DIY Country Birdfeeder for Your Garden

Country Birdfeeder
I created this for my mom while visiting in North Carolina. With some simple stippling and basic shapes I created a pop of color that gave her garden a more welcoming feel.

 

What you'll need:

(1) Metal Water Bucket

(1) Package of Painters Markers

(1) Bag of bird seed

 

Step 1: Clean the bucket, and dry

Step 2: Use Painters to draw your design, and let dry

Step 3: Add seeds

See close-ups of my designs on Flickr

Enjoy your weekend!

Ashley

Flower Pen Project

Flower pens are fun to use and easy to make. I like to give them out on randome holidays; these are the ones I made last St.Patrick's Day. They're also great for a bridal shower, fundraisers, birthday parties, and more. 

Here's what you'll need to make your own:
 - Artificial Flowers
 - Floral Tape
 - Wire Cutters
 - Any Color Pens

Extend the flower across the length of the pen. Make sure the bottom of the pen is touching the lower petals of the flower. Then trim it to be about 1cm shorter than the length of the pen.

Secure the flower onto the pen by wrapping them together with floral tape. Be sure that the sticky side of the floral tape is facedown. Wrap it tightly around 2 to 3 times, be sure that they will not come apart.

Then, starting about 1 cm above the tip of the pen, wrap the floral tape around at a slight angle. At this angle, you will be able to continue up the pen until you reach the top. At this point, you can cut the floral tape and wrap any excess around the pen.

> Now, you can write with your new creation, or

put your flower pens into a vase to place on your < desk.  

Get the full view on Flickr

Happy Crafting,

Ashley

Refurb is the Word

Hello my crafty kin,

As I was driving home from the grocery store, I was struck with such as vision of rustic beauty that I had to stop and take a gander. Now I'm no picker, but when I saw this little rocking chair it cried out to me. So, I brought'er home, washed'er up, and gave'er a safe place to stay til' I could make a pretty woman out of her. I was particularly inspired by the metalwork under the arm of the chair, so after I get back from my vaca in the dacks I'll be priming and painting this little mama.

Here's what I've done so far:


First, I stripped off all the batting and fabric,
til only the supports were showing.

Then, I pulled out all the old nails and washed
it with Murphy's Oil Soap.

She's a little broken, but I think I can renew her yet!

Check out more of my recycled & refurbished projects at http://www.etsy.com/shop/HeartJewlery?section_id=7547111

Happy crafting,

Ashley

What Sucks?

I am currently searching for a vaccume to suck up all the badies in my craft room, I'll need to be able to vaccume up everything from spiders to string and wet paper to woodchips. AND i'd like it to be pretty... is that so wrong?

   Use my poll to give reccomendations

These are the ones I'm looking at:

I 'd like to leave you with John Coultron's Shop Vac, seeing as I'm in the market for a vac to cleanup all my messy crafts, and I thought this song was epicly funny. Enjoy - Ashley

Don't forget to checkout some of the lovey gifts to come out of my workshop at Heart Jewlery

Welcome Home

Welcome to the new home of Heart Jewlery!

I've been selling on Etsy for over a year now, and I just couldn't shake the feeling that the world was missing out on all my crafty adventures. This blog will document and share my experiments and adventures, as I develop new and creative gifts from the heart to sell in my Etsy shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/heartjewlery.

Here's what's new for Heart Jewlery:
- Blogger
- Flickr
- Facebook
- QR code

Happy creating!
Ashley Fantigrossi