Monday, March 23, 2009

Sorry for the mini break

I hurt my wrist (doc says from too much crafting) so I had to take a break and let it heal. In the meantime I did some crazy cleaning/organizing of the craft space. Here are a couple picture of my new shelves :) Finally a place to put my stamps. Yes, there is one shelf missing. Stupid packaging was backwards so it ruined the front of the shelf, I need to go exchange it.


You may recognize most of my stamps for the Michael's $1 section. I LOVE that spot and I can't pass up $1 cute stamps.

After organizing I decided to do an easy scrapbook layout and then I needed a birthday card for a friend. FINALLY I successfully used my cricut in a design instead of cutting out more items for my scrap pile.

Now the newest problem to tackle is that all the outlets in my craft room aren't working. I had to transport my supplies to the living room and ended up working on the fireplace ledge thing that I have. I need my outlets to work!

Sunday, March 15, 2009

A day late...

I promised photos of my personal iris folding project and here they are. Sorry the pictures aren't great, I waited until night to take them for some reason.





This is honestly a fairly easy craft to learn. The trick is using the right paper (don't try this with good cardstock) and finding a pattern you love online.

I didn't get much crafting done today as I'm still obsessing with organizing. I got some new wall shelves to display all my stamps on. I think these will make my life easier because I will be able to see everything I have. It will also motivate me to clean my stamps after use so I don't ruin my wall paint. :)

Friday, March 13, 2009

today I share a funny email

If you are an owner of a dog that belongs to a 'dangerous breed' category and you also have a small child please take this as a warning. Don't leave your dog with the child unattended under any circumstances.


Only a little moment was enough for the following to happen. See the photo attached .....


Thursday, March 12, 2009

Iris Folding

I taught myself something new. It's called Iris Folding and I think it's great. Basically you fold several strips of paper and then layer then down on a pattern to create a great final look. I did take pictures but didn't have time to download them onto the computer (I will do it tonight) so in the meantime here is a sample so you get the idea.

Here is a sample of the pattern. There are hundreds of free patterns out there (just google iris folding pattern) or you can buy books with them. I personally printed and lamited several patterns (in different sizes) so that I can use them over and over again.


And here is the final product.

I will admit u-tube was a great help on this. Lots of ladies share their how-to videos.

Monday, March 9, 2009

A completed project, it's been so long.

and I do believe these will be my first photos of a craft I have made (even though I stole the idea).

I am amazed at how this turned out. I cannot wait to make more, and thankfully I have three more of these picture frames sitting around from a target clearance shelf

From the side: you can see the different heights I used. I only had one size foamies so I would just double them up for the tallest height. I also colored the foam black with a sharpie so the white foam wouldn't stick out like a sore thumb when viewing from the sides. That's a little trick I started doing a while back with my 3-d cards.

The creation sticker was an needed add on. I could have done something else but it worked. The matte had some tears on it. I believe this frame was a graduation frame and I torn the graduation embellishments off it some time ago.

All framed up (but I haven't cleaned the glass yet)Cleaned up and on the wall. I love it!

Friday, March 6, 2009

More in line with the season...butterflys

This favorite was found on craftzine's blog. Created by http://www.lollychops.com. This is such a simple and beautiful idea. I may be making one this weekend for my friend's new nursery.



To view the entire creative process follow this link:

http://www.lollychops.com/lollychops/2009/02/the-butterfly-project.html

Happy Friday!


Tuesday, March 3, 2009

For the love of christmas decor

Okay, so it's not really the right time for this post but OMGosh I'm in love with this


I love love love this great idea from
http://lauravegas.typepad.com/. I love me some buttons and cannot wait to make one for myself.