Craftiness!

I apologize for the quality of these pictures, but my camera broke and I'm taking these with my phone. The lighting wasn't very good. I have been in a mood to create lately, so I thought I would share what I've been making.

I have had some harvest fabric for a long time and decided to make a couple of throw pillows to add festivity to our harvest home. The fabric pumpkins in front of the pillow are covered toilet rolls! They are cute, easy to make, and I love to decorate the house every fall with these fabric pumpkins. The pink splotch you see is a burp cloth. I found some flannel lying around in my fabric bin, got a pattern online, and voila! The white cloth is a dresser scarf with Halloween patches, glitter, and spooky characters that I painted. Not professional, but fun to do. Next is the beginnings of a crocheted scarf. I decided that I waste a lot of time just watching TV and should be productive so I re-learned how to crochet. The bag of granola next to the scarf is a homemade recipe without any oil, and I must say it is delish and much healthier than store bought.

This is Sam (1st grandson) and a little friend of his from his 6th birthday party--theme: robots. I made a robot for him out of cardboard boxes, added stuff and painted it silver. It was so fun to put together and has inspired me to be more creative with gifts to my grandkids.

I have added another dimension to the creativity and that is I'm giving everything away to others. This is not a noble act, it's just a fact that I don't need more stuff in my home, but I still want to feel that fulfillment of creating something. So who knows, you might be the recipient of a homemade craft from me!