Summercrafter

I have a niece who likes to craft. (My genes, I know!)     She made wreaths this year for everyone in the family. (Wasn't that nice?)     She is the one who loves dogs, Ruff! Ruff! Ruff! (to the tune of Jingle Bells) This one she made for herself, of course.   This is the tree skirt she made for her mom. It was her first one! She is very handy with a glue gun I hear...     This is a "winter" wreath she made for her aunts. Over the Christmas break, I saw that she even has a Craft Box. I love that!   Good job, Amanda!!    

I know, I know! These tree skirt pictures are posted on the Christmas page, but I hadn't blogged about them so here goes. Way back, when I started collecting Mary Engelbreit Craft Books , it was by mail and I wallowed in pleasant surprise at each delivery for 3 years! I briefly pouted when I learned that it was only a three book series and that's when the search for more of her books hit full gear.  The illustrations and the crafts in these first books vary, there are all kinds, even recipes. But I believe, what we, ME fans, really wanted was to materialize her illustrations into 3-dimensional objects.  That's when, finally, this fabulous book came out which did just that.  What's more, they even show the illustrations that the craft projects were born from. (My ME ideas are not included...yet! LOL!)  Believe it or not I found this treasure on a bargain book aisle in Ba...