Getting ready for New Moon… custom Twilight tees.
November 16, 2009 at 12:12 am | In friends, painting, whichcraft? | 2 CommentsI can’t believe it’s almost here!! I cannot wait to see Edward+Bella in New Moon! The tickets have been bought, the party been had and of course we made up some t-shirts to wear to the midnight movie.
Of course, there had to be a lot of trial and error in the process. First, I tried printable iron-on transfer paper for dark fabric. Sounds easy enough, right?
Wrong! This stuff ironed on with a solid white background. Not the effect I was going for. I don’t know how this stuff is supposed to work since the directions state to leave a 1/4 inch border around the image. I decided to try my iron-on transfer paper for light fabrics. I even ironed on a swatch first. The square on the left is for dark and the square on the right is for light. It irons on clear. Perfect…
After printing the Cullen crest onto the transfer paper(in reverse), I cut it out and was excited to finally put my image on my brand new black shirt!
Well, guess what. The image didn’t show up on the dark fabric. I hadn’t thought of that. Back to the drawing board.
My last effort before buying one online was making a freezer stencil. You need your image, freezer paper, cutting mat and an exacto knife.
This is the best way to trace your image onto the dull side of the freezer paper. You can also print directly on it.
After carefully cutting it out, iron it onto your shirt with the shiny side down.
Place a piece of cardboard inside your shirt to keep the paint from soaking thru. Paint a thin layer of fabric paint. Let it dry. Paint a thin layer of fabric glitter. Let it dry. Gently peel off the freezer paper. Admire it with a big smile on your face.
And we’re ready to roll!
chocolate dipped caramel apples.
October 28, 2009 at 1:11 pm | In Holidays!, feed me!! | 1 Comment
These make a great fall gift for good friends and teachers. I will be passing them out to my daughter’s ballet class.
Start with this…
the best caramel recipe ever.
1 cup butter
1-16 oz. package of brown sugar (2-1/4 cups packed)
1-14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
1 cup light corn syrup
1 tsp. vanilla
In a saucepan melt butter over low heat. Add brown sugar, milk and corn syrup. Mix well. Cook over medium-high heat until mixture boils and then clip a candy thermometer to the pan and continue boiling, stirring frequently, until the temperature reaches 248 degrees (firm-ball stage). This takes about 15-20 minutes.
Remove the saucepan from heat and add vanilla.
At this point you can either dip your apples in the caramel, or you can pour it into a foil-covered and buttered 8X8X2 pan. Once the caramel in the pan has cooled, take it out of the pan, remove the foil and cut it with a buttered knife.
yum…
You could stop here. You could… or you could dip them in chocolate and sprinkles or nuts. Try dipping them in crushed cookies.
Wrap them up in food grade cellophane and pass them out!
becoming icarly.
October 26, 2009 at 6:25 pm | In Holidays! | 2 CommentsHow do I get this cutie…
to become this cutie?
Here’s how!
and just to help people recognize you…
Lumberjack plaid is really hot right now, so I made a simple little dress lined in fuschia to be layered with a long sleeve tee and leggings. The suede boots and wig really made my daughter start feeling the part. I gave a haircut to an inexpensive “witch” wig and curled the ends with a curling iron set on low. I made the necklace out of jewelry wire and beads. That’s all I did. She added the sass all on her own!
3rd annual quest for quilt market!
October 11, 2009 at 4:40 pm | In friends, going places | 2 CommentsWe had so much fun in Houston this weekend at the International Quilt Market. Here are a few highlights. Craftapple’s Linda and I met up with Melanie from Above All Fabric. After a long day of traveling and too much frivolous spending at Sample Spree, we started off fresh in the morning.
One of the best things about Quilt Market, besides meeting the designers, seeing new fabric, a frenzy of eye candy and hanging out with good friends, is seeing all of the booth spaces! Take a look at Anna Maria Horner’s. Her new line had me the most worked up.
Check out Heather Bailey’s. That’s her behind the door. Her new line is my fave of hers, so far.
We ran into Kathy Mack of the ever popular Pink Chalk Studio. Both her and her mother were so lovely.
The Michael Miller zone was so much fun. It was their 10th anniversary so they went all out!
There were also some great photo ops from Moda.
Well, those are all the pictures I’ve got. We had a great time and I will be looking forward to next year.
upcycling shipping materials.
October 8, 2009 at 11:53 am | In Uncategorized | 3 CommentsWaste not, want not.
I try to reuse all the shipping materials possible but I know that everyone still wants to recieve a pretty package in the mail. I resurface my mailers with snazzy scrapbook paper and heavy packing tape. I know how a package can sometimes brighten your day!
cutting a rug.
October 2, 2009 at 1:39 pm | In sewing | 2 Comments
While doing some much needed tidying up in the craft studio I came across a mountain of terry cloth scraps leftover from making hoards of hooded towels. I sewed them together to make 3 reversible kitchen/bath rugs. Waste not, want not. My girls and I were “rug dancing” on the tile floor to The Beatles this morning. Almost feels like ice skating. Now why didn’t I think to put some floor cleaner down first?
easy peasy freebies.
September 29, 2009 at 6:53 pm | In Uncategorized | 1 Comment
pink poodle pancake party.
September 21, 2009 at 8:38 pm | In Holidays!, family, kidstuff | 2 Comments
Pink, pink and more pink.
60 pink balloons make a great pink chandelier.
Personalized dog collars awaited each guest. The “dog tag” was made from shrinky dink paper.
Getting ready for the marshmallow sculptures.
Breakfast for dinner!
Time for “cake”! Freshly baked cinnamon rolls with pink cream cheese frosting to top off our breakfast theme. These toppers were the finishing touch.
Make a wish!
Perfect little take home treat for the guests.
This pretty little princess was tickled pink!
Big sister is already scheming ideas for her next birthday!
Ball of Fall Fun
September 15, 2009 at 3:54 pm | In Holidays!, feather my nest | 1 Comment
To the untrained eye this may seem like a jar full of yarn balls. Okay, yeah it is…but let me tell you how to make this fun Fall display for less than $2.
Start winding the yarn around a handful of stuffing. Keep the yarn moving in various directions. It may look a mess at first, but as the yarn builds it will come together.
After the yarn ball is the desired size, cut the yarn and secure the end down with hot glue.
Make as many that you need. Personally, I love displays in odd numbers.
I filled one of my favorite glass canisters with 5 yarn balls in various sizes. To top it off I stuck a pair of wooden knitting needles into one of the balls. Honestly, they were too long for the lid so I had my hubby saw them down. You know, I don’t knit anyway!
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