Its Snowing in Chicago

 It's snowing in Chicago and the temps have dipped down into the teens.  Today is especially blistery with the winds clocking at 45 miles per hour.  

The holiday season is over and it's winter has set in.  As I've mentioned before, I really like crafting for my two favorite holidays - Christmas and Halloween the most.  But winter always makes me want to stay indoors more so I like to make the most of that time.  Making waterless snow globes seems like an appropriate craft project for this time of the year.  

My first attempt uses a dollar store globe that I filled with a tiny paper house and a few bottle brush trees.  I added a little fake snow, trimmed the cap with some twine and viola - a wintery scene captured. After making this little gem I realized I should have bought more globes.  

My next snow globe project involves upcycling a pickle jar.  I hope to post that picture tomorrow,

Looking Forward to Halloween

Though I love all holidays, I have to admit that Halloween and Christmas are my favorites when it comes to crafting.  I enjoy making greeting cards and decorations around those two themes.  With the exception of a birthday card here and there and some scrap booking of photos, I don't craft much for other occasions.

Here are a couple of projects I have already made for Halloween and am looking forward to working on a few more.  Though starting on Halloween projects during the summer might seem a little premature, when you're as busy as I am with volunteer work, family and friends, it never too early to try to carve out blocks of time here and there.

Here's a little paper Halloween village I made with my Wishblade ( yes you read that right, I still use a Wishblade) and patterned paper.  I cut the tree, bats and fence from black card stock.  I plan to display it on top of a stack of old books.

Here's a simple step card I decorated with shapes I cut with my Wishblade and covered with a print r that I purchased from a seller on Etsy and printed off.