Happy Easter

Wishing everyone a very HAPPY EASTER!

I hope you have a great day with family and friends!

I am having lunch at my house.  No egg hunts as all the little ones will be elsewhere this year. 

I've been very busy the last couple of days creating new things to put in my shops.  I've been making notepads and pendants.

 This one has a matching magnetic bookmark. Sets like this have been very popular in my shops.

 I thought this one would make a great little Mother's Day gift.

This one is so pretty and sparkly. The picture doesn't do it justice.
You can see all the above in my shop:
PJs TREASURES 

And here are just a few of the pendants I've completed.  I LOVE making these!

 

PJs TREASURES 

Again, I want to wish you happy Easter!  Have a blessed day.

CHALLENGE

I've been working on my blog for two days now.  Nothing seems to be working!  Anyone else having problems?  I can't get it change fonts, colors-anything!  I'm sure it's something I'm doing or not doing.  Hoping to figure it out soon.

This week's challenge with +LaDenna Lawrence  involved crayons and a canvas.
I did my first one by melting crayons all over it.  Ugh!  Did not like the way it turned out.  Maybe all the wrong colors and they run together too much.  LaDenna's turned out beautiful.  I will post hers also.

This is my second attempt.  I did the coffee cup with blue, white and brown crayons.  I let the crayon run/drip for the coffee.  I do like the way it turned out-I haven't yet seen one like it.   I am a HUGE coffee fan so this will be mine!  : )

There are a couple of things I'd do differently if I got a do-over.  Main thing- I wouldn't fill the cup ALL the way up!  

These are LaDenna's.  I LOVE the colors she chose!

She said she also painted a base of black which made the colors look more vibrant.  

It was LaDenna's choice for the new challenge.  She comes up with some good ones!  I'm always scared until I actually see the items we have to use.  This week- I am clueless.  I have an idea and have been researching but haven't found much yet.  Guess I will just have to wing it!

Anyone have any ideas?  I would love to hear them!  lol (Sorry LaDenna but I'm really kinda lost here!  lol)  The new challenge results will be posted next Wednesday on my page- 

PJs TREASURES.

Again, I thank you for coming by!  

I love comments, tips and suggestions!

FORMING A HABIT

Good morning and happy Tuesday!

I woke up this morning thinking about blogging-yes, I really did!  lol  The thought came to mind that it takes 21 days to form a habit. Great!  You mean I can blog for 21 days straight and it will become a habit?!  I could do this!  But! I started doing some research on the 21-day theory.  And it got shot down!  lol  A habit becomes a habit when it becomes a habit.  Oh well, I had good intentions!  lol

I finished a few of the mini domino pendants I've been working on. I LOVE doing these!  I friend of mine, +LaDenna Lawrence  found these mini dominoes and gave me a package of them.  I have only worked with the regular sized ones up until now.  But I'm hooked on these minis!  Now if I can only find the tiny bails to go on all of them.  Yes, I went overboard-I altered every one in the package!

I Mod Podged my chosen paper image on and sealed it.  I put glitter, bling, charms etc... on them and sealed them again.  I put an ultra shiny topcoat on some of them.

 

I love the way this one turned out!  The flower is from an old bracelet I had. 

To view in my shop click here.

For this one, I used and animal print paper and cut the word from another paper.  I added bling and put an ultra shiny topcoat on.  Love it!

Shop view

The time piece and word on this one are from different papers and I just glossy accented the time piece.

Shop view

I have many more finished, but no bails to put on them as of yet.  

Thank you for taking time to visit!  

I love comments/tips/suggestions!!

HAPPY SUNDAY!

Spring is still hiding from us here in Oklahoma!  I am patiently waiting, but my grandkids-not so much!  They are ready to swim!  I had my granddaughter, Lilly, who is 3 and my great grandson, Carson, who is 2 for a couple  of days.  So much fun and so tiring!  Wouldn't trade the time for anything though!

Here are the little MacMonters:

If you are coming over from LETS GET SOCIAL SUNDAY, welcome!

I'm a newbie at blogging and have a lot to learn!  Please join me if you so wish and have a look at my crafts by checking out my older posts!

