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Happy “show me something mister” Thursday! You know what today is. Time to show you what my crafty peeps Mark, Cathie, Margot and Heather have been cooking up this week. I am excited about all of them and I know you will too! This week it’s all about up-cycled crafts. We have a little charm love, pearl love, jar love and road rage love.

DIY Father’s Day Frame by Margot Potter at Diy Doyenne.
Margot Potter The Impatient Crafter shows us how to run the roads the right way! Check out this awesome picture frame she made using toy cars. Perfect for Father’s day this weekend.

Chunky Junk Charm Choker by Mark Montano.
Mark Montano sent me to heaven with his chunky junk charm necklace. I think I will make a bracelet to go along with my neck decor. Perfect way to use all of those memorable little things laying around, right!

Coco Chanel Inspired Necklace for $1 by Heather from Dollar Store Crafts.
Heather shows us how to dress like a star with her CoCo Chanel inspired necklace for $1. Yes you heard that right! You can absolutely wear this necklace with anything I tell ya.

Recycled Jar Candle Holder by Cathie Filian at Handmade Happy Hour.
Cathie Filian shows us how to bring the party to our back yard. I love anything recycled especially jars. You can do so much with them.

Make sure to check out my latest cupcake liner party hat!

I hope you enjoyed all of these crafts and you make each one of them. What is something you have you have up-cycled lately?

Howdy Jaderbugs! I had a fun week with my craft tutorials and wanted to make sure you didn’t miss one single thing! I hope you enjoy them if it’s your first time seeing them.

1.Ring around the Rosie Necklace: I had so much fun using Martha Stewart’s new line of jewelry. It was fun to create something that anyone could wear!

2. Happily Ever After Printable: When I made this I pictured it in someones home, in a shabby chic vintage white frame with a candle next to it. Doesn’t it make you want it more now!

3. Cupcake Liner Party Hat: I had so much fun making this only because it was not a planned craft. This will make anyone smile and if it doesn’t then put the hat on and dance like a monkey, that should work.

I have to admit that this months box of goodies was quite delightful. Mainly because it was filled with Martha Stewart’s new line of jewelry. Delightful to me means I was shaking my head for a minute trying to figure out what I was going to make. I will say, I am pretty darn crafty Jaderbugs but me making jewelry?! I have to be honest the box was making me a little nervous until I lit my Nag Champa in my studio and threw on my favorite play list. I quickly realized that Martha knew what she was doing when she designed this line. She figured out a way to make it easy for anyone to make classy pieces of jewelry in a heartbeat. Check out this video to hear Martha’s message.

Martha, if you are reading this… YOU ROCK
{{ok, this is asking a lot but if you do read this just shoot me a comment and let me know what you think, hehe}}

I love these beads so much. Anytime I see “Ombre” I replay Martha telling me about Oscar de la Renta’s Ombre craze on the show and how beautiful his gowns were.
One day I will wear one of those!

||First thing you will do is cut the wire that’s holding all of the beads together. I like to snip it on the tip.

||Grab your wire and wrap it around one of loops.
It’s really important to coat the whole strand of chain with beads so start as close to the edge as possible.

The catch to this is pretending you are a kid jumping through hoops. I swear it’s that simple. Put a bead on, pass the wire through the next loop then add another bead. Continue doing this until your chain is completely filled with blue beads.

I used the colors in the order they came in. The Ombre look is what I was going for.

When you get to the end secure with a jewelry clasp and VOILA! You just made a unique piece of jewelry. I hope you have fun with this new collection!

Make sure you come back tomorrow for a new craft using the Martha Stewart Jewelry collection.

What would you make with this line?

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*JANUARY craft HERE
* FEBRUARY craft HERE and HERE
*MARCH craft HERE
*APRIL craft HERE

Check out some of my other crafty friends doing the 12 months of Martha also!

A LITTLE TIPSY
A NIGHT OWL
DIY DREAMER
DOLLAR STORE CRAFTS
ECLECTICALLY VINTAGE
YOU ARE MY FAVE
FIREFLIES AND JELLYBEANS
DAMASK LOVE
MODERN DAY MOMS
SEW WOODSY
SOMETHING TURQUOISE
STUDIO DIY
SUGAR AND CLOTH
THE ALISON SHOW

Well here goes another great month of “crafty” crafts. I am having so much fun doing the 12 month’s of Martha every month. This month I received a great big box box full of Martha goodies. Of course I always open the box and the first thing I think of is “What can I make with all of these materials”…
Then I realize that would end up looking like a hot mess, haha. I have always wanted an herb garden, you know the kind that is small, cute and you can keep it in your kitchen. Can you believe I finally made one! You can too. Seriously, it so easy and fun.

