YAY for partners, thanks MareMare! I get to start tonight when I go to my crocheting group!

Oh yay! I've been waiting for a fun crochet swap to come back up that I wanted to join! I am in the process of assembling my massive blanket, and seeing I am quite a bit short, so this would be awesome! Sending in questionaire.

So cute Val! I love trees and this one with the buttons is clever.

Thanks! I could cover all my walls with trees!

I love button tree's too!... you've reminded me to start collecting buttons again!

They are so cool aren't they? I'm always on the hunt for buttons at yardsales and thrift stores, when you can find a mason jar full of them for a couple bucks!

WOw! that is awesome!

thank you!
ehinders, you should! This has seriously been on my to-do list for I don't know how long, probably since I discovered craftster, lol! besides letting paint dry, it barely took anytime!

Looks great! I agree, pockets rock!

So I have been coveting all the amazing button trees on the internet for a few years, and it finally seemed time to try my hand at it. Honestly, I found it a little addicting! I likely make more , just have to get my plain round button collection back up again! This is all just paint, buttons, and Aleene’s Tacky glue on one of those flat canvas boards. I’m awful when it comes to painting, but I liked the button part! 

love the galaxy top!

So we moved this past year to California, and things have been hectic. Going to school full time and my first time not working in a million years has been more stressful than I realized it would be. To unwind we go to the beach, often. We have to take advantage of it!

When we are at the beach we collect seashells like crazy, broken ones, ugly ones, pretty ones, large ones, small ones... They have been sitting in jars the whole time we have been here, and this past weekend my daughter and I decided we needed to get to crafting with them so we could actually enjoy them!


The project we decided to do with them was super easy too, just gluing them onto canvas to hang up on the wall. I used Aleene's Tacky Glue on mine, and my daughter used Elmer's Glue-All and glitter glue from the dollar store. She glued directly on the canvas, while I glued directly on the shells. They both gave a strong hold. This was a great way to use up a lot of broken shells because we put other shells in the broken cracks of shells, the brokenness of some of them didn't look as bad!

I love this challenge! And I love the shirt you made, sexy!