I'm getting ready for a spring craft fair and thought it would be fun to post photos of last year's fall fairs.
Notice the new gnome/Santa heads made from mini Christmas trees. Big seller!
I didn't take everything off the Valentine tree. I kept a couple angels, some pink flowers and gnomes. Had to keep the gnomes.
Add some pink ears to an ordinary gnome and you've got an Easter gnome!
Every tree needs a topper, so I made the Easter tree topper with a little wooden birdhouse and fluffy yellow chick!
Valentine's Day is over, so now it's time to make Easter ornaments! I started with these tiny little bunnies from DollarTree.
These cute little bunnies are actually erasers!
At first I thought I would try to glue a loop to the top of their heads. But then I remembered these wire bead eyepins and thought they might work.
I snipped a little off so they wouldn't be so long, then shoved them into the top of their heads!
So I dug out some flowers, fancy ribbon, wooden beads, pipe cleaner, thread and of course my trusty glue gun and went to work.
The first thing I discovered was that this carnation had an ugly green stem that held everything together. I didn't like that, so I pulled it off, and you guessed it....the flower fell apart! So I pulled some thread through a wooden bead and through all the holes in the flowers, pulled it tight to make a pretty pink skirt!
The ribbon I used for this angel's wings was skinnier than some, so I made two loops for her wings.
I like to make sure the back of my projects are finished just as nicely as the front. So I made a little circle of ribbon and glued it into the center of the wings.
The pearl necklace and fuzzy white halo are a perfect touch.
Of course she needed a friend, so I made another angel using a white carnation and wider, silver ribbon for her wings.
These sweet ornaments will be on my tree all year long.
Just look around your house and you will find all sorts of things you can use for your latest project. Just look what I found to use as Valentine ornaments on my holiday tree!
This pretty ceramic heart was a pin. I simply attached a piece of gold cord to the back and hung it on the tree.
This wirey pin slides right over the end of a branch.
And that pretty pink rose in the background was part of an old artificial floral ring that I adhered to a clothespin and attached to the tree!
These funky charms started life as a necklace. I shortened the chain, and now it's an ornament.
And this blue acrylic heart necklace looks much better on the tree than it ever did around my neck!
I had a little windchime hanging from a closet doorknob for years....until I cut it up and hung in on my tree.
This beaded dangling thing never made it outside either, but looks great on the inside tree.
Small picture frames make great ornaments.
Who are those kids?
I had a couple wooden hearts hanging around that needed some decorating. So I found a pretty napkin and some Mod Podge and decorated them!
First I painted a layer of Mod Podge onto the hearts.
Then I pulled apart the two layers of the napkin, cut a piece a little larger than the heart, and placed it over the Mod Podge.
Once that was in place, I trimmed the edges so they would wrap over the edge a little and painted on another layer of Mod Podge.
After the front was dry, I did the same thing to the back and let that dry.