BUSY!!

What a busy week I have going on (which makes for a lot of cleaning of the craft room! )

I'm still working on the mini domino pendants.  They should be ready to post in a couple of days.

I posted my completed challenge projects on my FB page (PJs Treasures). I will also share the pics here. These were all fun projects to make.  The first is a wreath we made side by side when I visited +LaDenna Lawrence  last month. They turned out beautiful!

We used a straw wreath and wire floral pins to attach the different colors of mesh. The eggs were cut with a Cricut and blinged up.  Mine is now hanging on my front door.

One of our monthly challenges is to make greeting cards for the upcoming holiday. We did St. Pat's Day the 1st of the month and Easter this week. I kept mine simple since I had so much going on. I send mine to my children and grandchildren.  I always include little surprises.


We also had two frames to decorate.  I chose to make sun catchers to hang in a window. I love the flag one. However, as you can see in the pics, the glue has not completely cured.  I sold a flag one as soon as I posted it!  That's very exciting to me! A fellow artisan purchased it to put in her craft studio which is Americana decor.

This one I just did on a whim. I I used the materials I had on hand.

I am also finishing up some ATC cards I'm doing for a swap.  The theme? COFFEE!  Anyone that knows me knows I LOVE my coffee! Lol I will post them when I'm finished.

So there you have a run down on my crafting activities this week. The time has flown by but as "they" say-"Time flies when you're having fun". And I have thoroughly enjoyed time spent in my "happy place".

I invite and welcome your comments!  Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog!

HSPD!!

Today is Saint Patrick's Day-all things green.  The only green I managed was my shirt! I made clover pendants but forgot to put one on as I headed to Michaels to shop.

This weekend I worked on mini domino pendants and Easter cards. Here is a sneak peak at the pendants.  The cards are part of a challenge that I will post later this week.

I love making these as there are no limits to what I can do with them!

Hoping you all had a great weekend!

SELF DISCIPLINE

Happy Wednesday (almost Thursday)!

It's been a while since I've posted. I'm learning that it takes a lot of self discipline to blog-on a regular basis .  I would like to be one of those who blogs daily. But alas, I am not!  Maybe someday in the future when I learn to manage my time better. I used to think I was fairly good at time management until I started noticing how much some of you get done. Many of you have jobs, children and homes you have to take care of. HOW do you find time to create? I don't know how some of you create as many things as you do on a daily basis. I envy your knowledge of how to organize it all! 

I have yet to post last week's challenge with the Crafty Diva.   The challenge was to use a small box-decorate it-and make a mini album to go in it.

This is a mac & cheese box that I covered with paper. I love this paper!

It looks like it's been painted with crackle paint.

Inside cover and album.

I decorated the front cover with flowers, feathers and butterflies.that I embossed.

For the album, I used chipboard for the front and back covers and chipboard coasters for the pages.

I made this album to put my grand and great grandkids' pics in. I still want to add the

following to the blank page- "What happens at MiMi's stays at MiMi's!".

Back cover.

This one was a lot of fun to make! I've received a lot of compliments on it.

I went to +LaDenna Lawrence 's last weekend and we worked on a couple of projects. I will be posting those and our card and frame challenges next week.

I hope to learn to start managing my time better. IF I succeed, I will be posting again soon!!

EXCELLENT DAY

Good morning!  I spend yesterday with my great grandson, Carson. He's such a little sweetheart.  I always have the best time with him-he keeps me laughing!

 Is he cute or what?!!

I've decided to post some previous challenges that I've done with my friend-LaDenna of Crafty Diva.  It will show you a little more of what we do.   I tried and tried to put a slideshow in here +Allan Nelson ; but haven't figured it out yet!

 

Some items used in these challenges were old vinyl records, old candy boxes, tin cans, old cake pans, and corks.  I have to say the MOST challenging of all these was the tin man!  LaDenna  and I did this one as a side by side challenge when I went to visit last month. I will be going again next weekend-no telling what we will come up with!  :) So keep coming back!

HAVE A GREAT DAY!