tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23394020132691336132024-03-12T17:49:07.715-07:00Nindy's BlogCindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08087952192951828399noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339402013269133613.post-12819425532822666382016-02-03T10:41:00.001-08:002016-02-03T10:41:51.354-08:00What's your word?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I know I've been MIA for awhile, but hopefully I can start back blogging regularly.<br />
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I know I post a lot about our women's bible study (withintheword.com), but it really is a big part of my life and so are the ladies.<br />
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We are getting ready to start up our semester this week, and we asked all our ladies to choose a word for the year that describes who they are and how it relates to their relationship with God. Each lady chose totally different words. I thought I would make them each a tag , with their word, so they could keep it somewhere they could see it daily and it would bring them closer to the relationship they wish to have with God.<br />
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I am enjoying trying my hand mixed media. It involves stenciling, texture paste, spray paints, and added glitter, gold leaf, flowers and other metal embellishments.<br />
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I love playing with the colors than adding things as I go.<br />
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For some reason, I'm on a "gold kick" and love the elegance it adds.<br />
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Each tag is as unique as each lady.</div>
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I have known some of these ladies for years, and I know their struggles along with their triumphs!</div>
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So ask yourself, "what is my word?" If you pray about it, I know God will reveal it to you.</div>
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Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08087952192951828399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339402013269133613.post-42882386304307769392015-02-15T12:47:00.003-08:002015-02-15T12:48:13.138-08:00A few craft projects<br />
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It's been a while since I've blogged. In between life and grandkids, it's been busy.<br />
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This post will be misc. things I have crafted, and it should catch me up to this point.<br />
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I love making cards and sending them to friends and my ladies in bible study. (Withintheword.com)<br />
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You never know when a hand-made card is just thing to lift someone's spirits that day. I know how it makes me feel when someone takes the time and effort to let me know they have thought about me.</div>
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As you can see, I love this rose/leopard print and used it to make a "shaker" card with sequins, beads and glitter behind the clear acetate film.</div>
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Here's a little mini book I made in class at "My Heart's Fancy", a local art store that is like a candy store to me. They have so many things to help you create whatever you want and offer classes about 4 times a month.</div>
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This album is actually a mini- calendar with each page dedicated to a particular month. It was so fun to make and easy to put together.</div>
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My sister vacationed at a friend's beach home, so I made her a "thank you gift" for the hostess. Since it was at a beach, I made a beach themed photo book, so they could capture their trip.</div>
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Lastly, yesterday was Valentine's day. I always make a little gift for my ladies in bible study at the holidays.</div>
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There is a blog called "the funkie junkie" and she had made the most beautiful tags for Valentine's day with a tutorial. So I made 12 tags, each a little different from the other.</div>
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Each one had a pink and white striped envelope on the back which held a piece of chocolate, and each lady received a little box of candy.</div>
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So that's a few things I've been working on and have so many more projects I want to make. So many crafts, so little time. Hope you enjoyed and you're inspired to create something.</div>
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Hello fellow blogging friends. It's been awhile, I know. Time passes so fast , and I really don't have a good excuse why I haven't posted. I have several projects that I've worked on over the past few months and will do another post showing them. Hopefully I will be more consistent with posting in the future.<br />
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The holidays are approaching way to soon, but with the first snowfall, I locked myself in the craft room and created. I saw a wonderful video on "The flying Unicorn" showing how to make large stockings out of canvas. I knew I would have to make quite a few, so I made miniature versions of the stockings.<br />
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I drew out my own pattern on canvas and cut out enough to make 10 stockings. I stenciled a "damask" pattern with white gesso. When the gesso dried, I sprayed each one with different glittered sprays. I then sewed each one, added a cuff and then decorated each one.<br />
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I made one for our bible study teacher,(withintheword.com) our "prayer warrior" who is moving to Joplin, and for the ladies in my small group.</div>
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I filled each with candy, chocolates, coffee gift card and a coordinating candy cane. ( You know I have to match everything!)<br />
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I also made a couple of cards to give with a couple of the gifts.<br />
