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Craft Addict What will this month's art fixation be!? Enjoy my journey as I discover how to create new arts and crafts. Not a seller.

Here, you'll discover that my interests change like the wind! Let's all embrace our inner crazy, and just make things!

Here's how I did it....
09/16/2025

Here's how I did it....

09/16/2025

This is what happens when you lock yourself in the craft room for two months!

I'm going to wait to share most of my Halloween items until closer to the season, but this little guy is too cute not t...
07/16/2025

I'm going to wait to share most of my Halloween items until closer to the season, but this little guy is too cute not to share. Also, if you want to make one, you need to get to the Dollar Tree quickly to pick up flamingos before the summer items are pulled.
My plan is to put the buzzards in pots on the porch for Halloween. I may have to doll some pots up.

I mean, who doesn't need a miniature chicken coop, am I right!? I'm just trying to go through some of my old, unfinis...
07/13/2025

I mean, who doesn't need a miniature chicken coop, am I right!?
I'm just trying to go through some of my old, unfinished wood items that I've had stored for a while. I figured that these arrows would make a good house, but other than that, I had no idea what I was going to make. It sort of just evolved as I went, very organically. Is this where organic eggs come from!?

I picked up this wooden rainbow from the Dollar Tree a couple of years ago because it was so cute, but I had no idea wh...
07/11/2025

I picked up this wooden rainbow from the Dollar Tree a couple of years ago because it was so cute, but I had no idea what I was going to do with it. Today, I finally tackled it, and I absolutely adore the finished product.

I've been up to my elbows in creating my Halloween decor, so it felt refreshing to do something light, airy and positive!

07/10/2025

Oh, if y'all only knew how many Halloween crafts I've made recently, you would think I'm nuts! I'll share more as the season nears.
I wanted to share with you a quick, easy and cheap way to spook-up some Dollar Tree flameless candles.
Please have patience with my video editing...it's not my forte', and I don't have the brain-width today to figure out how to fix the flaws.
Enjoy and Happy "Summer-ween."

Here are some Sesame Street cookies I decorated for my friend's son's first birthday. This was a fun batch.Decorating co...
06/25/2025

Here are some Sesame Street cookies I decorated for my friend's son's first birthday. This was a fun batch.

Decorating cookies is a lot of work. I recommend pacing yourself and doing a little at a time. It's what gets me through it! The finished product is so worth it.

Those of us that craft know that it's time to start the Halloween crafts. This has to be the most fun I've ever had maki...
06/10/2025

Those of us that craft know that it's time to start the Halloween crafts. This has to be the most fun I've ever had making a shadow box!

Here's your "how to."
*All glass was painted over with "mushroom" alcohol ink to give it an aged/eerie look, as were the corks in the cylander bottles.
*The scroll details and hardware were made with DAS modeling clay and molds and then painted with a brown chalk paint and then hit with some gold gilding wax when it dried.
*The beetle wings (which are hard to see) are peices of pine cone painted gold.
*The frog and beetle (in the bottle) were found in the toy section at the Dollar Tree. They were painted black, followed up with gold gilding wax.
*The large spider was a leftover from the Dollar Tree from last year. It was purple glitter, but I pounced on black paint.
*I got the skeleton heads off of Amazon and painted each with the mushroom alcohol ink to make them look aged. I then attached them and glued them together.
*I had the test tubes hanging around, but have just ordered more off of Amazon. There's a Jenga peice supporting them in the back.
*The spider web is ribbon from the Dollar Tree, which I painted black.
*The Spanish moss was from the Dollar Tree.
*I used the following glues: E6000, hot glue(for instant hold), Tacky glue (for the moss and labels).
*I had the box hanging around forever, which I stained with the brown chalk paint from Walmart and quickly wiped it off so it showed the woodgrain.
*The spiderweb pattern on the top was used with a stencil and molding putty. After it dried it was painted with the brown chalk paint and hit with some gold gilding wax.

This was a lengthy project with a lot of steps, but I love the finished peice. You can be as simple or elaborate as you want when creating yours. I just hope you're inspired to try!

I couldn't pass summertime by without doing summer cookies.
06/09/2025

I couldn't pass summertime by without doing summer cookies.

My old table top cracked, so we needed a new one. I had this wood round in the garage from back when I did resin. This'...
06/05/2025

My old table top cracked, so we needed a new one. I had this wood round in the garage from back when I did resin. This'll do.
I sealed the heck out of this one, so hopefully it'll last a bit longer.... if not.... I'm not out anything. :)

These were fun, quick and cheap little crafts. I had some shells in my stash that we picked up on Cameno Island a while ...
06/05/2025

These were fun, quick and cheap little crafts. I had some shells in my stash that we picked up on Cameno Island a while back. (I wish I had more)!!
Just some decopauge and gold gilding wax, and Voila! Some cute little trinket dishes or accents to future centerpieces! Or.... these would be cute in a bowl of shells too, adding a little color and visual interest!

Here's another "dupe" on the cheap! I needed a new rack for my jewelry. So, I painted up another of those Goodwill fra...
06/03/2025

Here's another "dupe" on the cheap! I needed a new rack for my jewelry. So, I painted up another of those Goodwill frames. The grid is made from a Dollar Tree desk paper holder, which I clipped the bottom out of with snipers. It fit so perfectly in the frame that I didn't even have to secure it with anything. The k***s were leftovers from some cheap k***s I bought for my bedroom built-ins.
I think it's so cute!

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