tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60898991161047115732024-03-05T12:59:56.538-08:00Peaches McGeeWhat began as a journey of replicating Martha Stewart projects turned into a passion for creating original works of "art."reiderseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463090809904692206noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089899116104711573.post-15498084414139636752016-07-21T14:57:00.002-07:002016-07-21T14:57:32.054-07:00Lies and the liars who tell them<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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So last month, I decided to venture on to a new journey and
recreate crafts from a blog that I frequent often with the notion that they
COULD ALL BE MADE IN 10 MINUTES OR LESS (I picture an infomercial voice
here).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well they lied.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lied, lied, lied.</div>
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The first one wasn’t too far past the 10-minute mark, but
this one?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost a full HOUR past that
mark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m trying to figure out when they
use the timer?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it just the sewing
time?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just the cutting out the pattern
time?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just the pinning time, or just the
“I’m going to say it only takes 10-minutes to really piss people off” time.</div>
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Here's the <a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/2014/06/summertime-pocket-placemats.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">link </a>to the blog, just in case you want to try out this <strike>10-minute</strike> 1-hour+ project. </div>
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So here’s how it went… I saw the project for oilcloth
placemats and since I bought this oilcloth years ago with every intention to
make something cool with it (that sh#t is expensive!), I realized now was my
chance.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cute fabric, right? Who knows when I bought it, but I obviously never used it.</td></tr>
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First, I cut out the placemats in both the oilcloth and
backing - yes you have to cut out a front part (oilcloth) and a backing (cotton). Maybe they meant the time it takes to make ONE placemat?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But who in God’s name only uses one
placemat??<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I digress… </div>
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Then I cut out the template for the napkin/utensil holder
and pinned it on the oilcloth to cut out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I finally attached the napkin/utensil holder to the oilcloth portion and
stitched around it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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Time check!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">26 minutes of cutting and pinning, a wee bit more than the 10 they promised</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Placemats with napkin/utensil holder stitched on</td></tr>
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Then I sewed the
oilcloth and the backing together which was super easy (I love me a straight
line – which never winds up being very straight since I can’t seem to cut,
draw, or sew straight).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then instead of
using a rotary cutter with the pinking edges, I used my pinking shears.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Holy wow did my hands hurt after doing all
six!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Final time check - almost a full hour more than promised. </td></tr>
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<i>Side note…I stupidly folded my oilcloth and read that I was
not to iron it, but it would eventually lose all of its creases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tell you the world if full of liars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two weeks later and I still have creases.
GRRRRRRR.
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After it was done, I decided to put my Cameo to use and
individualized each placemat… one for me, one for daddy, one for Peaches, and
one each for the people who dine with us most frequently: Bridget, Grammy, and
Donnie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">A</span>re they cute?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Were they worth the hour plus?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Good God no.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which leads to find
another list of projects where I don’t feel like I need to go the confessional
afterwards because I’ve used so many expletives.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It seems that I work all the time now. My job is full-time, Peaches goes to school about 20 minutes away and I still take care of the house and the cooking. I've found myself a little down in the dumps but yesterday, I made a simple bag for Peaches' blocks and realized that I need to create something...anything to help my mental state. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My journey out of the stay-at-home blues started with a mission to recreate Martha Stewart's crafts which eventually led me in all the right directions to start creating my own items for sale. Now, I'm going back to that model and I'll be trying each of the following projects from this website:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And I'm also going to time them and see if they really are "sewable" in under the alloted time they state because you know I'm a stickler for those who brag about time and ease of projects (read: Martha Stewart). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">First Up - a "5-minute" bookmark that I plan to make for Peaches who is an avid reader and has graduated to books where she actually needs a bookmark.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px;">First I asked Peaches which fabric she wanted and let her know that she could have two so that it would be reversible. After some careful <strike>coaching</strike> thought, she chose these two:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px;">I started the timer on my phone and cut out the fabric a little smaller than she did (3" by 9"). I then used a straight-stitch on my machine with the two right sides facing each other. Of course I screwed up, and had one on the wrong side, but I stopped the timer since it wasn't fair that I was the idiot. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px;">After ripping the stitches (my seam ripper gets some serious usage), and a few profanities, I got started on the project again.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px;">I then turned it inside out, pressed it flat and pressed under the edges so that I could sew in the elastic (seriously, if you want the step-by-step, check out the original: <a href="http://crazylittleprojects.com/2014/07/bookmarktutorial.html">http://crazylittleprojects.com/2014/07/bookmarktutorial.html</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px;">After sewing in the elastic, it looked like this:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But me, being me, I had to personalize it for Peaches. Using my Silhouette Cameo, I cut out the words "Milla's" and "Book" on Heat Transfer Vinyl and made it a bookmark just for her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I've got a post that I'm super excited to share because I think it could be the start of something awesome. Like, maybe I'll see it all over Pinterest. Or maybe I won't, but I'll share it anyway.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, I have seen people pin posts from blogs about "engineering prints" or "engineering copies." Basically, it's a huge paper printout of a picture that costs less than $10 because architects and engineers use them for their plans (sizes as big as 3 feet x 4 feet). Well... I thought to myself, "Why not print out a picture of Peaches McGee and have them play a version of "Pin the Tail on the Donkey?""</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Peaches decided that she wanted a princess tea party for her 5th birthday party, so I decided to use cutouts of tiaras to pin on the princess! p.s. I'll be blogging about her party next month </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First, I uploaded this picture that her first babysitter took and had it printed at Staples.com. It cost me a whopping $8 or so. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Next, I was going to use my Silhouette Cameo and cut out tiaras for all 13 of the girls. Instead, it occurred to me that the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Filigree-Cupcake-Wrapper-Birthday-Decoration/dp/B00JZB921S" target="_blank">cupcake wrappers</a> that I had bought were a) pink, b) tiara-shaped, and c) pre-made. I love me a shortcut!