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I let each of the women pick out their stocking ,based on their favorite color.<br />
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I hope each of the ladies know how they have blessed my life and hope they enjoy this small token of our friendship. Until the next post- be creative and show somebody you care.Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08087952192951828399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339402013269133613.post-13715167950838354672014-05-20T19:48:00.002-07:002014-05-20T19:48:41.937-07:00"At da Beach"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It seems, in the paper world that is, that the theme is "Beachy", nautical, or at the "Seashore." I love the beautiful colors of a sandy beach, an aqua ocean, and the peachy sea shells.<br />
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Several years ago, we were blessed enough to go to Gulf Shores in Alabama, and then we took our boys back several years later. There is nothing like the breeze and smell coming off the ocean air or the Gulf. The sand between your toes has an instant spa-like effect and all your cares seem to melt into the sandy tide. If I could, I would go back there every year.<br />
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When Prima came out with their new line called "Seashore", I had to make some projects.<br />
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I decided on some tags. I had some shell trim that I've had for years, so it went perfectly on the lower border and it adds some movement to the tag. Fraying some burlap, I kept the scraps and used them in the upper left corner. I sprayed some shells and flowers, and added some moss and a seahorse.<br />
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The second tag has a lot the same elements as the first, but using a starfish and some clear pebbles.<br />
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The third tag, I added a small glass vial and added some sand and aqua glitter.<br />
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I'm sure I'll be making many more projects with paper line, the colors are so soothing to me.<br />
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Next, I used a digital line from "Kitty Scrap Post", called "Es Nautico," (Nautical) (at http://www.zibbet.com/KittysScrapPost/artwork?artworkId=2290822.) Luisa creates the most beautiful papers and I love that you just pay, download and have immediate access to her designs. Unlike physical paper pads you buy , with the downloads, you can print as many as you want, forever!<br />
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This particular design paper attracted me because of the crab cage. My brother-in-law ,who lives in Delaware, is an avid "crabber" and his birthday is this week. I found some resin crab pieces, netting and personalized him a "crab card."<br />
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Last, along with the same color scheme, is a necklace that I made for someone very special. Spellbinders came out with blank metal pieces that you can paint, fill and add whatever you want to the piece.<br />
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Our weekly bible study , Withintheword.com, is on summer break. We had our last Wednesday study for the semester last week. We have an amazing teacher, Kathy Patton. We have been studying Exodus and I have learned so much. Kathy is on a mission for God and touches so many women. The gift is such a small token of how much we appreciate her.<br />
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I painted the piece, and added a cross charm, rhinestones and some glitter. I rubbed some gold rub and buff randomly over the metal. I glued on the clear piece to hold in all the embellishments. I placed it on a rhinestone chain to make a vintage-like necklace.<br />
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I hope everyone has a wonderful, safe Memorial weekend. I guess the sand colored carpet between my toes in my craft room will be my beach for the weekend.<br />
Happy crafting,<br />
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I purchased some raw canvas and burlap bags the other day and thought I would decorate them for Easter.<br />
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Each one is a little different from the next. I received some adorable papers and embellishments from the UK- Tilda. They had a lot of springtime pieces that I used in the flower arrangements.<br />
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I painted in random areas with acrylic paint and a glittered snow texture. I used antique doilies to anchor the flowers. Colored lace was added and a banner was stamped with a sentiment.<br />
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These were so easy to put together and it was a great way to use a lot of my stash.<br />
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Once I started, it was hard to stop.<br />
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It's a fun way to give a gift. You can fill it with candy or some other little gift.<br />
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Though bunnies and such are a cute symbol of Easter, the true meaning is the cross. I have added one to each of my bags.<br />
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It is tucked into each flower arrangement. Christ died for us and when they rolled away the stone, the tomb was empty. His resurrection gives us the gift of eternal life if we choose to accept him as our Lord and Savior. <br />
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May you all have a blessed Easter and I pray you share this wonderful , holy holiday with those you love. I pray you are able to go to a service to hear God's word and know that he loves each and every one of us.<br />
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Blessings and love,<br />
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A lot of times I go in my craft room to just play, and some times it's with a purpose. I love to make cards, but it's always with a heavy heart, when I am making a sympathy card.<br />
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More often, than not, my cards are on the "embellishment heavy" side, so I make a box to encase the card.<br />
