Beaded Fun....

So I started playing with some beads. There are so many great, fun beads in the store it was just 

SO. HARD. TO. RESIST!

So, I admit.

I gave in.

Do I regret it?

HECK NO!

I started simple. With just some earrings.

Green to match some of my scrubs for work.

Plus I love the color.

Now I wish I had a bit more green to wear these more.

Then came Sunday.

I had some pins with beads that I used to wear all the time.

Then I lost one of the blue ones.

Hmmm, got to looking at that lone blue pin.

It looked easy enough....

I'll bet.....

Yep, I could make some myself.

So I did. I just wrapped the cording (it's fancy crafting fishing line but hey) around the pin in between threading each bead. Just tie it off nice and tight. I threw this together 10 minutes before leaving for church one morning.

I wore my hair in a sideways braid and got so many compliments.

Yeah, made me smile.

And then the broken watch band that helped to start it all off. Well, not this one specifically but.....I still needed to rethread this band. It popped apart on my rush to get ready for work one morning.

Thankfully I retrieved most of the beads.

Now I have my watch back.

Nice and pretty.

Beading is fun but the tiny pieces get me a tad tense.

I'll leave the serious jewelry making to my lovely sister in law.

I'll just take the occassional fun project!

Imagine some wordart freebies...

I love the song by Mercyme, "I can only imagine". It gives me goose bumps every time I here it. I just touches something deep inside me. The other day I heard it and it got me to thinking. I had my little guy in the back, carrying on with his antics as usual. He jabbered on about something I just couldn't keep up with. A child's imagination is something to wonder at. So, as I sat in the carpool lane at the school I thought, "I should do a wordart set on imagination. Well, here you have it! All about imagination.

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I hope you enjoy them!

Raingutter Bookshelf Boy Style....

Who would have thought the local Home Depot would be as good as a craft store? When you are looking at home decor for a bunch of boys who are not sports minded you tend to get creative. I find myself walking down aisles at Home Depot wondering what I could do with all sorts of parts and pieces. I used pipes on a ladder, sheet metal for a coat hook, now.....

A raingutter for a bookshelf. Basic metal was the cheapest and happen to be just perfect to go with his room.

Grab some tin snips to cut it down to size, 10 feet was just a bit too long.

Now to enlist the help of dear hubby...again.....

We screwed it into the studs....

Now just add some books.

And maybe some fun magnets to hang his artwork from.

So what do you think?

Dear hubby thought I was crazy when I explained what I pictured for this room but now he rather likes it. He said he can finally grasp what I was saying. I knew he'd come around and see things my way. hehehe!

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Ladder for a Loft....

I finally got a chance to make my library ladder for Mr. T's room. We had to change things up a little bit in the end but here is the step by step.

I started with a couple of 1x2's of hardwood.

Sand around the edges to smooth them and round the corners.

They were pretty smooth so just a touch on the surface was all it needed.

After that it was time to drill the holes. I clamped them together so the holes were sure to line up.

I marked the holes 12 inches apart after starting about 7 inches from the bottom. Then just drilled through both boards.

Dear hubby stepped in to paint them. On to the assembly.

I used 3/4 inch pipe as the ladder rungs.

Then we put a cap on the end of each one.

I had hoped to have the ladder roll along in front of the closet doors but things just didn't line up like they needed to. We decided we liked it on the wall next to the closet anyway.
We lined it up with the studs in the wall but we used 18 inch pipes and since studs are usually on 16 inch centers only one side lined up. With the ladder needing to hold the weight of the boys going up and down we really needed both sides secured strongly. On the other side we added brackets that could hold 100# each.

Dear hubby helped screw it in while I held the ladder up.

I love it!

And the boys ALL love it. They have been up and down all weekend.

One happy boy up in the loft, one mom nervous. Yep time to get on that rail to prevent them from falling!