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I then blindfolded each of the girls, twirled them around twice, and let them "pin the tiara on the princess." To affix the tiara to the picture, I simply used a little piece of double-stick tape. I forgot to mention that I placed a <strike>cupcake wrapper</strike> tiara on the picture beforehand to use as reference for where the kids should aim. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After all the girls went, this is what it looked like (not including my favorite one which wound up on the opposite wall).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was super fun, and the girls loved it! It got me thinking that you could do so many other things... pin the mask on the super-hero; pin the wand on the fairy, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A long time ago, and I a mean, loooooong time ago, I bought a piece of "art" from a local craft store that was on clearance. I didn't care at all for the picture in it, but loved the frame and at $5, I couldn't turn it down. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Fast forward several months (or perhaps a year), and I decided it was time to put that baby to use after </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I found this cork board 'M' on clearance at Fred Meyer's. We already know that I can't say no to any 'M.' God forbid Peaches forgets what her name begins with!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The frame had hideous little "sequins" all over it, so I started by removing them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I then realized that I had thrown away the "art" and no longer had a backing to use. Off to the craft store to buy some corrugated cardboard to cut to size. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I took a couple of quick measurements by flipping over the frame to see what size the cardboard needed to be to fit it. Once I cut it, I covered the cardboard with the fabric I had chosen. I used Elmer's Craft Bond Spray Adhesive, but in hindsight, I would've used something a lot stronger like <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CDAQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.homedepot.com%2Fp%2F3M-Super-77-16-75-fl-oz-Multipurpose-Spray-Adhesive-77-CC%2F100067550&ei=L437VKqaFc2qogTDoYGAAg&usg=AFQjCNH8yNvhM2zqKr2WMKIGIBDb8LW71A&sig2=xgk3CfPX_LaPo1h1HXrcPQ&bvm=bv.87611401,d.cGU" target="_blank">3M Super 77</a> - that stuff really works!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After the cardboard was covered, it was time to attach it to the frame. I simply used a staple gun and I love the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Arrow-5700K-PowerShot-Forward-Action/dp/B001RAOEI6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1425771967&sr=8-1&keywords=power+shot+staple+gun" target="_blank">one that I have</a> - it makes it so easy! I just made sure to have one side of the staple go into the cardboard, and the other one in the frame.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Next came time to add the 'M' to it. The letter actually came with a couple of Velcro dots, but it wasn't strong enough to stick to the back, so I used good old <a href="http://www.amazon.com/ALEENES-15599-Purpose-Glue-8-Ounce/dp/B00178KLEY/ref=sr_1_1?s=arts-crafts&ie=UTF8&qid=1425772269&sr=1-1&keywords=alene%27s+tacky+glue" target="_blank">Alene's Original Tacky Glue</a> which always helps in any crafting situation!</span></div>
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<br />reiderseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463090809904692206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089899116104711573.post-54280935122827767842015-01-31T16:02:00.000-08:002015-01-31T16:02:44.701-08:00Spirit Fingers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's Super Bowl time here in Seattle and there is nothing like it. The city is electric and everyone is representing in Blue and Green! GO HAWKS!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Earlier in the season, we were at Peaches McGee's cousin's house watching the game and these people with silly pom-pom gloves appeared on TV. Someone commented on how cool they were and I (stupidly) blurted out, "I'll make a pair for everyone if the Seahawks go to the Super Bowl." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cue the pom-pom sweat factory.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I asked the hubby to pick up a few pairs of gloves since apparently it's difficult to find them in most stores in January (WUT?!) Okay - I may have only gone to one store, but I hate shopping! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He came home with three which was a huge relief - only 30 pom-poms to make. Wait, did I say <b><u>ONLY</u> </b>30? That's what I thought until I felt like my fingers were going to bleed after making 32 (of course I ruined two in the process of sewing them to the gloves - grrrrrr.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Somewhere along the way, I realized that I love almost all
things crafty (though don’t ask me to paint a picture, or draw, I’m terrible at
that). This revelation was a shock to
most people who knew me, especially my mother who, while extremely
(reluctantly) talented in her own right, never enjoyed much crafting
herself. I still remember when I asked
her to make invitations for my 8<sup>th</sup> birthday party and she drew what
I thought was the most beautiful horse ever. She claims to this day that the horse was
hideous, but I remember it as being amazing.
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my own crafting. However, there is one person who will always be more important
than work… Milla. The main reason for
this is that she is ever so appreciative of what I do. After just a few of her
decorations went up, she exclaimed, “I love it mommy! I love everything you make for me!” This promptly led me to furiously take on
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This was the first year that I was going to do away with the
St. Patrick’s Day theme because I figured she was old enough to tell us what
kind of party she wanted. However, after
hearing that she wanted a Princess, <s>Barbie</s>, Ballerina party
I decided that I would still incorporate some of the massive amounts of St.
Patrick’s Day decorations that I have accumulated on account of having a St.
Patty’s Day baby!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it. All I did was use my Silhouette
Cameo to create hundreds of different-sized circles on a sheet of sticker label
paper (like <a href="http://www.avery.com/avery/en_us/Products/Labels/Shipping-Labels/White-Shipping-Labels_05265.htm?int_id=productselector-productdetails-5265">this</a>) and randomly stuck them on the cups. But you could also use a circle punch or
vinyl! It classed up the cheap-o-cups
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course. I found a free outline of a
ballerina and then also a snowflake outline with a large center and used my
Silhouette Cameo to cut several out. To
assemble them, all I had to do was place the snowflake over her body and it
rested on her tutu! Then I took fishing
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have seen these everywhere on Pinterest and
always wanted to make them so I used <a href="http://shoes-off-please.com/2013/07/17/diy-fringe-tassel-garland/">this
tutorial</a>, but made it my own by using the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Martha-Stewart-Crafts-Fringe-Scissors/dp/B002Y6HFJW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398958409&sr=8-1&keywords=martha+stewart+fringe+scissors">Martha
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projects. I had seen these
everywhere and wound up referencing a <a href="http://twoshadesofpink.blogspot.com/2012/04/coffee-filter-flowers-and-video.html">tutorial</a>
but you know me, I had to find some shortcuts for it. So first, I took a ton of coffee filters (I
purchased a pack of 400 or so from Costco); and then I dyed them in my kitchen
sink with several drops of red food coloring. Obviously, the more drops, the
deeper the color. Then, I put them out
to dry (just like the tutorial told me to do) and waited <b><i><u>days</u></i></b> until I
realized that if I separated them, they’d dry more quickly. Shortly thereafter, my house was littered
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the bottom. Then I shaped what would
become the “petals” and varied how I did them.
I used my Martha Stewart Fringe Scissors on some and they looked like
Chrysanthemums; then I used regular scissors and made waves which resembled Peonies
and then I made zigzag cuts which looked like Dahlias. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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using floral wire to keep it all together, but I just used another staple. Faster and easier, just my style. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ceiling, so I took a needle and threaded it with the fishing line and ran it
under the front of the staple so that I could still move the flowers if need
be, but they would also stay where I wanted them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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easy; but the sheer number that I made was not.
