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Happy Halloween Eve - Last Minute Craft

It's me, Mario! 
I don't know about you guys, but around my town we're celebrating Halloween tonight. My nephew is going to a carnival at his school today and is all dressed up as Mario!

If you are looking for a quick, last minute craft to make your house Halloween-ready, you can always resort to the old-school tissue ghosts. My nephew and I made the ones hanging in the photo on Tuesday and we had a fun time making them!

All you'll need is:

1. Tissue or toilet paper: I've found that tissues work best because they are a nice square shape.

2. Cotton balls: for the ghost's head, but you can always use a wadded up piece of tissue.

3. String: to tie around the ghost's neck directly below the cotton ball

4. Markers: we used washable markers to create fun little faces on them!

5. Somewhere fun to hang them: as you can see, we hung our ghosts above our stair bannister, where we also hang ornaments during the holidays. We also hung a few in Zak's room and from the mantle!

Our fun little ghosts!

These little ghosts are a fun, age-old Halloween project that look will adorable hanging around your home. Zak was very proud of himself for making something to decorate the house. When I was young, my mom and I made these and also took a basketball and a sheet and made a larger ghost to hang outside! Be creative, the possibilities are endless!

Happy Halloweening,

- She 

A quick plug for the man friend

My boyfriend, Sam, is a member of the band Seraplane. They are an indie/folk band and their first album was released in May of 2010. Seraplane was interviewed by Vents Magazine and the interview is available online here! Check it out if you have time, and visit their Facebook, too!

Landon and Sam


I know this has little to do with the general "crafty" theme of my blog, but I feel that creativity, regardless of the medium(s) used for expression, is important to share with others. Stay tuned for more fun how-to's and updates for the holidays!

Have a lovely, Halloween-ie week!

- She

A handmade holiday

This past Valentine's Day, my boyfriend and I decided to save some money and give handmade gifts to each other. I struggled to find a gift to make for him, since I generally make women's jewelry, but I finally decided on a scrapbook (manly, of course!). He wrote/sang/recorded me a song. It was very lovely and even made it to their first CD: Seraplane E.P. !


Our Valentine's Day was special because I knew that each of us spent lots of time (and lots of glue, in my case) on each other's gifts. We had a completely handmade holiday, with the exception of the lovely roses that he brought me. :)





This year, my mom and I have decided to have a handmade Christmas. She has always been quite the crafter (sewing, mosaics, painting, etc.) and I have always liked making jewelry, scrapbooking, decoupaging, and painting. We hope that, by combining our creative minds, we can put together the perfect handmade Christmas. We have already ran the idea past other family members and they have all agreed that it is a great idea. In fact, everyone seems excited about it. My brother, who rarely gets involved with anything family related, has even called me to discuss a present for our mom (it's a good one, too!)

So, if you are one of my close friends or family and you get a handmade gift for Christmas, please do not think that it is because I don't like you enough to buy you something! It means that I like you enough to spend time thinking, finding, and finally creating something just for you. 

If you would like to have a handmade Holiday too, here are some ideas!
1. Baked goods (cookies, bread, cake, pies, etc) with a special note attached
2. Paint/draw/sketch a picture of something or someone that the recipient likes. 
3. Write someone a poem or a short story
4. Sing someone a song
5. Make a book of coupons with promises like "I will do your laundry for a week" or "I will make you dinner one night." 
6. Find a favorite photo of you and the recipient and put it in a frame. You could even paint/decoupage/decorate the frame to reflect things that the recipient loves or likes to do!
7. If you are able to sew or knit, you have LOADS of options:
a. Make someone a snuggly scarf
b. Make someone a warm winter hat
c. Sew someone a comfy pillow in a fabric that they would love
d. Make someone a blanket or quilt 
8. Reuse a page of an old wall calendar by framing it. My boyfriend and I made four of these using calendar pages from 2009. Not only does it look cool, it is also a form of recycling! 

The list goes on and on. These were just off the top of my head, but you can find a lot more by simply searching online for handmade gift ideas!

Even if you aren't the crafting type, you can spend a little time and make something that someone will like and remember for years to come. Handmade items are a way of telling someone that they are extra special to you!

I hope this inspires you to embrace the idea of handmade gifts and gave you a few ideas for some gifts that you can create yourself. If you have any handmade gift ideas of your own, please share them with me! 

Happy crafting,
- She

Buttons.. Again?

Hello blogging world! I haven't posted lately because I've been ridiculously busy.. and ridiculously lazy (when I'm not busy, of course). I have, however, been making mental notes of all the fun how-to's that I want to share with you guys! I made something for myself this weekend that I really like and wanted to share. And yes, it has buttons. Perhaps I should change the name of this blog to "Buttons According to She"..?


Anyway, I made this fun headband using elastic and vintage buttons that I stole from my mom's pretty enormous collection (stealing with her knowing, of course!) I hope you guys like it!


My 5-year-old nephew modeled this for me..
What a good helper he is! 
(Just don't tell any of his friends that he was wearing a girl headband..)

Stay tuned.. a new how-to is coming up very very soon! 

- She
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