Fall Crafting

Soon after Grayson was born I found something wonderful.  I am up often nursing him and for a LONG time each time.  I began playing around on the computer while nursing and I discovered the world of craft blogs.  I'm not a naturally creative person.  I love cute things and making cute things, but I don't have many good ideas of my own.  But, if I see something or someone else shows me how, I can do that.  I'm a great copycat!  That's the great thing about these crafty blogs, they often have tutorials on how to make the things they post about.  Now I have a new addiction.  Crafting!  Seriously, it's like a disease.  I think about it all the time.  I think about my current projects and when I can steal away a few minutes to work on them.  I think about the projects I want to do.  I have a huge list of projects to do (about 30).  It's a little unrealistic, I know, but I really do want to do them all eventually.  So here are the few things I've made over the last few weeks.


The Fall Wreath-
This one might me be my favorite.  I absolutely LOVE this wreath.  It also took a VERY long time to finish.  The felt rosettes aren't hard, it just took awhile to make enough to cover the wreath.  But doesn't it look good?!

Halloween Advent Calendar-
This is just scrapbook paper, mod podge, a cookie sheet, and glass vase fillers.  And of course candy.  You can see I took this picture on Oct. 2 because the first two candies are gone.  Josh and I love taking turns eating candy every day to count down to Halloween!

Halloween Subway Art-
I'm not sure why this is called subway art, but it is, and it's all  over the craft blogland.  This was the easiest project.  Those are just Halloween rub-ons ($1 at Target) on some paper put in a frame.  But still pretty cute, huh?

2x4 Pumpkins-

These are so cute I couldn't make just one...

 I needed a whole collection!  I love using pumpkins to decorate for fall.  They work all the way through November. 

 Candy Holder-
 This was super easy! Can you guess what it's made from?  I just love it.  Again, loved it so much, I made another!

Fabric Pumpkins-
The first one I did, on the left, turned out more like a pillow.  Not what I wanted.  I didn't round out the corners enough when sewing apparently.  I like the second one much more.  I'm going to make a couple more of these in different fabrics.  And also add some ribbon or something to them.  

Here's some more subway art.  This one I just got from a blog and printed but it's still so cute I think.  And super easy.  I did spray paint the frame.  It was an ugly gold color before. 

I heart crafting.