Rainbow Pasta Beads

"Now why didn't I think of this?"  Goodness only knows how many times I've said that!  This is one of those "win - win - win" crafts. First you win because the pasta is very inexpensive, second you win because you have an easy project (coloring the pasta), and thirdly, you have an easy craft when you string these! For starters, you could make a necklace or a bracelet.  But I'm sure there are other options, too, if you will let your own imagina- tion go.  For easy, sturdy thread, try using dental floss. (I seem to always have a lot on hand!) Then, if you want to use something to guide the thread through the holes, use that dental thing ... you know - the one that looks like a needle but it isn't - it's made of plastic but has a big eye!  Oh well, I hope you know what I'm talking about .. I'm sure I'll think of it about about 3 a.m. tomorrow morning!  Below is the link for dying the pasta.

Pasta dying instructions are HERE!

Spring Has Sprung!

What a great way to celebrate the arrival of Spring ... 

and for Christians, the Butterfly is also symbolic of the resurrection!  

You can not only have the fun of making these beautiful decorations, but think of all the places you could use them!  Like ..... attaching a sturdy wire between the wings & onto the body and pushing the end into a flower pot filled with flowers.  Or .... tie fishing line onto the body (perhaps just in front of the big wings) and hang them from the ceiling, or off of a drapery rod!  If you position the fishing line on the body just right, they will look like they're flying and not just hanging. 

Really ... you are limited only by your own imagination.  

This looks like it could be the beginning of a very pretty Mother's Day bouquet!

Instructions for the Butterflies? Click HERE!

Why is a butterfly a Christian symbol?  Because it represents "new life".

‘This means that anyone who belongs to Christ
has become a new person.
The old life is gone; a new life has begun!’
2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT