A is for Apple, Autumn and Art

A is also for absent and apologize.  Which I have been and I do, respectively.  Life has been consumed with overlapping football and baseball practices/games for both boys, Wildman’s required daily reading assignments, play dates, parties, J’s travel schedule, trips, arts and crafts and many other things that eat away at my blogging time.  But I’m here tonight to give you a little glimpse of my recent projects.

Cutie Pie’s class is talking about apples this week which triggered a memory of an apple snack that I had seen in a magazine not too long ago.  I cannot remember the magazine though.  I just finished putting the finishing touches on the little red chocolate-dipped Oreo apples for snack tomorrow.  There are 18 extra for Wildman’s class because, as my great grandmother told me, “what you do for one, you have to do for the other.”  So true, Grandma.  So true!

With it being mid-September and all, I’m finding myself in the mood for autumn.  But, because I live in Florida, we don’t really get much of a fall season.  I have to create my own with glittery silk leaves, a pumpkin candle and a cinnamon broom.  The temperature has dipped down to a refreshing 85 degrees lately so I feel justified in feeling fall-ish.

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Cutie Pie and I attempted to make our own autumn tree using pom poms in fall colors.  I saw the idea here.  The ones in the magazine came out adorably spherical.  Ours looked more adorably Seussical if you ask me.  Ha!  Our little tree has a place of honor in my kitchen window.  It makes me happy 🙂

I’ve been trying my hand at melted crayon art lately too.  I’m sure you’ve seen this craft all over the Internet.  It’s super easy to do and looks incredible.

So far, I’ve made one for Cutie Pie’s classroom and Wildman’s bedroom.  I’m thinking of giving one to Wildman’s teacher as well.  These art pieces make me smile every time I look at them.

B and I are doing our local craft fair again this November.  And, as a result, I’ve been scouring the Internet for inspiration.  I came across these adorable hand sanitizer packages here and could not resist making a few.

As you can see, I’ve been keeping myself busy with project after project.  A 12-day absence from the blog is a little bit inexcusable though.  I’ll try to be less of a stranger this week!

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Waldorf Stars

I folded and assembled a couple of Waldorf stars out of kite paper on Tuesday evening while I watched The Voice.  I felt like I needed something to do with my hands while I watched the two-hour episode.  Even though The Voice is my new favorite show I didn’t feel like just sitting there while it was on.  This little project was the perfect thing. Colorful, simple, therapeutic.

Here’s what one of the stars looked like in the sun on my sliding glass door the next day.  Lovely!  I think they look like summer.

Tutorial for how to make Waldorf Stars is found here.

Kite paper can be purchased here.

First Custom Order: Dinosaur Box

Here are a few photos of our first custom order from our first craft fair.  Our city’s finance director came by our booth and asked us if we could create a dinosaur box for her 5-year-old grandson.  There were a few constraints: it had to have a handle, be easy to open and be large enough to hold his dinosaur toys.  Always up for a challenge, B and I happily agreed to create one for her.

I think we met the requirements pretty well!  We even threw in three bonus dinosaurs to go along with it.

Would you believe that this suitcase used to have a hot pink and blue Cinderella design all over it?!