First, I advise you to buy tulle on the roll. This will save you from having to wrestle the
tulle and cut it into strips. If you are
<s>cheap</s> thrifty like me, you will buy tulle by the yard at the fabric
store and cut strips while cursing your frugalness. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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cardboard about the size of a playing card and wrapped the tulle around until I
got to the end of the strip. It doesn’t
have to be berfect, at all, it just all needs to be relatively taught. Then I <b>very,
very, very carefully</b> slid the card out (I wasn’t successful everytime and
had to rewrap the tulle many times) and then I took fishing line (I should buy
stock in it after this post) and tigtly tied a knot right in the middle. Then I took my scissors and cut each side out
and “fluffed” them. Here’s a little <a href="http://thepartyevent.wordpress.com/?p=2377&preview=true">tutorial</a>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While perusing Pinterest, I saw something that I had to make (I say that at least twenty times a day). She made it look so easy and the results? Amazing. Well, I'll agree that the results are pretty amazing, but easy? Mmmm... no. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Check out her instructions <a href="http://www.welivedhappilyeverafter.com/2013/09/diymarqueeletters.html" target="_blank">here</a> (because unlike some other bloggers, I truly believe in giving credit where credit is due and this was NOT my invention). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Instead of tracing your computer screen (yes, she actually advises doing that), if you're lucky enough to have one, use your Silhouette Cameo/Portrait to cut out the letters with standard 12x12 scrapbook paper. I used the font: Bready Regular Demo which can be found and downloaded for free <a href="http://img.dafont.com/dl/?f=bready" target="_blank">here</a> and I enlarged it to 900 font size. Please note that you may have to weld certain letters - for example 'M'. I did everything in capitals because I didn't want to have to deal with the dot over the 'i'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Also, don't worry about using cardboard for the letters, just pick up a few extra pieces of white poster board. So much easier to cut than cardboard! Furthermore, if you have the smarts and ability to use your Cameo/Portrait, go ahead and use it for this as well. I tried but the poster board kept slipping around and rather than throw the thing out the window, I decided to trace around the scrapbook paper letters. I then cut slightly inside the lines because you want to make sure that the poster board doesn't poke out from behind the pretty paper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Other than that, I'd say the tutorial is pretty self-explanatory. However, I will not gloss over the fact that it is super, duper annoying and irritating to determine where to place the 100 bulbs. There's no mathematical equation that can be used because each letter is a different size. So, I just had 100 small square pieces of paper cut out using my Cameo and then placed them around the letters until it looked about right. The problem is that they're so small, that you start losing them and then have to count over and over and over again until you're sure you have exactly 100. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I used the same lights she recommends which can be purchased on amazon.com <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005LTWVKW/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B005LTWVKW&linkCode=as2&tag=welivhapeveaf-20" target="_blank">here</a>. Call me a helicopter mom, but I wanted to make sure that the poster board didn't catch on fire in my sweet girls bedroom right above her bed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Peaches McGee loves her lights and will show just about anyone willing to go up to her bedroom. She even erased the next 30 minutes of potentially irritating behavior by saying, "Thank you momma! I love how you decorated my room."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm a Pinterest junkie... I have over 1,200 pins and I strive to tackle at least one pin a week. I don't always get around to blogging about them, but when I do, it's because I think it's easy enough and cute enough that anyone can do it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So for this week, I made a burlap pennant flag with the word 'Thanks' on it. You may ask "Why the sarcasm in the title of this post?" Well... have you seen the brick background? I'm so thankful for many things - my husband, Peaches, my job, etc. but I HATE the brick in our kitchen. It's so dark and dreary. Alas, I have a roof over my head so who am I to complain?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">First, I cut burlap pennants and I used the same template that I use for my pennant flags that you can purchase on my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/reiderses?ref=search_shop_redirect" target="_blank">Etsy site</a> (yes, that's a shameless plug). I found that the rotary cutter was much easier than using scissors since burlap can be difficult to cut. <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-v-COS__KpQV1p4TEtiMjM2SlE/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><u>Here's the template I used</u></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I then used my Silhouette Portrait and some dollar store vinyl to create the stencil. You don't need the Silhouette machine, you can always use scissors to do the same thing<span style="color: #0000ee;"> <span style="color: black;">and create a stencil out of anything - including paper.</span></span> If you like the look of my letters, <u><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-v-COS__KpQVUhtT0JjeTB1c1E/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here's a template for you!</a></u></span><br />
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I placed the letter on the flag (no rhyme or reason where, I just eyed it), put some cardboard under it (the paint will bleed through) and I used black craft paint and a pouncer and made sure to fill in each letter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Once the paint was dry-ish, I folded the top of each flag about 1/2 inch and ironed it so that I could hang it on the twine. I also cut off the edges that overlapped when I folded them over so that they looked nice and neat. Not sure what I mean by that? Check it out in the picture below - see that piece of burlap sticking out in the upper left-hand corner? No bueno.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Lastly, I used a glue gun and ran a small amount of glue under the 1/2 inch folded flap so that it would hang on the twine. Don't have any twine? No problem - use string, use ribbon, even dental floss! You can also use any kind of glue, I just like to burn the crap out of my fingers at least once during a craft session; it's great evidence that crafting is a dangerous sport.</span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">IKEA Hacks... have you heard about them? Check out <a href="http://ikeahackers.net/" target="_blank">one of the many sites </a>that is dedicated to taking an IKEA product and making it your own. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Or another cool IKEA thing is the game: <a href="http://ikeaordeath.com/" target="_blank">IKEA or Death</a>. You are presented a Swedish word and you have to choose whether it is for an IKEA product or the name of a death metal band. My metal-loving husband was the one that introduced me to it and I think he wanted to brag about how well he did. Until I wound up with 17/20 which was better than him. Am I a closet metalhead? Nope. I just know my IKEA products!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On to my hack...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Peaches and I were spending a Saturday at IKEA and shortly after entering, I noticed this bird cage thing. Super cute, but it did NOT go with the decor in Peaches' room. Black metal with a fluorescent yellow bird. But at $9.99, I had to buy it... it was practically free! (I can't tell you how many pieces of furniture from IKEA that I've purchased using that same mentality).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The first thing I did was set up a little spray-paint booth (fancy for putting a cardboard box beneath and behind it), and I sprayed away. It took three different "sessions" because I couldn't get all the angles without spraying myself or the entire garage. I also didn't worry about spraying the bird since I would be covering it with paper. