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And Happy Holidays! Christmas is almost here and Ive got some holiday crafts to share. Here is a beautiful window art craft that's easy and fun to do!:



First get a piece of parchment paper and draw on a design with pencil.(Don't mind my wavy lines on the inside of the tree in this picture.)



 Now, get some 3D dimensional fabric paint and trace over the lines. Also draw some wavy lines inside of the outline. This will give the picture the stained glass effect.


Now here is the boring part. Get ready... Wait for the paint to dry over night.


Tip: If you get impatient like i do, put some extra dots of glue the same size of your lines and do this at the same time you outline the picture. That way you can smear and poke them to see if the paint dry without wrecking the paint lines. 

Once the paint is dry, you can start coloring. get your permanent markers!! Pick two or three colors and color the different sections with them. For example, I chose three different colors of yellow to do my star with. 


 When you're done coloring, let the marker dry a bit. because the paper is slippery, it will smear and stay wet for about a minuet. Now get out some white glue or Mod Podge. (I used the Mod Podge.) brush some onto some areas you want. (I did the Ornaments, and star.) Now get some glitter and sprinkle it on. Let it dry, shake off the extra glitter and hang it in your window!



I hope you liked the craft!! Now I'll show you two hot card tricks.

Hot glue trick #1
Holly
 First, make a tiny ball of hot  glue.  Tip: When releasing the gun's tip from the glue ball, swirl it around. this will even it out.

 (this glue ball is only about the size of a candy button. I just zoomed in!)

Once the glue in completely dry, (You'll be able to tell when the glue fogs up a bit.) put the next ball right beside it. You have to wait till the first one is dry or else the two will fuse together into one big blob of steaming hot glue.) 

 Now, let the second ball dry and place the third ball like this:

 Now let ball #3 dry. Once it's dry, get a permanent marker and color them all red. Try to avoid getting it on the paper. Now get a green fine marker and draw on some spiky holly leaves. viola! Done!


  Hot glue trick #2
Bumpy Borders

Simply just make lines by pushing the trigger on the glue gun on and off over and over at a fast-ish  speed. Color it with permanent markers if you want.
 Here are some examples I did:

 Mistletoe cats
 Ho Ho Holly
GIANT HOLLY!!!!!!!

 I hope you have a wonderful Christmas!!
 Signing off!

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Today I have 2 Mother's Day crafts to make! They are...

The Dandelion Vase...
   And the Mother's Day Blossom!

 

First we'll start out with the Painted vase.


Painted Dandelion Vase

First of all, I got this vase at the Dollar Store.

 
Start with a light, light, almost white glass paint and paint a thick white stripe at the top.


Paint the rest of the vase with a sky blue glass paint. Also make sure to blend the sky blue with the whitey blue. (Leave  about an inch long gap with no paint for the grass)


Now add the grass. Just paint lots of lines of green paint.



 Now for the dandelions. Paint one tiny dot then add lots of lines going out and around it. (Make sure the blue paint is dry enough to touch before doing this part.)


  Add some darker yellow  to it. Now add a line for the stem, and a leaf.
 Keep repeating this so that the grass has lots of  dandelions. Paint the dainelions at different heights.

 Let it dry and follow the baking instructions...

Ta Da!! You're finished!  Tie a ribbon around it with a tag that says "To: Mom  (Or grandma, ect.) Love: _________ "







Mother`s Day Blossom





Here is what you`ll need for this project...

 


(You will not need the craft felt. Just use the paper. I do not know why I thought I needed craft felt.



Start by taking 3 pieces of tissue paper and stacking them on to of each other. Cut them into fourths like this...

 DO NOT draw the lines like in this picture. This is just an example.

Now you should have 12 quarter sized pieces of tissue paper. Once again, stack them on to of each other. Now we are going to accordion fold it. First fold a small piece at one end.

 
  
Now, flip it over and fold it the same length. Keep repeating this until it looks like this...
 
Next tie a pipe-cleaner around the middle to keep it from popping out. 
 

Look at the side. You can see the separate sheets of tissue paper. Grab one and pull it up until it it fully standing.
 


Do this with all the sheets until they are alle folded up. Now go to the other side and start again.
 Soon you`ll have a full rose!

I twisted another pipe-cleaner on to the one allready sticking out to make a longer stem.

  
Now fold  a green piece of paper in half...
 

And fold it in half again.

 Draw on a leaf and cut it out while the paper is still folded.



Now you should have to bow-tie leaf shapes like this:


Lay your stem into on of the folds on the leaf shapes and tape it down.
  Add some tape loops on one side of the leaf shape.

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Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!!!!! And I have made a Leprechaun house! Of course, The leprechauns haven't made it to my house yet, so I have no results of the house yet. But here is the house before the leprechauns have visited:

(I will post the results on my blog some time tomorrow, so be sure to check back on Dust Day!)


Here is what the house looks like from outside:

         
And the swimming pool and hot tub... (They will be filled with water before I go to bed.)

And a letter about the house: (I translated it into irish!)



Here is the house from the outside:




And the inside:



Find the number in the picture then find the matching number in the list below to find out what it is.
 
1) Snack Bucket- Will be filled with crackers, small candies and other things.

2) Note- telling instructions to turn on the light next to it.

3) Light- Push on the center once to turn it on, push again to turn it off.

4) Couch- Comfy and soft!

5)Bed- Also comfy and soft!

6) Table- Has 6 plates and a vase

7) Book Basket- contains 2 books. Fruits Around The World and Pawsteps Of A Cat


See you on the next post!!!
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