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So for some reason last fall I felt compelled to share a picture of my messy craft room at a blog called <a href="http://mylifeandkids.com/">My Life and Kids</a>. The blogger (also an Anna) is hilarious and her blog is awesome. Well she was looking for photos of real life houses. You know, so many craft rooms and house pictures these days look picture perfect on blogs and Pinterest, well I don't know about you, but mine doesn't (my house or my craft room!). So for giggles I submitted my craft room while it was at the height of chaos as I was getting ready for a craft show plus working two part time jobs and being a mom & wife, and trying to keep the other parts of the house clean. Not to mention distractions of Pinterest and blogging and Facebook :).
Well, Anna from My Life and Kids decided to do a contest with the submissions she received. Yesterday was the first day and I made the second round. And while winning a messy house contest is not the first contest I'd pick to win, well at least it's something I might have a shot at! LOL Not to mention there is a pretty nice vacuum for the winner! Anyway, if you'd like to help me out head on over to the contest at this link http://wp.me/p24MP6-1zJ and vote for "Tutu Messy" (It's in the last matchup on the page!)
Thanks for helping friends!
Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04661517350892657097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496562711044182049.post-26198978056571641742013-02-10T21:19:00.000-06:002013-02-10T21:29:25.660-06:00Classmate ValentinesSo, DH got me a wonderful wonderful Christmas gift this past Christmas... a Cricut! It wasn't the top electronic cutter on my list, but I'm not complaining as having one is definitely much more fun than not having one! :)<br />
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So I got to put it to use for some sweet, simple and quick Valentine's for my little guys preschool class. Although, it was a little bit of a pain because half of my project kept cutting wrong (straight edges on hearts instead of curved, see picture below) even though it looked perfect on screen... hmmm... Anyone else every run into this problem???<br />
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I use Cricut craft room for all my cutting purposes so far. I actually find the thought of cutting without craft room, straight from a cartridge a little daunting. Not to mention it's nice to use different shapes from different cartridges at one time. So I used several different heart shapes (in part trying to get pasted the distorted cuts) and then layered on two very small circles.<br />
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Twice as many cuts later as it should've taken we had cute little hearts that we stamped with FROM Hunter and slid some little Valentine's day suckers in. Ta Da! Sweet simple Valentine's for classmates. <br />
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The little guy and I are working on some cute cards for grandparents etc, hopefully we can get a post up about them sometime later this week! :)<br />
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Another fun think we did this week was attend our area's March of Dimes March for Babies family team kickoff event. This will be our family's 5th year walking in memory of my daughter and my son, both who were born prematurely and passed away soon after birth. Something I decided to do this year to help raise money for our team was to create some tutu's for our daughter Morgan and do a big fundraiser through my Etsy store. So, if you are in the market for a tutu (or know someone who is!) please keep my shop in mind as 50-75% of sales for the next 2.5 months will be going to the March of Dimes! You can read more about our babies stories and our past 4 walks at http://gerardfamilyteam.blogspot.com/. <br />
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Christmas 2011 I did a few handmade gifts but (huge fail) I didn't take a single picture. Ooops. This year I did slightly better and got almost everything!<br />
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I actually made three variations of this necklace. (see still slacking in the picture department!)</div>
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I have been LONGING to do a quiet book. I started a felt doll dress up quiet book last year before Christmas but I got stuck on it and never finished. This mini quiet book was sort of a last minute decision that I busted out in two evenings. I can hardly wait to make more. It was fun and I think it's cute. And it was a total stash project. I did not buy a single thing for this, it was all on hand from the ring I used to bind it to the lightweight vinyl for the photo page!</div>
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I have been planning a superhero project for my nephew for Christmas for months. For my little guy for Halloween I made him into a superhero... his name is Hunter and he had a green camo cape with matching mask. He was a "Super Hunter." His cousin T thought it was cool so I made him his own superhero outfit for dress up. It's reversible so it's extra fun!</div>
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These were another last minute decision. I had been browsing Pinterest and saw some t-shirt "rope" infinity scarves. Shortly after I was working with some fleece remnants I had picked up and noticed that this particular kind of fleece curled very similar to the t-shirt material used in the scarves I saw. I sewed one up and loved it. I ended up making a total of 3 for gifts (the third one not shown was the blue and a a dark brown with no buttons) and I have strips cut to make one for myself... someday!</div>
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You may have read my <a href="http://amgcrafts.blogspot.com/2012/12/vanilla-olive-oil-labels.html">fabric labels post</a>... We gave out about half a dozen rosemary olive oils with homemade artisan bread and about twice as many vanilla's with a homemade brownie mix. All pinterest inspired. As a matter of fact, after all my pinterest inspired Christmas crafts, my dear husband decided pinterest was quite possibly useful and now he has an account AND he has used it! :)</div>
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Love those DIY snow globes I've seen. The person I made this for was my boss at work. I actually made one the week before Christmas and was putting a finishing touch on it the night before our last day of work and yep, you guessed it, I broke it. So she had to wait for this part of her present until this past Wednesday since it took some time to dry and she was off between Christmas and New Years. I actually like this second version better as I thought to use a mirrored candle plate instead of cutting cardboard and trying to perfectly glue it inside. </div>
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Dear Husband's dad can be hard to shop for, and after hearing his tally of DS games which we often buy him or get him gift certificates for (25!) and not getting any helpful hints from him or significant other I decided to make them travel pillows as they do a fair amount of travel. I actually bought DH one for Christmas so I could use it as a pattern. They didn't turn out too bad for a first time project by a novice sewer just loosely tracing out the pillow for a patter. :) I made removable covers so they could wash the covers. I made a third one of these for my almost 16 year old cousin who will be traveling to Italy this spring with a class from school. The third one turned out even better. </div>
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Handmade gifts are time consuming, often stressful (especially if you are a procrastinator like me!) and sometimes a little nerve wracking in this day and age of gift receipts. But they are also fun and satisfying. It's very satisfying to put so much thought and love into a gift for someone. Hopefully everyone who received one of our handmade gifts will enjoy it! <br />