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I didn't have any vintage scrapbook paper that I really liked, so I searched Google for Vintage Floral Wallpaper and found <a href="http://www.trendingimage.com/vintage-floral-wallpaper-tumblr-www/#.UmcBxFOQOKK" target="_blank">this</a>. <strike>I printed it out on cardstock</strike> I meant to print it out on cardstock since it's easier to manipulate with Mod Podge and doesn't tear as easily; regular copy paper works fine but isn't as durable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I laid the birdcage flat and traced around the bird using a mechanical pencil. I did one on the front of the paper and one on the back so that I would have a mirrored pair.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Next, I carefully cut out the "bird" using small scissors and took out the good 'ol Mod Podge</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I took a paintbrush and painted Mod Podge on the side of the bird that wasn't attached to the cage because I like to tackle the easy things first. Then I tackled the other side... the one with the frigging hardware attaching it to the cage. I tried to get cute and creative and take it off. No such luck. You can knock over an IKEA bookcase by breathing on it, but they're not kidding when it comes to metal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Alas, I decided to cut a slit in the bird (and I call myself a vegetarian), so that I could slide the bird around the hardware after making sure there was enough Mod Podge to stick. Luckily, it worked and you can't even tell there was a slit in the first place! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><strike>Then I waited for it to dry</strike> and placed another coat on top of the paper which may or may not have caused it to tear. I'll never tell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Finally, when testing out how the bird slides up and down, it scratched the paint and gave me the inspiration to take some sandpaper all over the birdcage and give it a vintage bird cage look.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After reading that title, I hope that god awful song isn't stuck in your head like it is in mine. If you don't know what song I'm referring to, consider yourself lucky! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So why did I pick that as the title of my post? I'm running out of creative ways to describe my 'M' obsession!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This time I tackled a project using Washi tape. What is Washi, you ask? It's a wonderful piece of colorful paper that has an adhesive backing, almost like fabric tape but thinner and easy to tear. I've used it in so many different ways and most creatively, as a cheap alternative to a Band-Aid on all of Peaches McGee's dolls' "boo-boos." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My only supplies were: </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cardboard 'M' that I picked up at JoAnn's or Michael's or Hobby Lobby (can't remember, and all of them carry them) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Washi tape (I used four different patterns)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sharp scissors or an Exacto knife</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Acrylic paint and paintbrush (optional)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Two eye hooks for hanging (optional).</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I then alternated strips of Washi tape across the letter trying really hard to keep everything straight. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Once I had the letter covered, I first took some sharp scissors and cut off the excess tape and then painted the sides white with acrylic craft paint.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Finally, to hang it, I screwed in two eye hooks to the top of the letter and then threaded some ribbon and hung it up on Peaches McGee's wall! </span></div>
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<br />reiderseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463090809904692206noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089899116104711573.post-51480558103495794122013-01-19T14:53:00.000-08:002013-01-20T09:13:25.078-08:00My Etsy Store is Up and Running!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm still working on listing everything, so if you've seen something I've made and would like to order it, message me and I will create a custom listing! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy shopping!!!</span>reiderseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463090809904692206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089899116104711573.post-37385036683256796392013-01-15T11:23:00.001-08:002013-01-15T11:23:13.204-08:00"M" I Missing Something?<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
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I had a canvas board that had been sitting in my craft room for a while. I decided to wrap it with fabric and then staple gun it nice and tightly around the canvas. I then painted green dots on the 'M' (after removing the glued flowers) and when it dried, I used regular craft glue and mounted it to the fabric-covered canvas. I liked it enough to hang in her room and she liked it enough to say, "Oooooh, Mommy! Thank you for my pretty decoration!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I wasn't 100% satisfied because I realized that all of the other 'M's were hanging, so I took two pieces of ribbon, stapled it to the back of the canvas and tied a bow. Much better!</span></div>
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Last year I made my own Chevron wrapping paper and I loved it. But my lungs did not... I inhaled more spray paint than any person should. Therefore, I decided to do something different.</span><br />
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I wanted to include Peaches McGee, but wasn't ready to give up complete control and let her have free reign on the paper. My solution: give her a pouncer paintbrush where she could put simple dots on the paper. It turned out so well and I can't wait to wrap all the presents in it. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Contractors Paper (I bought mine at Lowe's last year - see <a href="http://www.peachesmcgee.com/2011/12/chevron-take-me-away.html" target="_blank">this post</a>)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Red, White, and Green Acrylic Paint (or whichever colors you want)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Pouncer" Paintbrush (similar to <a href="http://www.stuff4painting.com/treasure-phrase-sizzix-originals-die-656575.html" target="_blank">these</a>, but I bought mine at JoAnn's near the stenciling items)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I placed a squirt of each paint on a different paper plate (can't mix those colors), and then let Milla "pounce" away with her paintbrush. She didn't really understand spreading it out, so our dialogue kind of went like this:</span><br />
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Me, "No, honey. You need to spreeeeeaaaaadddd around the dots like this." Trying to do a good example and not become the controlling OCD mother that I am.</span><br />
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She places a million dots over one other.</span><br />
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Me, "Like this honey. No. Like this." </span><br />
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Peaches, "Like dis?" Putting multiple dots in the same one inch diameter again....</span><br />
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"Oh forget it; it'll be extra special now." *sigh* </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Life has been busy (but hasn't everyone's)? Well, when my life gets out of control,
I like to craft. Do I have time to do
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I realized that I neglect my blog because I don’t have the time (or
rather, I don’t want to give the time) to writing instructions, etc. Then I realized that the reason I created the
blog was to journal my journey while experimenting with crafts. It was originally for Martha Stewart crafts,
but she bored me and I moved on to Pinterest.
