I hope that 2023 is a great year! I’m looking forward to designing more this year. I have my first pattern of 2023 in testing right now. I will be releasing this pattern in a few more days! It’s named after my daughter-in-law who wears ear warmers quite a bit. I designed it with her in mind, so it’s only fitting that it be named for her! Keep your eyes peeled for the SHAUNA EAR WARMER!!

Here’s a little sneak peak. Isn’t this stitch gorgeous? I just love it.

I decided to try my hand at something different this week. I made Faux Tin Tiles Christmas Trees.

I got most of the supplies at Dollar Tree. To make these you will need: Dowel rods, faux tin-looking ceiling tiles x2, scissors, hot glue gun and hot glue sticks, paint of your choice, paint brushes, beads with holes big enough to go through the dowel rod, ruler and a marker.

Using your ruler and marker, you will mark as seen below on 2 tiles. This will allow you to make 3 trees out of 2 tiles. 2 smaller trees and 1 larger one. Once you have these marked, cut them out using your scissors.

It doesn’t matter if you get marker on these as you will be painting them.

Here they are cut apart. Now you will cut each tree into 3 sections.

Now you can paint the 6 pieces with the background color of your choice. I painted mine in white. I did use 2 coats of paint. After these have dried, I picked the accent color of paint that I wanted. Using a stiff stencil brush and very little paint. Put your brush in the paint and then tap most of the paint off the brush so you are basically using a dry brush method of applying the paint. Lightly brush across the raised edges of each section of tile. I also lightly brushed the edges too.

Next you will hot glue the sides only of each section together. You will next put the dowel rod into the top section, use a bit of hot glue on the rod to keep the tile in place. Add the bead and use a dot of hot glue to secure it. Now slide the next section of the tile onto the dowel and glue into place. Add your bead and secure. Now put the bottom section of your tree onto the dowel rod and secure with hot glue. If your dowel rod is long enough, you can add a wooden thread spool or a wooden wheel that you can find at most craft stores to the bottom to stabilize your tree. I plan on gluing the bottom of my tree to a piece of wood that is long enough to hold all three trees.

I hope you enjoyed this little craft. The holidays are coming and it’s never too early to start planning. Many blessings.

I’ve been in design mode lately. I love when that happens. The creative juices get flowing and I can just see what I’m wanting to make in my mind. Sometimes I have to mull it over for a couple of days to figure out how I want to make it but it’s an exciting time.

I recently designed a new Bumblebee Hat for a customer’s special request. I think it turned out quite cute. She really loved it too.

Then my passion for football took over my household and my creative mind. I recently moved back to Kansas and in doing so, I realized that I owned nothing anymore. I had sold my house with everything in it to my youngest son when I moved to Maryland. So moving back, I was literally starting over. Not always a bad thing. But I didn’t have any potholders that I really liked, so I designed some. Now my potholders reflect me and my love for the Kansas City Chiefs!!!

Both of these designs are currently in testing but I will be releasing the patterns very soon. I hope you are using your creative juices to make something that you’re passionate about. Until next time, Many Blessings!