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I know what you are thinking…. “Pom poms and plastic eggs?” The only thing I have to say is “stash busting”. For over a year I’ve had all this yarn sitting around and well I’ve really only made pom poms with it. Ok, I made a few crochet flowers too but my attention span keeps me in pom pom making land. So yarn stash busting mixed with the fact that I hoard plastic Easter eggs =Easter stash busting projects. Enjoy the simplicity and silliness!

Pom Pom & Plastic Egg Wreath

Feeling a bit cutsy and want to add just the right amount of fun into your spring wreath? Then make a Pom Pom & Plastic Egg Wreath! No video needed for this simple project!

What you’ll need

1. Yarn for pom poms. I chose green for the grassy look.
2. Plastic eggs
3. Foam wreath form
4. Hot glue
5. Long straight pins
6. Ribbon
7. Scissors

Step One

Make and cover wreath form in green yarn pom poms. I used hot glue to attach them but I’ve seen other people use the tails of the pom poms to tie them on. Watch my Pom Pom and Plastic Egg Bouquet video below to learn how to make a pom pom. FYI the pom pom making is the most time consuming part. Don’t want to use pom poms? Try moss from your local garden store instead.

Step Two

Use straight pins to attach the eggs. To do this separate your egg and poke the straight pin through the inside of the top half about a 1/4 inch up from the lip of the top half of the egg. Add a wee bit of hot glue to the tip of the pin then push to pin into the wreath. Attach the bottom half of the egg. Repeat with rest of eggs.

Step Three

Embellish with different color ribbon and run ribbon or string up for hanging purposes.

Step Four

Hang on door!

Pom Pom & Plastic Egg Bouquet

A very easy way to add a splash of color to your Easter decorations. The different textures really add to the uniqueness of this wacky little project. Think of it as a fun conversational piece. “Where did you get your inspiration for that Andrea?” “Ohh you know I love Dr. Seuss and while reading Green Eggs and Ham for the 46th time it donned on me that I should bring to life the Green Eggs and Ham landscape. As a highly tuned creative I naturally gravitated towards pom poms and fake eggs to represent the gentle yet rambunctious nature of the Dr. Seuss era.” You might need to practice saying that with a semi straight face before your guests come over

What’ you’ll need

1. Yarn in various colors
2. Plastic eggs
3. BBQ Skewers
4. Hot glue
5. Small container like a soup can
6. Can embellishments like paper and ribbon
7. Floral foam to keep your stems in place
8. Fake Easter grass
9. Nail and hammer in case your eggs act up!

Watch the How-To video.

Friends,

Craft-tastic Live was a wonderful adventure and it has been an indescribable joy to have met so many great people through the live show journey. As life would have it, all great things must come to an end and now it’s time for us turn the ship and focus on other projects that we have been wanting to do for some time now but just haven’t had the resources or time to do them. We’re very excited for the second half of 2011 as we fire up the creative machine and start playing with new ideas.

While Craft-tastic Live is going away, we are NOT. It has been a joy and an honor to work with all of you on building this great community of insanely talented individuals and we look forward to getting even more creative now.

We encourage you to attend the live craft shows that are available to you. Such as:

Cynthia Gagen and The Creative Edventures team!
and
Lisa Fulmer host of C&T’s Digital Lounge Wednesday Night LIVE

Thank you for a wonderful experience,

Sincerely,

The Curries

P.S.
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This year has been so strange! Most of you are still knee deep in snow and I must admit that San Diego has had sunnier days. Tis the best time of year to remind us that color and nature still exist! Even if it’s only in our homes for now Come join the fun hour of Fabulous Floral crafts on Craft-Tastic LIVE this Tuesday March 29th at 6 pacific 8 central 9 eastern. You’d be crazy to miss the fashionable poppy broach demo created by Lisa Fulmer, the cute flower gift box by Rebecca Parsons and these amazing glittery flowers by The Craftaholic Diana Gonzalez. Ohh and I’ll have a couple neat projects to throw into the mix too!

Let’s hippity hop into spring by celebrating fabulous floral projects on the March 29th episode of Craft-Tastic LIVE! You won’t want to miss this live show that features 4 unique craft demos by Rebecca Parsons, TheCraftaholic Diana Gonzalez, Lisa Fulmer and Craft-Tastic host Andrea Currie. So put on your garden hats, grab your glitter and mark your calendars for a fun craft party on March 29th starting at 6 pacific 8 central 9 eastern! We might even find the Easter bunny on the way!

We hate to leave you without some Fabulous Floral inspiration so check out the ETSY treasury we put together and get to crafting something great to showcase in the Craft-Tastic LIVE Crafters showcase. No need to RSVP but feel free to check out the Facebook invite.

TurquoiseTumbl… $35.00	Baymut $69.00	RedsThreadsVin… $24.00	mayakon $18.00
1mADwoman $45.00	BootsNGus $30.00	uncommonvintag… $44.00	Modern101 $15.00
welcomesbypj $30.00	sewgracious $18.00	racheldenny $250.00	airhead64 $105.00

Treasury tool is sponsored by Lazzia.com A/B image testing.