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There are joyous occasions, such as my granddaughter's birthday. Little girls are so much fun to make "girly cards"for.<br />
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I also love making elegant cards with a lot of lace and bling.<br />
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These 2 cards were fun to make. I remember screen doors as a young child and I put real screen behind each of the doors.<br />
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These are little "twinchy" books made with felt and glued spines.<br />
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These are packages I wrapped for my sister's birthday. A little change from just the plain boring wrapping paper.<br />
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So, this is what I do in between larger projects. Crafting is like therapy to me, but a lot more expensive, says my husband.(ha ha)<br />
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Hope this inspires someone to get in a "crafty mood."<br />
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Hello everyone. I know it's been quite a long time since I've blogged. I had to have more surgery on my shoulder. I had rotator cuff repair 6 months ago and it started freezing up on me, so they had to go back in and "crack" the scar tissue away from my shoulder. I am finally getting more range of motion. On my 8th month of physical therapy, so this has slowed down my crafting a little.</div>
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My hair stylist and good friend asked me if I would make a "prop" for her son's upcoming community theatre group. He is narrating and the theme was steampunk; father time.</div>
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For those who don't know what "steampunk" is, it's a type of pop art that mixes the Victorian era with gears and machinery. This is totally out of my comfort zone, except for the Victorian part.</div>
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My blank canvas was a huge, bare umbrella. The requirements were: had to look steampunk, look like clock, had to have moving hands and it had to still be able to fold up.</div>
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Because of the folding issue, I decided to take each panel separate and not connect it to the next. So I came up with a design for each panel.</div>
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I started with cutting out gold roman numerals and glueing on the face of the umbrella, again being mindful of the folds and the metal folding panels.</div>
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I thought it needed some color, so I added this red, eyelash trim.</div>
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Because lace is my middle name, I used it on 2 panels.</div>
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The corset look came from the Victorian period; I added that look to a couple of panels. One, I used buckles and ribbon and the other chain-like hooks and leather trim.</div>
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On one panel, I added an open zipper and had the appearance of metal gears and other metal objects spilling out of the zipper.</div>
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Veil netting is popular in steampunk, so I used black netting with red velvet ribbon on both sides. I added feathers and a metal clock with a metal crown.</div>
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The next to the last section, I criss-crossed black and red ribbon and added a metal medallion and placed a clock piece in the center. I then hung a key with a picture of a Victorian gentleman with a mustache.</div>
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And finally, the last panel I swagged 3 layers of silver chain.<br />
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To finish off the bottom, I added an elastic black lace trim.</div>
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I made the hands of the clock with heavy , black chipboard and covered with a metallic paper.</div>
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I put a large washer under the end of each hand for weight purposes and so it would rotate easier.</div>
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The final touch , I added a finial using an old fashion water knob. This also helps hold the hands from falling off. I also added a leather looking gear under the hands on the very top of the umbrella.</div>
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This style was a real challenge for me, but was a lot of fun creating. The young man promises to send me pictures of his full costume, holding his steampunk prop.</div>
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You never know where crafting will take you, but I loved the challenge and am looking forward to my next project.</div>
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I will be posting real soon another album I'm working on with lots of flowers, lace and tea cups! And of course it has pink in it.</div>
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I just finished a fun, detailed, little girl's dress shop. Laura Denison at "Followingthepapertrail", creates the most amazing projects. You can purchase the tutorial or buy a kit, or both to create your own little shop. It's the first shop in her "Maple Street" series. Laura is one of my favorite designers.<br />
She has her own ustream channel so she can share all her talent. There are tutorials to watch on each of her projects that takes you through each step.<br />
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I never have tackled anything this "architectual" before, but I really enjoyed putting it together, piece by piece, and customizing it to my pinky, shabby chic taste.<br />
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Growing up in a suburb of OKC, Bethany, OK, gave me the feeling of growing up in a small town atmosphere. I loved going shopping downtown. All the different store front windows would lure you in to see what treasures were to be found.<br />
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Most of the old stores had wood flooring that creaked and a special aroma that reminded you of the "good ole days."<br />
