My Week in Craft (through Jan 25)

I'm a few days late posting this, but with the week of stuff that I have to do - I'm pretty proud of myself for posting now even. Soooooo, here's a glimpse of some of the crafting I undertook last week:

BAKING
I baked some cookies, not from scratch or anything.

KIDS CRAFT
While I visited with the nieces, we played with my Sharpies and Shrink Plastic
They made some really cute imagesUnfortunately, I'm not used to working with my mom's gas oven and some of them came out a little wonky.
EMBROIDERY
I broke out my embroidery supplies last week, and that's what I spend the majority of the week crafting. I started with some doodling.

But then decided I should work on some basics, so I actually pulled out and ironed on the stitch lesson pattern from Sublime Stitching. I also worked on a little planet.
And, I started on a car.

JEWELRY MAKING
I did get in the craft room to work on a few other tasks (like sealing the paper clay beads from last week) before I started on something else new: another decoupage bracelet.
I started by selecting the bracelet (a yard sale find) and sanding it a bit.
I painted the bracelet with some gesso before beginning to apply comic strip images I cut out of some old comic books. It's not quite done yet, but here's where I am on it.

I have worked on another project or two so far this week. I MAY be able to post those next week. Let's see how much recovering I need from my Mardi Gras Ball and how much I actually get done while preparing for the ball. Til then. . .
Oooohhhh, I need a crafty catch-phrase. I guess I'll try to work on that too. Hmmm.

Crafty Weekend Indeed

Personal Creations
Oh, I was so very crafty this weekend!! It was wonderful.
I got to play with Shrink Plastic. Basically, I just cut sheets into smaller sections with a paper cutter and doodled on them with sharpies before punching holes in them for jewelry. I then shrunk them and began sealing them with Glossy Accents.
For a while I've been carrying around and putting holes in these small, plastic farm animals. I finally got them all done a few weeks ago, so I strung some of them as bracelets for my nieces. I think they're going to love them. We'll see in a few hours.
I also managed to collage some and made a few wooden pendants. This one was my favorite.
I did a little embroidery, but forgot to take the picture. I'll share at another time.

I really wanted to share these items to prove that I am crafty indeed. I hope I've proved my point.