yes, i know, i've been bad! i haven't posted in a little over a month, and for that i am sorry. sometimes, life just gets away from you, you know? work has just been exhausting me lately!

however, i HAVE been doing some crafting!

first of all, i've started embroidering again! embroidery is a great passion of mine, and it feels so very good to be holding a needle and thread again. i don't want to share anything quite yet, i'm starting a few new things and i want to dedicate a whole post to it, so stay tuned!

(here's a sneak peek though!)

 

on to the projects! i'm sure everyone has seen the melted crayon art that's been on pinterest and just about everywhere else. i had read somewhere that instead of using a torch(which i do not have),  you could put the crayons into a glue gun. so, i found a $3 glue gun at joann's and decided to give it a go! 

it didn't really go well. the wax melted, which was the point, but it squirted out from the side of the glue gun, and made a huge mess. the cooled down wax gummed up the gun and just made things, well, not fun.

so below you'll see the end result, which was much more splat-like than drippy, but i was able to do a  few doodles, but the consistency of the wax didn't allow for much freedom(using liquid wax for a project like this would be much more successful with a wider variety of tools and a more controlled heat source). overall, i would say that this was a really bad idea, and i'm going to be trying the project again with a torch that a friend is going to lend me.

for valentine's day this year, i had planned on doing a lot of crafting. i wanted to make my own valentines to hand out and some decorations for around the house.  of course, none of that really panned out, but i DID end up with these cute barrettes! i found the pattern here, and it was really easy to follow. different gauges and textures of yarn yield very different hearts, so it's super easy to get some contrast and really fun to experiment with!!

aren't they super cute?

i've got some other things i want to share but i am a bit crunched for time(yet again). i have a lot of ideas for posts, mostly things about myself and my home that i want to share with you, so stay tuned!