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 I am tired!  A lot of work lately and little creative time is wearing me down.  My mind is overflowing with ideas, but I do need to sleep at some point.  Hm...if I could just be creative to pay the bills, I wouldn't need a full time job! :) 

I have three small projects for today.  I bought some walnuts and got inspired by some ideas from my youth.  These are all simple and make great gifts or decorations in addition to ribbons

The first one is a whole walnut painted red.  Add a few white dots and a green ribbon stem/hanger and you have a cute strawberry ornament.

Next use a whole walnut again and paint it black.  Hot glue it to a medium sized yellow button.  Paint a white oval on it and add a nose and a beak.  Adorable penguin decoration!

The final idea is with halved walnuts.  This one is trickier because you need to split it in two and keep them intact.  DON'T USE A NUT CRACKER!  I used the small metal pick that comes with the nutcracker to gently pry the nut open.  Once it is split, dig out the inside, have a snack and then you can create a knitting basket ornament.  A great gift for the crafty person in your life.  Grab some assorted yarn scraps and make miniature yarn balls.  Hot glue them inside the nut.  Cut a length of ribbon a few inched long and glue to the sides for a handle.  You can always cut off the excess if needed.  The last step is to add two pins with colored heads to represent knitting needles.  Cute and easy!

Happy Crafting!
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