no time to craft

in case you're wondering why my postings are so few and far between.. well.. one: its summer.. and two: well, I have an almost 1 year old and almost 3 year old. My hands are prettty full. Notice how I said "almost" for both. Its birthday season coming up, so I will be making some things to share very soon.

choo choo crayons

I found a tutorial on http://homemadebyjill.blogspot.com/2010/10/diy-molded-crayons.html and was dying to make some of my own, and finally, yesterday, I did. I am doing a train theme for my sons birthday so I thought I would give it a try. I used an old soup can in a small pan of boiling water to melt the crayons. then poured them into the mold, and once they were set (about 5 minutes in the freezer) they were complete. Instead of scrubbing a pan from melted wax, I just threw the soup can I used in the trash, so nothing got ruined.