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I always loved it when there was a second story to the shop. That's where you found unexpected little trinkets. It wouldn't be complete without the decorative awning. Of course I had to make my awning pink!<br />
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It is so amazing what you can do with paper. You can create just about anything with chipboard and all the different papers to choose from. I also collect beautiful trims, so I had to put some on the balcony of this little shop.<br />
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The back alley way behind all the shops had "graffiti like" writing on the back of each building. This pink paper reminded me of the back of a store. Each building would have different advertisements painted on them.<br />
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This is just the first part of this project. As you can see, the roof comes off, because there is a mini album that is going to fit inside of this little building.<br />
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I can't wait to add more little shops to my "Click Street." The next shop is going to be a "Tea Room"!<br />
Right up my alley. Of course there's going to be a pet shop, bakery and who knows what else will be in my little town.<br />
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I'll leave the building of real homes and shops to my oldest son, Jeff. I think it's safer for me to stick to paper shops!<br />
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Who knew you could craft and shop, all in one tiny little space? Going to start on my mini album now; happy crafting.<br />
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I saw a fun tutorial the other day that showed how to make these cute snow globes. <br />
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Since my oldest granddaughter, Alessondra, loves Owls, I thought it would be fun for both of us to make an Owl snow globe. <br />
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First, you can find these plastic snow globes at Michaels, on sale about $4.00.<br />
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There are 3 pieces. The globe, the removable base and the screw on bottom. I chose to make "water-less globes, instead, I added loose glitter and snow flakes.<br />
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I added glitter to the top of the base (I glued this glitter down), then I started adding all my elements.<br />
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I needed something to attach the sticker to, so I put a battery operated tea light in. It also gives it a cool glowing look and can be used as a night light.<br />
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We attached a mini sled, jingle bells, and some snow balls, glueing them all down to the base.<br />
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I die cut a large scallop piece from cardboard and painted it red, then added some of the snow texture.<br />
After screwing on the bottom piece, I glued it to the red cardboard, then added a green piece of scrap paper, then a red bow.<br />
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Of course, I had to make me a pink, shabby chic globe. I found a bag of bottle brush trees, in 3 different sizes. (Remember, they can't be too tall, or your globe won't fit over you tree.) They were in the miniature village pieces at Michaels. I painted the tree a baby pink, then added snow texture and pink candy gems.<br />
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I then glued a crystal angel, snow flakes and snow balls. I also mixed some pink glitter with snow flake glitter. I used a pink bling piece to top the tree.<br />
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I stamped a Christmas sentiment and die cut a label and placed it on the front of the globe.<br />
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My last snow globe was a fun, traditional one. I glued colored crystals on the tree, snow texture and topped it with a bow and bling. Another miniature sled and snowman was added.<br />
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I placed on the scalloped base and used gingham ribbon and red crystals to embellish the base of the globe. Roses were added to the center of the bow.<br />
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My 3 year old granddaughter had to get in on the crafts and she made her a little Christmas scene on a base. (She kept adding things, so they all wouldn't fit under a globe, but she didn't care.)<br />
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We finished the day with eating chili at our son's and DIL's house and made Christmas cookies.<br />
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I think equal parts of the dough were eaten and baked!<br />
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It was a perfect day of making fun memories and crafts. I am so blessed with a husband of 41 years, 2 wonderful sons and daughter in laws, and 4 beautiful granddaughters. I can't wait for all of us to be together on Christmas day.<br />
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Cindy(or Nindy, as my grandkids call me- it's a cross between Cindy and Nanny)</div>
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The "craft stage" is set today. It's less than 20 degrees outside, a moderate snow storm taking place, a crockpot full of black-eyed peas with ham hocks is cooking, (ok, yuck, I don't like black-eyed peas, but my husband does-I'll eat the fried potatoes and corn bread) and a fire in the fireplace.<br />
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I have just 2 trees up this year. My main tree is 16 foot, but not this year. With my shoulder surgery, there is no way I could reach to hang all of the ornaments it takes to fill that tree. So I put up a smaller tree.<br />
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I chose chrystal and white this year for a snowy , winter wonderland look.<br />
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My second tree is my seasonal tree that is up all year. I change it with the different seasons. At Christmas, I have a more shabby chic tree and fill it with pictures of my 4 granddaughters. The girls love seeing their pictures hanging on the tree.<br />
