Painting a Picture

Recruitment is coming up and i want to make sure that I make the best things for my future little ADPi.  I'm making a little trinket box for whatever and I wanted to put Alphie (ADPi lion) on the lid of it.  So what i did was print out a picture of what I wanted and placed it on the box then traced the outline.  It barely showed up on the cardboard box, which is exactly what i wanted.  I used the tiniest brush that I had and slowly painted it.  It ended up turning out really well and I think I might make one for myself.  Try it out for yourself and let me know how it turn out! I free-handed everything else but you can do the same thing for lettering.

Button Ornaments

I went to the craft store with my sisters this weekend while I'm on Thanksgiving break and we picked up a few items to play with.  I decided that i wanted to make ornaments for my friends back at school, but i didn't want to do the usual tinsel stuffed ornaments, because everyone makes those.  So i ran around the store looking for something to put in them that college age girls would like.  Then i found it.  

BUTTONS

I mean, let's be honest, who doesn't like colorful buttons?  So I got a pack of six clear ornaments and 5 packs of mixed colored buttons (130 count).  With the buttons, just make sure you get them small enough so that they fit in the opening of the ornament.  I already had buttons at my house from a previous craft, which I need to put up here as soon as I get back to school, so i just took bright colored ones and put them in.  This craft is really simple and you could puff paint or etch whatever you want on the outside to personalize the gift.  I got all of this for under $20.00 too!

One of the ornaments

Let me know what you think about this!
Alyssa

Here we go!

So this is the first blog i have ever done.  I use StumbleUpon a lot and seem to find myself looking at different blogs about crafts, recipes, and even photography.  I love all of these things so i thought: hey. why not.  I'm in the middle of a few projects right now including a blanket that I am crocheting, which is taking forever, I'm making letters for my sorority, AΔΠ.  I think that I might use this blog to find different crafts/recipes and let you all know how they turned out for me.  Maybe I'll share some of my own crafts/recipes that my family likes to do! i so new to this blogging thing.  I'll have to just see what everyone says and likes!
Maybe I'll post sometime soon!
Alyssa