Beulah Bags by Heather

This rocking chair was created as a gift for my student teacher, Emily. The rocking chair was painted with the colors of her new classroom. Emily loves owls so I painted a cute owl on the back part of the chair. Students helped me paint the rest of the chair after 2 coats of primer. I probably could've just done 1 coat of primer but went with 2! Materials from Lowes: Zinnser's 1-2-3 spray primer 3 cans Valspar Jekyll Crane Cottage Green (Green) Valspar Boysenberry Jam (Purple) Valspar Water Fountain (Blue) Valspar Swim (Aqua) Valspar clear coat Brushes various sized Plastic drop cloths

Handmade Valentines made on the sewing machine! I chose 3 different patterns of scrapbook paper and cut out hearts. I folded a piece of cardstock and sewed the hearts on the cardstock. Easy, handmade Valentine cards!

Blanket and bib embroidery work done for Judy L.

Supplies: 4x4 canvases Modge Podge Acrylic paint Brushes Scrapbook paper Scrapbook letters Wooden canvas stands Black spray paint Silver glitter spray paint Printer I don't know where I come up with these crazy ideas but here we go! I made these as a gift for my Aunt.  These are her adorable pets Patti the Boston Terrier and Winston the cat. I cut scrapbook paper to fit the mini canvas and modge podged it on. I then added the print out of each pet along with a scrapbook letter for their name. I Modge Podged again and added some sparkle spray paint. Cute and unusual gift!

This year for Christmas, I decided to hand craft most of my gifts. I needed the therapy crafting offers and it was fun! Here are some frames I made for my grandma and great aunt. Supplies: Wooden frames from Wal-Mart Scrapbook paper Modge Podge (paper formula) Scissors Exacto knife Glue gun I Modge Podged scrapbook paper to the front of the frame and trimmed around the edge with an exacto knife. I then applied a layer of Modge Podge to seal the paper. After, I created paper flowers to add some interest using a coordinating color paper. I found a great tutorial for paper flowers here: http://jonesdesigncompany.com/flowers/rolled-paper-flowers-tutorial/ . After creating the flowers, I glued them using my glue gun. I printed a photo to put in the frame and done!

I made a very neat and practical Christmas gift for my very organized mother today. Materials: Plain frame Scrapbook or other design paper Modge Podge Scrapbook letters Measuring tool Exacto knife  I used the cardboard included inside the frame as the base of my menu board. I didn't have to cut or measure! I used special handmade paper that I got from Blick instead of scrapbook paper. It gave my design texture without being too "busy". The sheets were about 4 times as large as a scrapbook sheet so I saved money and now can make 2 menu boards (one to give and one to keep!)  I first measured my board and divided by 7 to make my day areas symetrical.  I put the darker colored paper over the entire board first then put the alternate colored days' paper over top of the darker colored paper. I used Modge Podge (paper formula) to secure my specialty paper to the base board. My board started to warp so I used a handy book (just happened to be my son...

Today my students and I got into the holiday spirit and created some salt dough ornaments for their parents. I made the dough from this recipe and stored it overnight until I could get it to school. 1/2 cup salt 1/2 cup warm water 1 cup flour I rolled it out and we cut little medallions from it using a small Tupperware container (I'm resourceful). I used a "create your own stamp" kit from Wal-Mart to have them personalize the stamp to emboss their medallion to give it a personal touch.  Then poked a hole at the top for the string. I will cook these suckers at 250 degrees for about 2 hours or until they are hard all the way through.  I will then spray paint them gold or silver (whatever the students choose) and there you go! Easy, cheap gift for the kiddos to give! Of course I was inspired to do this by this pin on Pinterest! Shocking, I know! This was the inspiration picture for my project (mine look nothing like these...ha!)

My son, Nick and I with Santa! Ok, we are so cheezy but who wouldn't want a pic with Santa!??

Holiday embroidery done for Kate K.

Our simple holiday mantle!

I've been wanting a monogram of some sort on my wall for awhile and I finally painted one last night! I found an inspiration letter on the Internet to use for my model. I sketched free-hand with a pencil until I got the letter the way I wanted it. I changed the flowers to leaves on my piece. After I was satisfied with the sketch I cut the letter in with acrylic paint and then filled in the rest. I think it turned out pretty good for a hand drawn and hand painted project!

I made this photo letter for my secret pal, Laura. I bought a large paper Mâché letter from JoAnn. I printed black and white photos on paper (high quality setting) and applied with the paper type Modge Podge. I turned the letter over to trim the pictures with an Exacto knife and painted the other parts of the letter with black acrylic paint. I added various scrapbook words for some color and Modge Podged over the pics and words to seal. After it dried I put another coat of Modge Podge then applied a coat of clear spray to set it and to give it a matte finish. I applied grey ribbon to the back with a glue gun to hang. This was a fun, rather easy, personalized project to make.