Spring is here

atleast it feels that way here in tx. Something to inspire you on this beautiful day:


images from weheartit
what are you gonna do today? Craft something awesome?

Color Pretties *blue*

*all images from weheartit*

I am going to craft this morning & go for a bike ride this afternoon. :)
xoxo, Katie

postcards + aceos

Here's what I made today:


Postcards made from papercloth using this tutorial. I'm really liking the papercloth, It was super easy & fun, You should try it!

And I made a few more aceos. I know, I know, I've gone aceo crazy. ;)


I did some star trek ones on vintage book pages from a star trek book. :P


*xoxo, Katie*

(me & my dad, making funny faces, and having way too much fun with the iphone)

toast needle book DIY

Hey! Here's you a tutorial for making a little book to hold your pins & needles! :)

supplies needed: felt, embellishments for face.

Cut out two rectangles of felt the same size(mine were 2&1/2" by 5") lay them on top of each other & sew a line down the middle(horizontally)

fold in half.

Cut out you toast shapes from felt. make sure its about the same size as the front of your felt book. maybe a little bigger.

Sew your toast pieces together & add a face. (I used brads for the eyeballs, and sewed a smile.)

glue or sew your toast to the front of your neelde book and your done! Simply add in your needles & pins! :)


This can also easily be decorated with something besides toast. Im thinking pandas, owls, maybe star trek? lol. I hope you liked this tute. I'd love to see your version of this. Simply link it to the comments in this post!

XoXo, Katie

More ACEOS

ACEO stands for "Art Cards, Editions and Originals" also known as ATC for "Artist Trading Cards"

I made 3 more today! Which one is your fave? I think mine is the polaroid. :)

one more giveaway

Heres one more giveaway :)

All in a Days Dream is giving away this crafty pendant:

and a custom blog button by IHeartSmiles

xoxo, Katie

giveaways

I've noticed quite a few crafty giveaways across the web & thought I would share a few! :)

Team Taylah is giving away some fabric & some other cute goodies!

One Artsy Mama is giving away a pretty sash

and On the Brink of Something Beautiful has a giveaway for an owl tote bag & a few other pretties!

cards

Today I was inspired to make some cards!
This one is my fave:




I recently got the Make the cut program to go with my Cricut, and I converted winkwinkinks Deer stamp into a cricut cut:


and I cut out the tandem bike on my cricut as well.


first two cards made using some of red velvet arts stickers, and the third card made using winkwinkinks stamp

xoxo, Katie

*make it monday*

Here are some tutorials I've found across the web this week that I love:

WhimsyLoft has a tute for a cute little sock owl!

Abeautifulmess has 2 tutes, Making fabric Journals (I love the mustache)

and a downloadable freebie & tute for a Mod Flower hair clip

OnePearlButton has a great tute for making your own vinyl stickers!


and The City Cradle has a tute for making Plastic bottle flowers




I hope to try all of these, but I definitely want to do the vinyl stickers!
xoxo, Katie

Arabian Nights

The top layer is a book. :)

this cake was made by my amazing sister Taylor (doesn't she look great with a mustache? lol )


I think we are going to the beach today. Funn! :)
<3 Katie

ACEOs

ACEO stands for "Art Cards, Editions and Originals" also known as ATC for "Artist Trading Cards"
Here are some I made the other day.
One inspired by my blog

this one inspired by napoleon dynamite :)

this one inspired by the beach(I love the beach)

and this one is a favorite, I heart owls. <3


Hope you have a great day, Today I am going to a cake decorating compitition with my amazing sister Taylor. Shes entering a cake & it is wicked awesome. Some pictures will come soon. Is very inspiring. :)
xoxo, Katie

my first hand carved stamps

One of the style school projects was hand carving your own stamps, how cool is that? But I didnt have anything to carve them on, except a potato, which fell apart! haha! it was sad. :( And then the other day I found a carving block *on clearence* an hobbylobby! squueee! So I have been playing with it all day. here are the stamps I've made so far:

I have one that says "punk projects", a whale( I love whales) and an owl, because I love owls even more than I love whales, lol

The owl is without a doubt my favorite.

Here are a few other handcarved stamps found across the web that I loves...


A star trek communicator badge, lol


I love AJ's awesome tree stamp


wow, I love the bike stamp paper scissor tape carved. and the rest of her stamps too :)

Life is like a great big canvas

Throw as much paint as you can on it - Danny Kaye




photo credit 1,2,3
and a couple of paintings I did for my sister:

crafts, widgets, etc

a few crafts I've made lately:

A pouch/wallet made from ties. This was a style school project, but they used karate belts & since I didnt have any karate belts on hand, I decided to use some ties! :) These are actually my great grandpas ties. My mom has claimed this wallet for herself. lol


and I made a pincushion using the tutorial from Freckled Nest. I actually used ribbon scraps tho instead of fabric. (since we are in the process of moving, my mom packed all the fabric! ahh!) Oh, and the Unicycle is something I embroidered a long time ago & just never used for anything, so I decided to just add it to the middle of my pin cushion, lol. (and yes, I do own & ride a unicycle.)

the back was made from an old scarf my sister had. :D


And, On a different thought, I have widgets!(they are on the right side of my blog) If you add it to your blog (and tell me in the comments) I will add yours to mine. :)


xoxo, Katie