Nanas’ Artsy Fartsy Crafts

02/13/2024

Bead embroidered chile pin, approx 3”

12/23/2023

Made this collapsible money gift box for each teenager I’m giving a gift to. Teenagers are difficult to buy for but every teen loves money. I used pre-made boxes from Dollar Tree. Each side has a pocket to put money into. I glued a Reese’s and Kisses tree in the middle of the center box.

12/23/2023

Bought some Lindt Lindor milk chocolate, cookie icing, and Sprinkles to up-do them Christmas style. Quick and easy.

12/22/2023

Easy and cute ornaments a few of my kiddos made, thumbprint reindeers.

12/19/2023

Finished my snowmen. Added “snow” to them. Even made snowbabies

12/17/2023

A few snow-women I’ve made from wood spools and balls , ribbons, and embellishments. All hand painted. -womenornaments

12/15/2023

Made a gingerbread man and a snowman gift card holder from Jean pockets. This was following the tutorial by . Her work is marvelous, and her YouTube channel is inspiring. The 2 snowman ornaments were also inspired

03/09/2023

Hand-sculpted fairy houses made with Premo PolymerClay. The fairy houses were sculpted on glass or burnt out light bulbs.

12/22/2022

Made some ornaments these past 3 days. Tomorrow is the start of cookie making.

12/16/2022

Finished some hot chocolate and Frappuccino ornaments.

09/30/2022

Prepping more bones. After painting the bones to be aged, I decoupage layers of tissue. Then paint to be skin and matter.

09/29/2022

Added some “skin” and matter to my skulls.

09/28/2022

“Aged” some plastic bones. The white bones are the original color. I “aged” the bones with paint. Getting them ready for my Halloween outdoor decor. I think I need to tone down the teeth.

09/01/2022

Just finished another bead embroidered cactus brooch.

09/01/2022

My very first bead embroidered cactus/succulent brooch. I made this one for my friend.

07/30/2022

New beadwork

Grandson wanted a beaded dream catcher so I made him one. He picked the colors and design. Hand-Beaded using glass seed beads

07/30/2022

Grandson wanted a beaded dream catcher so I made him one. He picked the colors and design. Hand-Beaded using glass seed beads

12/20/2021

Tried a “new to me” ornament idea. I’ve seen these made all over Pinterest and YouTube. I had thekse Mexican candy containers and thought to use them for faux hot chocolate. I did my best.

12/16/2021

Made these reindeer candy canes for my students. I have them hanging on my desk shield waiting for our lil party after our work training.

11/08/2021

First time making polymer clay “sprinkles”. Need them for some ornaments I’m making.

08/02/2021

Hubby and I DIYed this hat racked for our fedora collection. We installed it above our bed.

07/07/2021

Made a 3 floral wreath for a special lil girl’s birthday

03/29/2021

Made Easter goodies with the kiddos. Marshmallow pops

12/21/2020

Here are some close-up

12/21/2020

Finally finished my window display. Wood pieces are from the Dollar Tree and the accessories are from DT, Michaels, and Hobby Lobby. I got my inspiration from

12/10/2020

Here are the ornaments I made for this year. When I saw these wood cut outs at Hobby Lobby, I knew exactly what I wanted to make. So I bought blue felt with them to make mask. And tada: Quarantined ornaments!😝

10/04/2020

Made this little stash jar on a 1”x3” metal base using Premo Sculpey and glow-in-the-dark glitter.

10/04/2020

Made this stash jar with a 3” jar, dyed crystals, and Premo Sculpey. Glow-in-dark Sculpey III was used to hand-sculpt the mushrooms.

10/04/2020

Sculpted this cute pumpkin fairy house on a round lightbulb. The base and the glow-in-the-dark windows were made from sculpey III clay. Premo was used on the rest of the sculpture. Everything was hand-sculpted, no molds were used.

09/23/2020

Repurposing some Dollar Tree Halloween decor