Valentine's Day!

Sorry for the late post, been really busy this week with school and so glad I get a three day weekend now:)

So for V-Day I made an abundance of crafts to give to my mother and to my boyfriend, but I only managed to get a picture of a few before I gave them away, oops. Still, I had a lot of fun making them and they both loved what they received. I've always said that a homemade gift is worth so much more than anything you can buy, and it means so much more as well.

In this little box that I've stuffed with red tissue paper, is a necklace for my boyfriend. It's very simple, I used an old skeleton key I had found years ago and tied some white ribbon to it for the chain. He adores it:)

This little craft is made from an old chicken bouillon cube jar that I filled with a bunch of origami paper stars that I made. I just adorned it with a few little accessories and the top reads: "Now that I have you, I don't nee to wish upon any more stars, so I'm giving them to you." 

The final craft I managed to get a picture of was the card I made my bf for Valentine's Day. I was inspired by this card. It tok me awhile but I love it none the less:)

What did everyone else craft for this very special holiday? I'd love to know what everyone else made for their special someones :) And as always, critiques and comments are gladly accepted, thank you:)

Until next time, keep craftin'!

~Hope

Shopping!

I finally got the chance to get some new crafts supplies yesterday! It was tons of fun shopping around, for hours haha, and I only spent $60... But I'm happy and I got things I've really been wanting, including the foam adhesives for my cards :)
I can't wait to start building some new crafts! First up, Valentine's cards for my boyfriend since that's Tuesday.
Where does everyone else like to shop? Or where do you find great deals for craft supplies?

On a side note, happy birthday to my wonderful and amazing mother! I love you <3

Coffee Mug Quilt

I have always been interested in sewing, most likely from watching my mom doing it, but I've never been really good at it. Over the years, I've made a few misshaped, but still loved!, pillows. Then this last summer, I thought I'd concur the humongous task of making my very own quilt!
Thankfully, I had gone to the Houston Quilt Festival a few years back and found a cute bunch of coffee fabric, since I'm addicted to the stuff:)

 It's roughly twin sized, since I didn't have an abundance of fabric :/ I like the color scheme a lot, but it so doesn't fit in my entirely blue and yellow room! Haha, it's also only got a very thin layer of batting inside since I had no intention of using it as a real blanket, more of a wall hanging :)

The back is just plain white with my uneven stitching :)
(Pardon the little red string stuck to it >.< )

You can kind of see how I top-stitched a coffee mug into the center of each square to keep it all together.

Overall, I am very proud of my first quilt and I had a lot of fun making it :) Any thoughts, comments, criticism are welcomed!
Until next time, keep craftin'!
~Hope~

Just a little update...

I'm so happy! I just bought new blank cards to fold and start making my homemade cards on! Very exciting to me :) I have a few in mind, starting with some Valentine's Day themed ones and a few for my long distance family members. I'll post pictures as I make them, assuming I even like them, haha.
How does everyone else out there go about starting their cards? I usually just look through all my supplies and pick whatever is calling out to me to work on >.<
Just a short little post, but keep craftin'!
~Hope~

Anniversary Card!

My next craft is for my wonderful boyfriend since our three month (in my book, a year and seven month in his) anniversary is tomorrow:) I decided to make him a homemade card in purple, since it is his favorite color.

I didn't have any card stock so I used regular scrapbook paper with a few stickers and pop outs I had laying around. I also don't have any glue dots so I made it 3-D using foam stickers, haha. I'm very resourceful! My favorite part is either the tag with the ribbon or maybe how it opens with the overlap.
I find it's much prettier than my Valentine's Day one for chemistry, haha, maybe because I put more love in this one ;)
As always, any thoughts or constructive criticism is highly welcomed! :)
Keep craftin'!
~Hope

Hello Crafters!

So my first craft I'm putting on my new blog is a card I had to make for my Chemistry class. It had to look like a Valentine card and then filled with valentine related chemistry things, which I haven't done yet since it's very hard. The only one I've thought of so far is: You have a heart of Au. Please, let me know if you can think of any others :)

Anyways, I personally don't like it but I'm new at this and I'm sure (I hope) I get better with practice. I just used any crafty stuff I found in my stash. I am really open to criticism and any tips or help you can offer, please!

I have an obsession with glitter! But I have to ask anyone who can answer: how do you stop it from getting everywhere?! I think one of my favorite crafts supplies is this little tower of glitter in a rainbow of colors :)

Until next time, keep craftin'! 

Hello world!
I've never been one to blog, figuring I'll never have the time to post, but I'm willing to try :) I have been crafting all my life since my family is very creative so I have been immersed in this world from the very beginning. Mostly, I craft just for myself but this past Christmas I launched into the long and vigorous project of cross stitching my entire family personalized Christmas ornaments.
After an absence from crafting, since I got so caught up in school, my inspiration was revived through a monstrous cleaning of my closet. I had forgotten how much craft supplies I had! I dabble in every genre of crafts, rarely sticking to just one and mostly making what I like whenever I feel like doing it. Or have the time to do it :)
I hope to update this little blog as often as I can :)
Until next time crafters!
~Hope~