KurlygirlKraftz

I think my craft niche is personalization and one day I dream of coming up with a awesome product to help me capitalize on that but on the mean time I'll enjoy it on a small level. Lol. The mason jar trend has really took off lately but I like to add my own spin to things as many of us crafters do. I used some etching cream and cut vinyl out with my cricut to place names on the jars to set them. I took off the seals on the lid and glued flowers to the top as I found some pearl/bling sticker trim at Michael's to around the rim. I purchased some sparkly filler also at Michael's to shine up the inside as I put a few rhinestones on the names themselves. The ribbon on the outside is some holiday ribbon I purchased from Hobby Lobby many moons ago that I just had in my stash. I love wired ribbon as such because there's no wrong way to bend it. 😀 On the ribbon I attached a sliding mirror I purchased from the travel section in Walmart as the contents on the inside of the jars...

I was supposed to attend a party over the weekend for my husband's uncle.  It was for his 60th birthday and it was a surprise party.  I was offered to provide something crafty if I wanted and I was happy to do so.  I decided I wanted to make something for all the guests to take home for themselves. I walked around in A.C. Moore and saw that the Wilton lollipop kits were on clearance.  I thought that lollipops would be a great choice since I had to make something for upwards of 200 people and the cost would be real low with this choice.  The kit included white ribbon for the bows and the label stickers to stick directly on the lollipops.  I wanted to do a craft spin on them so I cut out 2 inch squares and corner rounded each one.  Then I took glue dots and glued each square to cover the lollipop.  I tied the bow around the bottom and bought additional blue ribbon to tie at the end.  I think they came out real cute.  I was told they w...

Its been years since I tried to blog and recently I felt the need to share my struggle with lupus, my journey with natural hair, my craft projects, and just personal thoughts and experiences.  Hopefully I can make myself commit to building a strong group of others who may enjoy the same activities or who share in my struggles that I go through daily.  I want to provide a candid look at my crabby, chaotic life of crafts, curls, and lupie (ness).  Since lupus sucks.   TFR (thanksforreading)- Mell