tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29628962661039063862024-03-05T23:21:05.608-08:00She's CraftyA mishmash of crafts, awesomesauce and random vintage finds!M Wattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09894702488762037813noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962896266103906386.post-33252865900583748982011-10-13T13:22:00.000-07:002011-10-13T15:11:38.804-07:00Vintage Lovin'Hello there!<br />
Wow.. two posts in two days! I must not be feeling well or something.. or wait.. I'm not, I caught the office plague and am sitting at home in bed a little loopy from the cough meds.Since I can't fall asleep yet I figured I would write another blog post and finally post some of the pictures that have been sitting on my computer for awhile (possibly some new ones too :D)<br />
so lets see the goodies I have acquired in the past few months...<br />
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My Husband made me this AWESOME owl candle using a vintage mold that I found. It also came with a mushroom mold. I love it and can't bring myself to burn it! </div>
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On a recent outing I got a big bag of costume jewelry bits & bobs after untangling all the broken necklaces I found this amazing vintage sweater clip! Its two swallows that have itty bitty rhinestones inlaid on them and they are attached by two chains. It is in perfect condition and I can't wait to wear it!<br />
I also got a bunch of cool brooches. the two in the picture are a Bee and a Wasp. I'm a little annoyed that people actually bit the pearl on the bee to see if it was real (its obvious that it is not) so there are some dimples in it, but other than that they are both in perfect condition! I love collecting bee stuff like this since my name translates to Honeybee in Greek :)</div>
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The butterfly pin is kinda ugly/cool I am not sure how I feel about it yet. I grabbed the other two pins cause I thought they were pretty, they could possibly be vintage, they look older, but there are no maker's marks on them so it is hard to tell. They have good style though :) </div>
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Can I just say that I love these heels?? too bad they almost fit me! made me a very sad panda :( They are a black satin(ish) pair of Deliso Deb high heels from the 50s/60s era and they are in perfect condition!! there is some wear on the bottom considering their age, but they are still really wearable. I plan on listing them in my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/astriusstar?ref=si_shop">etsy</a> store, so if you like them.. check for them there! </div>
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I have also had a boon in kitchsy craft/cake/cookbooks lately and this one is no exception. Its the <i>Pictorial Encyclopedia of Modern Cake Decorating </i>by McKinley Wilton & Norman Wilton. Looks like it is the 5th edition printed in 1968! it has some great basic frosting/decorating techniques, but it also has the crazy 60s cakewrecks that I love so much! I can't wait to recreate some of these (I did just get a wilton clown pan...)</div>
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Clown cake anyone? </div>
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Ideas for cupcakes.. that snowman...he seems a bit.. well... yea :)</div>
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Just a few of the mushroom canisters that I collect :) </div>
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The mushroom candle that Gary made me (came with the same mold as the owl) </div>
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Teacup Candle! </div>
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Record cuff </div>
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Record Label coaster </div>
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Push pins I made almost a year ago for a craft swap! I am really bad about posting crap that I make! </div>
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Awesome handmade dress from the 60s!!</div>
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Available on my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/astriusstar?ref=si_shop">etsy</a> store $40</div>
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Totally Rad handmade 80s party Dress!</div>
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I have lots of other vintage goodies in my etsy store ranging in eras from the 50s-80s along with custom embroidery pieces. You should check it out!! </div>