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So with both trees up and decorated, I wanted to craft today.<br />
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For my birthday, my sister gave me a bag of old clothes pins to decorate. She was getting ready to throw them away, so I'm glad I had them on my birthday wish list.<br />
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After a couple of good coats of gesso, they were ready to transform.<br />
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I lightly dry brushed a couple of the pins with a light pink and a baby blue. I found this cool sparkle texture paint and I put a light coat of this on the pins, flowers and ribbons. It looks like this:<br />
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It gives a pretty snowy look with a golden sparkle.<br />
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I colored my own seam binding and scrunched it up so it would have a wrinkled look. These were so easy to make and it was a chance for me to use up some scraps.<br />
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Of course I like the shabby look, so pastels are a must. I made some purple ones too and I love how they turned out.<br />
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I am making some snow globes tomorrow, so I used some of my Christmas embellishments to make a holiday pin.<br />
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You can use these to put on top of packages or to wrap you laces around to put on display.<br />
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Enough crafting today; going to go ice my shoulder and get ready to watch "The Sound of Music"- the live version with Carrie Underwood. What a great way to end a beautiful, snowy day.<br />
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Thank you God for the beautiful picture you painted today with the snow and the ability to use your gifts to create for others for one more day.<br />
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Happy crafting.<br />
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There are very few gifts that can be a home decor item and house the gift itself.</div>
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Decorated gift cans are certainly not a new idea, and I didn't come up with this unique gift idea myself. But, these are so easy to customize and it's easy to make it "a one of a kind."<br />
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You start with a new, clean and empty paint can. You can get these at Lowes or Home Depot for around $4.00. (Make sure you get the can opener, which are free and usually sit on the paint counter.)<br />
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We had 2 baby showers recently at our women's bible study, (withintheword.com), so I knew immediately that I wanted to make one for each baby. One is having a little boy (she has 2 precious girls) and the other is having a little girl ( she has a "special delivery" darling little boy and this is her first pregnancy!) We have all prayed for a long time , so this is a miracle baby!!!<br />
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All you need is scrapbook paper, contact paper, or even wrapping paper will do. I used double sided tape to adhere the paper to the can. Then just gather flowers and other embellishments and glue them on the can. (I use Fabric tac and find that it holds better than a glue gun.) I love when I have a theme. Isabella's room is going to be all the Disney princesses, so I found the perfect pink paper with castles and "princess words." I just printed her name with a "girly font" and put it behind a frame.<br />
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I also decorate the paint can openers and attach with a ribbon long enough that makes it possible to open the can.<br />
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I wrapped the core with a ribbon, then glued flowers, beads and bling to the top. Of course it is glittered up!<br />
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I added paper to the top of the can along with a heart appliqué and flowers. Flat back pearls are perfect to add around the base.<br />
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The next baby theme was "vintage bike." One thing about boys, you can't add all the "stuff", so I have to back off a little to make sure it's masculine. This doesn't mean though, I can't add little trinkets.<br />
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I started with some burlap fabric and stamped vintage bikes on it with a distressed brown ink. I used fabric tac to attach the fabric to the can.<br />
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I die cut a bike and used metallic embossing powder to make it look more vintage. I stamped this darling baby sentiment on a die cut frame.<br />
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I added twill ribbon and cut out a paper measuring tape. I stamped a strip of card stock with the same vintage bike stamps that I had used on the burlap fabric.<br />
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I tied different ribbons and natural yarns to both sides of the handle.<br />
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On the top of the can lid, I added stamped card stock and added more burlap. I had a little pink bicycle, that I easily painted blue to match the theme colors.<br />
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The lid opener had ribbon, flower and fibers added.<br />
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From the baby showers, I had a couple of custom orders for future baby showers. I've completed one of them. It was another fun baby girl can and I love the nursery colors.<br />
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The opener turned out really cute with roses, glass beads and small diamond broach.<br />
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I did something a little bit different for the lid. I purchased a drawer pull and took out the long screw that was in the center of it. I glued it on a metal flower, added pearls, and then glued to top of lid. I covered the hole with a small diamond button embellishment.<br />
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I added more ribbons and fibers to the side of both handles.<br />
