Capturing Joy with Kristen Duke
Capturing the Joy in Life
I combined the ideas from this pencil wreath and this ruler wreath for my front door. I wanted to do both, but had to choose and the pencils were more colorful and I didn’t have to saw 14 rulers….just 2. Our school has a “Welcome Walk” where the teachers drive around to each home and “walk” up to the front door to introduced themselves. It is a very fun way to find out the teacher… Continue Reading
Ok, before I share my big birthday post, I thoughts I’d share the cutest idea from my friend Debra, and it needs its own post. She brought me this delightful array of colorful cookies for my birthday. She knows I love treats. She knows I like bright and colorful. Did she know how much I LOVE sugar cookies? Would she realize how much I would adore the presentation? Making a gift cute really goes the extra… Continue Reading
My friend Lexie is having her first girl after 3 boys, and I was so excited to help throw a baby shower for her. Since she decked out her nursery in pink & zebra, we made a theme with her shower to reflect that. Her friend Lindsey made the adorably cute garlands that were around the room, as well as the BIG sign and 25 pom pom balls. That made an AWESOME touch! My friend… Continue Reading
Seriously people, if I can do it, you can! If you can using a sewing machine to sew a decent straight line (mine aren’t always straight) you can do this. This is the third quilt I’ve made, and all in the past year. I have had many helpers along the way, so I took some step by step shots to help those of you out that might have a hankering to do this. The other… Continue Reading
Yesterday, I had the decision to either a) clean my messy kitchen or b) make this cute Valentine’s craft that I saw here. I chose B! I used the red frame I spray painted from my Christmas art and already had the buttons and canvas in my crafty stash from something I was going to make a year ago but never did. Nice! I like adding a little purple into the heart theme. I made the pink… Continue Reading
My hubby built my girls a dollhouse, and it was a BIG success! I had so much fun planning and painting and mod podging paper onto this bad boy…or should I say girl? Here she is all fancy! …and the reaction… Here it is in its’ original state. He worked many many hours on this. He loves the raw-ness of the unfinished wood, and I felt sorta bad painting it, but he knew it was… Continue Reading
This is the beauty my hubby has been slaving over the past few weeks. He finished it last night, just in time for me to decorate it with bright colored paints, mod podge some fancy paper, and get it all cutesified for Christmas…so EXCITED! Well, I’m not done with my part yet, but I’ll let you see when I am. I told him what I wanted and he created the design himself. He is still working on… Continue Reading
I’m losing this crowd with the giveaways….I’ll stop, I promise! The winner for the local giveaway, which is a mini portrait session and 10 prints is……ERIN LUGO in Pflugerville! Erin–email me!!! Trust me on the random.org, I had to separate the local/far away comments and then count. All other locals that commented and then book a session will get $25 off a session fee plus a free mini accordian album with print purchase. The winner… Continue Reading
I have entered my craft, but I can’t tell you which is mine. The theme was brand inspired knock-offs. Just go to the blog, and vote for the entry that makes you say….”THAT is Sew Dang CUTE!” Click here or on the button below to head straight on over there…
I wanted to share this cute halloween decoration that I ordered. It came from Simple Block Sayings on etsy, and I LOVE it! I don’t do massive machinery cutting, so it was nice to have it made for me since I have 101 other projects I am currently working on. I love how the edges are sanded/distressed, and it was fun to have my kids help create our own design from her array of options and… Continue Reading
Finished this 24×36 bat artwork today, and I’m so excited to share this beauty! I LOVE it!!! Every once in a while, I get an itch to do craft projects, and this fall I’ve got a loooong list. I LOVE halloween and I’ve been so excited to decorate for the holidays in my new home. I didn’t want to put all my spooky stuff around my pier canvas, I thought they would compete for attention, so I knew… Continue Reading
I must first preface this with the fact that I DO NOT consider myself uber crafty. I love hand made things, but I usually prefer to find it on etsy already made perfectly, or ask a crafty friend to make it for me (and slip them some cash or offer to swap for pictures). I just don’t have the patience for it most of the time, and I get frustrated. But every once in a… Continue Reading