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<br />M Wattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09894702488762037813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962896266103906386.post-4965547258805219332011-10-12T20:24:00.001-07:002011-10-12T23:02:16.325-07:00Craft Swap GoodnessDang, its been so long since my last post.. but, I've been a busy bee! The husband got a job (in a faraway place 4 hours away that has birds on things) so we had to get him moved into an apartment, I completed 2 more customs pieces, completed 2 craft swaps and am participating in another one right now.. so needless to say my poor little blog has been neglected once again. But I did make her pretty with a new layout and background... you like?<br />
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now onto the goodies..<br />
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I participated in a Portals and Friends swap on Craftster (<a href="http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=388034.0">Check out the full gallery here)</a> and ended up with two partners. We were set up 'round robin' style and decided that on top of making the main crafts for our assigned partners, we would make a small 'thank you' gift for the person making our crafts since we weren't swaping directly.<br />
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My Partner said that she wanted stuff for her kitchen, so I took that idea and ran with it:<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/craftywatts/6110397014/" title="Portals Apron by astriusstar, on Flickr"><img alt="Portals Apron" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6087/6110397014_5d3bb90e5e.jpg" width="453" /></a><br />
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Portal's apron with Cake!<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/craftywatts/6110397666/" title="Turret Mini Potholder by astriusstar, on Flickr"><img alt="Turret Mini Potholder" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6193/6110397666_90aecea98a.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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Turret mini-potholder<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/craftywatts/6109879045/" title="Portals warning sign Potholder by astriusstar, on Flickr"><img alt="Portals warning sign Potholder" height="375" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6195/6109879045_4aa06ec2d6.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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Warning sign Potholder<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/craftywatts/6109849765/" title="Aperture Science Logo by astriusstar, on Flickr"><img alt="Aperture Science Logo" height="463" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6063/6109849765_2465798ac4.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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Aperture Science Logo in Portal colors<br />
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I had a lot of fun playing with the different themes and adapting them to kitchen stuff, my partner said she really loved glaDOS and the warning signs so I tried to use that as the main focus. For other partner I wanted to make something with a potaDOS or a Cave Johnson quote and ended up making this:<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/craftywatts/6110425122/" title="GlaDOS potato baker bag by astriusstar, on Flickr"><img alt="GlaDOS potato baker bag" height="375" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6203/6110425122_9a64094ace.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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Its a potaDOS potato baker bag! if you don't know the magic of a potato baker bag I suggest you educate yourself quick like! I got one at a craft fair held at the senior center by my house and it is the most amazing thing, ever, perfect 'baked' potatoes in the microwave that are fluffy and don't have rubbery gross skin. You can bet I will be making another one for myself.<br />
I based the bag off a free pattern found <a href="http://www.atimetostitch.com/freebies.htm">here</a><br />
I made the glaDOS potato pattern myself and embroidered it on the bag before I put it together.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/craftywatts/6110394524/" title="The Cake is a Lie! by astriusstar, on Flickr"><img alt="The Cake is a Lie!" height="375" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6193/6110394524_19ab4fe988.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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I also made another "the cake is a lie" embroidery pieces because my partner said it was one of her fave quotes from the game. I think this one is better than the first one I made a few months ago :)<br />
