Curley's Crafts and Creations

Ryan needed a White Elephant gift for work. I found a super cute idea, but it did not work out and I had to quickly make a decision to figure a gift out. So I made this.....

I am still going to work on the other one, but hey, I can do it for myself right :)

I made an advent calender like this.....

and when I went out to get it this year I can't find it. I know what box it is in, but who knows where it is in all our storage. So I decided to make another one. But I found 2 that I really liked, and thought, oh well, I will just make both. They were super easy and I made them both in about a day. I was sick the one, so I moved slower than usual so I actually had to finish them the next day. Here are some pictures of them......

I just cut out a Christmas tree with my cricut then without unloading put the numbers on. Then I put some paper on wood circles and put a small magnet on the back. Each day we put an "ornament" on the tree until we get to the star.

Now some up-close of the snowman countdown. I found this cute clipart so I just printed it out and made it a sticker and stuck it to the paper.



I used my cricut to cut out the snowflakes with numbers in them. We are using a glass pebble as our "marker" and move it daily. I put a snowflake on blue paper on the pebble with a magnet on the back.

I also used my cricut to cut out the Let it Snow, and I layered it to help it stand out more.

Now my question is, Can you have to many advent Calenders?? I don't think so, but what do you think? Also, what do you think of the calendars? Are they cute enough? Should I add numbers to the circles on the tree one?

I have finished my Christmas cards. Now I just need to write in them, address the envelopes and I am sure a couple of other things and wait until just after Thanksgiving then I can send them out :)

I have also been working on getting a bunch of birthday cards done. I hope to have 6 months, at least, of birthday cards done so I can "relax" later as it gets closer for the baby to come.

With winter finally coming we have pulled out the coats and other winter stuff. The biggest problem is that most of the hats are too small for the kids. So instead of buying new, I decided to make some. Here is how they turned out:
Dallin's

Saedy's

Aleana's

I even made one for me but have not taken a picture of me in it. Maybe I will get around to it and post it later.

I then noticed that my slippers are dieing a slow painful death. There are so many holes I finally decided instead of just buying more, I would make me some. This is how they turned out:

The buttons ended up coming off, but hey, not bad for no pattern right?

Then I thought I need a cover for my cricut machine and the sewing machine, so I made up a pattern and made a cover. What do you think?? Not bad either huh?



There are a few other things I am working on, of course. But you will have to wait until they are ALL DONE before you know what they are :)

My cousin had this on her blog, and I thought I can always use more stuff for crafting so I would also blog about it. Go HERE for more info

Here are some fun crafts I have been working on lately. Of course they are geared towards July, but they turned out really good.



They are super easy and if you want to know how to do them let me know. The hardest part is waiting for the paint to dry. :)

I have found that if I don't work on something during General Conference I am likely to fall asleep and miss out. So this is what I worked on.


It was an idea from my little sister, and she came over and made a version of her own for the BOYS. I think they turned out really cute and am so glad I did it. Anyone want to know how to make them let me know. The best thing is that it was FREE!!! I already had the paper, and the vinyl. I had the embellishments, and my dad picked up the wood from a house that they were just doing to throw away and I cut them and sanded them. YEAH! I love it when I don't have any out of pocket expense and am able to craft! Now just to finish a couple of other projects and post about them :) The never ending supply of crafting!!

So all growing up my mom made jam. I have tried store bought, and just don't think it is as good. Now that I am "grown up" I figured I should be making it myself. So we went and bought strawberries and ate some then made jam with the rest. (We went to Costco and got their 4lb case for 5.99) I got about 9 out of that. Not bad.

Then I have made St Patrick's and Easter decor. I am slow posting but here is what I made with Easter first:
These blocks are ones I have posted about in the past, but I add some letters and have TONS more words I can do. I will have to re-post about this later :)

And here are some wood eggs I painted then mod podged some fun spring paper on the front. I then inked the edges, and am trying to decide if this is okay or if they need a little more.