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When the can is complete, I place coordinating colored tissue paper and the gift. These would be great for all occasions, ages and holidays. I can't wait to make some Christmas themed cans.<br />
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My shoulder is "slowly" making progress. I'm still having to go to physical therapy twice a week and the surgeon is worried about a " frozen shoulder." I'm sure with crafting , retail therapy and physical therapy, I will be back to 100% in a few months. Nothing like sliding your credit card over and over to get a little shoulder action!!!<br />
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May each and every one of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving . I am truly blessed and have so much to be thankful for. I'm very thankful for all of you that follow my blog and leave your special comments.<br />
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Blessings and happy crafting.Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08087952192951828399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339402013269133613.post-32783480770228908502013-11-10T16:15:00.001-08:002013-11-10T16:15:26.669-08:00One Arm Crafting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been awhile I know. A little bit of surgery has slowed me down a bit.<br />
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Several months ago, I tore my rotator cuff. I know exactly when I did it. I needed to have a good stretch. Like always, I raised my arms above my head; I have a bad neck, so I protected it, and my right shoulder took the brunt. I felt something tear, and had a horrible burning sensation in my shoulder.<br />
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For 3 months, I prayed the pain would get better, but it didn't. So, in September, I had shoulder surgery. The surgeon found a tear in the tendon, a couple of bone spurs that had been shredding the tendon (so that was probably why it tore easily), bursitis , and a partial frozen shoulder. He put in an anchor in to help support the rotator cuff tendon. I have to say, it's way more than I expected as far as pain and rehab. Of course it had to be my right shoulder and I am right handed. You don't know how much you use your shoulder, until you lose the use of it. I've worn a sling for 7 weeks, and am still in physical therapy ,2 times a week.<br />
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I have really had to rely on help from others. Like, rolling my hair. My husband is now a pro at it and I am confident he will be able to do it ,if and when the need for me to go in a nursing home. Starting the car has to be left handed , so does shifting in reverse. You have to learn to drive with one hand, and u-turns are out of the question. Getting dressed is fun. Try pulling up tight jeans with one hand. More than once I have been stuck in a shirt, because I can't pull my arm out of the sleeve. <br />
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My nail girl has learned how to lift my arm up so she can have access to my hand, so she can do my nails. (There are some things that are worth the pain:)<br />
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One by one, I have been able to conquer each of the above little triumphs. That's how I know I'm progressing. I am not a patient "patient" and want to fast forward this rehab, and I've tried but that little "warning light" called pain stops you in your tracks.<br />
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The sling was so boring looking, so of course I had to bling it up. The therapist had a good laugh. The sling not only helps support your shoulder, but also has an invisible sign that says "don't even think about giving me a hug!"<br />
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I know this is such a trivial set back compared to so many other things that could go wrong, and trust me, I thank God for this to be something that can be fixed and not life threatening.<br />
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I have slowly started back crafting , so here are some random projects I have done.<br />
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These are a couple of Halloween cards I made. I made boxes to match to put some goodies in.<br />
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I've had to make several sympathy cards in the past few weeks.<br />
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Prima is one of my favorite crafting companies and they had shown several cards they had made, so I had to make my version of them.<br />
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And the last one was a layered card.<br />
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Hopefully, in the near future, I can get back to crafting like I used to in between physical therapy and the holidays.<br />
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I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving and know that we are all blessed.<br />
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Hugs (with only one arm) :)<br />
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Have you paid close attention to what you accumulate; whether it be one particular color of things (PINK), or paper, or glitter perhaps! I was playing around in my craft room today and noticed I have an over abundance of glitter.<br />
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I have always loved everything "sparkley", so I guess that's why I'm so attracted to glitter. (My nails are even glittered.)<br />
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So I decided today I was going to make a project using some of my glitter. I was inspired by a post on Pinterest yesterday. It was a card with a box to hold it. Since most of my cards are on the overly "embellished side", and don't usually fit in a normal envelope, this is a perfect solution for my cards. (To all my friends who receive a card from me and there is "postage due", my apologies. My small group ladies in my Bible Study have learned- it costs to be my friend!)<br />
