crafts...........

i LOVE taking junk & turning it into my little treasures. actually i just love doing my own little crafts. i have a couple obsessions: glue & paint. you can make anything new with these :)

while we were in thailand, we were talking about sanctuaries. how we are sanctuaries and we need our own sanctuaries. i had taken our spare room & turned it into my own little retreat this past summer. of course it had to be the girliest room in the house since it was "mine". so i picked out a soothing color of blue (inspired by a tiffany box) and my favorite crate & barrel quilt & came up with my own little retreat. i had an old little dresser that used to be my parents and painted it a pale yellow (i really like the shabby chic looks...) plus threw in a desk we found on the side of the road for free (to hold all my craft supplies!) so, i thought i'd post a few pics of my fav crafts lately involving glue, paint & my craft/sanctuary room :)

these are my magnet boards. they're made from old cookie sheets. i screwed an empty soup can to the one board for a pen holder

my "cork board" made from a cookie sheet & wine corks

here is my mom's old dresser repainted a pale yellow

this is the desk we found on the side of the road for free. it works great to store my craft supplies and i put some of my favorite art projects from eddie under the glass top (i'd like to repaint this a fun color this summer.....maybe an orangey color??)

below is my "blessing box" it's covered w/pics of the boys & inside are index cards with verses on them (by category) that i pray over my boys.

below is my recipe box. i found this plain box @ target a few years ago and once i got into my glue phase, glued pics of the boys all over it (ones of them & food of course!) and gotta love the rub on letters!

and below i have my hand stamped charms. i was busy with these around christmas. i had alot of people order them for friends and family (these are just 2 pictures, but i also have star charms that i put initials on & copper charms & all different shapes & sizes in silver & copper) i've kinda burned myself out on these though and haven't been making as much. i enjoy it once in a while, but usually i get too gung ho into a craft & do it so much i get sick of it (unless it involves glue!!)

so....these are my fun things i like to do in my little sanctuary & a few pics of my sanctuary :) i know, these have nothing to do with my trip or anything, but thought i'd share anyway (plus i've had crafts on my mind since i am in charge for our women's retreat coming up....)

hope everyone is enjoying the gorgeous SUNSHINE!!!!!!!!!!!!