May Craft Club { String Art }

May has come and gone like its nobody's business!  There was only three weeks between April and May craft clubs due to Memorial day weekend, and now I cannot believe June has already arrived.  Time flies when you are having fun!!

 

This months craft club was string art!  I cannot tell you how many requests I got for this one!

 

 

 

Again this month I had two workshops, and early crowd and a late crowd.  Love them both and they filled right up!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are some of the finished projects from the first workshop.

 

 

 

 

I always leave a 2 hour gap between sessions so that I have enough time to clean up and prepare for the next group.

 

Most of the time I have crafters that run over the set time (which is ok by me) but this time I actually had a chance to pour myself a cold beverage between groups.  The drink of the day was electric lemonade.  Delicious!!

 

 

My second group of ladies wasted no time diving in and getting started, that's what I love about my repeat crafters!

 

 

 

 

 

 

And here are their finished projects!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You may have noticed a few of them did some free hand art, and I especially love this one.  "Be Free"

 

 

And of course I am pretty partial to this one too.  It is the exact same color as my wall (thank you paint sample) and the same trellis style.   Adorbs!!

 

 

And did you know that with most of the crafts you can purchase kits to go?  All you need to have is the paint and tools and I provide everything else!  Here is one of our crafters finishing up her hearts at home with her grandson.  How fun is that??

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and seeing what is going on over at the Craft House!  I sure love these events and look forward to the next one in less than a week!

 

Please be sure to follow me on Pinterest and Facebook, and head over here to see where I like to party each week!

 

I hope you have a fantastic DIY day!

 

Oregon Craft Club {girls night}

Have you ever wished you had crafty friends?  It's hard to believe but they are actually quite hard to come by.  Most of my friends love the idea of crafting, but don't know where to start.

So, my amazingly talented and amazing friend Krista (she has no link, sorry friends I would LOVE to share her with you all) and I decided in 2012 that we would start hosting craft events.

Oregon's own Craft Club has been created.  You can find us on Facebook here.

I don't have a ton of great photos of ALL the projects we have done, but I do have a few to share.  So please sit back, grab a drink and enjoy the crafty bliss.

 Are you ready to join us for all this crafty fun? If you are local to the Eugene/Springfield area here in Oregon we would LOVE to have you! 

Craft club is once a month, and always on a Saturday night!  And be on the lookout for our craft weekends that are starting up this year!

 Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to come see where I like to party all week long, just click here.

Are you still with me?

No joke, are you still with me??

I am the first to admit I have been a horrible blogger, but to be real with you all.... I have had my life handed to me several times over the last 6 months (more on that later), and am ready to finally take my own step and do something I LOVE to do!

I love reading everyone's comments each day, it drives me to be more creative.  So, I am setting personal goals to do a post 3 maybe 4 days a week.  Some will be crafty, and I may throw in a pity party here or there.... KIDDING! (ok just a little)

Over the summer my sister came over and needed a gift idea for a friends wedding, and she needed it in like oh..... 2 DAYS!!  That;s my sister for you.  So I put my little brain to work, and did some digging.  I wanted to create something special for the couple, but it needed to fit their outdoorsman style.

So i grabbed some old fence boards, and cut them to the size we wanted, and then split another fence board to act as the support braces for the entire piece.  When my grandparents moved into their condo, my grandfather left my husband and I all of his old coffee tins full of goodies...  let me just say... HE KEPT EVERYTHING!  There was one in there labeled "hooks", so I opened it up and literally squealed!  I had never gotten into it before, and it is now my go to place!!

After I got the hooks picked out, I cut out their last name with vinyl, and the current year (when they are getting married) and stenciled it on with some leftover primer that my hubby had in his shed.

Here is what she ended up with!

I think my sister melted a tad when she saw it, and had no idea I could whip something like this up in 30 minutes!!  She called me a couple days after the wedding to tell me that when the couple opened their gift they grabbed the phone to call her and thank her sooooo  soooooo much for the amazing gift!  They say it is their favorite and one to cherish for a lifetime!

So, I would say my job was well done!  :)

Alright my friends, I am going to run.  I have my annual ladies ornament exchange to go to tonight and I still need to wrap my ornaments that I made (pictures to show you soon)

I cannot wait to share with you everything we have had going on.  Some GREAT news, and some just plain news... but coming up tomorrow is my Vintage Christmas Mantel with my Ballard Design knock-off stockings!

Thanks for coming by!

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