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For my card, I started with "Scor tape",or double sided tape. I placed tape at different intervals and pulled of the protective covering. I put my card in a tray and poured glitter on top. I rubbed glitter aggressively over the sticky parts. There were nice, clean lines of glitter! Here are the 2 types of glitter I used on my card and flowers.<br />
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I then started embellishing the card with ribbon and flowers and a die cut. I painted the tops of my flowers lightly with white paint, and then applied random glue and dipped them into the diamond dust. It really gives the flowers a shabby look.<br />
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Then, out of white cardstock paper, I made a box to house my card in. I repeated the tape/glitter process on the top of the box, and embellished it with ribbon and flowers. (The custom box is not hard to make at all, just measure your card and add the measurement you want for the depth, score and assemble.<br />
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I love the way it turned out, and have so many ideas for making more sets. Wedding, baby showers, even custom invitations. Of course, you don't have to use glitter. You can change the style of these very easily.<br />
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Surprisingly, this card set barely made a dent in my glitter bottle, so I'm thinking, I've got about another 500 sets to go before I will be out of glitter.<br />
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For the past several months, I have been re-vamping my craft room. I have a wonderful "organizer" coming in to help me once a week to get everything separated, donated and organized.<br />
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I have 5 large cabinets that have upper and lower shelves. The storage they provide is wonderful. Now that I have changed everything around, I need labels to show where everything is located. Each cabinet holds different supplies that are grouped together.<br />
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It's amazing how fast and how much you accumulate when you are a crafter. They are constantly releasing new products every week.<br />
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I bought these cabinets years ago at Sam's. They were a plain white, and of course I don't like "plain."<br />
I glued ribbon all the way around the recessed areas. I then used a heart stamp, loaded it with paint and stamped a heart on each panel. <br />
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I also changed out the plain white door knobs with shabby rose knobs.<br />
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I used a "Sizzix" die to make the mason jars labels. I had some distressed metallic paper I used to make the lids of the jars. I scored 3 lines to give it an embossed look.<br />
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Having a label maker has helped me so much with the organizing process. I purchased a "Brother P-touch" from Office Depot. It is very user friendly!<br />
I cut up a paper doily and added a strip under the lid and finished it with some jute and flowers.<br />
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I hot glued a ribbon to the back of the jar, so it could hang from the door knob.<br />
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Now, at a glance, I know what supplies are where without having to open each door to find an item!<br />
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Here are a few pics of drawers and cabinets that have been organized.<br />
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When I have finished the whole craft room, I will post more pictures. It is so nice to walk into a room and know where everything is!<br />
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If you are a crafter, than you know that youtube and ustream have changed the crafting world in a big way. At your finger tips you have videos of every new product that comes out and where you can buy it with a click of a "paypal" button. Each paper company not only releases 5/6 new paper lines every 6 months, but each one has it's own flowers, stickers and embellishments that match that line.<br />
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Each company also has design team members that make a project a week out of the new products, which entices us to want to buy the "showcased products." Then, if that wasn't enough, there are classes on every night of the week on ustream by designers, showing you how to make the projects and just in case you haven't spent enough money already, they just reinforce the thought- " we need more!"<br />
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It doesn't take long before you have more product coming in than projects going out. This creates an abundant overflow in your craft room. I predict in not so long future, there will be rehab for crafters.<br />
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When I found that I had no more places for any more supplies and couldn't remember what I had bought, it was time for a plan of action. I was given a wonderful gift for Mother's day- a professional organizer. The best gift I have ever received. ( In case you are interested- Amy at <a href="http://simplicty4u.net/">simplicty4u.net</a> is who I am using.)<br />
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Amy is a woman with a label making machine, and not afraid to use it!! She has organized, helped me purge, rearranged my supplies for better access and has labeled all my supplies. It is such a good feeling to know where everything is, opening a closet door without bracing yourself for an avalanche, and having space to craft! It is life changing- I highly recommend it.<br />
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So, with all that said, I have been very motivated to create. This album I created this week is from a wonderful designer-Stephanie Miller (<a href="http://withinagrin.blogspot.net/">withinagrin.blogspot.net</a>) I love everything she makes. I used the same paper line and embellishments she used because I fell so in love with her project. <br />
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This album is made out of paper bags and chipboard and is designed to stand up. A ribbon with a magnetized flower attaches the front to the back to helps keep it closed and standing.<br />
