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 :)