coffee can crayons

I'm not sure why...but when I was little we always kept the 'old' crayons in a coffee can. I still do this.
Here's what the Mad Rosie and I did with our coffee can crayons...

1. Preheat your oven to 350.

Remove the paper wrapper from the crayons.

this can be a pain...and time consuming.

I used a craft knife to cut the wrappers, Maddie peeled them off.

2. Then we picked out colors that were similar or went well together.

(And we made a few that didn't go so well together too!)

3. We broke the crayons into pieces
and put them in a lined muffin pan.

*Be careful not to fill the cups to high.

You don't want the cups to overflow with hot wax.

That could be dangerous...and for sure a huge mess!

3. Place your crayons in the oven. Baking times will vary depending on the amount of crayons you use, your oven, blah...blah.Our crayons took about 7 minutes to fully melt.

4. Allow time for your crayons to cool completely before using.

There ya go! Super rad "new" crayons out of "old" crayons! yay!
Maddie is taking hers to school tomorrow! :)

xo-

miss anna

feelin' the love

Style School ProjectHere's a cute little project I did for Style School.I set a personal goal to use up craft supplies that I already have at my home for the projects. For this project, I used a light pink jersey knit pillow case and a dark pink shirt that were in the "to be donated" box at my house. Perfect colors for the upcoming Valentine's Day!I cut the fabric into strips and wrapped it around the floral wreath. I used pins to secure the fabric. That way I can re-use the materials for a new wreath after Valentine's Day! The buttons are even attached using pins. Luckily, Maddie had some that were Valentine colors with a pretty metallic pearl finish. I love buttons...I have jars and jars of them!
I cut shorter strips and tied them in the middle with a long strip of fabric to make the

pom-pomish flower. I used the end of the long strip to tie the flower to the wreath and secured it with a pin. 

xo-miss anna