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<a href="http://www.iheartnaptime.net/" target="_blank" title="I Heart Nap Time"><img alt="I Heart Nap Time" src="http://www.iheartnaptime.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/logo_Sundae2.png" style="border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.skiptomylou.org/"><img alt="Skip To My Lou" height="150" src="http://rsc.skiptomylou.org/buttons/new_button.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="http://tipjunkie.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Tip Junkie handmade projects" border="0" src="http://www.tipjunkie.com/images/TipMeTuesdayButton1.png" /></a> <a href="http://thediydreamer.blogspot.com/" title="The DIY Dreamer"><img alt="The DIY Dreamer" src="http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d189/lexieex/The%20DIY%20Dreamer/DIYLinkPartyButton.png" style="border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://gingersnapcrafts.com/search/label/%7Bwow%20me%7D%20wednesday"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3WzbPkfgqUP3iWOFOHVG_-qsk_s0qpeCPcrmB9tTO62Br00mHilK5I7d73UezOwD4gSKPF13eXhL2_QnMG2HDrqb9VWFCNa4OoQW9Iy7gQ7CqycMCmB4dwv4sHeIAbCJVYEW-D1jplaP/s1600/wow-me.png" /></a> <a border="0" href="http://cleanandscentsible.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee455/simplyklassic/Clean%20and%20%20Scentsible/CleanScentsiblePartyButton.png" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="The Chicken Chick" src=" http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h402/ADozenGirlz/CleverChicksBloghop150x147_zps2ab1a684.jpg" /></a>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04661517350892657097noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496562711044182049.post-56341053421834134082012-12-17T21:44:00.001-06:002012-12-17T21:46:23.526-06:00Vanilla & Olive Oil LabelsOne of our homemade Christmas gifts this year includes homemade vanilla & homemade rosemary infused olive oil.<br />
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We are pairing them with other things, and I'll share some of the "whole gift" photos and details later, but what I really wanted to share today is the super cute labels I made for the bottles.<br />
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I found this fabulous <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/282037995385856566/repin/">pin</a> last week just before I was going to buy printable stick on labels.<br />
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It was my first time printing on fabric and let me tell you I was NERVOUS. I attempted to print directly on wax paper one time after seeing a tutorial about how you could easily transfer words to canvas or wood or something and it was a <b>huge </b>fail for me. Maybe my printer wasn't the same as in the tutorial but regardless, I was sort of envisioning having to buy a new printer after spray adhesive and fabric going through it....<br />
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The fabric I used was a simple muslin, leftover from my<a href="http://amgcrafts.blogspot.com/2012/07/diy-toddler-dress-forms.html"> DIY toddler dress forms</a>. <br />
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I cut a piece of muslin bigger than my cardstock and ironed it.<br />
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Then I sprayed my cardstock with Elmers Craft Bond. I left the cardstock sit for about 5 or so minutes so the craft bond would have a "temporary bond." Then I spread my muslin over it, smoothing it out with my hands. I left it to dry for a minute and then trimmed the muslin right up to the edges of the cardstock. <br />
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I created my labels in Microsoft Word, using the Labels template and making my own custom size label. This made it really easy to "fill my page." In case you've never used this method here it is step by step (Using Microsoft Word 2007).<br />
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1. Go to the Mailings tab in your blank document.<br />
2. Go to Labels, a pop up will appear.<br />
3. To make a custom size, go to Options.<br />
4. Select the New Label button<br />
5. Enter your dimensions/number of labels per page. You might need to do a little math, but it will tell you if your chosen setting won't fit on a page. For my vanilla I used Height 1.8 and with 1.9 with 3 across and 5 down. I had some leftover room on my page but I was okay with that.<br />
6. Select Okay when you have finished your settings and named your label.<br />
7. Select Okay again.<br />
8. Now in the "Address field" type your desired wording. To change your font type or size, highlight what you want to change and right click.<br />
9. Select Font. Make your font changes (size, color, type, bold, italic, underline etc) then click okay. You will need to do this for each "seperate" change you would like. For my vanilla I wanted the title larger, so I only selected Homeade Vanilla, changed my font and size, then repeated for the other wording.<br />
10. If you want to change the alignment of your labels (left, center, right) highlight all your wording, right click and select paragraph. Make your edits and then click okay.<br />
11. When you have your fonts how you would like them you can do one of two things:<br />
Go straight to print. This will print your label but you won't be able to save the file in case you want to print more later, you will have to do all the above steps again.<br />
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Select New Document. This will open another Word file where you labels are all filled in. Now you can save your file for future use. You can also make edits to each label one at a time if you want.<br />
12. Print.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">After I printed my labels on fabric, I did a little dance of joy that it worked and did not break my printer, yay! </span><br />
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I let them dry for a few minutes, then cut one out. It peeled right off the paper. The fabric wasn't too sticky, the cardstock was still tacky.<br />
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I "frayed" my edges a bit (love that look!) then laid my little label down and sprayed it with the craft bond again. I immediately smoothed it on to my 2 oz bottle (permanent bond). Then I grinned like crazy because it was SO cute (in my opinion at least) and called my husband to tell him how awesome I am and how Pinterest is the best. He is now walking around saying in a dramatic voice, "Pinterest is the 4th best thing that every happened to me.." LOL<br />
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Here's our first filled bottles with labels! Exciting!!!<br />
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<br /> <a href="http://www.the-chicken-chick.com" target="_blank"><img alt="The Chicken Chick" src=" http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h402/ADozenGirlz/CleverChicksBloghop150x147_zps2ab1a684.jpg" /></a>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04661517350892657097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496562711044182049.post-85925523104278932882012-12-10T17:47:00.006-06:002012-12-17T22:11:47.095-06:00Ruffled Tree SkirtOnly 14 more crafting (and shopping) days before Christmas, oh my. Really, I should be upstairs in my craft room at my sewing machine or doing something craft-wise. Or out finishing up my shopping but I just had to stop by the blog and share this fun and cute project I finished and gave away.<br />
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My little monkey goes to one of my friends houses a couple of days a week when I go to work. He loves it there and I love sending him there because she rocks. She is also completely nuts about Christmas decorating. She has multiple Christmas trees including a cute little one in her bathroom. So last week she asked if I had any Christmas material she could wrap around the base for a tree skirt. I didn't but I mentioned I had some Christmas-y colored fabric and felt and I'd bring some with this week.<br />
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Well, on Friday I got to thinking about those cute burlap ruffled tree skirts I've been seeing on Pinterest. Like this one <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/282037995385824098/">here</a>. And I thought, hey why not give it a try? I had just picked up some cotton in red from the Walmart remnant bin (for like $1.23) and I've had some burlap around for awhile as well as a ton of felt. <br />
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So I started off by cutting a circle out of felt, and cut a slit and hole in the middle. Well, it wasn't a perfect circle but it had the general idea. :)<br />
