Nat Mac's Knick Knacks

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Pinterest Inspired Heart Block

I have another pinterest inspired project. If you missed my last one you can find it here. I decided to do one for the month of love this time. I loved the heart blocks from one of my favorite blogs Simply Kierste.

I did a couple things different from the inspiration ones. I used scrapbook paper instead of newspaper for the under part. I also added some ribbon. I know I say this all the time but this little block was seriously easy. I mean crazy easy. I really love how it turned out. This was another pinterest success.

I'm linking this to: Keeping It Simple, Craft O'Maniac, Sugar Bee Crafts, and Sumo's Sweet Stuff

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Valentine's/St. Patty's Day Blocks

I loved the countdown blocks I found here. I thought it would be fun to tweak them just a bit. For mine I did them two sided. I did one side for Valentine's Day the other for St. Patrick's Day.

I used mod podge for the scrapbook paper. I didn't have any vinyl, so my chunky numbers are also from scrapbook paper. A quick bow on top, some embellishments, and this little craft was done. I am for sure going to do some more of these for other holidays. I think these are a fun alternative to traditional countdown blocks.

I'm linking this post to: Keeping It Simple, Sugar Bee Crafts, Craft O'Maniac, Six Sister's Stuff, Lil Luna, Blue Cricket Design, and Sumo's Sweet Stuff

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Pinterest Inspired Snowmen

My Mother in law and I saw the cutest snowmen on Pinterest at Christmas time. We decided we needed to make some. They were super easy!

We followed most of the same instructions as the inspiration ones from Keeping It Simple. For the eyes and mouth on ours we used black sharpies. The noses were cut from orange foam sheets. We bought the gloves for the hats, and the fleece for the scarfs, from the dollar store. We also made pom pom's for the top of the middle snowman's hat.

This craft was for sure a Pinterest success.

I'm linking to: Sugar Bee Crafts, Keeping It Simple, Craft O'Maniac, and Six Sisters' Stuff

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Where Oh Where Has This Blogger Gone????

It seems almost contradicting that each post I do lately is all about, "how I'm going to be a better blogger". Yet here I am 2 months after my last post. I could give you excuse after excuse why I've been so neglectful. I'll spare you all with that and instead post a new post on the little blog.

That brings me to my next dilemma what to post about?? I could update the book club list considering I'm 3 months behind. I could even post some darling Easter crafts I made but alas never got around to posting.

That is where you all come in what would you like to see happen on this blog? Are you sick of all the book club posts and no crafty posts? Do you want more crafty posts? Do you just want something posted instead of nothing?

Instead of leaving this whole post up in the air I thought I would start doing pinterest posts. I'm sure you all have discovered pinterest. If not you are missing out. These are some of my recent pins that I can't stop thinking about! I hope they leave you inspired!

Family Hand print Tree

Non Serious House Rules

Apple Nachos

DIY Maternity Maxi Dress

Sunday, February 19, 2012

January Book Club Selection/Review

The book that was selected for our January book club was 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher. This book is about a girl named Hannah who is in High School. She (like lots of teenagers) has a lot of High School drama to deal with. For her own reasons Hannah decides to commit suicide. Hannah pre-records tapes that are sent out to different people that influenced her decision to end her life. Along with the tapes is also a map of the town and locations where different events in Hannah's life happened.

This book touches on a subject that is very personal to many people. As well as being personal it's also a very controversial topic. Without going too deep I think Hannah was an over dramatic teenager. High School is a rough age for most people. I strongly believe that having extra curricular activities, and belonging to a religion, can have major positive influences in a teenagers life. Hannah ended her life because she thought that was her only solution. In my honest opinion all she did was run away from the problems instead of addressing them. This book is being made into a movie with Selena Gomez playing the role of Hannah. Will I read this book again? Probably not. Is this book a must read? In my opinion no. 13 Reasons Why is very well written and brings a new perspective to this topic. With that being said I personally have a hard time recommending this book.

Valentines Ideas- 5 Days Late

I realize that I'm late in posting this. Valentine's Day was so five days ago. Not going to lie I still have all my stuff up. My rationing for this post was that it's not too late to make a quick craft for next year. These ideas would even be fun to tweak and make for Easter or St. Patty's.

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Top 10 Posts of 2011

Hey everyone!! I hope all of you had a great holiday season! As you can see I still have yet to post all the fun things we did during the holidays. Sooner or later they will get posted.

It's crazy to think that one year ago I started this little blog. This blog has brought out a crafty side of me I didn't know I had. I didn't start this blog to make money or have thousands of followers. I honestly didn't think I would have more than 20 followers. During my "break" I almost deleted this blog. I haven't found a balance with blogging and every day life. I didn't know that it was worth the effort.

It wasn't until Old Mac said something that I really noticed, as cheesy as it may sound, crafting really made me a better person. I think that everyone needs some sort of healthy "outlet". Apparently this is mine. Thanks to all of you for sticking by while I figured this out!

I wanted to post something so I thought it would be fun to do a Top 10 post from 2011. These are the posts that received the most traffic from all of you!!

10. Jello Salad