Profile for OneRoomSchool

Mixing Macrame and Fimo Clay

Dec 22, 2008

While my daughter was touring the U.S. during summer vacation with her grandparents I had a lot of time on my hands. I took up trying to make macrame plant hangers. After reading a couple...

Snoopy's Christmas stocking

Dec 22, 2008

When the kids were younger I tried to make some original Christmas stockings for them. Since my son already had a favorite snoopy sweatshirt, what could be better than a stocking of...

Acrylic Tiger on Pellon

Dec 21, 2008

In the early 80's I was still painting things with fabric acrylic paints. I can't remember where I acquired this piece but I spent more than a month finishing it. Every once in awhile Id...

New Life for Ice Cream containers

Dec 20, 2008
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The middle and right containers are cardboard Ice Cream containers. The one on the left is actually an empty Cocoa tin. I covered the large one with gift wrap and added pictures found in...

Rooster under Glass

Dec 20, 2008

Some years ago I acquired a bottle cutter from a local Craft store. I went kinda Ape for awhile cutting every bottle I could get my hands on. Too many of them cracked in the wrong...

Styrofoam Bunny Container

Dec 20, 2008

This Bunny container was made more than 15 years ago from a scrap piece of 3/4" styrofoam sheet. I used a strofoam cutter and cut out two rabbit shapes from the sheet. The two inside...

Poinsettia Wreath

Dec 20, 2008

This was made by using a children's swim ring and bunches of silk Poinsettia flowers. The wire stems were removed and I used a hot glue gun to ensure the flowers stayed put. A simple...