Day 8: Pinecone Bug

i found a pine cone while taking my dog for a walk this week.  thought it would make a nice little bug!

so i added legs (toothpicks) and antennas (sewing pins). no glue, so i can pull the pieces apart and save the pine cone for another project or put it in the compost bin! :)

Day 7: Grasshopper Haiku

i'm definitely not a poet, but i learned to write haikus in elementary school.  the first and third lines are five syllables and the second line is seven syllables.

and here it is in PRINT if you can't read my messy handwriting.  hahaha...

Grasshopper haiku

little grasshopper

i look for you everyday

in the tree out front

it's a haiku for my little pet grasshopper that lives on the plumeria tree in the front yard.  i even drew his picture.   i wrote and drew on a piece of scrap paper i got in a Swap-bot swap package.

maybe tomorrow will be a picture of my little grasshopper friend. :)

Day 6: staple bug

Used four standard staples, bent, twisted and balanced... Ta da!




okay, wait... that was taken with my iPhone.... and it's pretty blurry.  but then again, he is really small. 

let's try again...


and next to my Mugo for scale



little staple bug has 6 legs and 2 antannae. 


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Day 5: Paper Clip Spider

had some down time at work today.  found some paper clips on my desk... and hey!  spider!

sorry for the crappy photos, but i was using my iPhone camera.

here's what i started with:



and how it came out after i bent, pulled, wrapped, and balanced the paper clips (using my hands and multitool)



kinda fun. i should try to make more bugs with paper clips. it's a cheap material, and i can wrap it into different shapes and sizes... and it's a real challenge to get it to do what i want!

Day 4: Red Ladybug and Green Leaves necklace

more jewelry!  still using some charms and things from my stash, but this one has more color than yesterday.  

Day 3: Ladybug on a oak leaf necklace

i decided to take out my jewelry supplies to make something today.  i have a bunch of metal charms and findings... so here it is!  only took me a few minutes to make this one.  i think it's pretty cute!  don't you?

Day 2: Purple Spider Notecard

i used my Martha Stewart spider paper punch to make this notecard.  i embossed the purple cardstock with a Stampin' Up! Exclusive Design Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - Spider Web, touched the paper with a white ink stamp pad to color the web a little...  punched out a white spider, then a black glitter paper spider.  after i put it all together... here it is!

Day 1: Fold a bug

Welcome to my new crafty blog!

i'm inspired by a book i bought, "365: A Daily Creativity Journal: Make Something Every Day and Change Your Life!" by Noah Scalin.

i'm challenging myself to make a creepy crawly everyday for the next year!  yes, i know i'm not starting on January 1st, so it won't be a calendar year, but i figured if i start on Christmas eve, then i'll finish all 365 before Christmas Day next year!  it's a date i can remember. :)

so my first project is courteousy of a handmade Wreck This Journal that i had received from a Swap-bot swap last year.  it's covered in blue and orange duct tape.  that means it shouldn't fall apart, right?  so awesome! 



i didn't take a picture of the notebook page before i tore it out and started folding, but using an origami pattern for dollar bills, i folded and folded... and here's how it turned out.



how do you like my notebook butterfly? :)  i had to squish it to the journal would close.



i added some color by patting the butterfly with a multicolored stamp pad.  the antennae are repurposed from a food wrapper i found laying around at work.  what do you think?

not too shabby or complicated for day 1...  if i can continue like this, then i should be able to finish, right?