Finding Secret Treasure: Dollar Tree

Sunday, March 31, 2013

DIY - Easter Photo Shoot

Happy Easter

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for one another. (NIV)

One Beautiful Granddaughter and a few Dollar Tree props, add in a Painted Vintage Suitcase, and you have a Great Easter Photo Shoot, (for about $5.00) a fraction of what it would cost to have a professional do them.

It would cost a fortune to have professional pictures taken to mark each Month and each Holiday...

Plus I get to have fun with it all!
I love putting the little "scenes" together, posing her it's just fun!

Now I know these are nowhere near the quality you get with a Professional, but when on a tight budget...

I just have a cheap point and shoot Camera, but I think it captures the "Moment in Time"

Just look at that face!

and those toes!

We've done her Christmas Pictures, Valentine's Day, St Patrick's Day, and now I'm planning her "April Showers" Photo shoot

Let me know if you have any questions...

Thank you for visiting with me today, hopefully you have been inspired in some small way...

Please leave a comment so I know you were here, they really do make my day!

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God's Blessing to you and your families, have a wonderful day!

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Burlap Pumpkins with Natural Dried Stems - Save those Pumpkin Stems!

2 Corinthians 5:17

NIV Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! (NIV)

I know Pumpkin Season is over and Christmas is all the rage

(as it should be)

I wasn't going to post, but then I thought some of you may still have your pumpkins hanging around. Save the stems! Dry them out and use them on your "Craft" pumpkins next year.

These are the Burlap Pumpkins I made this year using the Dried Pumpkin Stems my Son saved me last year. I just threw them in an open box and forgot about them, they dried perfectly!

Since I'm on a Spending Freeze, I wanted to use the things I had... the burlap I bought last year for a project I never did... I have a stock pile of things for projects I never did, I'm sure some of you have similar stock, just waiting to be used. So instead of buying, I'm digging out the old to make some new things. I'm being thrifty.

I used an old bed pillow for the stuffing, and a ball of twine I had from the Dollar Tree.

I just "pulled" off some stuffing and gathered it into a pumpkin shape. Cut the Burlap into a large Square and brought all 4 corners to the center and secured with a rubber band. The I just tucked the raw edges in, and squished the pumpkin into shape, added the twine, which came off the roll already Curled!

I made several sizes to use as a grouping. I used my hot glue gun to glue the Natural Dried Stems to the top, easy peasy!