Hairspray Party invitations

Hairspray is one of my favorite movies(besides star trek, lol)! my family is having a hairspray themed bday party for all the girls, and here are the invitations we made:

I cut the Hairspray can out on the cricut and punched the gold dots out of foam. :) I love how they turned out. I can't wait for the party, it's going to be fun.

I'm loving:

toast plushie? AWESOME!


I looove these envelope plushies!

You all know I love star trek. so star trek earrings? YES!
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and this stache-a-pus shirt is great!!

photoshop fun

So, Lately I have been playing alot on photoshop, browsing the web for tutorials, and I found one on how to photoshop your own tornado, and being the weather geek that I am, I made a couple.. :)

I think they turned out pretty neat.

(and yes, there is a cow in this one, LOL)

xoxo, Katie

Great American Scrapbook Convention

Alright, so I'm just now getting around to sharing pics from gasc. lol.

This was one of the classes I took... this was the other. I like the classes at the scrapbook convention, there are always lots of sweet techniques.

Me & taylor on the show floor, we came home with so much stuff!

And Arlington Camera always has a booth where you can get you pic taken, so we've done it every year!

Hope you enjoyed! Hmm.. I wonder what I am going to make today? We'll see. :)

What I've been up to...

Me and taylor have been making some baby quilts to donate. :) I will post a better picture when we finish them, they are just the quilt tops right now.
xoxo, Katie

Make it Monday

Hey! Here are todays round up of crafts, not as big as last weeks post, but some pretty cool ones!

Lilibee has a tute for this cute little tray.


Purl bee has a tute for cool these Stash Baskets.

and Birds of a feather has a tutorial for this sweet little wreath!

winner!

and the winner for my giveaway is... (chosen by random.org)

#2 Ails, you have won the goodies! :) congrats! thanks to everyone else who entered!

xoxo, Katie

Featuring YOU! *Jenn*

Whats your name? Tell us a little about you!

My name is Jenn. Hmm...I'm recently married, and I love playing videogames and going for walks.

Do you have a blog or etsy shop?

my blog is jennovazombie.blogspot.com

Do you like to craft? whats your favorite type of crafting?

Right now my big thing is sewing, but I also crochet, sculpt, paint, embroider, bead, draw, do a little bit of woodworking, and...uhm...I don't remember what else.

Are you working on any projects at the moment?

I'm sewing a gold dragon right now, and I'm also moving.

What are some hobbies you like besides crafting?

Computer stuff, video games, trying to teach my bearded dragon how to do tricks, gardening, and sleeping


Where are 3 places you wish you could go?

Japan, Australia, and Frankenmouth, Michigan

What are 5 of your favorite blogs/websites? Where do you go for inspiration?

lollychops.com-adorable site and well-done tutorials
http://zakkalife.blogspot.com/ more wonderful tutorials
geekologie.com not a craft site, but features amazing crafts
wisecraft more fun tutorials
musthavecute.com Very cute stuff

Featuring YOU *Roxy*

Hey! Today I'm featuring Roxy from grrfeisty! Be sure to check her blog, shes too funny. :)

Whats your name? Tell us a little about you!
Hi! My name is Roxy. I am of Cuban descent and speak fluent Spanish. I teach math by day in Houston, TX and stitch and sew somewhere between :)
I live in a house with 3 dogs and a boyfriend :D

Do you have a blog or etsy shop?
Why yes, I do!
blog addy: http://www.grrfeisty.com
etsy addy: http://grrfeisty.etsy.com

Do you like to craft? whats your favorite type of crafting?
I love crafting! My favorite involves cutting feisty things and shapes from felt and stitching them together into headbands and brooches :)

Are you working on any projects at the moment?
I am actually taking a mini break at the moment. I spent a couple weeks getting crazy prepared for a show that was rained out :*(

What are some hobbies you like besides crafting?
I looooove to travel and get pretty antsy if I'm in one place too long! Rollerblading with my 3 dogs is also an interest of mine. And of course, photography!

Where are 3 places you wish you could go?
Canada, Australia, and Switzerland.

What are 5 of your favorite blogs/websites? Where do you go for inspiration?
I recently fell in love with Pamela Michelle's work after making a couple purchases at her Renegade Handmade Austin booth!
http://www.pamelamichelle.com/
I check Leigh-Ann's blog pretty often! She is sooooo sweet :) you can just tell!
http://frecklednest.blogspot.com
Others include
www.etsy.com
www.flickr.com
for more photography inspiration i definitely check out keiko's blog
http://keikolynn.blogspot.com


Ideas tend to pop into my head when I am driving around [listening to music...] all by myself!