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Then I cut my burlap & red fabric into strips. <br />
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The next step was pinning on the first row of burlap. I originally thought I was going to hot glue this, but after pinning it I decided sewing it would actually be easier, less messy and hold up much better.<br />
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I sewed the first row and then pinned down a row of red so it just slightly overlapped the burlap, sewed it and repeated alternating the red with the burlap. To make the ruffle just pinch up a bit of the fabric and then lay it sideways, pin and repeat down the row. If you need to add another strip of fabric just do the pinch and lay it sideways overlapping the edge of your last piece.<br />
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I loved how it turned out and even better, was really excited that she loved it! <br />
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Well last week I gave my craft room a good clean up and clean out in preparation for some Christmas gifts I have to get working on. So I finally decided I was just going to throw out the cardboard tubes I had... it's not like I'll won't ever have more (as a long as I am making tutus that is).<br />
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Of course they only made it as far as the landing at the bottom of the stairs (along with some other boxes heading for the garage). And of course my little guy found the box and opened it and started playing with them. So as he's zooming some around tonight I had the fabulous idea for him and I to jazz them up and make them into rockets!<br />
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I brought down some paint, some scrapbook paper, ribbon, a glue stick and ribbon (and headed back up for my glue gun!).<br />
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For the "tops" of the rockets, I cut out a piece of red cardstock and fashioned a pointy birthday hat type<br />
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One rocket we painted (my little man LOVES to paint) and the other we covered in red paper (less wait time to play).<br />
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Little man drew "windows" on his rocket while we were waiting for the painted one to dry.<br />
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Then it was time for a pair of "noculars" (aka binoculars). First he colored two tubes.<br />
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Then I just hot glued them together and hot glued some ribbon on for a strap.<br />
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Then it was off on his safari looking for animals and at the moon. :)
Love crafting with my little man, it's so much fun!<br />
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<a href="http://somedaycrafts.blogspot.com/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmL4OvESSZaOnH8G6S8WiLG24lxxiqcMCbjAUxH3P6qEb5V-IWf99qjvG7GJIeTW53RucB5WkwRhhoUQKUNOShR9dYTx4x7sboHs1XHk2RxJ4xps2TU4az1YxHP-8ggLvzq9lY7yrb5ntC/s1600/button.png" /></a> <a href="http://www.familyhomeandlife.com/"><img alt="Button pic 9" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZS7tPvyYCjI/T7RavmJc6GI/AAAAAAAABdo/J08kz388nRE/s1600/WUW+02.jpg " /></a> <a href="http://www.uncommondesignsonline.com/"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n575/beuncommon/UncommonlyYoursLinkParty.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://kadie-sevenalive.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Seven Alive" src="http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z402/tcohoe/partybutton.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.livelaughrowe.com/"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z329/Kelly_Kuert-Rowe/Buttons/livelaughlinky_frame.png" /></a> <a href="http://naptimecrafters.com/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0rn-7GSBd0dXMZQ4Lj-JjpxZ_xVG0SSWMbe9rOhMMhucQ6QbpchAyBZgEwTtR6fO2zvfZ7D1OE8G6X_EEKNIuudXEN02LWiFmhXlzfj7YVvOrhkwFVthz3H_PWw_MK2VpBocfbkASGJ46/s1600/Friday+Fav.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.natashainoz.com/search/label/Say%20G%27day%20Saturday%20Linky%20Party" target="_blank" title="Say G'day saturday"><img alt="Poofy Cheeks" src="http://poofycheeks.webs.com/NatinOz/saygday.jpg" style="border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://bedifferentactnormal.com/search/label/show%20and%20tell" target="_blank"><br /><img border="0" height="180" src="http://www.rememberthemoments.com/images/blog/satbutton.gif" width="180" /></a>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04661517350892657097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496562711044182049.post-83011977570093263932012-11-20T21:00:00.002-06:002012-12-17T22:14:35.160-06:00Catch Up!I know, I've been neglecting my blog again. But hey, what can you somethings got to give sometimes!!! Mom, wife, part time marketing clerk 20+ hours a week, Etsy shop and Christmas coming up, yep just reading all that makes me tired and feel out of time. :) Well, of course there are other distractions, like watching my new favorite show Once Upon a Time during naptime or after bedtime for the boy. <br />
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If you missed it, my real life messy craft room was recently featured on a great, funny blog called My Life and Kids. You can see the crazy mess <a href="http://mylifeandkids.com/2012/10/messy-house-edition-craft-room/">here</a>... don't think too poorly of me I had a lot going on. Though to be fair, while doesn't look quite that bad right now, but it's still far from as neat and cute as I'd like it! Check out the rest of her blog too, she is HILARIOUS!<br />
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My tutu's recently traveled to northern Wisconsin for a boutique style craft show. No pictures to share since I didn't travel with them (and I'm not sure they allow pictures anyway). I didn't sell out but at least a few less came back. And truly, I'm okay with them not selling out because of course it's a big shopping weekend and at least my Etsy shop will have stock! :) <br />
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While my tutu's were away I had the chance to do some non Etsy store related crafting with my little boy. I hauled out the scissors, Christmas paper, glue, buttons, stamps and ink and we had a fun time making a few Christmas cards! It was a blast, although he really liked to try to dump ALL the buttons out which was not so much fun for Mama to pick up. <br />
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Today I got a chance to take some photos of my tutus with my neighbor who was kind enough to borrow me her kids as models! Aren't these girls adorable? We had to bribe the older one with Hunter in a picture with her (and a couple suckers!) but I was excited to get some decent shots- don't get me wrong, they are totally not professional level, but I like them. And I especially love the picture with Hunter, so sweet! </div>
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And I got these photos just in time for the big 4 day sale, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday & Cyber Monday (with Sunday thrown in for good measure!). Now just to edit and tweak all the listings **sigh** LOL.<br />
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Well, that's all for now! Hopefully I'll make it back to the blog before the New Year! :)<br />
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It was pretty simple, I just cut my material twice the width I wanted the pillow and several inches longer. With the material wrong side up I folded what would be the open end down and sewed all across. Then I matched up my open edges and sewed down one side, across the bottom and up the other side. That was it, just trimmed my seams a little and turned it right side out. Pretty basic! </div>
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He was pretty excited, he even had to wear his Thomas PJ's for a picture! :)<br />
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Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04661517350892657097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496562711044182049.post-11329966325409311412012-10-02T22:07:00.000-05:002012-12-17T22:15:54.468-06:00Good "Pinspired" EatsHello friends!
