Craft Weekend

Wow. What a weekend! 4 of my girlfriends drove down to Austin to visit for a couple days filled with crafting and loads of delicious treats.  One of the gals' boyfriend also came and hung out with my husband, so the poor guy wouldn't be stuck in the house with 6 women all weekend long.  (They went shooting at the gun range and ate macaroni covered hot dogs. So manly.)

On Friday night the gals drove into town and Saturday morning we were up and at em brunchin' and  craftin'.  I wish I had taken more pictures, but alas, there was just no time for that between glue gun burns and countless hashtag jokes.  Silly ladies that I wouldn't trade for anything. 

I prepared a trio of crafts

1.   Faux Snow Globe

2.  Holiday (or non holiday) Wreath

3.  Oven Bake Clay Gift Tags.

We've all seen the faux snow globe, and seriously it is unbelievably easy.  You do not have to be crafty at all to complete this one.  My friend was supposed to take step by step pics in true DIY fashion...but I totally forgot about it.  I took it from a pinterest search, so check out THIS blog for a description.  Here are our results!

*Note the one morbid bloody jar. "A Walking Dead" Christmas. Even the people are painted green!

*Materials: Walmart-  Mini tree (.75 ea.), fake snow (2.50 bag),irredescent & gold glitter (2.77 ea.)                                     Mason jars (12/10.00)

                  Dollar Tree- Mini figurines (3/1.00)

We took a break after this craft to attend a church craft show down the street and then jumped into the felt flower wreath. Also found on pinterest and seen on THIS blog.  This lady said she did it under $6. I'm pretty sure I spent about the same, except I had lots of felt at home, so we added more flowers. If you search pinterest for felt flowers, you can find various ideas to add texture.  Tapping into my art teacher ways, I made little explanation cards for my guests for easy reference.

*Materials: Walmart- Wreath (3.47), 

                  Hobby Lobby- Felt (4/1.00)

We opted out of the last craft to spend time with the boys eating pizza and playing blackjack outside. We will save that one for our next craft night. This was such an amazingly lively weekend and I loved hosting my lady friends!  I sent them off with a parting gift house plant, to remind them of all the silliness and laughter we shared on their trip.

I look forward to many more to come!