no sewing machine

*sigh* Our (me & my moms) sewing machine wont sew & is in the shop, so I cant sew anything until it gets back. well, I could if I hand sewed, But I prefer machine sewing.

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so, Since I cant sew, I've been using the embroidery machine. I converted Wink Wink Ink's Puggle stamp into an embroidery design...


and now I am gonna go watch some star trek, lol

Woodgrain patterned paper TUTORIAL!

Hey! Just thought I would share a tutorial for some woodgrain paper I made!


Alrighty, you need 2 supplies. Brown paper, and a bleach pen.

You want to start out by drawing a few swirlies on the page.

and then start drawing lines around them.

keep drawing lines until its all filled in. and wait for it to dry.simple as that. :)

You may have a few places where there is too much bleach & it isnt drying, simply pat at it with a paper towel.

Here is a valentine I made with some...


hope you like it! I'd love to see your version if you try it, post a link to it in the comments!

random inspiring things to distract you.

i do like this cute little deer

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and this amazing napoleon monkey!!

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and I do believe I need one of these on my laptop.

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and you cant deny that this is the cutest little hamsta.

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a little somethin' to inspire you...

I'm feeling a little better today, so I made a little notebook from a tape cassette :)

I have a cold & feel somewhat like this little guy..


so since there is no crafting for me, I hope you guys have a crafty day!

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Make it monday

Hey guys, here's a new feature on my blog called *make it monday* every monday I am gonna post a list of tutorials I've found around the internet. ;)

Here are todays..

A beautiful mess has a tutorial for a cute sock monkey
and a tutorial on howto make fabric bows...

Nichole has a tutorial for a "ten things I love about you" spool


My Fantasic Toys has a cute tutorial for felt cupcakes. :)


and Moda Bake Shop has a tutorial for a sweet fabric scrapbook.


and dont forget Taylor guestblogged on here and shared an awesome tutorial for recovering notebooks with vintage sewing patterns.

GUEST BLOG + A RETRO TUTORIAL

Miss Taylor is back with more retro cuteness, this time in the form of altering notebook covers and finding a use for a few of her dozens of vintage sewing patterns that she collects. Enjoy, and again, please link a photo if you make one!

Supplies you'll need:

Notebook(s)
Vintage sewing pattern(s)
a transparency scrap or patterned paper
stickers and/or embellishments

Tools you'll need:

Sewing Machine (I suppose hand-stitching could be done, but stitching through the chipboard of a notebook would be no walk in the park)
Scissors
Paper clips or office clamps
Dry adhesives (ex. double-sided tape)

1. Remove the pattern pieces from the envelope and cut the pattern evelope in half, so you have two seperate pieces- a front and a back.
2. Stitch the back piece to the inside of the back cover of the notebook to use as a pocket for notes, etc.
3. Arrange the front piece of the pattern envelope, along with a piece of the pattern and the transparency scrap onto the front cover of the notebook. Use paper clips/office clamps to hold this in place.
Take a close look at my transparency piece. I will only stitch three sides of it, so that it's a teeny, incognito pocket on the front of my notebook. So cute!


4. Sew around the entire edge of the pattern envelope and around 3 edges of the transparency. You can sew on your pattern bit if you would like, I just secured mine with dry adhesive after removing the paper clips.

5. Decorate and embellish with stickers, stamps, buttons, rub-ons, ink, etc.

6. Trim strings, loose edges, and enjoy!

I made four of mine for college, make as many as you like!

clipboards!

a couple of clipboards I altered using a tute from style school


hmm... which one do you like better? I cant decide...

some inspiration for your day

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and on another thought.. I made this yesterday, using a tute from style school.

Its an owl bag incase you didnt figure it out. I showed it to my dad and he says "cute. what are those, grapefruit slices?" lol

meet penny guinn

I made this cute little penguin named Penny Guinn today. <3

blast from the past

some little sculpey guys I made when I was like 15. :)




a mermaid. ;)



a sock monkey & a turtle.


and a couple of little girls...

what I made today..

I made a couple of different projects today. first I made this...

a cover for my day planner. :)
which was inspired by the notebook cover i made using style schools tute.

and then I made pumpkin spice cupcakes... which are yummy. lol


and finally.....


I made a recipe box using Taylors tutorial. however I havent put any recipes in it yet. ;) lol.
what do you think?

i found a sweet dealio

found this lovely cricut cartridge at hobby lobby for only $25 big ones. :)
I cut a few things out yesterday & made some cute cards. probably gonna play with it some more today.


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thank you

to craft gossip for featuring my tutorial! here's the link! :D
I also love this...

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