Two Snowmen, Memories & Second Place!

Something about snowmen melts my heart! The memories of going to the snow & staying in a cabin, bundling up and going outside to play all afternoon, building a snowman with the soft, fresh snow. Then later sledding until we were so wet and our pants frozen we had to run in for a warm change of clothes, some hot coco and a game or two by the fire. So when I created these two snowmen I thought of all those heart felt moments and what they meant to me.

Although it was my first time using Styrofoam I thought what the heck I am always up to challenging myself and that is just what I did & entered the TheDYIDish Holiday Challenge "Make it fun for the holidays" sponsored by “Make It: Fun®” for the Holidays Craft Challenge is FloraCraft® Corporation. .

Well the good news is I found out I won second place for my entry!! Can you see me with a big grin on my face!? I was so excited about the news I had no idea that I even had a chance seeing some of the cool entries! You can get the full Dish right here & take a peek at the announcement!
Congrats to Heather for 1st and Jennifer for 3rd place! Well a heartfelt thanks to Kim & Kris for choosing me as one of the winners!! Also be sure to visit Make It:Fun for some Styrofoam holiday inspiration!
What have you created with Styrofoam? Do you have any fond memories to share of playing in the snow or building snowmen?

I Heart Snowmen

Remember I was telling you that I decided to create something from Styrofoam for a challenge on DYITheDish. I even had posted what the beginnings looked like on my table and some inspiration I found. Oh and the late afternoon when we (Sammie helping me) were trying to catch the last bright sunlight to take these photos to capture the entry for the contest. Wind was blowing, they were toppling, leaves and shadows to deal with but finally some decent pictures! & my entry was submitted! Well here are the snowmen all ready for the Christmas holidays! I hope you like how they turned out as much as I did! I think I am inspired to make them a little snow display where I'll set them for the holidays. maybe even a cape or hat will be added. Well, I have a secret to share with you later, so I hope you come back soon to see what it is! Can you guess? I promise to share soon! Have you started any holiday projects yet?

Paper clay Inspiration & WIP Stone Clay

Holiday Sparkle

Holiday Sparkle

Polka Dot Pixie

Snippet Girl


It is hard to believe that these creations started out like mine here. I can only hope my little snowmen come out as nice as my inspiration that I have found. Yes I used Styrofoam for the core of these! I am hoping to get done in time to enter the best of my creations in the contest from DYI Dish. All the information is in the previous post if you are up to a fall challenge. The craft store was out of paper clay the day I was looking for it and I ended up using Premier a light weight stone clay by La Doll luckily I had a coupon because I think it is $4. more per package comparing the two. But I must say I loved using it! The ease of putting it on, the smoothness and it allows time to manipulate prior to drying, just air dries. Yes, I may have found a new muse! I can't wait for them to dry so I can doll them up! & I am wanting to get more to make some ornaments! I promise to show you as I go along. Sorry this pic isn't the greatest it is from my cell phone as I need to charge my camera and put in a new memory stick.
Have you worked with paper clay or stone clay? Have you made ornaments of any type? What are some of your favorite materials?