Below is a kickoff to many more posts to come... I have almost ten projects that I plan to document!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But first... my proudest accomplishment... <a href="http://www.modabakeshop.com/2011/09/pretty-little-framed-purses.html" target="_blank">the clutch, the coin purse</a> and the iPhone case (sorry, can't find this instructions for the iPhone case (besides, it wasn't all that cool)). If you like them, give them a shot. I'm going to make a bunch of the coin purses for Peaches' little girl friends for Christmas along with a little trinket inside them :)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The banner flags hanging from the ceiling along with the "Ms" that I've made</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There once was a blog named after a beautiful little girl...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oh wait! It's still here - it's just fallen by the wayside while the author attempts to run a house, a non-profit foundation and keep her sanity. She's been successful at some, but not all of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Several projects have been made, but none have been blogged about because it's hard to sit in front of a computer when that's what you do at work all day (right?!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well, here's one that I had to share because it was my own idea (yes, really) and it's so simple, I can't think of any reason not to do it; other than if you 1) don't have a sewing machine, 2) don't care about banner flags, 3) don't have time, 4) have no desire to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As you know, I love <a href="http://www.peachesmcgee.com/2012/04/someone-needs-crane-iotomy-and-for-once.html">banner flags </a>and create personalized ones for my friend's kid's birthdays. I've made six so far and I'm pretty sure that I've promised another 100 or so to others (I'll get right on it, I promise). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While I love the banner flags, I despise cutting out the triangles! When I came across a package of pre-cut triangles ON CLEARANCE at JoAnn's, I knew I had to do something with them. While they weren't <b><i>super </i></b><b style="font-style: italic;">cheap</b>, they were reasonably priced and worth it. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">$6.97 for 60 flags total (double-sided)</td></tr>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sorted them out and placed two different patterned triangles right sides facing each other </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In hindsight, it's probably easier to use two of the same patterns - I just wanted that random, bohemian look<br /></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Took the easy way out and didn't pin them together - I just straight-stitched down two sides with my machine (you'll need to keep one side open to turn it right-side out). </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Turned them right-side out and ironed them<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91Lb67DVONInRQ2cIMxW44bshh5_KvQ2snY6yLWmj1yHmlU5RnF1UvaBa6mHkjDj3JTTnegYPPVRVr91-6YhMHl2_kRMakv34merl-OQ22nd1dgmkJM0zb2NH62Rt5NN4ayP58yiwobM/s1600/Triangles+sewn+together.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91Lb67DVONInRQ2cIMxW44bshh5_KvQ2snY6yLWmj1yHmlU5RnF1UvaBa6mHkjDj3JTTnegYPPVRVr91-6YhMHl2_kRMakv34merl-OQ22nd1dgmkJM0zb2NH62Rt5NN4ayP58yiwobM/s320/Triangles+sewn+together.jpg" width="240" /></a>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sandwiched the two pieces between some bias tape that I purchased from pickyourplum.com (again, took the easy way out and didn't pin them - I just held them while I ran it through my machine)</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tried hanging it in no less than five places in Peaches' room before deciding that the ceiling was best</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Notice the camera on the wall? How Big Brother of us :)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I bought another set and can't wait to make more - it just might be another six to ten months!</span>reiderseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463090809904692206noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089899116104711573.post-21901447048721261722012-06-15T19:45:00.000-07:002012-06-15T19:46:33.973-07:00Don't Be A Card!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My blog has been neglected… but I have to prioritize things
now that I’m a working mom. Needless to
say, I haven’t been able to craft like usual, but I haven’t gone completely
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For Mother’s Day, I decided to tackle the button-embellished
cards craft from “Martha Stewart’s Handmade Holiday Crafts.” It was another one of her crafts where she
has one picture and it’s not even of the completed project! It’s in progress, so I guess you just have to
<i>imagine</i> what the final product looks
like. Grrrrrrrr.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have a ton of really cool buttons thanks to my husband’s
grandfather’s second wife (did you get that?), whose house we now live in. They’re all from the 50s and 60s and as it’s
been said before, things really were made better back then. The quality is incredible and the details are
so intricate (not to mention the vibrancy of the colors!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I decided to make four cards… one for my mom (of course), my
mother-in-law, my sister, and my sister-in-law.
I didn’t quite anticipate the time it would take, so I may or may not
have been scrambling to finish them the night before Mother’s Day.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clockwise from bottom left: green embroidery floss (for stem), micro-hole punch, double-sided tape, ribbon, pen for personalizing (not required), pencil for sketching out where to sew, decorative scissors (not required), white embroidery floss for attaching buttons</td></tr>
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<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cut a piece of card stock in your choice of size
and color (but please make sure that it will fit in an envelope if you choose
to use one).</span></span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cut another piece of card stock in a contrasting
color, smaller than the other one. I
used decorative scissors for a fancier look.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Place your buttons how you would like them to
appear on the card. I used three for
each card, but in Martha’s example she uses six (or possibly seven because it’s
not a final project, so we just don’t know!). Use a pencil and then trace dots
where the stitched stems will be. It’s
also helpful to use a needle to poke holes along the lines – though to be
perfectly honest, I didn't do it because I didn’t read this until putting
together this blog entry.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Using embroidery floss, attach the buttons to the
card. Then use green floss, embroidery
floss that is, and stitch the stems using a running stitch. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">I used a micro-punch to make two little holes
for the ribbon to tie the “bouquet” together.
Then I threaded a small amount of ribbon and tied a bow.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Use double-stick tape (or glue if that’s what
you have) and attach the embroidered card to the larger card.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Some other things that I made…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I found this cool item on Pinterest
(surprise, right?) and it’s a booster chair for the kiddos using a vinyl
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I purchased two vinyl
tablecloths last year thinking that I would make bibs out of them, but decided
against it, so I had two cloths to choose from.
I wanted to test out the pattern first and see if I liked it before
cutting into the second tablecloth, but now that I’m done, I think I’m going to
make another!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here are the <a href="http://smashedpeasandcarrots.blogspot.com/2010/06/booster-seat-cushions-tutorial.html">instructions</a>, and here are my
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of July Topiaries that I started on LAST YEAR.
It’s a tedious task… you cut off stars from a garland, then take
dressmaker pins and pin it around the topiary form. I love how it turned out, but good GOD did it
take a while. Of course it would have
been easier to do just one, but I have two for all of the major holidays, so I had
to do both…</span></div>
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it may be a while before I write another.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I was just named Executive Director of the CLP Foundation and I couldn’t
be happier.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I worked really hard to
obtain my CLP (Certified Lease Professional) several years ago, and now I get
to return to an industry that I love and an incredible group of colleagues that
I missed.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I buy a book… a big, expensive book. It’s called, “Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia
of Craft:s An A-to-Z Guide with Detailed Instructions and Endless Inspiration.” She has the audacity to include a paper craft
on cranes?! Origami cranes?! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A little background.
In third grade when I was in Mr. Higa’s class (RIP Mr. Higa), we made
origami cranes. Whoever made the best
one got to go around to the other classes and teach them how to do it (we were
attempting to make one thousand cranes at T.T. Minor). Being the perfectionist that I am, I wound up
winning and got to teach everyone how to do it.
Wow. That really sounds like I’m
bragging, doesn’t it? I guess I am. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But that was third grade.