Newsflash! I have a hard time taking a product and actually using it as intended….. Take the Ready-to-Go! Blank Canvas Books by C&T Publishing for instance. They have so many great qualities. The first that comes to mind is how they are a great out of the box already bound canvas book ready for your artsy and memory keeping creative adventures. I have used these books in the past for collage calendars using TAP (Transfer Artist Paper) and have ambitions of using them for some memory books for my friends. After easily creating all kinds of bookish projects with the Ready-to-Go! Blank Canvas Books I found myself yearning to push the creative boundaries by to creating a non-book project while still retaining the binding of the Ready-to-Go! Blank Canvas Books. So why not make it into a vase I ask myself? Seems just like the type of crazy creative challenge that I love! Turns out to be one of the easiest least time consuming projects I’ve created with the Ready-to-Go! Blank Canvas Books. In just a few simple steps you too can have a neat canvas vase to spruce up your table decor! Come join Lisa Fulmer and I tonight in the C&T Digital Lounge for live crafting fun where we’ll show you how to decorate your table with little more than some Ready-to-Go! Blank Canvas Books, Ultra-Light Lutradur, a little fabric, a little paint, a little fusing, and a little stitching! We start at 6 pacific 8 central 9 eastern here!

Pack your bags and get ready for a Craft-Tastic journey with host Andrea Currie and the Craft-Tastic LIVE designers Cynthia Gagen and Lee Brehon, Tuesday February 22nd @ 6 pacific 8 central 9 eastern. Our theme is Anthropology which means lot’s of inspiration from world travel, time travel and vintage findings. Come join a fun hour of live craft and DIY demos, giveaways and more. No RSVP needed but you can here if you want to!

“Craft-Thropologist : A creative person or people that seek and create the most innovative projects from worldly inspirations for the purpose of physical adornment, dwelling or special occasion. Often these people can be found scouring local thrift stores, scribbling in their art journals or dancing around a pile of scrap paper chanting the glitter hymn from the famous Rhinestone Tribe of eastern Sparklemia.”

We hate to leave you without some Anthropology inspiration so check out the ETSY treasury we put together and get to crafting something great to showcase in the Craft-Tastic LIVE Crafters showcase.

sommerwithano $14.95	joevintage $275.00	lastminutegift $	littlehoneypie… $18.00
TeoStudio $	FreshyFig $	SunnySkyeCreat… $4.50	billyblue22 $18.00
jandem $68.00	pixxxiepieandp… $38.00	MySelvagedLife $26.00	HouseThatCrowB… $40.00

Treasury tool is sponsored by Lazzia.com.

I have to admit that I am a huge fan of heart-shaped crafts. I love making Valentines and basically pasting hearts to everything in sight including living things such as my dog Gracie. This year I gave myself a bit of a challenge for Valentines day crafts. I must abstain from making anything heart-shaped. Booooooo!! That’s a hard one but as you might know I love a challenge. After many weeks of chocolate box fails I finally in the nick of time came up with this pretty purse. It’s the perfect gift box for Teachers, girlfriends, co-workers, daughters, moms and every other female in your life! The cherry on top? This petite treat box utilizes very little materials/tools, comes with a video demo and a FREE template!Adorable Purse Box Template by Andrea Currie

Materials/Tools
1) Heavy paper: 2 pieces of card stock or 1 piece of scrapbook paper. If you are feeling Craft-Tastic use a cereal box!
2) Warm glue or quick drying glue
3) Scissors
4) Free Template

Optional
1) Paper Embellishments
2) Brads and a pinhole punch to place them

The very first Craft-Tastic LIVE of 2011 is tonight!! What is Craft-Tastic LIVE you say? An interactive, global, free, internet craft show chalk full of inspiring and fun demos. Tonight starting at 6 pacific 8 central 9 eastern you will get to enjoy an eclectic mix of Craft-Tastic goodness from The Craftaholic Diana Gonzalez, Samantha Star and Lisa Fulmer. No matter your area of creativity or skill level you’ll delight in designer secrets, inspiring demos,freebies, giveaways and a ton of laughter in this hour long show hosted by the ever sparkly Andrea Currie.

So come sit back/relax or lean forward and participate in text chat while the Craft-Tastic designers show you their interpretations of this months theme “Royal Romance”. We also have a very fun segment called the Craft-Tastic LIVE Crafters Showcase where we show off  crafty photos from our Craft-Tastic community. Come early to enjoy the pre-show chat and don’t forget to invite your friends! We will have a giveaway and free template downloads too!

Lisa Fulmer the host of C&T’s Wednesday Night Live show is stepping into the Craft-Tastic LIVE craft cam to show us a Royal Romance mixed media piece! Lisa is always a delight to have on the show and if we’re lucky we might even get her alter ego Hazel Flipwater to join us. Come watch her live demo on Craft-Tastic LIVE January 25th @ 6 pacific 8 central 9 eastern. Also follow us on Facebook to get more details on the other designers that are stepping into the Craft-Tastic LIVE spotlight.

On the last Tuesday of each month Craft-Tastic LIVE brings together a handful of amazing designers and crafters in an hour long internet based craft show that is not only educational but also extremely fun for all types of creative people.We realize that not everyone has access to a demo cam which is why we created a segment on each Craft-Tastic LIVE called the Craft-Tastic LIVE Crafters Showcase dedicated to showing off photos of your amazing projects! To learn more about submitting your photos check out more info here. Need some inspiration for this months theme? Check out our Royal Romance collage blog post!