Recycled Earrings Tutorial!

Hello! Here is a tutorial Taylor and I made the other day! Earrings out of a fast food cup! If you do them red/white/blue like mine, they are just in time for the 4th of July, which is only a couple of weeks away! :)

Supplies: a plastic cup (I used a cup from quiktrip), wire, jump rings, and 2 earring fishhooks(that's the top part of the earring.)

1. Cut your cup down the middle, drawing 6 stars onto it of varying sizes and cutting them out. Punch a small hole in the top of each star, and attach jumprings.

2. stack 3 stars ontop of each other and thread a length of wire about 5 inches long through the jumprings.

start twisting your wire until its the length you want you earring to be.

thread through the eye of the fishhook part, and then bend the wires down back towards your earrings, and twist the ends around the already twisted wire. I took a pair of pliers and pinched where the ends were, so that they would not be sharp.

3. now go put on your pretty pretty earrings! Taylor also made a brooch from the plastic cup to match the earrings(you can see it in the first picture) It turned out really cute.

I would *love* to see your version, if you do this, please leave me a link in the comments, or email me. thanks!
xoxo, Katie

melted army men

My craft room is finally all put together again(well, for the most part) which means I can finally start doing some real crafts again. ;)
like this cool little saucer...

made from plastic army men. I saw this in a craft book one time, and wanted to do it, but just now got around to it. ;)

Here's the army before I melted them... I set them all up on my desk, lol, I had fun.

I was originally going to make a bowl from army men, but I didnt have enough of them. oh well,I like it. Have you ever melted anything cool and turned it into something?

xoxo, Katie

the 1980's called

Here are some of the photos from our photoshoot, Yep, It is 1980's theme. :) All the clothes were my moms from the 80's, the jeans are totally retro. lol, one pair has neon fruit, the other is neon and say "video" and "TV"

Since my hair is super stright and doesn't go big without a ton of hairspray, Taylor just gave me a side ponytail, like Deb's from napoleon dynamite.. I love that movie. :)

xoxo, Katie

sneak peek

of the photo shoot we did today...

Can you guess the theme? ;) I'll post pictures tomorrow!
xoxo, Katie

Make it monday!

Wow, so I think this might be my longest make it monday post ever, but I'm okay with that. lol. :)


cut out and keep user Aiwa has a tutorial for this cute cute cute toast keychain! I love anything with toast. :)

Happy together has a tute for these lovely earrings!

and these cute ribbon scrap bracelets!

Over at the birds of a feather blog you can find a tute for making lemon slice canes. which is really helpful for me, because my canes never work so great. lol.

Annekata has a tutorial for making you own fabric tape! I think I want to try this!


Also on the birds of a feather blog is this tutorial for making your own jar lantern!

Which Name? has a tute for this super cute stitched notebook!

And if your getting things ready for fathers day, Tiepedia has alot of links for some amazing tie cakes!

I am going to be posting a tute soon for some cute recycled earrings!
xoxo, Katie

Sorry

I'm sorry for the difficulties you guys have had trying to comment. :( I think it was my new blog background that was hosing things up, which is sad since it was pretty, lol. but anyway, I think I got it fixed. So, since you could not comment, I am extending my giveaway to next Sunday the 20th. So hurry up and go enter! :)

on another note, Here is a picture I had a little too much fun with in photoshop. :) I made myself a mutant, I have a force field. LOL. the inner-geek in me came out.

xoxo, Katie

Hey guys!

Sorry I havent posted much lately, We had a garage sale all weekend, so I didnt get much time on the computer. :/
Anyways, Here is the painting I showed you a sneak peak of last week...



I really like how it turned out, For the background inside the polaroid, I watered down my acrylic paint, I think it gave it a good "old" look. What do you think?

Who wants to win?

you do? I knew it!


I've gone through alot of my books recently and am selling a whole bunch to the used book store this evening, but I pulled these 3 out, because I thought, Hey, why not give these away?
also included is a handmade ring(by me) and a cute little feltie handmade by Jolie.

So if you want to enter, simply comment on this post,

*1 extra entry if you are a follower,
*and 1 extra entry if you blog about this giveaway, leave a link please.

please comment for every extra entry.

the giveaway ends Sunday the 20th. so you have a whole week to enter! tell your friends!

xoxo, Katie