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Make a Spooky Terrarium Vignette

nospam@example.com (Charlene ) — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:01:00 -0400

Even though my day-to-day creative endeavors revolve around making greeting cards, I love to digress every now and then and create something altogether different. When the opportunity came my way to participate in a campaign during this Halloween season for Martha Stewart Crafts, I jumped at the chance!

Lately, I have been infatuated with terrariums. I was over the spooky, full, Halloween moon when I found a terrarium on clearance at Home Goods that looked like a spooky graveyard. Combine a spooky-looking terrarium with Martha Stewart Crafts decorative arts paints and supplies from Plaid, and here is what you get: a spooky graveyard Halloween vignette!

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From Happy Meal Toy to Christmas Tree Ornament Tutorial

nospam@example.com (Charlene ) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:42:00 -0500

I have always wanted a "Wizard of Oz" Christmas tree. (It seems fitting, since I have Wizard of Oz bank checks, a Wizard of Oz wrist watch, a Dorothy key chain, a ruby slipper pillow, the Wizard of Oz Barbie collection, the Wizard of Oz trivia game....you get the idea.)

(Go HERE to vote for this project in the "So You Think You're Crafty All-Star" competition.)

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So You Think You're Crafty All-Star Round Week One: Organization

nospam@example.com (Charlene ) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:39:00 -0500

It's that time again, where I ask all of you to go to So You Think You're Crafty and vote for my project. It's the "All-Star Round," so I'm sure the competition is going to be fierce.

Our challenge for the first week is "Organization." I decided to convert a balsa wood box into a make-up case to store all of those lip glosses and cheap eye shadows that little girls get as gifts and stocking-stuffers. I wish I would have thought of this when my girls were little. I HATED finding all of those little pieces of "make-up and lip gloss" all over the place. The lids always fell off and the make-up always got gooey and gross.

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