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I got some pretty awesome sauce crafts in return!<br />
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Alchamy513 sent me these amazing crocheted beauties:<br />
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Cake and a companion cube!! Two of my fave things in the game. She did an amazing job!!! I also got a lemon "grenade" and lemon hand soap... :P<br />
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YumJello sent me an awesome embroidered hoop and bracelet to me as well, it is going on the hoopla wall for sure. Who doesn't love the companion cube? I mean, it will never threaten to stab you so that means its awesome right?<br />
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I love the applique and the colors! she did an great job on both of the pieces!<br />
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The next craft swap that I was in was the Phat Quarter Fifth Friday of Fabulousness Swap (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/phatquarter/">check out Phat Quarter here</a>) the theme was Food! So after a lot of messages and realizations that my partner and I were pretty much of similar tastes Jackson,my partner, (<a href="http://mafiosagrrl.blogspot.com/">go check out her blog</a>, after you are done here of course) let me choose whatever for her. After reading her blog, I narrowed it down to either something godfather related, robots, or a vintage pattern. Since she already had some godfather embroidered quotes in her etsy store I didn't really want to go that route...and I couldn't find any good robot food references other than using humans or gas as fuel and none of the pictures I came across I liked. so I busted out my giant box of vintage embroidery transfers and grabbed this vintage aunt martha pattern:<br />
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I love it! It totally reminds me of the Kool-aid man, I just hope that Jackson can put it to good use :D<br />
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Ponyinarope is the person who was making a piece for me, and she more than delivered!!! I told her that I loved ugly vintage stuff, cadbury mini eggs, and the food ads from the fallout video games (among other things) and this is what she made for me:<br />
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HOW AMAZING IS THAT PIECE??? I love it so much. The bunny.. the mini eggs.. my name!! She does amazing work, you should check out her blog <a href="http://www.ponyinarope.com/">here</a>!<br />
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and I will end it on that folks. I hope you like the new blog. I am going to try and do better about blogging more... hopefully :) Up next... I talk about being featured on <a href="http://www.mrxstitch.com/">Mr. X Stitch</a> and <a href="http://geekcrafts.com/">Geek Crafts</a> and show off some of the awesome vintage finds that have come my way lately. stay tuned.<br />
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So.. I got a wild idea to try my hand at embroidery. But I couldn't just do any type of embroidery, I wanted to do some geeky embroidery (still plan to use my vintage patterns one day) so I made these:<br />
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Meatwad!</div>
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Master Shake</div>
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Mooninites<br />
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(this was my 2nd try at embroidery! and he is holding a gun if you are wondering)<br />
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Nibbler</div>
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Why not Zoidberg Jesus?</div>
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Henchman No.21 (and birthday present for Beth!)</div>
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Toad :D</div>
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Bioshock Propaganda Poster<br />
Plan to do a series of these... </div>
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Daria and Jane (and my first try at using regular thread)</div>
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My crafty mind </div>
this came from a project found at this awesome website called <a href="http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/">The Graphics Fairy</a> you should check it out!<br />
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Pepsi Logo (mother's day present for my mom.. she is awesome!)</div>
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Led Zeppelin runes (housewarming present)<br />
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Babylon 5 patch for my hubby</div>
