Crafty Things

So in case you haven't heard, wedding season has ARRIVED!!! I have so many friends tying the knot within the next year, and although that is a great thing that is sooooo exciting, it is hard to find good, creative gifts for everyone! I have attempted to become more crafty as of recently because who doens't like a homemade gift? Here are a few of my recent projects that were given to the dear Sarah Hambley whose wedding is in a mere 33 days!!! We hosted a teacher themed bridal shower at my house today, so here were my contributions.

It is a crayon teacher wreath! 

Unfortunately I don't have any shots of me putting it together, but it is so easy! Here are the supplies you will need:

-2 embroidery (sp? Sorry, it's late!) one big and one small

-3 48 packs of crayons

-LOTS of hot glue

-Ribbon

-Wooden letters

1. Place the small hoop inside the bigger one

2. Lay the crayons on the hoop to get the spacing right (this can be tedious, but it's worth it for everything to be centered!)

3. Once the crayons are in the right place, start hot gluing them down. (I only glued two at a time so the glue didn't dry out on me!)

4. Once the crayons are glued down, all you need is embellishment! I painted some little wooden letters for her last name and added some ribbon, but I have also seen it done with stickers as decorations! Whatever you want will look great!

I was so excited to put Mrs. Gardner on her wreath!! Soon she will be married, and soon she will have a classroom full of her own kiddos!! :)

 Since I was feeling crafty, I figured I should knock out another teacher idea that Ms. Hambley could use in her classroom!

 

All you need are some good ol' #2 pencils...

Some hot glue...actually, a LOT of hot glue..

And a whole lot of patience...

And you will wind up with this! A pencil flower vase!

Unfortunately, the back of the vase didn't exactly turn out according to plan, so I created this little sign to cover up the blemishes!

I had so much fun creating some things for the future Mrs. Gardner's classroom! I hope she can find some good use for them when she has a room full of her own kiddos someday soon :) Stay tuned tomorrow for a post chuck full of pictures from our "Teacher Themed Bridal Shower!"

Until then,

Brittany