My new crafts

Here is my new craft...glass etching! It's really fun! I have been saving jars from olives and pickles and wine of course.

Here is everything that I've done so far...














Here is a close up of my first jars I did...its hard to see what they are. The shorter on is supposed to be picture of an olive branch. The taller one is supposed to look like string or something wrapped around the jar. I think it will look kind of neat if I put some rocks in it and then a votive holder with a candle inside. We'll see.

I also decided to etch some glass marbles that you can by at the fish tank section at Walmart. I had punched out some flowers out of contact paper and used that to make the design. I think I might put decorative paper on the back and make them magnets or something. I really like how these turned out and have a few ideas for Christmas decorations!

Lastly, I etched an empty wine bottle. I got this idea out of my new magazine, Adorn Magazine. I really liked the look of the big flowers. I also liked how it turned out on the green bottle. I think I need to find more colored glass to do this with!

Weekend in Decatur

This past weekend we spent Saturday up in Mike's hometown, Decatur, IL to see his nephew Jack. I hadn't seen him since this spring and he's grown so much!! He's crawling and standing up with the help of tables and already saying "ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma". And he likes to Dance and shake his head a bunch. He's so cute! He did cry once, but once out of two days isn't too bad. And he only cried because he wasn't where the action is...that's why they call him Action Jackson. Here are some pictures of him:





I decided to include this little pillow thing I made for Jack in this post. Its my first felt craft. Its like a little pillow with a loop for Jack to hold on to. One side is a puppy face and the other is the letter J. I used embroidery thread to attach the felt objects together. I think I'll start using felt more!