Just got back a few days ago from a little mini-vacation to my moms (5.5 hours away). My little monkey (who is almost 3 now, I can hardly believe it...) spent a week up at Gramma's and then together we spent another 4 days there when I went to pick him up. We did some visiting with friends and family as well as some other fun stuff like a visit to a petting zoo....<br />
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And I also set up an Etsy shop for my mom. She's been doing craft shows for many years and I've been trying to get her to do an Etsy shop for over 2 years now (since before I even discovered my creative crafting side!). Now that I know a little more about it from having my own, I made it happen! She's got some really cute ornaments for Christmas, if you want to check it out! ;) <a href="http://www.lilbitscrafts.etsy.com/">lilbitscrafts.etsy.com</a><br />
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Yesterday the little monkey and I spent the whole day (minus a grocery store trip for me) at home and I tried out a couple of new recipe Pin's... <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/282037995383700509/">Slow Cooker Enchilada Soup</a> & <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/282037995385353739/">Nutella Cookies</a>.<br />
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Starting with the Slow Cooker Enchilada Soup.... <br />
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Super easy and REALLY yummy. My little monkey enjoyed it too. I made a few small alterations from the original recipe so I'll just tell you what I did. <br />
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Drained / rinsed 1 can of black beans and put them in the slow cooker.<br />
Poured 1 can of diced tomatoes on top of the beans.<br />
Poured 1/2 bag of frozen corn on top of the black beans.<br />
Sprinkled some dried minced onion (I'm not an onion or pepper fan so I go for the tiny dried stuff or powder rather than cutting up a fresh onion... if you like onion fresh onion and the peppers the original recipe called for, would be great I'm sure).<br />
Placed my chicken breasts on top.<br />
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The original recipe calls for 10oz can of enchilada sauce, but I only had a packet of seasoning on hand and a 8oz can of sauce so I mixed those together with the cream of chicken soup then whisked the milk in and poured it on top. <br />
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I cooked it on high for 4 hours, pulled out the chicken breasts and cut them up, then let it cook for about another hour. <br />
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The monkey and I ate it with dollops of sour cream and crushed tortilla chips mixed in... it was definitely YUMMY. <br />
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While our dinner was cooking and after nap time / tutu making time... we also made Nutella Cookies. Some pinner down the line had noted on the pin not to add the sugar that was in the original recipe. Good call in my opinion. These are some of the simplest cookies to make and they sure are good if you are a fan of Nutella. I discovered Aldi has a Hazelnut Spread, which is what I used. <br />
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The third food item we worked on yesterday was our third batch of Sourdough Bread. About 6 weeks or so ago I made some Wild Yeast Sourdough Starter. <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/282037995384959781/">(From this pin)</a> It's still alive and well! I now keep it in the re-fridge and feed it once a week when I take it out to make bread. <br />
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The bread recipe I follow is from <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/282037995384632196/">this Pin</a>. Couldn't be much easier! It takes a long time in that it has to sit for 18ish hours, but the time you have to actively work with is pretty minimal. <br />
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It's really good. I found that to get a tall enough bread to make sandwich slices from I had to double my recipe because my covered dish (cast iron dutch oven) is pretty big in diameter. But that's pretty easy too. <br />
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And slice with my husbands homemade strawberry jam...<br />
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Well, that's about it for what I've been up too! Now to get working on tutus for the next craft show and a baby shower gift for this weekend!<br />
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In my nervousness/excitement as the day began, I didn't take nearly enough pictures of my booth (nor very good ones with the early morning sun glare), but I'll share the ones I did get!<br />
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In addition to my Etsy shop offerings of NB-2T tutus I had longer tutus for sizes 2T-5T, which actually fit at least up to 6/7. I also had "Tutu Hair Ties" as a little impulse offering. For adults I had clothespin magnets with a sweet little handmade tulle flower and my tied tulle garlands. What was left of my original "single layer" tutus I offered as doll tutus. Some of my tutus were on a good sale. Overall my prices ranged from 2 for $1 hair ties to $18.00 for 2T-5T tutus and I sold at least one piece of everything I offered. The tutus for 2T-5T were a hit as were the fall color tutus.<br />
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I had a bowl of freebie Dum Dum suckers for the kids (with parent permission of course) and the clothespin magnet freebies for adults.
At a Farmers Market on Saturday I picked up a bouquet of beautiful flowers to give my booth a little pop and my photographer friend brought a couple of prints from photos she had done with my tutus as props.<br />
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I was happy with my booth display although when it got a little windy in the afternoon I had to do some adjustments as I had some flying tutus!
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<a href="http://somedaycrafts.blogspot.com/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmL4OvESSZaOnH8G6S8WiLG24lxxiqcMCbjAUxH3P6qEb5V-IWf99qjvG7GJIeTW53RucB5WkwRhhoUQKUNOShR9dYTx4x7sboHs1XHk2RxJ4xps2TU4az1YxHP-8ggLvzq9lY7yrb5ntC/s1600/button.png" /></a> <a href="http://www.familyhomeandlife.com/"><img alt="Button pic 9" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZS7tPvyYCjI/T7RavmJc6GI/AAAAAAAABdo/J08kz388nRE/s1600/WUW+02.jpg " /></a> <a href="http://www.uncommondesignsonline.com/"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n575/beuncommon/UncommonlyYoursLinkParty.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://kadie-sevenalive.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Seven Alive" src="http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z402/tcohoe/partybutton.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.livelaughrowe.com/"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z329/Kelly_Kuert-Rowe/Buttons/livelaughlinky_frame.png" /></a> <a href="http://naptimecrafters.com/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0rn-7GSBd0dXMZQ4Lj-JjpxZ_xVG0SSWMbe9rOhMMhucQ6QbpchAyBZgEwTtR6fO2zvfZ7D1OE8G6X_EEKNIuudXEN02LWiFmhXlzfj7YVvOrhkwFVthz3H_PWw_MK2VpBocfbkASGJ46/s1600/Friday+Fav.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.natashainoz.com/search/label/Say%20G%27day%20Saturday%20Linky%20Party" target="_blank" title="Say G'day saturday"><img alt="Poofy Cheeks" src="http://poofycheeks.webs.com/NatinOz/saygday.jpg" style="border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://bedifferentactnormal.com/search/label/show%20and%20tell" target="_blank"><br /><img border="0" height="180" src="http://www.rememberthemoments.com/images/blog/satbutton.gif" width="180" /></a>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04661517350892657097noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496562711044182049.post-72188558880465692732012-09-04T19:55:00.001-05:002012-12-17T22:16:36.211-06:00Matching Game v2: Pink and GirlyHad another sweet little 1 year old's birthday party to attend this past weekend. After the fun and cuteness of the flannel matching game for my little friend Jack I was really excited to do a girl version.
I already had hot pink flannel on hand as well as some adorable cupcake print flannel I've been just waiting for a chance to use. I made a trip to JoAnne's a few weeks ago in preparation and picked up a few more cute girly prints... although I have to say I had sort of a hard time finding cute girly pink flannel prints... But I found a few I liked.
I did also decide to use my pinking shears on the edges instead of fraying them. I think it turned out pretty cute!
You can see <a href="http://www.amgcrafts.blogspot.com/2012/08/flannel-matching-game.html">this post</a> for the boy version and run down on how I made it.
