I have a few aspirations in life: to be successful, to be happy, to make the best cupcakes in Columbus and then the world, to own an English Bulldog named Henry and to be able to make a beautiful centerpiece out of sticks and apples like Martha Stewart. Except for her little stint in the big house, Martha is a completely acceptable woman to aspire to be like, at least in my personal opinion. She is intelligent, soft spoken, wealthy, has a talk show and taught Snoop Dogg how to make mashed potatoes. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ocre0kXgvg) This week I decided to channel my inner Martha, as I do most weeks and make a collection of crafts using the same items. In addition to my craftiness for the week, I made some delicious cupcakes (so say my coworkers) even though I may or may not have failed miserably when trying to make caramel butter cream icing.
Now, I am not an inherently crafty or artistic person. I usually draw like a five year old after she has had 17 pixie sticks; outside the lines with mismatched colors and giving up halfway through. But, I decided that this time I would power through and finish these few projects to the best of my 22 year old ability. So I started off this day of crafting at the holy grail of craft stores, Hobby Lobby. I've gotta admit that I can spend hours upon hours in this place and possibly have in the recent past. After spending way too much time perusing the aisles, I decided to make some purchases and they were as follows.
Things I Bought
Multi-Pack Canvas, 2pack 11" x 14" - $5.99
Prima Flowers Multipack, 1.2 ounces - $12.99
Mason Jar, 16 ounces - $1.79
3 Botanic Artistry Gerbera Flowers in White, Yellow and Purple, 24" - $2.99 each
Americana Acrylic Paint in Purple Cow, Lamp Black, Grey Sky, Traditional Burnt Umber, Antique Gold, Spa Blue, Baby Blue and Cocoa - $0.99 each
Value Brush Set, 25 brushes - $4.99
Bag O' Buttons, Pastel, 7 ounces - $4.99
Total before coupon: $47.64
Total after coupon: $28.58
Note: Hobby Lobby always has 40% coupons online or on your phone, which is awesome. Jo-ann also has a 20% student discount if you ask them.
Things I Had
Glue Gun
Wine Corks
Pictures of my friends
Scissors
Wire Cutters
Once I had all my supplies ready to go, I was prepared to start my crafts for the day. I found this really cool picture on Pinterest (of course) that was a painting of a tree with flowers and buttons so I kinda stole their idea and made it my own. Once I made this fancy little painting, I had some leftover supplies so I kinda just made a hodgepodge of things until I got bored. Here they are.
These are the flowers that I bought at Hobby Lobby, but I glued two of them together to make them look prettier and set them aside. Then, I painted the whole canvas grey as a background. Like I mentioned, I am not the most artistic person so I drew out my tree on a scrap paper and then followed that drawing onto my canvas. Once my fancy new tree was dry, I used my hot glue gun to put my pretty new flowers on my painting. Then, voila a lovely new original painting by Hannah Pease.
So, I have a lot of leftover wine corks. I can't imagine why. It could be my love for red wine, but who knows really. I used the top of my mason jar and hot glued the two pieces together. Then, I took some of my leftover flowers and glued those on the sides. Finally, I took 4 wine corks and glued them on the bottom so that the top isn't flat. Very simple and then you have a fancy new coaster.
Like I said I have a lot of wine corks so I decided to make use of them. I took the lid off my mason jar to use for the coaster and tossed in a few wine works. Then, I used wire cutters to make the flowers shorter and fit inside the mason jar. Ta da, new decoration for my desk.
Well, those were my Martha Stewart crafts for the week. They were really easy and match enough to be decorations in my bedroom so I'm a fan. This week, I'm planning on making some delicious cupcakes but I'll wait to share the details until I know they are a success.
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