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This was my first try at embroidery. I am going to go back and fill it in and then attach it to a scrapbook that is the perfect Tardis blue :D.<br />
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I am really happy with how all of these turned out, and am proud that they look so good for me being a beginner. I only started this 3 weeks ago! I have been churning these out like a madwoman, so expect another photo heavy post soon! Just bought 36 embroidery hoops to create a display wall in my house and am showing a bunch of these at an art show at my work next month. Can't wait to make a bunch more, it's a my new addiction... :D<br />
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Edit (7/5/11) <br />
I've added custom embroidery pieces to my etsy store! check it out!<br />
<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/75552760/custom-embroidery-piece-10-hoop">Want a custom piece.. click here!</a><br />
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and you can keep up with all my new pieces before they get posted here on my deviantART account here:<br />
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also.. Hi everyone from Geek Crafts! I'm super excited to have been featured.. I hope you enjoyed my nerdy threads..please come back soon to see all my new pieces :)<br />
<a href="http://geekcrafts.com/reader-submission-toad-embroidery/">Geek Crafts!</a><br />
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<br /></div>M Wattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09894702488762037813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962896266103906386.post-58541370621839689002011-01-19T21:17:00.000-08:002011-01-20T13:48:07.532-08:00Violet Sedan ChairAll of our searching paid off!!! multiple days days of going to the record store and hoping one would magically appear we found the Violet Sedan Chair album "Seven Suns"! it was found at <a href="http://www.easystreetonline.com/">Easy Street Records</a> in West Seattle on 1/19/2011.<br />
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So after a couple of coats I got this:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> My good friend made me this Shadow box as a wedding present. She lives far away from me (sad face) so couldn't attend. To show you just how close we are, she liked the background of this shadow box so she thought she would use it, well little did she know I used the same exact stuff (in plastic goodie bag form) at the wedding! I thought that was pretty rad and I love the shadow box! Thanks Hannelore!<br />
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I took these as the boat was pulling out of Seattle:<br />
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Argghhh:<br />
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Money from Spain (around 1600ish I believe) that was kept in a trunk with a really intricate lock:<br />
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I learned that after companies had almost drove some local seal populations to extinction, they decided start hunting whales! I was kinda sad for all the animals. At one point they were trying out different things to kill whales, they tried explosives strapped to harpoons, guns and tactics. One picture described how you should go after whale calves so you could get the protective mother out to get her too.<br />
Whale gun:<br />
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In addition to the otter, seals and whales, beavers were also hunted for money and fashion:<br />
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There was a room filled with model ships, these two were made by prisoners who saved bones from meals and other scraps to build the ships:<br />
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After the museum I walked around and ended up going into this little basement shop called "Sam's Sideshow" The first thing I saw when I walked in was a record bowl filled with pretty hair bows! Then after squeeing out loud over how awesome it was I met Sam, we ended up talking for a good while all about vintage clothes, shoes, pillow cases, crows, aprons, zombie jesus shirts and just fun stuff in general. I bought this really pretty dress that has pansies all over it, plan on getting a cute black dress to go under it (and will be posted here eventually). Sam also does alterations, so if you find something in her shop you can have it fitted to you. She doesn't have an online store yet, but I found her blog thingie, and the address:<br />
"Sam's Sideshow Boutique" located at 559 Johnson St, Victoria BC<br />
<a href="http://samssideshow.blogspot.com/">http://samssideshow.blogspot.com</a><br />
