Day 39 February 15 harry potter wands

This is for all the Harry Potter fans - and there are a few in my house.  I made these wands from chop sticks.  A lot of hot glue and beads make the handles texture,  then paint and a little gilt and you have your own magic wand.

Day 38 February 14 dana banner

Happy Valentines Day!  I made this banner for my daughter because she is so cool.  Her friend Tara drew a picture of her and I took that picture and transferred it onto a piece of Styrofoam from a meat package.  Then I inked it up and transferred it to cloth scraps from another project..  My daughter Dana loves peace symbols so those had to be added.  Then I sewed them together for this cool banner.

Day 37 February 13 sitting sisters

I made these sitting sisters out of remnant roof flashing, photos and paper scraps.  We are sitting on a ledge of wood covered with map and edged with short pieces of some red branches.

Day 36 February 12 dog step

I found this bed table at Salvation Army Thrift Store and turned it into a deck for the dogs to look out the window.  The top was just a piece of plywood so to give it more height I added two layers of scrap foam board insulation, a folded blanket piece and some batting.  I then pieced together some  old jeans and stapled it on.  I knew I would find something else to do with the blue jeans.

Day 35 February 11 jeans pocket hangers

I always want to do something with old jeans and I found this great idea.  Using just the pocket I added some embellishments and paper and pictures ect.  Then I add a piece of wire to use as a hanger and this is what I got.  Now what to do with the rest of the jeans?

Day 34 February 10 bottle cap lockets

I am not sure what "steampunk" is but I will call these Valentine steampunk lockets.  They are made from bottle caps and bits of aluminum can that I cut and stamped.  A picture or a word or two could go on the inside.

Day 33 February 9 paper porcupine ball

 This is a porcupine ball.  I made these for Christmas and really love them.  I have made them out of music sheets and book pages and like this one old atlas pages. They are so fun I had to make some more.

Day 32 February 8 magazine roll heart pin

It is a week until Valentines so I thought I would do a heart shape pin.  The round shapes are made from rolling and gluing magazine pages.  It makes some very colorful and interesting beads.  I like these and will use them again.

Day 31 February 7 zippered ear buds

Zippers are amazing!  I sewed a zipper from a deconstructed garment around the wires to my ear buds.  Now when I put them in my bag, all I have to do is zip it up and they don't get all tangled.  Easy solution to an annoying problem.

Day 30 February 6 domino love pins

A little pre-valentine.  I made these pins out of an old set of childrens dominos.  After adding print from some old book pages and stamping and adding other papers I covered it with a glaze and added the pin closure. Oh and picnik photo editing sure makes it fun to play with the pictures.

Day 29 February 5 dog collars

This is by far the easiest project I've done so far but the most difficult to photograph.  I can't seem to get  these two dogs together to pose for me and they look so cute in their new collars.  Actually they are old collars from some old childrens shirts.  I simple cut them off and buttoned them on Matilda and Janie.

Day 28 February 4 can mosaic mirror

I love this!  I painted a wood frame black and hot glued one inch square pieces of tin cans to it like a mosaic. I added a mirror instead of a picture and it is so cool!

Day 27 February 3 cd necklace

Can you believe the dangles on this necklace are made from a cd?  This is not what I expected it to look like when I started but I am delighted with the result. Sometimes what seems like a mistake ends up to be quite nice.  I made earrings to go with it but I didn't get them in the photo.

Day 26 February 2 drink can containers

Energy drinks and ice teas and sodas all come in some incredibly colorful cans.  I made a couple of coin or key containers out of a few.  Very simple.  I couldn't resist taking the picture outside because it is sunny and bright out there in beautiful northern Michigan.  It is cold and drifty but very pretty.

Day 25 February 1 mustache phone case

This is my handy dandy phone bag.  It is the exact size of my phone and has a cord to hang around my neck.  I made it out of felted sweater material and lined it with soft fleece.  You may notice the mustache - also felted sweater material -  that I sewed on the outside just for fun.  Dana looks great even with a little facial hair.