This year's holiday wreath is silver and red, inspired by the number of silk poinsettias in the stash. I have spools of wire edged ribbon and making big bows is very easy with it. I have a tutorial on making big bows HERE. Knowing I wanted a good size bow, I started with that. Attaching …
Category: Crafting
Thanksgiving Projects and Ideas
Every year at this time, I go through the some past posts that have relevance to the season. There are so many fun things to do for Thanksgiving and the Autumn season, that I have not run out of ideas yet. But, new readers may not have seen these ideas from past years, so here …
Autumn Jubilee Pine Cone Crafting
Pine cones are in abundance in Autumn, so fitting for an Autumn Jubilee crafting project. I have so many pine cones it is fun to find a way to use a lot at once. For a centerpiece, I thought this wire basket would make a good base for a pine cone basket. The wire basket …
Quilter’s Meet and Greet
Today I am participating in an event called Quilter's Meet and Greet - a blog hop of quilting bloggers, some new, some established. Welcome to From My Carolina Home! I am a longarm quilter, pattern designer and speaker for quilting enthusiasts, and I've been blogging for over 4 years. I do lots of free patterns …
Getting Ready for the Fair
The Mountain Regional State Fair turn-in day for the competitions is Monday, and I am entering 23 contests this year in a bunch of divisions. I actually started early enough in August this year pulling it all together, getting my online entries done, and completing projects. I have 5 quilt entries, 5 photography entries, several …
Bird Nest Art Project
One of the categories in the Mountain Regional State Fair is Natural Materials. This one is always a challenge to use items found on our property, created by nature, in a project. This summer, a Carolina Wren built a nest in a little bucket on the veranda and then abandoned it when DH was painting …
Watering Can Garden Art Project
This idea of a cute, painted watering can has been circulating around the internet for a while now, and I wanted to do something like it for my garden. It was one of those projects that was planned quickly, but went low on the project list as other projects with deadlines took priority. Then with …
Creating Yard Art
Gardens full of flowers are a joy to behold. Sometimes it is nice to have some art pieces in with the flowers to add some interest when they finish blooming, or before the blooms appear. Something to add a bit of charm to the flower bed like this miniature rusty bicycle. So, with that in …
A Safelight Project for the Fourth of July
It seemed fitting that on the day we celebrate our Independence as a nation, the residents of the Safelight shelter might celebrate their independence in their new lives. Safelight is the name of the domestic violence shelter in our little town. This organization incorporates many services for domestic violence victims and sexual assault victims providing …
Caliente Hat
Having some fun with the Caliente theme, I made a few fun things to use on drives with the Mini club like the Geocaching Drive on yesterday's post. For those who missed that post, one of the club 'rules' is you have to name your car. Ours is red, so DH called it Caliente. You …