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Some shots leaving Victoria: <br />
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(<a href="http://www.hgtv.com/designed-to-sell/toning-down-a-homes-too-personal-decor/index.html">http://www.hgtv.com/designed-to-sell</a>). When the rocking of the boat got to be too much, we all had a good laugh when Rex pretended to use his Gucci bag as a designer sickness bag, he immediately put it on facebook :P. at one point we were out on the deck and I took these beautiful shots of the sun going down:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>M Wattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09894702488762037813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962896266103906386.post-80773643901148411462010-09-08T19:22:00.000-07:002010-09-08T19:22:52.236-07:00Nerdy Dice BoxesIn addition to the box I made for myself, wanted to make a couple of dice boxes for our friends; Austin and Travis. I had a lot of fun figuring out what each of them would like and in the end I think I did a pretty good job :).<br />
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Austin likes purple and stripes.. so I went with that theme for his.<br />
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Before:<br />
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Then I added stripes:<br />
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And for good measure a swirl to the lid:<br />
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I didn't get the best picture of it, but I lined the lid in this really pretty purple/black brocade paper:<br />
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I like the colors on Austins box, and it was super simple to make, just a couple of coats of paint and a little creative use of masking tape. The picture doesn't do much justice for the swirl on the top, but I used a really pretty metallic purple for it. <br />
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For Travis, I thought he might like duct tape and pirates, so I grabbed a tin that someone at my work had left in the coffee room (yea free craft stuff, saved something from a landfill and I got to turn it in to something useful!) I was looking for a more gray/black color scheme (the tin was originally fire engine red) so I glued a piece of card stock to the front and covered the rest in duct tape:<br />
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On the inside I thought I would put Travis' most favorite animal.. a cat:<br />
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And another one on the very bottom:<br />
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I filled both with a few mechanical pencils, a notebook and an eraser. I was happy with my mostly Instant Nerd gifts, not to mention I got to play with duct tape!M Wattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09894702488762037813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962896266103906386.post-14328521103143050412010-08-17T16:20:00.000-07:002010-08-17T18:05:11.449-07:00Quick Family Crafting!Ever heard of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgraffito">Sgraffito?</a> Me and the boy and the man-boy tried our hands at it today and I'll tell you - it was pretty fun and pretty easy.<br /><br />For supples I just grabbed some light colored card stock and a couple of white pre-cut rectangles which had a little rougher texture and my son's box of crayolas.<div><br />The first step is to color the entire surface of your paper with lighter colors. You could do a solid color or a pattern or even a picture if you want to, but this will end up being the lines of your picture, so most of it will go unseen.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMw66EiS1MHUHO0Pr-E_B23-Dm7VsGZBkPbmWcRjaMzE08WEZU4oR0_h2T5AJRzgc-uIM1Cq-VSdKn4GLk-Mfhn61t4uiINbbAQRiX3ttHoK1DxjBfB4nAQpjfMSnb3Mr7WFZRvULD-NG/s400/drawbeth3.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506547620316181986" /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Next, color over the top of your picture with a thick layer of black or dark blue. You could probably do brown with a teal underneath it too - there's a lot of room to experiment!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdGyyLPbG-B4nB4ijhXQtLrqIdnQXGjvYJAiC-eMzFdu7Q_LLijAwU7SYvg5L4v0llXzA4fucY3wVwPRy3GcD_98SxlX_QfuOg3P0wiaAN47gjXPZy9WQmoSBhkoOikjy2CbUEC4waKUh/s400/drawbeth2.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506547272990023314" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Last, find something scratchy and scratch your line drawing into the black. The black will scrape easily away, revealing the color underneath.