First post!!!

O M Goodness, I am so excited to be creating this blog.  It's been a long time in the think tank and I'm READY to GO!

The idea is to show my craft projects or links to other people's that I would covet if it wasn't a bad thing.  But still...  I like them.... a lot!

So let's get to it!  Right off, here's a picture of a craft I've done recently.

This isn't my picture (gosh, I wish I had that cute piano) but I forgot to take a good picture of mine before packing it up for the end of the season.

It's a great advent calendar.  It's made on old barn wood cut to approximately 55 inches long by 8 inches wide and painted an antique white.  The colorful pieces are clothespins with ribbon glued to the front of them.  You can hang anything you want from the clothespins to keep track of the days.  I chose tiny little wrapping bows in Christmas colors.  Other options are small wrapped gifts, tiny toys, ornaments, etc.  Just remember that the clothespin, which is glued on with wood glue, has to be able to hold the weight.  I put some picture hangers on the back on either side and tied on an old-timey looking rope for hanging.

Now, most people take them off with the corresponding day.  (i.e. on December 1st, they remove the number 1 spot, on the 2nd, they take off the number 2 spot, and so on.)  I submit an alternative.  If you take off the 24 spot first, you (and your kids) will know how many days are left until Christmas.  This is what I grew up with, so I'm partial.  But can you see how it would forestall a lot of "Mom, how many days left?" "Mom..."  "Mom..."  "Mom...." "MOM!"  Well, you probably know how that goes.

More posts coming as the crafts roll in!