5 more hours.
8 Take out your flattened bottle,