</div><div><br /><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFLL5HkN18DpntDuwGRHLqD0kE4Xd6ocmf-owOUJ6KhWbRoxl_j2cM1QvSDmaRV7y5UeKC_NXRrcAJPdaKqgpHPylkrzuH3NnGJgNSY0T1Mh3gvF5ULn18yXN89JEtmWwA0mmtoFCOHqYv/s400/drawbeth.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506547016299620770" /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>For a simple line drawing of a friendly robot, I used the end of a hair clip:</div><div><br /><div><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCCdAbLXlGIRJRPeIWBniFlGwzvEe9E0qQCnrHcaZEh-LYiI3_7IfQZVakxJZX8S79C_H6uTF9W7KmnyguSMv2n9uhiJtpl3OTPdpOLMJpVh7SZClxxbu1vIKaH88rjdl-NdhXbli7thXs/s400/drawrob.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506546557512776594" /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>For Brad's more complicated sketch of Deadpool, he used a safety pin:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmy_EEH0LbowsM7U3b8vPK4Zik1xSYfIntACp4U5JLn_kR05KxgvwiYHGZ7zgoxNK6XdnvphnNoHzsiUSongUr-EuTpWiyJJ2Vs1BMTGRuJLpHd4tyRMOFbj48ZNgshQt6x589w8zoAtk/s400/drawdead.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506546300473675618" /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Tristan and I each did a scene on either side of the rectangle peices we had. I did a seascape with a setting sun and a happy whale:</div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGblNk5eds1LKblQ4qZlg_4OkMbG2qpgGU9Iru2_iswM_yS77HUNiv_RexdvrixEqfSJW2-qQF4LjYJMmPjDNpCyIBGdbJqQWpav0-w0PUZXT38ynwKHp69AtyuPWCqqVYzyKuG8ypHygf/s400/drawbeth.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506546027314672146" /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>While Tristan drew a sweet spacescape of the sun and Mercury. And space ships:</div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHa9KVX-0OdJjk6vSwfnAfOEEWt-xT_L7kfmd4XcZgYnLlSTnyiDOn-1RlmzfdWynioSk321bno3mlCkEd5j5Q-k61_o5u3KDUo1V6FFObl2Hb-VwM3r-J6ijGWuIhTbhkvIY3rzKQwhxK/s400/drawtristan.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506545688976668082" /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I decided to glue the two rectangles together:</div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNK-SQYc_HG7QvQeFL7TYXyu3a3ZLMOINR-eKdlI3q95wnpR2fcwvuKC9kcqZjt5MQVJ8EiKaX0SpLK_7mpnZCDxRja2OJ6O04f6-IywjCRo7CH8FXZETTnkB1MlRvIwsLj7SbDHP045K2/s400/bookmark4.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506545227261221026" /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Did a poor man's laminate job with some clear tape and scissors:</div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi3xua-cimOg1fDPtsCUx9qvFHB8dVxXxEcFSAaarBXvndRmmgthKfgNT7EmzmKfT017yVcyOCkPik36dA-VG9iRN_ONiBbig6zDhjLuyp0Kzsn1vOTnYh30AbbuNYrKjf2orzSbup-pq7/s400/bookmark3.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506544926428388434" /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Added <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMcWVUwgNRQ">a tassel </a>and voila! A bookmark!</div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ0xdOdP07QQ7A4B8HJVyuTRP4UrlBT_IhFRhLMjGFRnyKNqLNnvXjzw9Stv0rRzI3EIsBPHO0bh72o0HnronBhrF-svKM4sPUeoxEBCLfRSDDQRPqer1iv1-rzZKYpXYDYVQZavTKqZyS/s400/bookmark2.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506544591828789426" /></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, Times, serif;font-size:130%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 21px; font-size:14px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzpGY6cHqdYPZHLF8Cz9FLeKYh4sfUxHNxutYWvzwPAZn22X5xWLHbZSppT3f5PZ4uDIb8MauSyypmhedbuBvxSx2qQYFL_BwX3d7DivcPp9SEC1mDbqtX3DfdrUcVAUS1CuDB6wVISAa/s400/bookmark.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506542785808741714" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, Times, serif;font-size:130%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 21px;font-size:14px;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>advertisinglieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08798920816812190571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962896266103906386.post-17072475237680245162010-07-07T01:02:00.000-07:002010-07-07T01:23:10.706-07:004th of July Weekend - Melissa's Bathroom<div style="text-align: left;">So this last weekend was the 4th of July, 'Merica's birthday, and I spent it over at Mrs. Watts' house getting crafty with her bathroom. She and I tossed around ideas and ended up coming up with a kind of Alice in Wonderland theme for the room. I made stencils for the four suits of cards for one of the walls and we painted most of the walls and stenciled one wall with the suits. Unfortunately I forgot my camera and M's cell phone was dead most of the weekend, so my crappy cell phone pics are all I have to offer. I liked how it turned out and I'm pretty sure M did too. This is only the beginning!