Christmas Nail

  I am not sure if you have ever heard of the Christmas Nail - but here is one that I have recreated instead of buying one! Each year at Christmas you should place this inside your Christmas tree!

  The reason you are to take a nail and put it in the MIDDLE of your Christmas tree of course is that Jesus was born at Christmastime, but he died on the the cross for us at Easter.  This nail serves as a reminder of what He did for ALL of us to spend eternity in Heaven with Him!
  I simple LOVE this, too!  I made these for each of the women that participated in an improvised version of "A Meaningful Christmas."  I also made some extra for the special families that I know would appreciate and love this also!
  Keep doing things like this - keep teaching your children - and keep staying STRONG IN THE LORD!!!

Have a great night,
Holly:) 

AMAZING!!!

I absolutely LOVE this new blog - JEANNIE JEANNIE: Design Finds for the Creative Mind!  She is SO great!  Today I came across this- now I have seen the concept of Left Brain/Right Brain, but NEVER like this!!  We all know the story:

"Left brain: I am the left brain. I am a scientist. A mathematician. I love the familiar. I categorize. I am accurate. Linear. Analytical. Strategic. I am practical. Always in control. A master of words and language. Realistic. I calculate equations and play with numbers. I am order. I am logic. I know exactly who I am."

"Right brain: I am the right brain. I am creativity. A free spirit. I am passion. Yearning. Sensuality. I am the sound of roaring laughter. I am taste. The feeling of sand beneath bare feat. I am movement. Vivid colors. I am the urge to paint on an empty canvas. I am boundless imagination. Art. Poetry. I sense. I feel. I am everything I wanted to be."

But look at the creations that she has made to represent this concept:

    AMAZING:)!!!  What a GREAT visual for kids to see how they think and learn!  What a great visual for us TEACHERS when dealing with different kinds of students!!
Happy Day
Holly:)

Frames Galore!

  So my adorable girlfriend, Megan, and I both found this cute post on Pinterest - because where else would you find things nowadays??  We decided that we MUST make these!  The two of us went to the Antique Mall and found some frames, and then ventured to Hobby Lobby and Michaels to find the rest of the supplies for them.  I think they turned out SO CUTE!!!

SUPER EASY!!!  All you need to do is find open frames that you like, or frames that you have and can take the glass or picture out of.  Choose a color to spray paint them - the one of the left actually was red when I bought it - EVEN EASIER:)!!  Tie a bow at the top - this WAS the hardest part - but eventually after googling it and trying and testing, I got these three to work and staple gunned them in place.  Then you just simple tie bulbs with ribbon of your choice and staple them on the back side of the frame.  Add some wire for hanging and DONE:)!!!  SO GREAT AND SO EASY!!!

Here are what they look like up close:

 
LOVED LOVED LOVED how they turned out.  They are even CUTER in person and you can NOT ruin these!!!  I even bought some snowflakes as I think I will spray paint one either silver or white and create one for winter:)!  My ALL TIME favorite one I don't have a picture here or course, but I used the old old ornaments that my Mom and Grandma made - LOVE IT:)!! 

Another EASY craft that just take a little time - well not even that!  Once I had the supplies I was able to compete 3 of them in about an hour:)!!

Happy Crafting
Holly:)