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<a href="http://somedaycrafts.blogspot.com/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmL4OvESSZaOnH8G6S8WiLG24lxxiqcMCbjAUxH3P6qEb5V-IWf99qjvG7GJIeTW53RucB5WkwRhhoUQKUNOShR9dYTx4x7sboHs1XHk2RxJ4xps2TU4az1YxHP-8ggLvzq9lY7yrb5ntC/s1600/button.png" /></a> <a href="http://www.familyhomeandlife.com/"><img alt="Button pic 9" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZS7tPvyYCjI/T7RavmJc6GI/AAAAAAAABdo/J08kz388nRE/s1600/WUW+02.jpg " /></a> <a href="http://www.uncommondesignsonline.com/"><img border="0" src="http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n575/beuncommon/UncommonlyYoursLinkParty.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://kadie-sevenalive.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Seven Alive" src="http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z402/tcohoe/partybutton.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.livelaughrowe.com/"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z329/Kelly_Kuert-Rowe/Buttons/livelaughlinky_frame.png" /></a> <a href="http://naptimecrafters.com/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0rn-7GSBd0dXMZQ4Lj-JjpxZ_xVG0SSWMbe9rOhMMhucQ6QbpchAyBZgEwTtR6fO2zvfZ7D1OE8G6X_EEKNIuudXEN02LWiFmhXlzfj7YVvOrhkwFVthz3H_PWw_MK2VpBocfbkASGJ46/s1600/Friday+Fav.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.natashainoz.com/search/label/Say%20G%27day%20Saturday%20Linky%20Party" target="_blank" title="Say G'day saturday"><img alt="Poofy Cheeks" src="http://poofycheeks.webs.com/NatinOz/saygday.jpg" style="border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://bedifferentactnormal.com/search/label/show%20and%20tell" target="_blank"><br /><img border="0" height="180" src="http://www.rememberthemoments.com/images/blog/satbutton.gif" width="180" /></a>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04661517350892657097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496562711044182049.post-84806473096097873792012-08-28T21:46:00.000-05:002012-12-17T22:17:06.357-06:00Craft Show PrepsOnly NINETEEN days left until the street fair! Whew... crunch time. I'm working on stuff for the street fair nearly every one of my little monkey's sleeping minutes- aka nap time and after 9pm. I've even pulled a few 1 am-ers in a row. Let me tell you, I definitely prefer the late nights of my younger days- when I could sleep until 10...11...12 instead of 6-7!!! :) Though the hubby does generously allow me some sleep in mornings!<br />
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Of course I'd end up with some extra hours at my two part time jobs over the next few weeks as well, so I apologize in advance for my (even worse) lack of posting. <br />
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Here is some of what I've been doing...<br />
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Sweet little stamped tags for my tutus.....<br />
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I stamped the tags (and the project below) with my custom stamp that I ordered from rubberstamps.net (not getting paid to share them at all!) it was pretty reasonable, 3.95 for that size and I could customize it completely. Their other sizes are pretty decently priced too, with free shipping on a $20 order (usually). Great thing is you can do artwork stamps there too, so if you have a logo you could upload it and get a stamp of it! <br />
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A small freebie surprise for booth visitors.....well the first 100ish (hopefully I'll see at least that many if not more)<br />
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These will be clothespin magnets, I just gave them their matte clear coat this afternoon, next up I will be spending a lot of time with my glue gun!<br />
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Tiny tulle flowers for use on some new items geared for adults.... Hey kids shouldn't be the only ones to get cute stuff from amgcrafts!<br />
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Of course, tutus tutus & more tutus! And tulle garlands...<br />
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I still have a bunch of things to get done... signs... some product... some packaging but I'm super excited at how its coming together! I'll be doing my first set up in less than a week to start figuring out placement of things and what I still need for display... maybe I'll share a few more little peaks over the next couple weeks- but now onto my list!<br />
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I usually party at:
<a href="http://www.iheartnaptime.net/" target="_blank" title="I Heart Nap Time"><img alt="I Heart Nap Time" src="http://www.iheartnaptime.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/logo_Sundae2.png" style="border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.skiptomylou.org/"><img alt="Skip To My Lou" height="150" src="http://rsc.skiptomylou.org/buttons/new_button.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="http://tipjunkie.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Tip Junkie handmade projects" border="0" src="http://www.tipjunkie.com/images/TipMeTuesdayButton1.png" /></a> <a href="http://thediydreamer.blogspot.com/" title="The DIY Dreamer"><img alt="The DIY Dreamer" src="http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d189/lexieex/The%20DIY%20Dreamer/DIYLinkPartyButton.png" style="border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://gingersnapcrafts.com/search/label/%7Bwow%20me%7D%20wednesday"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3WzbPkfgqUP3iWOFOHVG_-qsk_s0qpeCPcrmB9tTO62Br00mHilK5I7d73UezOwD4gSKPF13eXhL2_QnMG2HDrqb9VWFCNa4OoQW9Iy7gQ7CqycMCmB4dwv4sHeIAbCJVYEW-D1jplaP/s1600/wow-me.png" /></a> <a border="0" href="http://cleanandscentsible.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee455/simplyklassic/Clean%20and%20%20Scentsible/CleanScentsiblePartyButton.png" /></a>
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Once I pulled out all the patterns, I choose 6 of them. First I cut out the elephant and used that as the guideline size for all the others. (Mine ended up being about 4" x 2.5) I cut two matching pieces of each fabric.
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I cut some batting just a little smaller than my flannel squares. I wanted the pieces to not be to floppy. I also cut 12 pieces of black flannel in the 4" by 2.5".
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Then I sandwiched them all together and because I had batting that was fusible, I ironed each piece to help hold them in place while I sewed.
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I opted to just sew a small zig zag all the way around, because I like the look of a rough/frayed edge. Then I trimmed each piece after they were sewn.
