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It’s been a crafty bit of time for us lately, as it’s the holidays and we tend to make stuff more often than buy stuff.  So we hit a couple of crafty places today, gathered some supplies, and sat down to make stuff this afternoon.

We made our first stop at the local Christmas Tree Shoppe, which has all manner of cheap crap that’s not necessarily Christmas-related.  We picked up a few candles and some glassware that would be needed for some presents we’ll be making in a couple of weeks, and some mustard and hot sauces, because we like spicy foods.

Eddie was in charge of making the candles

I made some ornaments with some snowmen and trees inside.

In the same shopping plaza is an A. C. Moore craft store, so we went there and got what we’d need in there, namely some glue, some glitter, and a dozen glass ornaments.  Total spent:  about $60 between both shops.

Eddie baked a loaf of Guinness bread while I set up the ornament assembly line.  I glitter-fied the tiny trees, glued the cotton down in the balls, and experimented with the best ways to get the figures inside without breaking the glass.  Eddie finished fixing the bread and made the candles, which turned out very cool.  We’re not awfully fond of the greenish-blue ones, but the white ones look like they’re made from snow.  Everything turned out pretty well, I think.  I made six balls with the snowmen and trees, and I’ll be attempting to put some origami into the others.

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