Category: crafting

• feel like a scientist by making soap

  It was time to make some bars of soap for our bathrooms in our house. It is a process with scientific formula understanding. Years ago a friend of a friend taught me how to make soap. I wrote down her basic recipe. The secret is to know how to use the Lye Crystals and the […]

  Donna

  July 6, 2022

  about me, crafting, what works for you

  coconut oil in soap, do it yourself science, good things, lye crystals, making soap, olive oil in soap, saponification, silicone muffin cups

• A documentary of my son’s creative work

  Our provincial TV network interviewed my son about his paper mache cosmo puppets. He has 407,000 subscribers to date and also has his own students that belong to his Puppet Master Academy. check out Tommy’s Puppet Lab on YouTube.

  Donna

  June 1, 2022

  children, crafting, video

• dabble time

  I like to dabble with drawing objects and watercolour flowers. If my drawing is not good enough, I cut it out. It then looks better. Like my orange flower and stem with leaves. I am like a kindergarten artist. Draw or paint it and then cut it out and glue onto a big sheet of […]

  Donna

  April 14, 2022

  about me, crafting, fun, what works for you

  cutting out drawings, dabble with Easter crafting in mind, drawing, it is the dabble that counts, watercolour, watercolour pencil drawings

• Ariat boots in the barn

  These were once originally black. I got creative and let myself paint them a different colour using leather paint and acrylic paint. I don’t wear them anymore. They sit on a ledge in our barn. A conversation piece! They are great boots but I wore these when I was a nervous tense new horse rider […]

  Donna

  March 23, 2022

  about me, crafting, horse, photography

  ariat cowboy boots, artistic expressions, good things, musing, painting leather boots, riding

• the healing green with Irish fun

  Green is a healing colour and plants are healers. Indoor plants promote the air quality in the house. Yucca tree leaves. Here is a chuckle for you. Several years ago I was learning to draw. I saw this picture of a leprechaun and I challenged myself. I got er’ done!

  Donna

  March 16, 2022

  crafting, flower; garden; beauty, fun, heal, photography

  colour green, green house plant leaves, green is a good thing, healing green, learning to draw a leprechaun, leprechaun drawing, saint patricks day, yucca plant leaves

• choose your vibe

  Donna

  March 4, 2022

  crafting, photography

  circle vibe, dried crabapple wreath, good things, musing, on my wall, perspective, photo of a wreath, wreath vibe

• The Tree Spot

  I undecorated the Christmas tree because I have had it up since Dec 2. I did not put it back in the tree box for storage. I am keeping it in the basement spare room. I may decorate it with hearts for Valentines week. I might put little plastic eggs or stuffed bunnies on it […]

  Donna

  December 30, 2021

  crafting, fun, what works for you

  christmas tree storage, christmas tree undecorated, good things, ideas for my artificial fir tree to be used all year, my spare room in my basement, the tree spot, the tree waits for its next adorations, undecorated my artificial fir tree

• It is the practice….

  …of making things this season BE JOYFUL! AND IMPERFECTION IS A BLESSING!

  Donna

  December 22, 2021

  children, crafting, fun, what works for you

  christmas, Christmas tree drawing, drawing a swirly Christmas tree, good things, it is the practice to draw a swirly Christmas tree, perspective, practice of making things

• appreciation station

  I am a huge fan of receiving a gift or two at Christmas. Instead of expecting gifts I just appreciate what is boxed and bagged and wrapped and ribboned up under the tree. I am not a fantastic tree decorator nor am I good at gift wrapping. I decided to leave it up to hubby […]

  Donna

  December 11, 2021

  about me, crafting, photography, what works for you

  appreciation, christmas, gift bags, gift wrapping, my train station stop, receiving a gift or two, trading expectations, under the Christmas tree, wrapping paper at Christmas

• Spray paint art

  Hubby and I had these bales dropped off in the front yard and before we put them away for winter we thought we would show the highway drive-by traffic a Halloween smile! Three cans of bright orange spray paint and 1 black spray can later……….it’s art!

  Donna

  October 6, 2021

  acreage event, crafting, fun, what works for you, yard

  adventure, art, artistic expressions, bales, draw, good things, Halloween creativity, painting, spirit, spray painting, straw bale art