I've added the whiskers here to the mice.        Learn to handcraft a few little mice for a Christmas tree or for play in a mouse house ...

The finished jar lid ornament.        Jar lids are certainly the kinds of recycled supplies that just about anybody can afford to use to dec...

Cotton batting veiled lady mushrooms.        Even though the veiled lady mushroom is not common to Missouri, I thought it an unusua...

The finished painted morels rest on a mossy bed just outside my kitchen door.         Grandpa took a trip to Kentucky this last week...

The completed baby owls stare out from their cozy candy container. These are adorable on a woodland inspired Christmas tree or a cott...

       This feathered, pudgy bird would sit perfectly on a pine bough or hang easily from the most delicate branches of a fir tree, for ...

       Originally I intended to turn these little wire frame baskets into paper mache´ornaments. But because I decided to decorate my liv...

Two versions of the same Christmas pine cone craft. The appearance of this particular ornament may be altered by switching out the mater...

The front and back views of my Birch Yule Log Christmas ornament. Birch trees click to read more about this species. Supply List: ...

      To hand sculpt a cotton batting animal, such as this handsome little buck below, may seem a bit too ambitious at first. However, if y...

The milkweed pod babies I craft for fairs and to hang on my own tree.         These little milkweed pod babies are so easy to make. I l...

Left, the largest cotton batting mushroom was finished with iridescent white glitter. The Center and Right cotton batting mushrooms are f...

I photographed my hornet's nest ornament outside in the crab apple tree. I think it looks pretty convincing. The next time I see it, i...