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Think they turned out pretty cute. And best yet- they are washable! So when little Jack drools on them or plays with them using sticky fingers they can just get thrown in the wash. I see several more of these in my near future as a few other friends have babies turning one. :)
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Wow, I have been awfully busy working on craft show/Etsy business stuff lately! My next (and only my second ever!) show, a Street Fair, with 93 vendors is Sept 16th and I have quite a list of "have to's" and an even bigger list of "want to's" to get done. I love crafting, and I love building my own business by crafting, but it definitely can be time consuming sometimes, and some of that isn't always fun stuff, but then again, what job is <i>always </i>fun? :) In addition to keeping up my tutu stock up and adding some awesome new fall tutus (check them out in my shop or at my newish Facebook page <a href="http://www.facebook.com/amgcrafts">www.facebook.com/amgcrafts</a>- you can even like it to keep up with sales and coupon codes... :) ) I have a variety of other items I'd like to have for the show. I have never intended for tutus to be my one and only product, even though I love them so much! <br />
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But I thought I'd take a break from craft show preps today to post about tags.... Tags (aka labels) to sew into handmade clothing or tags to sew onto handmade blankets or tags to sew onto any other handmade item you want. <br />
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I looked into several options when trying to figure out tags.<br />
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1. Print on those pre-made/cut printer fabric sew on sheets...<br />
2. Print directly on fabric...<br />
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I didn't really like any of those options for reasons ranging from cost to time consumption in treating fabrics. Then I remembered a post I read awhile back about using a company that specializes in customized fabric. (I can't find the original post I read so I must not have saved it, so I apologize for not being able to link to my inspiration)<br />
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I'm using Paint & Picmonkey to do this tuturial, because pretty much everyone has it/access to it- but you could use, Gimp, Photoshop, etc. Whatever photo software you prefer. <br />
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Start by opening paint and then going to resize.</div>
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Then enter the dimensions you want your tag to be. I ended up using 250 x 112 (If you needed a specific size some programs allow you to do it by inches and/or millimeters, Gimp which I normally use is one of them) Then save as a JPG. I saved this as "tag base". Alternately instead of saving you could use whatever software you are in to design your tag. I find adding words etc is easier for me in Picmonkey but you might find it an extra step if you excel in Photoshop.</div>
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I used text to add my wording and I also used to overlays, a heart and my own "logo."</div>
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NOTE: One thing to account for when you design your tag, is to leave extra blank room around the edges for cutting out your tags and sewing them on. (you'll see in later on photos an example) </div>
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The company I choose to use to order custom fabric is <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/">Spoonflower</a>. They have $5.00 swatches and shipping for a swatch or fat quarter is only $1. For my tutu tags I ordered a fat quarter which w/shipping was $11. I got about 84 tags. That was .13 a piece. Obviously its custom though so it did take close to two weeks before my order shipped, if you are in a rush you'll pay more, but there are faster options.</div>
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So for the next step go to <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/">Spoonflower </a> (or other custom fabric company of your choice). With Spoonflower, choose Create.</div>
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For this tutorial I selected the test swatch which is 8x8. I would get 40 (usable) tags of this design/size. See how there is a lot of white space around the text for cutting them out and then sewing them on an item? </div>
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This is an example of forgetting to leave space. :) It would be fine if I wasn't sewing them on, so if I was going to use heat and bond or something to iron them on I could fit about 96 on by leaving almost no white space around them. </div>
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Once you received the tags you could cut them out (if you have a rotary cutting tool/cutting mat it would be pretty quick) and sew/iron them on. Since the tags I'm using for my tutus are only sewn on one side, I used pinking scissors to help keep them from fraying. </div>
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A quick look on <a href="http://pinterest.com/search/?q=diy+dress+form">Pinterest for DIY dress forms</a> came up with a lot ideas for using duct tape and an actual person to make a form. And while I do have a toddler boy around the house something makes me think he would not be still enough to make a duct tape shape of him! However I did see one link for a dress form pin cushion that gave me the idea that I could just try to sew my own form.<br />
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First step was a trip to Walmart (love that it's less than 5 minutes from my house and mine carries by the yard material!) for some muslin (2 yards, 3.98). While I was there I also grabbed a bag of stuffing (3.96ish). I didn't need it, but I way overestimated how much I would use and didn't want to deplete my stash at home (definitely wouldn't have). I also ended up grabbing a 18 month onesie on sale for $1.50.
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I laid out the muslin folding it in half twice. If it would've been a patterned piece of material I would have had right sides together... I traced half the onsie on (so I would be more likely to end up with mirrored sides) with a disappearing ink pen.
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At this point I tried a onesie and tutu on it and got really excited, because even though it pretty much just looked like a slightly odd shaped pillow.... it worked almost as well as I wanted it to... now for a base... I happen to live like two blocks from a thrift store so off I went in search of a base. These are the two items I came home with...
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For this first dress form I had to go with the glass vase because my bottom opening was not big enough.
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I was excited enough about how it turned out that I made another one up soon after the first. Since I followed no pattern the second one turned out slightly different of course. I left a big enough opening to fit the wooden candle holder in for a base and I actually opted to put some velcro on the hole to help secure it onto the candlestick. I have to go back and do that with the first one, because I like how it works. I can still take the body off the base if I want/need to do something different.
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And the finished, dressed products! I think they will work quite well to display some tutus at my next craft show.
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I usually party at:
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It has been SUPER hot here in south-eastern Wisconsin so I took advantage of one cooler night earlier last week before the parties to bake all my cupcakes for both parties. I then put them in my cake/cupcake carriers, covered them with a layer of plastic wrap and froze them until I needed to decorate them at the end of the week. Since I made about 130 cupcakes for the two parties, this worked out really well. <br />
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The first party of the weekend was our nephew's 7th birthday party. He is really into army stuff so of course he had to have camo cupcakes! I took a quick look at Pinterest, (you can see my Cupcake PINspiration board <a href="http://pinterest.com/amgcrafts/cupcake-pinspiration/">here</a>) and found a couple of camo cupcake inspirations. For his cupcakes I made one box of white batter & one box of chocolate batter. I split the white cake batter into two bowls and added some green food coloring to one bowl and a little bit of brown to the second.<br />
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On the night before his party I took out the cupcakes, took them all out of the container and put them on cooling racks to prevent soggy bottomed cupcakes. When they were thawed I stored them back in the containers. The day of the party I mixed up some buttercream frosting (<a href="http://www.wilton.com/recipe/Buttercream-Icing">Wilton recipe</a>) and colored it brown and green. I put scoops of each color in my icing bag and went to town. <br />
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The birthday boy and guests thought they were pretty cool. <br />
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The second party of the weekend was on Sunday and it was a surprise graduation party for my brother in law who just finished his apprenticeship to become an electrician. After searching Pinterest and doing a Google search I didn't come up with much that didn't require fondant type stuff and I needed simple as I was planning for close to 100 cupcakes. <br />
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So I got creative and opted to decorate the cupcakes in the colors that the outside of wires are.. you know... the blue, green, yellow, red etc. I went with blue green & yellow because red often looks pink unless you use a<strike> half gallon</strike> lot of red coloring. I also figured I would make some of the graduation cap cupcakes that are so cute and easy too. <br />