This is big girl’s life and why in God’s name is there a craft for
making origami cranes? Am I mistaken, or
does the title include, “Endless Inspiration.”
Really? I buy an expensive book
to learn to make origami cranes? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Alas… my response was to make it with pirate cardstock. I’m such a rebel badass.</span></div>
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including food). But it is useful and I
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but before sewing the pieces together, I embroidered “Shaya” on it (the name of
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who just purchased a beautiful new house with her husband. I love the colors of khaki and black
together, so when I found the khaki napkins, I had to use black for the
embroidery. She kept her name and while
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cutest little girls, Olive and Kenley.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">2 years ago... March 17, 2010</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Peaches McGee made it to two years old. I'm not sure what it means when my doctor (and Peaches' doctor as well), pats me on the back and says, "Congratulations Mommy. She made it to two." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">With this huge "milestone," I wanted to throw a special party for her. Something small, simple, not too complicated. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">45 people later. Yes, I said 45. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It all started with an invitation that I created. I channeled the inner graphic artist in me, instead I found a former Marketing Manager with only Microsoft Publisher to edit it. Alas, I got as creative as I could with my beloved Chevron print, then printed it on white cardstock, and fastened it to a piece of green cardstock with a square brad. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My theme was set! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Who am I kidding? After having a baby on St. Patty's Day, I decided that I would take advantage of this theme until she is old enough to give me a different one. Does that mean one or two more years of this theme?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I had many grandiose ideas on what I would do in terms of decor, food, ambiance, etc. but I planned the party for a day and a half after we returned from Mexico, so only a few got done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here's one that I did... water bottle covers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What's the point? Who knows, but they looked cute, so I did them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I downloaded the template from <a href="http://www.howdoesshe.com/lucky-you-free-exclusive-howdoesshe-st-patricks-day-printables">HowDoesShe.com</a><span id="goog_1992672149"></span><span id="goog_1992672150"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a> - and printed them on white cardstock, cut them out and then glued them to the water bottle with a glue gun (I used my cool temperature glue gun so as not to burn a hole into the bottle!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I also made some marshmallow pops. Inexpensive and tasty (though not recommended that children have more than one - I know of at least two children who couldn't nap after the party) </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dunk about 1/2 of the marshmallow in a glass of water</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I counted the green gummies and then created a form for the guests to record their guesses. I used the same basic graphics as the invitation:</span></div>
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focusing the majority of my time on getting my Etsy shop open (sneak preview above), so I’ve
neglected my blog terribly.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">With it being
Valentine’s Day, I thought I would share with you the quill card that I made
for my husband. It’s my own take on one
of Martha’s crafts – a quilled heart shape.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are going on ten years of being together – five of them as husband and
wife. I decided to make ten quilled
hearts in gradually larger sizes signifying how my love for him has grown over
the years. Under each heart, I noted the
year and then I glued them on a white card with debossed hearts on them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Quilling tool</span></li>
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either quilling paper or if you’re cheap like me, making your own with a rotary
cutter. I made each strip 3/8” wide
(totally arbitrary) and then folded it in half and rolled the paper towards the
fold using the quilling tool. To make smaller
hearts, I cut off more and more from the length of the paper strip.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I was originally
going to do one heart per Valentine’s Day that we’d been together, but after I attached
the hearts to the card and started writing down the years, I
miscalculated. Of course I did. Hence, TEN hearts and making it more about
the years we’ve been together. Nothing
like a good, creative story, right?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here is the card
that I already had on hand, but really any card would work (besides, you can't really see the debossed hearts, can you?)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hearts with Elmer’s glue (put a little on the back of the heart and then hold
it in place until it’s dry enough to keep its shape). Next, I took a colored
pencil and shaded over the debossed hearts and took a fine point black pen and
wrote down the years we have been together.
Note, don’t be stupid like me and miscalculate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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projects involved creating flowers out of paper. The first one I undertook was supposed to be
a rose using the quilling technique – it sounded so elegant in her book, “Quilled-Rose
Nosegay.” What a joke. A hideous, ugly rose that I immediately
tossed in the trash after the obligatory photo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Same supplies as
the card (paper, rotary cutter and quilling tool). The technique was different and not at all
comprehensible. I still don’t know if I
did it correctly because Martha’s instructions were so inadequately described. Here’s a <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/269955/quilling-valentines-folded-rose">link</a>
– let me know if you can figure it out, and if so, send me a picture if it
looks better than this horrid thing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Tissue Paper</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Floral wire</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Floral tape</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1” Styrofoam ball
(for rolled petal flower)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Scissors</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To make the “Curly
Petal Flower,” you cut a strip of tissue paper to 16-by-3 ½ inches. Make 2-inch wide accordion folds by first
folding the paper behind the strip, then folding the paper in front of it (am I
mistaken, or is this not the definition of accordion folds? Someone help me out
here). Make 3-inch deep snips in the
tissue paper to create fringe, then wrap the unfringed end around floral
wire. Secure the paper to the stem with
floral tape and then use that tape to wrap the wire. Lastly, run the scissors blade along the
pieces to create fringe, and fluff.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I take that
back. Do none of the above and don’t
waste your time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But wait! There’s more!
RIP Billy Mays.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For the “Rolled
Petal Flower” project, you cut the same sized strip as the Curly Petal one
above (or decide that it’s a totally stupid number and make your own
size). Make 2-inch accordion folds with
the same inane instructions as above and then trim and notch one end through
all of the layers (see my picture below). Insert wire into the Styrofoam ball,
and place the ball toward the bottom of the strip of tissue paper. Roll the tissue around the ball and twist at
the bottom. Remove the ball with
tweezers (or if you’re frustrated like me, just stick your fat hand in there
and grab it), and wrap floral tape around the bottom of the flower and
stem. Finally, throw it away because you’d
be embarrassed to give it to anyone.
Thanks Martha.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">S'more. Oops, no that's a ball with wire going through it</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Previously I mentioned my sister-in-law’s studly British boyfriend and how he took an interest in my Peaches McGee projects (at least he
feigned interest, he could just be an incredible actor... Either way, he's cute and nice, so I don't care).</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Of course, I was the lucky gal who pulled his
name in the family’s Secret Santa exchange, so I decided to call upon Martha Stewart's Encyclopedia of Crafts book.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She has a craft called "Punched Flower Card and Wrapping" and it looked pretty cool… basically a glorified way
of wrapping a present along with a matching card.