Here is wood that spells eggs. I painted them, I put painters tape on so I could do the different colors and not have transfer from the other colors where I did not want it. Then I just add a little bling for fun.

Here is the St. Patrick's stuff. I have 1 3x6, 1 5x6 and 3 4x6 blocks that I painted the edges that would be showing and mod podged fun green paper on the front. Then I cut out vinyl with my cricut and put that on. I still want some bling and just need to do it.

This is a fun hat, but it actually goes with another thing I have, but since I live with mom and dad and don't have it totally done I just displayed the hat.

These fun shamrocks are from wood too. I painted them then mod podged the paper on them. I distressed the edges with ink and thought that was good.

Here are the letter blocks spelling pinch me. I love them and am so glad I decided to make them and add more letters.

So that is what I have been doing. I have a few other things I am still working on, and I think after I am done I will find more I want to do. That is the great thing about crafting, it is never ending, of course that can be bad too :)

Some cards I made on our craft night (Thanks Cole for instigating this) it was so much fun to giggle with my sisters and mom. Of course Kade was just as funny to talk with too. Guess you have to be one of the girls Kade. (Kayce you are always welcome if you are in town :D)

















Then I was having cravings and want to make cookies, just not the usual ones. Then I remembered I had some cream so I made soft molasses cookies-YUM!!

And here is a gift I made for my cousin that just had a baby.
Birp Clothes

Diaper holder

Wipe case

and a Hooter hider that doubles as a carseat cover. Hope it comes in handy. :)

Well that is about it. I have a few other things I am working on STILL. When I finish them I will post pictures.
Happy Crafting

I was so shocked about a week ago when I check my email and saw that I had sold something through Quilted Bear. It is the first and only thing I have sold so far, but hey ya gotta start somewhere right?
I was not able to get pictures of the latest project, but luckily it was for my little sister so I will have to get pictures later and post. I made her a Hooter Hider (I LOVE this new name) which doubles as a carseat cover, a diapee and wipee case and 2 birp clothes. I have not finished the last of her gift (and she does not know what it is and since she reads this I will not be saying what it is :D) I am hoping to finish sooner rather than later, and since she is due next month I have a deadline :O. Don't worry I will get it done.
Other than that I have not been doing a lot of crafts, but that will end as the same sister wants to have monthly craft nights. So at least once month I will be crafting (thanks for the kick in the butt and help to do this). I am SO excited and have SO many project I want to do so this will help so much.

So lately I have been able to do a lot of crafting. I have this cute wood decor that I have needed to paint and now have it mostly done. It is a really cute idea you get the letters HME and then have different things for the O for each month. Here are the ones I have pictures of:
January

February
A heart with a ribbon around its base-need to get a picture and post
March
A leprachan hat with a ribbon and a buckle-SO cute, also need to take a picture
April

May

June

July

August

September

October
A cute witches hat I don't have a picture of yet
November

December-still needs a ribbon around it-super cute when I do it I will try to take pictures.

for Birthdays :)

And here is an extra decoration
A super cute hat I still need to finish for July :)

Then we celebrated my grandparents birthdays and I did the cakes. They turned out SO cute, (I am bias though)

Then I saw a really cute idea for headbands but with not having money I could not buy them, so I decided to try to make them. This is how the one turned out. It is cute and great at keeping my hair out of my face (and since I am waiting for the job before going and getting a hair cut since we can't afford it, I love to have the LONG bangs out of my face)

Then I decided I needed a bigger bag for church. Between buddies, diapers, wipes, and ALL the other stuff I have to take it is nice to have one bag to put it all in instead of having 5 bags.

and with having Presidency meetings that only I go to I hate to bring the big old diaper bag, and really, really hate having all my things like my wallet, keys etc I need to take with no home and then I have to search everywhere for them so I made this bag for my purse. Then realized it was not quite big enough, so I enlarged it to 125% and it is perfect.

So that is a few things I have been working on the last week or two. I have a couple of baby gifts I am now going to work on, plus a few other things I need to finish. Hopefully I can do it in a timely fashion, (HA HA yeah right).