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I did all of my decorating at the building we were having the party at... much easier to transport 100 cupcakes when you don't have to worry about frosting. While I was setting up I came up with the idea to do rows of each color with the end cupcake being a copper colored one. I don't the the copper color was perfect (but I was running out of time to worry about it too much). I also used a black sharpie to draw some electrical symbols right on the table cloth. <br />
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So, they were definitely far from the best/cutest/neatest cupcakes, but they worked and my brother in law at least knew what I was going for :)!<br />
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I usually party at:
<a href="http://www.iheartnaptime.net/" target="_blank" title="I Heart Nap Time"><img alt="I Heart Nap Time" src="http://www.iheartnaptime.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/logo_Sundae2.png" style="border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://www.skiptomylou.org/"><img alt="Skip To My Lou" height="150" src="http://rsc.skiptomylou.org/buttons/new_button.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="http://tipjunkie.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Tip Junkie handmade projects" border="0" src="http://www.tipjunkie.com/images/TipMeTuesdayButton1.png" /></a> <a href="http://thediydreamer.blogspot.com/" title="The DIY Dreamer"><img alt="The DIY Dreamer" src="http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d189/lexieex/The%20DIY%20Dreamer/DIYLinkPartyButton.png" style="border: none;" /></a> <a href="http://gingersnapcrafts.com/search/label/%7Bwow%20me%7D%20wednesday"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3WzbPkfgqUP3iWOFOHVG_-qsk_s0qpeCPcrmB9tTO62Br00mHilK5I7d73UezOwD4gSKPF13eXhL2_QnMG2HDrqb9VWFCNa4OoQW9Iy7gQ7CqycMCmB4dwv4sHeIAbCJVYEW-D1jplaP/s1600/wow-me.png" /></a> <a border="0" href="http://cleanandscentsible.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee455/simplyklassic/Clean%20and%20%20Scentsible/CleanScentsiblePartyButton.png" /></a>
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I decided to break out the metal stamping tools to create something meaningful for my dad and my husband.... Just in time for this project I received my new steel stamping block from Amazon.com. So exciting! I've been wanting one since I started dabbling in the metal stamping and finally used some credit card rewards points to get it. <br />
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Now I am all set to really get to stamping!<br />
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I picked up some stainless steel washers from my local Menards awhile ago for a few similar Christmas presents (that I didn't photograph and therefore didn't blog!) so I grabbed two of those. For my dad I used my 1/8 uppercase stamps and stamped DAD. Simple, but from the heart. (sorry picture isn't great, I just could not get the lighting right for a clear picture, if anyone has any tips on taking photos of shiny objects such as these, I'd welcome them!)<br />
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Then for my husband I decided I was going to do a bracelet as one of the above mentioned Christmas presents was actually a washer necklace that said DADDY and had our childrens names on the backside. I've had an idea in mind for awhile for a stamped bracelet for him though. Along the top I stamped JOSHUA and along the bottom 1:9. The verse is: <sup class="versenum" style="font-family: 'Charis SIL', charis, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;"> </sup><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; </span><span style="font-size: 0.65em;"><i><sup class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-5861A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)"></sup></i></span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">do not be discouraged, </span><span style="font-size: 0.65em;"><i><sup class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-5861B" title="See cross-reference B">B</a>)"></sup></i></span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">for the </span><span class="small-caps" style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"><i> your God will be with you wherever you go. </i>He just finished up a small group study based on the movie Courageous and the Resolution for Men book, so I wanted to give him something that tied in with that. And I also got him a new devotion book... "One Minute Devotions For Dad." </span></span><br />
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I'm really loving the metal stamps, especially with my new steel block that really helps. The next thing is to find a good sturdy table I can use to do it, because trying to bed down to floor level and do much more than a few letters is so not comfortable. :) But it was worth it for two great dads!</div>
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Father's day is just around the corner (only 5 days away) and we have three Dad's to celebrate... well make that four dad's if you count my husband :).
That makes for some fun times trying to figure out guy gifts.<br />
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Guy gifts are HARD (at least for the guys in our families). Figuring out a CRAFTY guy gift?! REALLY HARD.<br />
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Father's Day Project Number 1.<br />
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Recipient: My hubby's step dad.<br />
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Likes: Homebrewing. Football. Baseball.<br />
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Been there done that gifts: Craft Beers, homebrewing store gift certificates, football t-shirts, baseball t-shirts<br />
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When thinking about Father's Day gifts I started combing Pinterest and blogs for ideas The idea that began forming in my head as I browsed some projects/tutorials was some cool manly wall art with beer or homebrewing as it's subject. After some thought and input from the hubby, I decided on a homebrew subway style sign.<br />
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I started with a canvas from Michaels. My first thought was to stencil all the letters on. I quickly changed my mind on that, in part because the letter stencils I have were too big for the layout I wanted.
So I headed back to Pinterest.<br />
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I found a couple of posts using vinyl letters... putting them down on the canvas, painting over and then peeling the letters up. Only problem was, no vinyl letters in my house. Hmmm to go buy some or not...<br />
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I opted for not and thought maybe I could cut out all my letters, and glue them down with a glue that took awhile to set. I cut out two letters before I decided that was NOT going to happen even if it might work.<br />
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My next idea was to see if the inkjet water transfer that I had read about for some wooden signs would work on the canvas. I tested it... and it seemed like it would work!
First I had to alter my layout so I printed off the sheets and laid them on my canvas to see how it would look.<br />
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I also printed all the words off backwards. (I used Microsoft Word 2007... to do this you need to make all your words using WordArt, then while your WordArt is selected go to format, Rotate, Flip Horizontal.) You will also need to print them off using and inkjet printer (I think this covers MOST- not all- home printers).<br />
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I cut out all my words separately so I didn't have to worry about shifting the paper too much. I laid my words face down on the canvas. Then I took a sponge brush and dampened it. For the first word, HOMEBREW, I tried to wet the whole word and then burnish it but learned it went smoother if I did one letter at a time.<br />
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After I wet the letter I used my round handle end of my hole punch to rub over the letter to transfer the ink.
After I transferred all the words, I took some really watered down black paint and did a little fill in. You could also fill it in more solidly with undiluted black paint. <br />
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I really like how it turned out- faded, old, vintage-ey.... And I was really excited that the water transfer worked, it meant no extra supplies I had to run out for and that is always a bonus!<br />
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My mom donated a planter (you may have read my recent post about my vacation by my mom & her greenhouse business, if not you can read about it and see her awesome greenhouse <a href="http://www.amgcrafts.blogspot.com/2012/05/vacation.html">here</a>). The lucky winner was given the option of a flower planter or an herb planter and chose an herb planter. This is the planter my mom did....<br />
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It included a oregano, basil, rosemary, thyme, and parsley. And two pretty pansies for some color! :)<br />
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I have been totally longing to make some silverware plant markers. I actually have been collecting thrift store silverware like mad for the past 6 months or better with they idea I could make a bunch for her to sell at the greenhouse... well, I waited too long to start them for it this year and then got super frustrated on the day I started trying to do some! In my defense, I was busy... Most of my crafting is done after my little guy goes to bed and hammering on metal while he's sleeping is a dangerous idea that may interfere with crafting!<br />
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Anyway, I ended up deciding to add some plant markers to my mom's herb planter. Of course I decided to do this the morning we were delivering it. (Yep I often have these great ideas either last minute or at least try to execute them last minute!) <br />
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And came up with these candidates....<br />
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Aren't those little spoons way too cute?!?<br />
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I currently have 4 "sets" of metal stamps plus another on the way from Pick Your Plum :). I have a uppercase w/ numbers 1/8" set (very inexpensive from Harbor Freight), uppercase 3/32", lowercase 3/32" and numbers in 3/32". I just recently bought the 3/32" used from a fellow Etsy seller. The ones I have on the way are 1/8" lower case so I really have two "full sets."<br />
