That Thing Called Life...A Day in the Life of a Crafty Mom

100 Days Crafts, Gifts & More!     Continuing on with our 100 Days of Holiday Inspiration, today's craft is Felt Witches Hats.  These are so cute and can be used for so many different things.  They are mini in size, perfect for decor or for dressing up you daughter's baby doll.  (I've even considered trying to get one on my cat, if she'll let me!)     These little cuties can be purchased at Punch Place Plus in quantities of 5.  If you are having a Halloween party this year then you should consider stocking up on these.  Great to "make and take" crafts for guests or as party favors in general.   I decided to decorate one like my favorite Halloween treat: Candy Corn.  All you need for this besides the hat is some ribbon, DST ( Double Stick Tape, also at Punch Place Plus ) and any additional decorations (like the candy corn resin pictured below.)  Also, it's a good idea to heat seal your ribbon ends by runn...

Holiday Countdown 2012 100 Days of Crafts, Gifts & More 95  Days till Christmas 62  Days till Thanksgiving 40  Days till Halloween       Today I really wanted to make a crafty pumpkin I found the idea for on Pinterest.  Making a pumpkin from dryer duct and spray paint.  I had a list of supplies to get on my shopping list and away I went to the big hardware super store.  I scan the isles finding what I need for various other projects and finally get to the dryer pipe.   Sticker Shock!   I found that the cheapest dryer duct that would work started at $10 and went to $20, and would probably only create one pumpkin at best.  Still skeptical, I went to the spray paint and to get the color I needed it would have added another $5 on to that.   $15-$25 total for a creative pumpkin was not in the budget.  I want cheap, inexpensive DIY projects.  When the supplies ...

Holiday Countdown 2012 100 Days of Crafts, Gifts & More 96 Days till Christmas 63 Days till Thanksgiving 41 days till Halloween       I must seriously be blogger illiterate.  I schedule, make sure the time zone is correct, and yet it still doesn't upload.  So for the next few days you may see 2 blogs a day while I play catch up to Blogger.  Grrrr.     Counting down with more Halloween crafts.  Today's craft is a simple TP Pumpkin.  That's right, the toilet paper pumpkin.  I saw these posted on a friend's page and couldn't believe when she said how easy they were made.  Here's the supplies you need:   Toilet Paper Orange Tissue Paper Brown Tissue Paper or an Empty TP Roll Green Ribbon   Next I took a sheet of orange tissue and folded it in half length wise and put the toilet paper on it to start rolling.   Just roll it up and tuck in each end t...