
Some of you may be asking yourselves, “What does Stuart Little have in common with a Ren Faire?” This is a very good question and until Saturday evening I would have answered, “Nothing.” Sherwood Forest Archery had a booth set up and were seeking willing customers. Many of the men were jumping at the opportunity. The female population, however, was a little less eager. I’m sure you can guess into which category I fell. I politely declined the first offer they made. A short while after the rain shower that popped up, I was again asked if I would like to shoot a bow and arrow. I started to politely decline once again. Then, the thought of telling my nephew, who is really into hunting right now, that Aunt Lissie shot a bow and arrow popped into my head. Taking a deep breath I did something which for me is somewhat unusual. I stepped out of my comfort zone and participated rather than just being a spectator. As it turns out archery is really quite fun! I came back later and paid $3.00 for the fun and pleasure of shooting ten more arrows. The lesson and first try was free. Afterwards, I was awarded my very own Stuart Little. The lord of Sherwood Archery said it was for being such a good sport. Stepping out of my comfort zone is something I plan to do more often. Stuart Little will always be with me shouting, “You Go Girl!” What is your “You Go Girl” mascot?

Here are a few shots from our adventure. The chain maille bracelet was made by our friend Doug who accompanied us on this trip. It was made using a Dragon Scale pattern. I was quite impressed with his work and thought it quite beautiful.

Renaissance Faire Fun
August 26, 2008
Website of the Week!! The Best of DIY!!
August 18, 2008I just stumbled upon this website moments ago and absolutely love it! The author, clockworkpink, has done an excellent job of scouring the web for the coolest of crafts. I love the cupcake scarf and the invisible book shelf mentioned in the first two blog posts. My favorite thing from page 1 simply has to be these Muppet head glasses holders.


I only wish I knew how to crochet. After seeing these and the aforementioned cupcake scarf I just may have to learn. I highly recommend this wonderful, fun site. Click here to visit The Best of DIY.

Princess Cupcake
August 17, 2008
The little princess’s arrival is nearing. I found this adorable sleeper at Wal-Mart! Isn’t it cute? I hope my sister likes it.

Read to Feed
August 16, 2008I ran across this on Craftzine and just had to share. Cindy at Skip to My Lou is offering up the fave reads of crafters and a little craft as well. All of this reading and crafting is helping to support the Read to Feed program at Heifer International. Heifer has many programs to help feed the poor all over the world. The tutu is the first of these offerings found at Skip to My Lou. What could be better or more exciting than reading, crafting, and helping others!

Sunday School Craft Corner
August 14, 2008Announcing a new blogging frontier from yours truly. Since my husband and I began teaching the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade bible class, I have had difficulty finding crafts and activities to go along with many of our lessons. It occurred to me that others may be having similar problems. I have a created a blog for the sole purpose of sharing the ideas, crafts, and activities that we discover and use. All of them will be tested in bible class before being posted. I hope other bible class teachers will find this blog useful. I am also planning to encourage the sharing of ideas and hope that someday my little blog will be a great resource and open forum. Here’s to the future!
Click here to visit the blog!

Recycled Crayon Art
August 12, 2008I have recently stumbled upon several tutorials for recycling old crayons.

This one came from Craftzine courtesy of Daily Danny. He melted the crayons in a pan and then used a cookie cutter to cut out the butterfly shapes. Nikki at Whimsy Love has a Molded Crayon Tutorial using candy/soap molds and a Cool Chunky Crayons Tutorial using a muffin tin. I also recommend visiting Squidoo. They have a page of crayon crafts, info, books and more. They even have a clip from Sesame Street showing how crayons are made. For those of you who have old crayons, but no time or desire to recycle them yourselves, send them to CrazyCrayons. It is a national recycling program that will make new crayons out of your old ones. It’s really pretty cool. I had no idea that such a thing even existed, but I can see its usefulness. I can imagine many teachers out there who have alot of used, broken crayons left at the end of the school year. Instead of throwing them away, why not send them to CrazyCrayons. Isn’t it so much better to make something new and fun out of old stuff like crayons, rather then letting it sit in a landfill for years and years.