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I opted to use the larger uppercase. I was really wishing for 1/8" in lowercase at that time, because I LOVE lowercase. (Could you tell by my non capitalized blog/business name?)<br />
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I quickly had to find a new silverware piece for the "HERBS" marker as the I messed up with the first letter.<br />
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Since the spoons were so small (and I was on a severe time crunch) I opted to just do the first letter of each herb. <br />
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Once they were all stamped I headed up out of the basement and used a sharpie on the letters to darken them up. (you color over the letter and then quickly wipe off the excess)<br />
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With their shininess and my time constraints I didn't get the best pictures ever, but this is an idea of how it turned out. I was pretty happy with it and even my husband thought it was pretty cool.<br />
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I had just over a month to prepare but coupled with working two jobs and my March for Babies stuff I didn't get quite as much done as I wanted. I did make plenty of tutu's in a variety of colors but I didn't get very many flower clips done and I had hoped to add in a couple other items but just ran out of time.<br />
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I used my brand new Inkadinkado alphabet stamps and $1 ink pads to finish my color card and to make some signs.<br />
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I have seen a couple of displays around the internet using luggage. I happened to find a piece that is in perfect condition and used it in my display. I tied some twine around the top and used mini safety pins to hang several tutus up. I have picked up a second piece of luggage but it needs some TLC before I can use it but for 30 cents at a garage sale I couldn't pass it up!</div>
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I used a mug tree to display some of my (few) clips by stretching a headband between the pegs and clipping three flowers to each side. I also clipped a couple flowers to the twine clothesline.</div>
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The day started off just slightly breezy but soon some gusts had my tutus flying away. So I rearranged my display using a basket I had brought just in case and making more of a twine clothesline. </div>
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I was pretty happy with the display. Although, there are definitely a few things I'd like to fine tune, plus a few more items I'd like to make. I was also happy that I had a nice neighbor next to me on one side (an empty space on the other) who was nice to chat with. I certainly didn't have a spectacular day sales wise but I'm considering it a learning experience and hopefully the next one will be better!<br />
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The day after my first ever craft show (I will post all about that <i>another </i>day) me and my little Monkey headed up north for a few days by my mom.<br />
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With all of our <b>job changes</b> around here the whole family couldn't go up for the long weekend so I opted to sneak a trip in before. <i>Usually </i>I help my mom at her greenhouse over Memorial weekend but <b>sadly </b>not this year. Instead Hunter and I <u>just hung out</u> at "Gramma's Greenhouse" <b>known officially</b> as Lil Bit's Greenhouse. So if any of you readers live or visit <i><b>northern Wisconsin</b></i> (near Manitowish Waters/Mercer/Winchester area)be sure to go check out her place! :)<br />
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I absolutely <b><i><u>love </u></i></b>going up there. I just love all the <b>color</b>, all the <i>beautiful</i> flowers and all of the <u>neat </u>things she does/has. This year she is carrying a few very neat crafty things from other <b>crafty ladies</b> besides herself, including some <i>teapot birdhouses</i> and <i>upcycled glass bird baths</i>.<br />
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Then there are my mom's <i><b>creative </b></i>displays and planters... and my photography... :)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These <b><i><u>REALLY </u></i></b>do smell like popcorn! Wouldn't it make the cutest thank you/teacher/birthday gift/just because kind of gift!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These have to be some of my <b>favorites</b>. Every time I look at overalls I assess them for this purpose. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She covered these pots using Modge Podge and fabric. <i>Too </i><b>cute</b>. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Okay, <b><i>maybe</i></b> these chair planters are my favorite. <span style="font-size: large;"> <b>LOVE LOVE LOVE</b></span>!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I even found a couple of cute chairs and brought them up for her. These were actually hard to part with since my fingers were itching for a DIY refinish... but they will make cute planters. Hopefully she will plant them while my sister is up there so we can see the end results!</td></tr>
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So that's what I've been up to for the past few days. Observing and hopefully absorbing some of her creativiness!
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This week is a whirlwind of trying to get it all ready (I really should be tutu making not blogging right now- it's getting down to the wire!). I still have a few more tutu's to make plus I want to get some flower hair accessories done as well. Then there are all the little details like thinking about possible custom orders and being prepared for that. Tonight I put together a custom order form using Excel and then threw together this quick color card to show of some of the available colors.<br />
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I started off with some 12 x 12 white cardstock and then taped folded up pieces of tulle to it. I knew pretty quickly I didn't like the look of the tape on it and decided to sew the tulle pieces on. I continued taping them all (to keep them in place) and then headed for the sewing machine. I just sewed one line right down each column to keep it easy. Because easy and fast were the goals for this. And it turned out to be easy and quick allowing me a couple of minutes to blog before I get back to the grind!
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I still have to label them but that is a project for another night!
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What has been keeping me away you ask??? Well, a March for Babies garage sale fundraiser, the actual March for Babies walk, starting a new job, still working my old job, small group at church, preparing for my first craft show, turning 30, the flu, an ear infection, and a bad cold.<br />
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So there has been really <b>NO</b> crafting. (very sad, I have missed my craft room) And no blogging. (again, very sad, I have missed writing <i>about </i>crafting.) But what can you do, sometimes<i> life happens</i>. :) Soon hopefully I will have a little more precious TIME as next week is my last official days at the old job. :)<br />
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Anyway, on to some crafting... :) <br />
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For my birthday my husband and son got me a Kindle. <br />
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And of course, a Kindle needs a case to protect it. :)<br />
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Even though I'm quite amateur at my sewing, I seem to have collected a fair amount of fabrics, most of them without a specific project in mind, just because I like them. :) Anyone else do that??? <br />
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My collection (most but not all):</div>
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This is the flannel material/print I decided to go with for my Kindle case. To reflect my love of crafting! </div>
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I started off by using my Kindle as a measuring guide for how wide I should cut my material and then I cut off two pieces (just left it folded!) of the material. The final measurements for my two flannel pieces was </div>
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I wanted to pad it a little because I know I will be shoving it in my purse a lot and I feel better knowing its a little padded. So I used some quilt batting I had on hand. The measurements on the quilt batting were </div>
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I decided to go with shabby/unfinished edges on my case so I sandwiched the batting between the wrong sides of the materials. (I actually ironed before proceeding, but didn't retake the picture after ironing).</div>
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Then using my Kindle as a measurement guide, I determined where my bottom fold would be... fold up my sewn edge.</div>
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I pinned everything in place. I also opted to fold over the top edge of the case. Then I sewed up each side and the top edge of the flap.</div>
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I sewed a piece of ribbon on to use to tie my case closed. You could use velcro or a button.</div>
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I purposefully frayed my edges for the shabby look.</div>
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I've made a few cakes over the past couple years for my nieces and nephews. Well, so far I've only gotten to make one nephews cake (twice) but hopefully this year I will get to do the other two too. Although, I have to say I think I'm going to switch to doing cupcakes. The frosting part is way easier. <br>
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Anyway, thought I would share with everyone just in case you haven't heard of it yet!<br />
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A couple of pics I was testing it out with...<br />
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