Tolentreasures

  Elmer's White  Wood Carpenter's Hot Aerosol 527 e6000 Sticks Fabric Not a fan of any of them.   Glue is not my thing.  A necessary evil in the crafting world, but I still cringe when I have to use too much of it.   I am persevering.   I am to do a talk on something at a luncheon this week.  Working away at samples to show.    And these were BIG gluing! I have quite the mess that I am trying to paint my way out of before the end of the week!  

Did I need it?  Absolutely not!  But I caught the bug.  I have been seeing Zentangles on all my regular haunts.  Facebook,  Pinterest, and Michaels.  And I wanted to try them.  Oh, I tried to hook my sister into it, thinking that would serve my need to see them and not have to get hooked on them myself.  But... she didn't bite.  So this weekend,  I caved and tried it with stuff I had around the house.  Paper,  Sharpies. How cheap of a  craft obsession ADDICTION is that? Well, we will see. I have a doctor's appointment today in close proximity to a Michaels and I may just have to slide in there and see what I might need! In the meantime, I have actually  found a corner of the living room to work.  For some reason,  JWS has not noticed yet that I took over another space in the house for crafting.  ...

  ...if you can make favors for a shower out of items in your house and not have to buy anything.   And, while you might think, "Yes, that is a hoarder."   You can add to it, this is the third shower that I have done that in the past two years. Around 120 favors and everything right in the house.   But really, you are not a hoarder if you can part with it, right?      

These are about the easiest and least expensive craft EVER!   I am really not sure I NEED this many of these but once I got going, I could not quit!   So you will need:   Laminate samples Paper Xacto knife White Glue Sanding block Antiquing or paint or ink pad Leftover ribbon scraps   Now, first of all, I am not going to condone stealing laminate samples from your local Lowes or Home Depot, but hey, you just might want to change out that countertop someday and some samples would be helpful!   Mine, however came from Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse   http://pccr.org/   for $5 for a huge bag of them. If you have never been there, it is worth the trip.   I always find something to bring home!   Not that I haven't needed samples just in case I want to change my countertop.. in the past.   And the print on the paper? I found it at: ...