</div><div><br /><div>Before:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqB6QLBs9ejJkIdCmQ7EsMXCmFfoQS_12zEzqO0KpDaVp2X5s9uCNiFTSmyiF-jkG8s744KPuTGPDjEsve_LAqtO9aQ23_ss_0bBzR1YVzMCflQFxMAy43MWCTKRTOzdvFP-kmXcogwVj8/s400/21254908226_ORIG.jpeg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491075960497661154" /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrdevD3VcWeMC2_LPxXqRWZeqrcGU3eOXcTeIsuaJIciJSeWsxapKBIWfwpoidQu0Vnk2r5SxldaChZK1n3Xy1gZblN0XXa6DTREe9puYqSLOEzbhyphenhyphenA5vbhGIn2uT-SUzvRwvvup2dvInO/s400/21254908221_ORIG.jpeg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491075707501556002" /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1sa4Q0i5ouTrRZ0Z1om1e8rB5sX6arOEKdc6SFFBXpC2Eif1L4VJUqzJ8c5CvPO41yOSaIt9GxcM9OsJDkfSJVChF7kNij4PmSWbkPGvacTROUD-dYGm2fa5oFGFT5Tumicf71Hosw-yL/s400/21254908219_ORIG.jpeg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491075491209962450" /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div>After:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtT6dtaawYdVaW_9DW1S_GKxQU0wBbHoM3BIucT7qr7MXDggDHwYcwiyBoR9S1sDr-PdV4fA9tr4IWcwu9SSsj3hOfU9WuUVkr3c0W4-8S2xZM_CrMDuP-xDLuvzGS9bo2f-eXpznj-cgE/s400/21254903729_ORIG.jpeg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491075262284467202" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLiiUpfPG7KzUi8qN-Oihiqb4fzFrSEK8IywDY6GVA5W5CeSx76Ra8YqPjxuXS_ABKKP_pVLHTQcRkmHHEbbeKjciZ8cBsXUp90FhbrscQRiOc30xGy5_pbyyi71T06bmXPiCDBdDvbT3m/s400/21254903731_ORIG.jpeg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491074993003164098" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXvR_ItA4r6idky_mzFDB_IGQBRmts6GaIlGgtfghRUbbiGMuWAdIkrEBepHRYTnXNnGnBj-9ssJQhfU3O36cdcTUHBJGdUZGYpBIfS5fnT1jvI6Fqi-QdqBMPS3LR7BRboo-KFNtUjN3f/s400/21254903733_ORIG.jpeg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491074726367558706" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiExbk3oDLttsu3MjAEt73zGxAmmetv10Fr8pLa39LWR6vq2Rp_W8wiGw1pNnyXjdxaJgUP7m5RlZLcGMPyzUPWlZntPzubIM3MD5hzQHeUzzR3pRyp3VlFQP6lcrToIeMyYYJLAQetKK3z/s400/21254903735_ORIG.jpeg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491074343214013298" /></div></div></div></div></div>advertisinglieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08798920816812190571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962896266103906386.post-80029569797830693302010-06-23T20:59:00.000-07:002010-06-23T20:59:45.227-07:00The God ParticleThe awesome scientists over at CERN have taken the experiments they are running and have turned them into music!<br />
check it out here:<br />
<a href="http://www.lhcsound.com/page_library/SoundsLibrary.html">http://www.lhcsound.com/page_library/SoundsLibrary.html</a><br />
<br />
its creepy and awesome!<br />
read about it here:<br />
<a href="http://beatcrave.com/2010-06-23/god-particle-symphony-higgs-boson-gives-us-music/">http://beatcrave.com/2010-06-23/god-particle-symphony-higgs-boson-gives-us-music/</a>M Wattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09894702488762037813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962896266103906386.post-88251512041710977852010-06-22T02:58:00.000-07:002010-06-22T03:38:52.277-07:00Crocheted Hello Kitty PurseHey, I'm Beth, I'm the other person who sometimes posts on this blog. =D<div><div><br /></div><div>My adorable little niece Nova had her 5th birthday the other day. I made her a crocheted Hello Kitty purse with snaps to adjust the strap!</div><div><br /></div><div>Nova is awesome, and so she requires awesome gifts for her birthday.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguE68SHdnBHP77Qyhxh8LUmR_9LiR67I0j1bkvlWMH4AKK0xE4ycsQKUFk5h69RWn3yanbTxxWnBIFvDSsqfzP0l9qT6DXn-8bxeAUzN9qKXQFX5fOKSB9zlQTWDOo-9bobebevVKdUPIi/s200/novarad.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485544021657250834" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>First I made two faces.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeIm3X6uU1kSp0B7yIopEEFFl1gwYTpPmA9Wa_hVtRMTV4kTnBZAotwxME9K2Z4ocC-hx2l5Kv79chqeMWlmscz0mwyA6J79akE51-IkrewZTQFgt0FZAyHE92LSU-L_1V6L-Bqta3p_-a/s200/6212010+010.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485543551154699378" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Then I made a strap.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyCjh_WprIH4MBD3KZ_NjnYCllPbcIate0OCuXz6zM_-9vugrcKsui13lwbMYLzCuem-SGV-IZAqwvZFkLZvo4X0oPyNRCM7tI_VaftPovPVdA_CDuyY-bqIklCC-LRyiwZxk-9tBnzVaG/s200/6212010+014.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485543191355308514" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>As I attached the faces to the strap off center so that one side was almost twice as long as the other and so that the strap was also the sides and bottom of the purse, I embroidered the eyes and nose on the faces of the kitties.