Work in Progress Koi Cross Stitch

I found this cute cross stitch online and decided to copy. The picture has since been unlinked so I can no longer link to credit it. I am going to add some lily pads next. 

Mario Reach For the Stars Cross Stitch

Etched Drinking Glasses

I used my new silhouette cameo to etched some glasses. I wanted to make a personalized glass for 

my dad and his friend Libby. Libby is a big fan of a bar called Bobby Ray's and thinks their glasses are cute. So I made her some glasses based on her own fictitious bar. 

My dad, on the other hand is a big fan of rubber ducks. So I made him a beer mug based on the bar from Tangled, the Snuggly Duckling. 

I simply cut the shape I wanted out of contact paper, similar to the bleached shirt tutorial and then use glass etching cream, following the instructions on the container. 

Post again soon, =)

Crochet Cactus #2

I just completed another cactus and I think this one came out more realistic and cuter than the first one =) This one includes a blue flower with light blue details and yellow filaments. The person who requested the pot provided the terracotta pot which she had painted gold.

Crochet Baby Sandals- WIMTW- What I Made This Weekend

        This weekend I made these adorable baby sandals. They have a heal strap that is suppose to have a button, but we figured not having a button was safer. They also have a super cute bow as a toe piece. They are super quick to make once you figure out the pattern.

I made these ones for my mom for a baby shower gift. The set included one pink pair, one blue pair, and a purple pair.

The pattern comes from here 

Post again soon :)

Day 4 of the 12 Days of Christmas Challenge! Holly

         The third day of the 12 Days of Christmas is Holly. This was definitely the easiest pattern so far and took about 15 minutes. 

          The pattern is quick, cute, and simple. The berries are so small and cute and assembly was the hardest part. The pattern came from Lion Brand's website again. 

Tomorrow's item is is a Christmas Tree and that looks exciting and I'm looking forward to it.

4/12 Complete =) Post again soon

Day 3 of the 12 Days of Christmas Challenge! Candy Cane

Day 3 for the 12 days of Christmas Challenge was a candy cane :) I'd been looking forward to making this for a couple days and whipped it up during my lunch. Which means it took about 20 mins.

It's about 4.5 inches tall and I thought the way the stripes are done gives it a neat look. 

Tomorrow's item is holly and the pattern comes from the same site as before. 3/12 complete :) post again soon

Day 2 of the 12 Days of Christmas Challenge! Present

           The 2nd day of the 12 Days of Christmas Crochet Challenge was a Present. The finished project was bigger than I had expected, at about 3" wide and 4" tall. It was a cute little pattern and used mostly beginner stitches and techniques. I got this pattern from the same place as the wreath, Lion Brand's Website. I think I may try a keep with the classic Christmas colors for most of the challenge.

Tomorrow's item is the Candy Cane and comes from the same site as the previous patterns. I have been super excited to make the candy cane so I hope it goes well.

             

2/12 complete! Post again soon

Day 1 of the 12 Days of Christmas Challenge! Wreath

The first day of Christmas is a tiny wreath motif :) sparkely green yarn tied with a red bow. I got the pattern from Lion Brand's Website ---> here. 

This took about 20 mins to make and that includes the time it took me to crochet the bow twice to get it just right :) 

I think it's pretty cute for such a quick and small item :) 1/12 complete! 

Tomorrow's item will be a Christmas Present and the patten is from the same set as the wreath 

http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/L32338.html

Post again soon! 

Halloween Candy Wrappers

SWE needed a fundraiser for this year and as previously mentioned I love Halloween. So I figured putting them both together was a good idea. I spend a lot of time each day on Pinterest and found this cute idea. They also had a mini version, which is what we eventually used in the sale. This is their PDF for the mini versions. Unfortunately we did not have a paper cutting machine so we cut all of the shapes by hand. 

            When I showed the bats to the group a lot of people mentioned that not everyone likes chocolate. I spent a couple days brain storming and then came up with these. Twizzlers are one of my favorite candies. So I made the Twizzler gut Zombies. One side of the wrappers have been taped back and the other side is stuck through a slit and taped  to the back of the zombie abdomen. It looks like hanging guts which I really enjoy.   

          Then I got inspired to find other shapes that we could make in order to use up other colors in the variety pack paper I had. Ghosts were an obvious choice which I had also seen on Pinterest. I didn't use anyone's actual instructions, but I used the picture featured in this one as inspiration. 

            This is the finished table. We hung a clothes line between two twisty sticks and hung the candies up to bring more attention to the booth and to show off the shape. These would also be cute for parties or trick or treaters. 

Birthday Box!

My sister's birthday was this past week and I live relatively far away. So I mailed her a birthday in a box. It was just a plain cardboard box on the outside and I filled it with confetti and candy and blown up balloons.

The best thing about the balloons is that they add a lot of joy and take up a lot of space without weighting too much which makes the shipping a lot less. To ship this whole 13"x 11"x 9" box only cost me 5 bucks.

I had several good quality happy birthday balloons around so they didn't cost me much and I also had some random candy from a birthday party bag that I went to the week before. So all I had to do was buy a bulk pack of fun sized twix, which is one of her favorite candy bars. The confetti was just some shredded construction paper.

I wrote the instructions on how to refill the package
and pass it along on one of the inner box flaps

Hope this gives someone some good ideas =) post again soon =)

Finished Monster Backpacks

            Here are the two finished back packs, except that the green one is still missing eyes. This is a very simple step so I consider them pretty much finished at this point. Attaching the teeth is the longest and hardest part, but even that is easy enough that a novice such as my self could do it. The felt is a key component to the ease of this project, because felt does not frey. This means that as long as you attach the teeth securely to the project you are good to go. This is unlike any other fabric, which you would have to put a seam on the prevent deterieration. 

            The backpacks are already in use and both his cousins seem to like them. They used them on the first day of school. Each of the monsters are their favorite colors :)

Below I included some images of what it looked like while I was sewing on the teeth, incase someone was interested in exactly how I sewed them. I opened the zipper and just sewed along in a line along the shaoe of the teeth. 

Hope you enjoyed this and I'll post again soon :)

Birthday Yarn Bomb 2

          I continued my tradition of yarn bombing on my birthday with this on Wednesday. I started it Tuesday night at 9 pm and had it finished and up on the pole by 3 am. Its not my best work, because the 22 looks kinda funny. 

          I sewed them a distance that looked appropriate while i was making it, but when wrapped around a pole the 2's got kinda far apart. 

          The balloons are pretty cute though. I started by chaining 3, I put 3 stitches in the stitches on both sides and one in the middle. 

          Then I only expanded in the end stitches: 

                  2nd row= *1 sc, 2 in next*

                  3rd row= *2 sc, 2 in next*

                  4th row= *3 sc, 2 in next*    Continue until the balloon is the size you wish by increasing the red number by 1 each row 

If you would like to see my first yarn bomb you can find it here. Post again soon =)