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complementary colored cards. I chose to
use a brown folded card and a tan colored note card – but you could use two
folded cards in different colors. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I downloaded the template from Martha’s website (and you can
too <a href="http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/web/pdfs/2008Q2/la_0408_flower.pdf">here</a>). I then used Adobe to copy the image and enlarged
it a little bit in Publisher. Finally, I
printed it out on regular copy paper and got to work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I took an X-Acto knife and placed the template over the note card and used a self-healing </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">cutting mat (why don't they make those for humans?)</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Quick interruption - it wouldn't be a Peaches
McGee project without also admitting that I was stupid and used a somewhat dull blade, so actually ruined the freaking template AND the note card and had
to start at square one.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">With that said, once I had the template cut out, I gently
lifted up the “leaves” so that it gave it a three-dimensional look. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But it looked dull and
boring, so I ventured outside of Martha's instructions and decided to use my new metal letter-press set (as seen in this
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCG8rxsTAxLzVjuxkg7L5L_ij67K9BgGp2vF9xqBSWSo9RshwushOV-r6qs5P1pMMhPhPlLTKHu6B0WxuZneMVMOus0moMBlDViz_w1YdGiB8GHqkmwkHUGmHJj3ey8wiu6BXoStd8QtU/s1600/IMG_0128.JPG">project</a>). I selected his initials (E O
S) and punched those onto the card and then took a black pen and retraced the letters in order to call some attention
to it. Finally, to assemble the card, I took
some adhesive dots (or you can just use glue), and put it on four corners of the floral tan note card and
fastened it to the brown folded one. </span><br />
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with some simple Kraft-like paper with stars on it.
Then, to make the flower, I printed out the template again, but
this time I enlarged it quite a bit so that it would make a statement on the
box. The next steps are the same as for the card…</span><br />
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<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Print template out</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Use SHARP knife to trace around template onto coordinated paper (I selected a striped Kraft-like paper I purchased from IKEA years ago)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Gently lift up the petals to give it some
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folded up about 2” on either side of the flower and then taped it to the
box. My wrapping paper didn't make it fully around, so I taped it so that just the top and sides were
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I loved the finished project, but it was way more time-consuming than I think is necessary for something that is typically torn apart and thrown away. However, studly British man did save the card, so that may just change my mind as to whether I do it again or not :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In addition to
my Martha Stewart journey that I’m on, I like to keep myself busy with many
other crafts. This season may be the busiest (stressful) of the year, so why not tackle a few
projects?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">First up… the
toilet paper roll ornament. Yep. You read that right… you use a toilet paper
roll to make an ornament. Trust me on
this one, by most people’s reactions, they couldn’t tell what the original product
was.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Collect toilet
paper rolls and try to explain to others that you do not need to be submitted
to TLC’s Hoarders show because of a toilet paper obsession</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Spray paint
toilet paper rolls desired color (I chose gold to match my Chevron wrapping
paper)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Flatten TP rolls.
Preferably after the paint dries (hello gold fingers)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cut the toilet
paper rolls every ½ inch using sharp scissors</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Use a hot glue
gun and attach each section piece by piece until you have five sections that
resembles a star</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Curse yourself
for not realizing that the inside is noticeably NOT spray painted, and still looks like
cardboard</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Drink a glass of
wine and relax because it didn't cost you anything</span></li>
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ornament wreath. Nothing too original
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I put on my Snuggie, tuned into ‘In Treatment’ on my iPad (thanks Brookelee for
the HBO to Go!), and had a glass of wine ready (no craft is complete without
this). I used a glue gun to attach each ornament onto a floral foam wreath that
I purchased from JoAnn’s. The first
ornaments were the largest ones and I spaced them out evenly – kind of. Then, I filled in the gaps with the smaller
ones. It took a ton of ornaments,
probably close to 40? I then used tacks
to attach a ribbon to the back and hung it up in my craft room where it still
hangs. Here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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handmade salted caramels. Peaches McGee
and I were invited to a cookie decorating party at my friend Shelby’s
place. It felt so good to be included
because it was with her innermost circle of friends. That, and how nice is it to have a space
other than yours where your not-quite-two-year-old can decorate cookies?!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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coarse sea salt on top while it was still cooling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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gift bag that I had on hand from my wedding, and then made
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hostess gift, and one for a friend who gave me a yummy reed diffuser, I made
some more salted caramels, but decided I wanted to do something with the
lavender I had on hand. So, I settled upon </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">sachets - as much for the look of them as for the smell. </span></div>
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cellophane bag and made a gift tag with the word “breathe” embossed on it. I placed the salted caramels in a separate bag
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yet another
endeavor was some personalized ornaments. I first made salt-dough
ornaments and before I baked them, I pressed Peaches McGee's thumb into a few so that I
could use the imprint to make Rudolph the Red-Nosed reindeer with acrylic paint and my paintbrush. I also made craft clay (which looks WAY
better than the salt dough), and took an imprint of my thumb. Why did I use my thumb? Not sure. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here’s a link to the <a href="http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/Easy-Craft-Clay.html">clay dough</a>
recipe and for salt dough this is what I used:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1 cup warm water</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2 cups flour</span></li>
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ingredients, then roll the dough out and use cookie cutters to cut out shapes </span></li>
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got the Rudolph inspiration from this <a href="http://www.littlebitfunky.com/2011/11/20-minute-crafter-reindeer-thumbprint.html">pin</a>
on Pinterest, but I am pleased to say that the salt dough thumbprint impression
was all MINE. Mine. Mine.
Mine. Oops, Peaches McGee got a
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">They looked beautiful, even if they didn’t
photograph well! I placed them at the
center of my table for Christmas dinner and I’ll be damned if no one said ONE
WORD ABOUT THEM. They either didn’t turn
out as well as I had thought, or people just assumed I bought them? I can only hope for the latter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Finally, I had to include a picture of a man who I wanted to give a piece of my mind to, but didn't. I was in the express lane (12 items or less) at Fred Meyer with a sick Peaches McGee on Christmas Eve, and he had over 50 items??? The nerve.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The Chevron
pattern is all the rage right now (as if I have to tell you). But just in case you’ve been living under a
rock, or never knew what it was called, here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I love it! I love the simplicity, and it’s so classic,
so I decided that I wanted to “make” my own Christmas wrapping paper. I first got the idea after reading the
‘Creative Ideas” magazine from Lowe’s… they suggested purchasing <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_125855-968-35125/9FF_0_?newSearch=true&catalogId=10051&productId=3010438&Ntt=contractors+paper&N=0&langId=-1&y=0&x=0&Ns=&storeId=10151&Ntk=i_products&ddkey=http:SearchCatalogDisplay">contractor’s
paper</a> and then decorating it with a holiday theme. The paper is awesome because you get a ton of
it on a roll, and the entire things costs about $10. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a Chevron pattern onto the paper!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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around with several ideas on how to “make” the zigzag pattern, but settled upon
using a metal bracket. I traced around
it on a cardboard box and then cut it out.
