Craft Night #6

Hey everyone!

Here's a quick recap from Craft Night #6, which was last Tuesday.  I figure I'm doing pretty good by getting a review up the same week that we had it, right?!  Progress!

Anyways, it was a smaller group this week, but still tons of fun.  It's kind of nice when we can all relax a bit more and chat together as one group, rather than multiple little groups.  Sonja, Momma, Autumn, Renee, Kim, Danielle and myself all made it and got to enjoy a fabulous group-effort Taco Bar!  Y-U-M! (Note to self...have Taco Bar more often!)



Delish!


I've been feeling a bit overwhelmed creatively, so I decided to change things up a bit after reading a post from a fellow blogger about happiness.  She reviewed an article about improving your daily happiness from Real Simple magazine.  Her interpretation was to create a "happiness board" that reminded her at a quick glance what make her happy.  I loved the idea, so I ran out to Joann's and bought enough supplies to get me and my team members started on our happiness boards.  It turns out that they were a big hit!  I had a lot of fun searching through fabric samples for a cork board cover, and it was neat to see what fabrics everyone else chose....after all, each of us has a different reaction to colors and patterns.  We didn't get to complete our boards, but everyone got them to a point where they could be accessorized up with photos and such.  What do you think?  What would you put on your happiness board?...

Here's the link to the article in Real Simple...and here's the blog post that I got the idea from!


We used inexpensive thumb tacks and loose beads/buttons/blingy-things to create fancy pins for our boards. 

   

Kim won the prize for creating the most happiness that evening! We were all busting a gut at her impromptu happiness board!  Kim, you're awesome!



This guy, especially, got to me!

Autumn's board reflected the cool aqua and brown tones that she loves!

 

Renee got a good start with her corral inspired board!



Danielle's board reflects the color of her wine-lover decor that she has!  Can't wait to see it finished!

 

I made a couple of quick flowers to represent my love of fabric.  Kim showed me how to make the yo-yo flowers, and I worked up the middle sinched flower.  We used rhinestone-topped tack pins to stick them to the board.  

 

My board wouldn't be complete without some kind of sparkly something!

  

The almost finished product..polka-dots, vintage spider web jewelry, curly girl designs, and quotes.  Just need some personal pictures and I'll be feeling real happy!



Momma and Sonja continued their efforts on their crochet projects.  I'm so proud of both of them!  Sonja's getting really good at branching out into other projects (her Scarfette interpretations are AWESOME) and Momma is making great progress on her V-stitch afghan.

 

Momma's getting there!  I LOVE these colors together (as evidenced by my happiness board...I am truly my mother's daughter)!!

  

Sonja gets my vote for best idea of the night!  She's found awesome vintage clip on earrings that she's using as buttons on her Scarfettes.  I will now be shopping antique stores for old jewelry!!!