Tuesday, January 25, 2011

I hart silhoutte's

Kinda proud of myself on this one.  I don't own photoshop and only took one class in it 10 years ago.  Needless to say I would have to start from scratch.  But I did this without photoshop.  Just basic computer paper, (however I think tracing paper might be easier) enlarged the image on my computer, traced it than retraced the image on to black paper.  The result.........

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Crocheting Once Again

I used to crochet a lot more and since my girls are 16 mo apart I have not done anything in 3 years.  I am finally getting back it to it and it feels so good.  I forgot how therapeutic it can be!  Here is my first scarf.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

busted hand prints (part 2)

So we try this once again, this time with real table salt and a larger pot so we have less mess.


 
Didn't exactly work this time either.  Instead of using an entire cup of salt I used 1/2 cup.  First 1/2 cup worked second 1/2 cup did not.  It was taking so long I decided to multitask and steam my broccoli for dinner.  So we again have a busted hand print but this time I decided not to throw it out and let the kids have fun with it.



Monday, January 17, 2011

Napkins


For a gift idea I thought about napkins.  I love a nice table with cloth napkins.  I was on the hunt for napkin set's.  I finally found a set of 12 at Home Goods for $14.99.  I was making them for my aunt who always has a nice table scape and I knew she would appreciate them. So to add a little pizazz and personal touch I decided to do a fleur de lis to go with my Aunt's French country kitchen. All you need is fabric paint, paint brush, and stencil.


Wednesday, January 5, 2011

i hart flags

Maybe it was all those years of doing the backstroke in the pool, counting the flags for my flip turns!  But I am currently loving flags.  Fist it was the nursery.  I was so scared to put anything heavy that may fall on the little lass's while sleeping in their crib.  Call me crazy, but I kept thinking what would happen if an earthquake hit New England.  So I decided to do this one afternoon.  It was just a pack of craft paper and ribbon I already had on hand.

Then I was inspired by one of my daughter's friend's room.  Her Grandmother is a talented dress maker and sewed her a beautiful flag banner with her name on it.    The downside to this is I don't sew.  I decided to make one for some of the new babies I know that are coming into this world.  First was Bodie's no sew flag.

Things I needed. 
Stencils
Fabric
Felt
X-Acto knife
Scissors
Ribbon
Iron
Stitch Witchery
Craft cutting board
make one flag and trace all the others so they are the same size

Trace the letters backwards and on the opposite side of the fabric
Cut out letters with scissors, use X-Acto knife to help for any difficult parts, for example the inside of the letter O.  Then use Stitch Witchery to iron the felt flag to the ribbon and the letters to the felt.  I had to glue gun the zig zag ribbon border because it was too thin for Stitch Witchery.