Wednesday's Works

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A little bird told us that Sophie's teacher's favorite color is blue.  So, my girl and I have been collecting ornaments in various shades, shapes and sizes for a couple of weeks.  This past weekend, I glued the tops on, Mike bent the hanger, and we made this to give her teacher for Christmas.  Hope she likes it!

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My other main job recently has been making little salt dough snowmen to give to the teachers from the PTA.  What teacher doesn't like snow, right?  These will be threaded with a bright red ribbon and placed in a glassine bag with a sweet note.  The bags will be finished off with a cute little white clothespin clip that is adorned with a fancy red felt snowflake.   I dusted these guys with white/opalescent glitter - their subtle shine makes them extra special.  25 done, 50 more to go!

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What craftiness have YOU been up to lately?

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The other day, my blog friend Shari over at Lauren's Closet posted some beautiful pictures of salt dough ornaments that she made. These are not the clunky, chunky dough ornaments of yesteryear. Oh no. They are sweet and delicate and absolutely gorgeous.  See them for yourself right here!

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Being the super generous person that she is, Shari has posted a salt dough ornament tutorial on her blog!  She has inspired me, and I'll bet she'll inspire you, too. 

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In preparation for my "salt dough day with Sophie", I picked up this batch of Christmas cookie cutters at the thrift store yesterday.  $1.91 for the bag!

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Same store, different bag, I found these snowflakes to use for the impressions.  We're off to the store in a bit to get our flour and salt.  While Sophie was impressed with the beauty of the ornaments we are going to make, she was a little dismayed that they look like "cookies you can't even eat".  So, in addition to the flour and salt, we'll be purchasing some cookie dough to bake while we're rolling and designing our ornaments.  ;)

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If you decide to try your hand at these too, please send me photos!