Let’s get started Jaderbugs!

Isn’t this herb garden so cute! My favorite thing is that it looks quite elegant with the little white stripes wrapping all the way around the container. I never thought I would wrap yarn around something to display in my home but this yarn is so “fannnnncyyy”. (Say that like you are from the South)

*Decorative paper
*Layering Punch, Flourish Frame
*Craft Glue
*Mambo Yarn
*Baker’s Twine
*Herbs
*Wooden Skewers

You can purchase all of the items I used by clicking on the linky links!

Get together whatever herbs you love and some garden soil.

I wanted to show you how beautiful this mambo yarn is up close.
You can braid it, knot it, wrap it or make jewelry. You can even use it as a trim for home décor and fashion accessories.

It’s made of 75% Acrylic, 7% Wool, 9% Nylon, 6% Viscose, 3% Angora

This new double punch punches a solid shape and the die cut shape. I think this is the coolest thing ever.
Another good thing is it stands up right on their own, which makes for easy storage.

See, you can get the solid shape in a jiffy.

If you don’t want the solid shape you can get the frame. This frame will fit completely around the solid shape.

Get any container you want to put your herbs in.

Start by adding a dab of hot glue on the container and gently placing the yarn on top of it.

Continue wrapping until it is all covered. I love it just like this, right!

Once you are completely done fill that baby up with soil and herbs.

With your double punch, punch out the solid shape and the frame. When you buy flowers or herbs they have that little label in the soil that says the name of herb and how to take care of it. I cut the picture from the label off then glued it on top of the solid shape. When done place the frame over it.

On the back I put the name of the actual herb just incase I forget.

If you want the make the labels I just showed you you will need:

*Glue
* Skewer
*Baker’s Twine

Spread a little craft glue on the stick. Rub it thoroughly over the stick with your finger.

Wrap the baker’s twine around the stick while the glue is still wet.

VOILA! This is what you will be left with. A hunka burning love on your kitchen window seal!

I hope you enjoyed this post and would really love if you shared this wonderful craft!

*JANUARY craft HERE
* FEBRUARY craft HERE and HERE
*MARCH craft HERE

Check out some of my other crafty friends doing the 12 months of Martha also!

Happy Tuesday Jaderbugs! I am super stoked about this week. I am finishing up on something HUGE and although I can’t tell you now, I promise to share in about a week. I know, I know… You are probably shaking your head at me right!

My good friend Ed Roth designed all of the stencils that I used today. I always look at his stencils and try to figure out what I love the most about them. I finally figured it out. It’s the simplicity of them. So many people think stencils have to be super detailed (don’t get me wrong he has a lot of perfectly detailed stencils) but you get what I mean. It’s the simplicity and repetition of shapes that attracts me the most to his stencils. I have been wondering what I would make with his small stencils and lemme tell you I figured it out. Since I am always mailing notes to friends I figured it would be much better if they opened an envelope to a hand crafted note card. RIGHT!

If you are thinking on the save wave path as me then let’s hurry and get on the stencil train…..or stencil ride…or whatever ride, cause it’s time to do stenciled notecards.

Don’t you love how detailed they are! I just know I will make someone smile with them!

* Blank envelopes
*Blank notecards
*Stencil 1 stencils
*Stencil pouncer

Start by placing the stencil on top of the note card. Gently press one side of the stencil to make sure it does not move.

You can use any stencil you want for this project. When you move to the next section of the note card place the top line of the stencil on the last one that you painted. This will give you consistency overall.

I put a little squirt of each color I am using on my pallet. I love the way dried paint looks.

Make sure to dab in multiple colors when doing one card. You can add a few colors to make it pop.

If you want you can even stencil the envelope!

I hope you enjoyed this crafterooo boo boo! Now off to get some other crafts done. Don’t forget to find me here! Let me know in the comments what color notecard is your favorite. I’d LOVE to know!

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I am pleased to announce the winner of the Martha Stewart giveaway! I want to thank everyone who entered the giveaway. It was a fun one and I am sure Kelly will enjoy every single item. So Kelly if you are reading this, I get your FIRST craft you make! (haha) Just kidding!

*I am inside of the new May issue of Woman’s Day magazine…. It just hit the shelves and the cover has “taco’s” on it. Let me know if you find it.

*I am happy and ecstatic to say Martha Stewart mentioned me on her blog the other day! Super exciting, click HERE to see it.

Super fun and busy week ahead! See ya in the next post Jaderbugs,