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoJu2VAtqcyNW8S0UzJpZWLD0AMSyNfoNuV4T7gLXKJEKg8YIrDZ-PXVa1VnIZp-Mm3_awCPfUoMZ8zeXQEt2gTjPw3kMlF2XC_fOlfTc8W5JjdKb_uZWewQrrakllzW5A26l3L7NOrYxu/s200/6212010+013.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485542363909037650" /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdvmwH3P6cgyZGb6PRukA2LuctxTZKlmDkjk97n3yHnVVmOFxS9JkT8GVduENQoM2izVnOWK1SR4m_TA0pkkqCOpfCN4V98WZVhuPMRGLk2uYotaM2e5QIdem3lhofspZ4yaJEVBF4EbIU/s200/6212010+011.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485542880837717010" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I added three snaps to the strap so that it could be adjusted.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvZZW65mc_MHtUQX76dMFsrGQ0f-Kn9fjh7iBWBE7UObaE6lV4BIeKZJ1ExzZBS6T1TFZRIladHHTtjfPlkynL7esA4VVUsHD7tKUhpgzo9RLHl_kB1yrWIcAylZAj4M7E3hHQPxlBpQyf/s200/6212010+119.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485541773242570642" /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Voila!</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimb11_xyYpwunGB0nrbsuI3kYB2rT318OOT40EBiHz2qEGA0aeJqdE3L-_uU2FzSAH41bHalRYI0DxK3hZnKiawPC0COSDyjUPV9Mo2VntOZMqKloWyoWnxTL3UhWWRhzTykj6Rgza5Xcv/s200/6212010+020.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485544319745047650" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKExlhoRuBLjxG4H3jysKtszP1PfPqtx7F-z2ZXJ17ko7dfLfxdh5LgmtNja6ZXvLtC5hVLWSgxz4UqVFnUPRCr6TpaNXzDmhiKHAH6TPFnaB9zYOAy9Ovy654KYZdCzmW_6C5gsJ006RM/s200/6212010+120.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485540975992991138" /></div>advertisinglieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08798920816812190571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962896266103906386.post-49766085823998815922010-06-12T14:25:00.000-07:002010-06-12T14:36:56.266-07:00Craft Crack!Looky! I got some awesome vintage buttons, buckles and a hat box! I frequent a site called Freecycle.org, on this site people offer items they want to get rid of for free. These items came from a very nice lady named Brenda and I can't wait to make some awesome office supplies from the buttons (thinking push pins and maybe decor on a bulletin board). Since I have an idea to decorate the spare room in art deco/vintage the box will fit perfectly. Many Thanks to Brenda!<br />
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I had another cigar box in the craft supplies- so I started with that as the base for my box.<br />
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I liked the border on the box, but not the image, so I taped off the border in masking tape and painted the rest of the box black:<br />
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Then I added a couple of skulls to the front, I figured it a good time to use some googly eyes, and I created d6 from a glass cube bead for the other eye. I bought a random bag of beads and charms recently and there was this awesome charm of skeleton keys, I thought it would make a good monocle!<br />
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I found these curtains at a thrift store in Montana when we were on our honeymoon and finally got around to hanging them up. I loves them! I put them craft/spare/Pinko's room, I like that it gives some privacy and allows more light in than the wooden blinds that are currently on the window.M Wattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09894702488762037813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962896266103906386.post-46810135046207484042010-06-04T10:14:00.000-07:002010-06-04T10:14:49.554-07:00Bottle Cap Laptop TableI have this set of 4 TV Tray tables, we use them a lot and it got me thinking.. what can I do to jazz these up? Mainly we were using the tables for the laptop, problem being the laptop would over heat. So I get this great idea to use all the bottle caps that I have been saving to create a table top that would let air flow under the laptop and allow it to stay cool. <br />
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I started off by putting down a layer of duct tape (one of my favorite things in the world!):<br />
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Here she is at 3 months fast asleep:<br />
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Here she is at 5 months, you won't believe how hard it is to get a good picture of a wiggly dog!<br />
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Hope that gave you a moment of 'AWWWWW' cause we have one all the time and really love our little panda girl! </div></div>M Wattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09894702488762037813noreply@blogger.com0