Homemade tools! The crimper

As much as I love to shop and buy cool stuff for my hobby, making or just using "free" things from around the house feels like a small victory.

As I have said from the beginning, I am new to this craft so my tools are few and far between. One tool that I have wanted was a paper crimper. The one I saw in a book was just a simple set of gears on a block of wood.  That's easy!

So off I go on a hunt around the house for some gears that weren't being used. No luck, or I just wasn't thinking properly. I couldn't even find an old VHS tape to take apart!

Then my dear husband comes to the rescue. An old CD cleaner.

It was perfect!

 A little awkward to use but the end result is exactly as I wanted.

Cool!

But then I saw this from a google image search:

Now I MUST HAVE!!! =)

Card and matching envelope

Here is my latest creation. A thank you card with matching envelope. As I mentioned in an earlier post, my sister-in-law recently came here for a visit.  

While she was here we took a trip to Michael's. She bought me a pack of beautiful paper sheets. So the first thing I did after she left was make a card and envelope thanking her for her visit.

The peacocks moved to Texas

My sister-in-law fell in love with the peacocks during her visit.

So I had to do a little re-arranging for the peacocks and tree to fit in the gorgeous frame I found at Michael's - ON CLEARANCE!

Here is the result:

Peacocks!

So I have been quilling for about 3 weeks now. I did these peacocks and tree inspired from an image I saw at http://quillingideas.blogspot.com/. They were a lot of fun to do. Great practice. Thanks Mona Jain!

Tea & Flowers

Husking

Last week I got a husking kit.

Not bad.

A little something for today.

The colors are prettier in real life. I need a new camera.