Finally, I placed it on the contractor’s paper and spray-painted around
it. Here it is…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The experience was gratifying because I wound up with something that I really like; however, I'm pretty sure I killed off thousands of brain cells when I chose to use an entire can of spray paint in a small, enclosed room. Oops.</span></div>
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Seriously. I’m just about to give
up on Martha because the crafts get more ridiculous by the day! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Thanksgiving approaching, I wanted to do some special decorations since we
would be hosting ten adults and two children (Peaches McGee included
of course!) for dinner. I completed a paper ribbon loop
wreath which I’ll discuss below. I
was then going to do a pine cone craft from "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Martha Stewart's Encyclopedia of Crafts: An A-to-Z Guide with Detailed Instructions and Endless Inspiration</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">," but I didn't find enough “good”
pine cones (I thought I lived in the Evergreen State for God’s sake),
so I had to refer to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">“Martha Stewart’s Handmade Holiday Crafts.”</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></div>
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and her hunky boyfriend were in town for the holiday and were at my house when
I was flipping through the book. Hunky
boyfriend peeked over my shoulder and asked me if I was going to make the
turkey pom-poms. Trying to embody the
relaxed, crafty lady that I aspire to be, I said, “Sure! That looks great.” After all, they looked super cute, and of
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Holy God… I
haven’t stayed up as late as I did the night before Thanksgiving since
pre-Peaches McGee. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I thought about
putting together a tutorial on making them, but I urge, no DEMAND that you, “DO
NOT ATTEMPT THIS PROJECT.” They are cute,
but they are ridiculously tedious to make and if you would like to make more
than one, well then you’re in trouble. I
took some shortcuts just so that I was able to complete them before Christmas. Besides, true to Martha Stewart fashion, you
don’t even need to buy a book in order to get the instructions, you can just
click <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/270028/pom-pom-tom-decoration">‘here’</a>. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Here are a couple pictures of the turkeys in action...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Now that I’ve
gone over that project, let’s move on to something I found on Pinterest (that
site is so addicting!).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I pinned it
during my whole wreath obsession (I’m not exaggerating when I say that I have
more than ten that I want to create at some point). I had all the supplies on hand and I wanted to
make something “festive” for the Thanksgiving holiday. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">After completing
it, I unfortunately removed it from the board, so I no longer have it for
reference. However, I tweaked the
instructions, so I’ll just give you my own tutorial…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">7 different
coordinating patterns of 12” x 12” scrapbook paper (2 of each pattern for a
total of 14 sheets)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Foam wreath</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Package of dressmaker
pins</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Ribbon for
hanging (I used two different colors, one yard a piece and then cut those in
half for a total of 4 pieces)</span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">7 different patterns of paper that I chose</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Foam wreath - I got this one at the dollar store (hooray!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First row of paper ribbon loops (view from the front), plus the hammer I used to push in the dressmaker pins (in middle of wreath)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First row of paper ribbon loops (view from the backside)</td></tr>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Cut
each piece of paper into 1” x 4” strips (I used a paper cutter to make it a
little easier)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Sort
them into the pattern you would like them to appear on the wreath</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Fold
each one in half and then fasten it to the wreath with a dressmaker pin</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Move
in a circle around the wreath, overlapping each piece</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Continue
until the wreath is covered</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Attach
the ribbon to the back of the wreath using the dressmaker pins and tie a
bow.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span>
<br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">This would be an
easy project to do for all of the seasons!</span></li>
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</div>reiderseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463090809904692206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089899116104711573.post-14097814241920497522011-11-14T20:24:00.001-08:002011-11-14T20:36:56.229-08:00Leaf Me Alone<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Financial
Investment: $ ($1 - 5)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Emotional
Investment: </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> It’s all good<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Worth the
Investment: - Don’t bother!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Just in time for
Thanksgiving, I decided to take on a Martha Stewart craft which called for
leaves. Lord knows that we have enough of them in the Northwest; especially
after a windy day! So, I enlisted the
help of Peaches and my niece Julia and set out to collect some cool leaves at
my dad’s house. I focused mostly on the
Japanese maple leaves because I love the reddish color and the shape is just
too cool.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Japanese maple on the bottom. Cool, right?</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I dried them
using an ancient method… I placed several leaves between two pieces of
newspaper and then put them in the middle of a super duper heavy old-fashioned
dictionary. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">After about a
week, I figured they were probably dry, so I set out for the next step and selected
the window in which to make this God-awful curtain. I chose one based on how often I look out of
it – right above the kitchen sink. Now,
a smart person would’ve thought, “Hmmm, this might be difficult because it’s
hard to get to. You practically have to
sit in the sink in order to access it properly.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My view when I'm washing dishes which seems like 90% of my day</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I measured the
window and calculated that I would need 24 pressed leaves – 2 for each window
pane.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">(Side note: Martha writes in her instructions
that you’ll need two per pane, but in her picture example, there are SIX.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Huh?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I cut out 48
pieces of wax paper using my rotary mat, quilter’s ruler and an X-acto
knife. I placed a leaf in the middle of
two pieces, and then placed that wax/leaf sandwich in between two pieces of Kraft paper. I set my iron to a low temperature and ironed
away which left me with what </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Martha so eloquently refers to as a leaf "swatch."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">After repeating
the process 24 times, I proceeded to the next step – laying out the pattern I
wanted. I placed them on the dining room
table and didn’t use a mathematical equation or anything, but I changed things
around until it felt “right.” Whatever
that means.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">The next to last
step was to sew the swatches. I chose a
normal sewing needle and some basic white thread and sewed them together. That was the most time consuming aspect and
after sewing 12 of them together, I decided to cut my losses and quit the whole
thing. I did half a window… that’s
enough for me!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I begrudgingly
took my hot mess of leaf “swatches” and sat in the kitchen sink to hang it up
(with some good old-fashioned translucent tape). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I hate that I wasted
time making something that looks like I pulled it out of some sort of memory
box that my mom kept with all my grade school projects. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">It hung above
the sink for all of about an hour before I ripped it down.</span></div>
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