BEE HIVE Miniature

A Valentine Treat My Husband Made for Me!

My Valentines tray filled with heart candy. Jewelry had been strategically placed through out the candy maze. Lingerie spilled out the sides and candles were glowing. A very special gift this year because my husband came up with this idea and made it just for me.

Each mason jar has a votive candle inside.

Jar Tutorial

Clean jars with soap and water. Dry. Using heart stickers place them around the jar. Choose your color of spray paint and spray the outside of the jar. Let dry. Spray again and let dry overnight. Carefully peel stickers off and ta-da. Place jar rings back on and add a votive candle.  Make your own card using dollies. Bend in half and cut half a heart, open it up and glue it to a pretty piece of paper or card stock. Add a ribbon to your card. Use a colored pen to wish your Valentine a happy day and write a nice poem inside. Your Valentine will be keeping this card so make it big!

Laundry Room Dollhouse Miniature

My room box smells good! 

Snow Angels

For this project all you need is some pearls, white cloth stem or floral wire, ribbon (I used 1/8") , paper clips, and a few minutes.

The white wire that I used was very thin a 26 or 28 gauge I'm not sure because I tossed out the label.

Start with your wire and add a pearl to it. Make a loop and twist it back down, cut and bring your pearl back up and over the wire to cover it. Place the pearl onto your paper clip and thread your wire (see pic) through the center of the clip and back up to the top. Wrap it a few times to secure the bead.

Now using you ribbon from the front place one end into the "wings" of each side. Take the ribbon from the back and slide the ribbon down the sides of the bead toward the front of your project. Take the ends of the ribbons back through the wings and make a knot in the back of the angel. Your white wire should now be covered and you angel should hang straight and not forward. That's it, congrats you just made an angel.

Mothers Day Card Filled with Love Tutorial

 

 

Use any type of paper and fold in half, cut and fold in half again. You now have two cards. Starting at the top of the paper (top side) find the center and make a cut about one inch long. This will be your collar. Fold both sides down and dab a bit of glue on the corner so they stay down. Take an exacto knife and make a slit only on the front top side of the paper. If you don't have an exacto knife you can use your scissors or anything sharp.

Leave top part of your envelope open and glue bottom and sides together. I used a hot glue gun because it's quicker and I had a lot of them to make. Using your glue, embellish your cards with a string of pearls for a cute necklace. I used my paper punch for the butterfly and flowers to resemble a necklace charm. I found some paper dollies and cut a piece for a pocket hankie and some loose pearls for the buttons. Use real buttons, lace material or round out your collars for a different look. I then slid some goodies down into the center of the envelope and tucked a mini Kit Kat bar into the pocket. That's it! Hope you enjoyed this quick and easy but...super cute project with the Hum Bug crafter.

 

 

 

 

Lapel Pins for Christmas Tutorial

 

Christmas Pin Tutorial.

Glue pompoms in a circle, I used a hot glue gun for this. Look through your beads and if you don't have anything cute, paint on them to make your ornaments the way you want them. Glue beads, some small ribbon, and anything else you think would look nice. Finish them off with a lapel pin glued to the back. That's it... They make a great gift and they don't cost much so, grab a bunch and pass them out to everyone. That's a Hum Bug Craft!

 

 

 

 

A quick tutorial of a Miniature Side Table

How To Make A Side Table

This is a quick table to make. I used balsa wood for the table top, you can find this at most hobby stores. Balsa isn't a strong wood by any means but I'm not really using it in a miniature display. Once made it will not be touched again.
     I cut the size I wanted out of balsa and took 4 fancy toothpicks. Cut the ends off the toothpicks to the length I needed and rounded off the cut ends. I took one toothpick and indented a small groove into the soft balsa, don't push to hard or you'll break it. I did this for all four corners that I marked for the legs. I then dabbed a small amount of glue into the indentions and inserted the (toothpick) legs. Let dry and painted the piece white. That's it.. A quick table.