Summer Giveaway Winner!

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Using Random.org The winner is #1 Anzouya! Congrats!

Anzouya said...
Wow!I love suprises!
Well, my favorite thing about summer is that I get to wear flip-flops ALL DAY!!!!
April 23, 2010 11:48 AM

I'm emailing you right now. ;)
Thanks to everyone else who entered!

xoxo, Katie
p.s. (the post below has details about Camp Indie!)

CAMP INDIE PRESS RELEASE!

CAMP INDIE: Crafting a Greener World
We are so super duper excited to present this three week class filled with so many fun and creative ideas! Here’s the lowdown…

-Camp Indie runs June 9th through June 30th with over 20 projects, and daily postings. Each of the projects works with a great variety of art mediums including:
Plastic Melting and Fusing
Sewing
Painting
Altering
Crocheting
Jewelry-making
Paper-crafting

-All of the projects made in this class will be using nearly all recycled materials, continuing with the theme of reusing, reducing and repurposing objects that normally end up in a landfill. Camp Indie is hosted on a private blog, only open to students!

-Class involvement will include:
Giveaway prizes including art supplies and products!
Swaps within the class
Craft Challenges
Flickr Group
Facebook page with frequent updates and inspiration!
Downloadable goodies including stickers and crafting embellishments!

Camp Indie Student Registration opens May 1st.

$25.00 before June 5th
$30.00 after June 5th

THE FINE PRINT
Projects completed may be featured on your blog, flickr, etc, but please do not sell or copy our designs or projects for profit. Class fees are refundable ONLY before June 5th.
After registering for Camp Indie, students will receive a conformation email including the Camp Indie blog address and access invitation.

We really hope you join us for this exciting class, and that you're inspired by these projects. We are looking forward to meeting everyone and can’t wait to start crafting!

Also-bloggers and etsy extraordinaires, WANT FREE ADVERTISING FOR YOUR BLOG? If you register for Camp Indie before May 15th, and advertise Camp Indie on your blog, you will be eligible for a free ad spot on the Camp Indie blog! Email us for details!

xoxo Taylor and Katie xoxo

Counting down...

***Camp Indie info coming today! We are so excited to share!***

xoxo,

Taylor and Katie

all images from weheartit.com

I'm a nerdy bird

Me & my sister made these amazingly nerdy shirts this week! Arent they awesome?

live long and prosper, Katie

P.s. ( dont forget to enter my giveaway!)

Make It Monday!

Here are some cool tutorials for today! Go check 'em out. :)


One Artsy Mama has a tute for this cute and easy felt flower!


A Beautiful mess has a DIY for this super cute sping garland.

over at Birds of a Feather, Katja has a tute for this cute little polaroid holder.

And Paper Camera Scissor has a tute for making your own envelopes!


Thanks for all the feedback on camp indie! We will be posting more details & the cost of the class soon! I promise! ;)
xoxo, Katie

Want Free Blog/Etsy advertising?

Hey guys, Miss Tay here. We are so excited about CAMP INDIE!!!! I hope you are too, and I know that you are waiting on more information and Katie and I are putting that together and it should be up within the next couple of days. Registration will be open no later than May 5th.

Camp Indie will be hosted on a private new blog and will have some space for blog widgets. If you are interested in taking the class Camp Indie and have a blog/etsy shop of your own, we have a deal for you.

After registering for the class, advertise Camp Indie on YOUR blog, including the Camp Indie image by MAY 15th, email us with a link and we will add your blog link/widget to the CAMP INDIE blog for free!

If you are interested in this advertising exchange, and have any questions, please feel free to email us! Thanks!

xoxo Taylor

Summer Giveaway!

(all photos are mine)

How would you like to win some cool summer, crafty stuff? You would? I knew it!

But here's the catch... It's a suprise giveaway, so you dont get to see the lovely goodies til you get them!

To enter simply comment on this post telling me your fave thing about summer!

The Giveaway ends in 1 week, Friday the 30th.

xoxo, Katie

Camp Indie Online Class

Hey everyone,

I just wanted to tell you about a super fun, exciting thing I’m going to be doing this summer!

I’m one half of the teachers of an awesome new online craft class called CAMP INDIE!!!


Camp Indie, Crafting a Greener World, is a three week class with 20 AHHmazing craft projects that involve all sorts of new and unheard of techniques. The entirety of this class is based on repurposing, reducing and reusing things that would normally go to waste, but instead will become one-of-a-kind pieces of functional artwork! Taught by myself and Miss Tay (contributing blogger to www.punkprojects.blogspot.com ), we are going to have a blast with giveaways, inspirational posts, challenges, goodie swaps and more!


Camp Indie will be held on a private blog, viewable only to class members, and the projects will be available throughout the entire class, as well as after the class has finished, so you can work at your own pace. Miss Tay and I will also be available to answer questions, send along inspiration and assist with projects. More details about the projects will be coming soon; I can’t wait to share with you all!


Email me ( katiebuggirl219@yahoo.com ) if you have any questions, comments or suggestions!

Thanks

Xoxo

Katie
p.s. (Happy Earth Day!)

old tights to necklace

Smaggle has a tutorial for this necklace made out of tights! how cool is that? Go check it out here
xoxo, Katie

new camera strap

so, the last few times we've used Taylors camera, the strap keeps breaking ( which means camera goes flying, etc. Luckily it still works. lol) So I decided to make a new one that would stay better... What do you think?

Sorry for the blurry pics, I had to take them with my phone since the camera was in the picture, Lol.


I hope you've enjoyed all the recycling crafts Ive been posting. Only 2 more days til earth day!
I cant wait to spill the beans on what I have been working on... :)
-Katie

Recycled magazine jewelry!

CraftStylish has a tutorial for recycling magazines into jewelry! How cool is this necklace? I think it kinda looks like sushi, which is cool. Go check it out! These are really easy BTW, I've made a few before. :)

xoxo, Katie

Make It Monday

Here's a few cute DIY's I found this week, :)

Making Chicken Salad has a tutorial for this cute little fabric book.

Lehua from Heart on my Sleeve has a tutorial on the Polka dot robot blog for this sweet "My Goals notebook"

and over at the Birds of a Feather blog you can find a tutorial for making cute apple coasters

And a how-to on stretching your own canvas.



Hope you enjoyed those, Sorry I haven't been posting any projects lately, I've been working on something big, I will announce it on Thursday (Earth Day) I cant wait!

xoxo, Katie

Upcycled plastic bags

Here is a link to a sweet tutorial on how to fuse plastic bags in to fabric - Plabric, from etsy labs.

Here are a couple of reusable bags me & my sister have made using plastic bags.

I love this pink & green one:

Xoxo, Katie

Go green!

Hey, with Earth Day being only a few days away, I decided to share a few cool upcycled, recycling crafts! I will be posting a link to cool green crafts every day til earth day, so enjoy!

Todays craft:

Pins made from plastic bottles

How cute are these? ;)


Have a great day! -Katie

Ellie The Elephant

Here's what I've been working on the past couple of days, A crocheted elephant name ellie!! :)

Isn't she cute? I got the pattern from this book.
I wish I had had googly eyes, But I didn't, So I made some felt eyes. But overall, I like her. ;)
-Katie

Mustache Wall Art DIY

Hey Guys! Here's a tutorial for some cute & easy wall art that Me & Taylor did yesterday! Enjoy!
Supplies:

• Felt


• Vintage Frames


• Chipboard


• Patterned Paper


• Embellishments

Tools needed:

• Hot glue gun


• Scissors


• Ruler

Measure frames & cut chipboard backing to fit.

Choose 3 different papers and trim to fit chipboard, Glue together.

Glue your paper/chipboard to the back of the frame

Cut your mustaches from felt


Glue your mustaches on the front

Embellish as desired. We named our mustache:

The Gangster

The Sheriff

and The Groucho Marx :)

Hang on your wall!

We would love to see pictures of yours if you do some, I'm thinking you could even do something besides mustaches, maybe cameras, flowers, whatever matches your room!

xoxo, Katie & Taylor

make it monday :)

Here are todays roundup of tutorials & freebies.

Birds of a Feather have a couple of tutes,
a crocheted necklace DIY

a cute and simple pillow DIY

Style Crush has these super cute summer stickers downloadable for free.

and Crafty Carnival has a tutorial for these super adorable spool dolls.


I've already downloaded the stickers, cant wait to use them!
-Katie
p.s.( I'm going to post a tutorial for some cool artwork, soon! so keep checking back!)