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Each page has a pocket to hold a tag.<br />
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I love all the rich colors that are in this paper line. They make a great back ground for any photo.<br />
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I'm on to another mini album- trying to keep the ratio of more supplies going out than coming in.:)<br />
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I remember the first time I learned to sew. I was 8 years old. I just sewed random pieces of scrap material together , and even though it didn't make anything useful, the satisfaction it gave me that I created something out of scraps was the best feeling in the world!!!! My mom then would give me felt shapes and I sewed sequins and tiny beads until they were covered. We placed them on a Christmas table cloth all around the edge and I thought I was an expert sewer by then.<br />
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Back in the day, Home ec. was still a required in junior high. I took half a semester of sewing and the other half was cooking. Part of my grade was having to wear to school a garment I made in class. I prayed it would stay together just long enough to get me through my classes, and it did. I knew sewing was something I would do the rest of my life. I made most of my clothes during my high school years. <br />
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About 20 years ago, about 5 of our family members took quilting lessons at Francis Tuttle Vo tech.<br />
That was so much fun and I fell in love with quilting. I went on to take more lessons at Oklahoma Quilt works (<a href="http://okquiltworks.com/">okquiltworks.com</a>) in Casady Square. If you have not ever been there, I really encourage you to go check it out. It is a sea of fabrics, thread, patterns and home made quilts hung on every wall.<br />
They offer classes for the very beginner, to the very advanced.<br />
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In the summer, they offer kid's camps and offer a variety of projects to make. You have to be at least 8 years old to take their classes.<br />
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So many of the arts are slowly dying or not being offered to our young adults. There is a whole other world for our young people to experience, if we only make them available to them and encourage them.<br />
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All of my grand daughters are very talented and crafty and show interest in crafting, painting and sewing.<br />
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This past week, Alessondra, my oldest grand daughter, took a 5 day class to learn how to quilt. When I saw the size of the quilt they would be making, I must say, I had my doubts. 12 rows with 7 blocks to each row. For a beginner, that is quite a big project.<br />
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Each day, I was pleasantly surprised with what she got accomplished in a 3 hour period. Now 3 hours to sit at one project is challenging for me, much less, a social butterfly like Alessondra. The teacher said she stayed very focused and hardly talked. (Hmmmmmm- I re-verified we were both talking about the same child here!<br />
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The class came with a kit with the pre-cut blocks, but each girl was able to shop in the fabric store for the backing they wanted for their quilt. This was one of Alessondra's favorite part- to choose her own fabric.<br />
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On Wednesday, she had successfully sewn all her blocks and rows together and was ready for the next step, quilting the front to the back fabric. It won't shock many of you to know that she picked out a fabric with "owls" for her backing.<br />
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On Friday, 9 little girls stood proudly with their finished quilts for a picture. I could see the same look of accomplishment " I felt "so many years ago. I hope as each one of my grand daughters turn 8, they will let me introduce them to the world of sewing and quilting. And the extra bonus- a warm feeling on the outside to match their inside. Nindy is so proud of you!<br />
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Normally, at any given time, I am working on 2 to 3 projects at a time. There are so many tutorials and patterns to choose from, it's hard to stick to just one. <br />
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Several months ago, I watched a tutorial (<a href="http://withagrin.blogspot.com/">withagrin.blogspot.com</a>). She had made a wallet-like project by just slipping one paper bag within another one to create a fun, small paper bag album. I chose this fun "French Country" paper because I loved the roosters. I created a small faux window with curtains and a window box.<br />
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This is a small gatefold card for added room for pictures or journaling.<br />
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I love the colors and country feel to this project. Super easy, and only took 2 paper bags, paper and embellishments.<br />
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In between projects, I'm always making cards. Unfortunately, the last couple of cards were Sympathy cards. We lost a dear friend in our bible study to cancer. She was so precious and so young. She has 2 small children. Our Women's bible study wanted to help her family in some way, so I made a card and our women contributed gift cards and cash to give to her husband and family.<br />
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Inside, I made a expandable pocket to hold the gift cards.<br />
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The only problem was, it wasn't big enough to hold all the donations!!! Our women have such giving hearts and spirits. What a wonderful blessing they are! (<a href="http://withintheword.com/">withintheword.com</a>)<br />
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Another dear friend lost her father recently. I know how comforting each and every card were to me when I lost both parents last year, so each card I make is with love and one of a kind.<br />
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I have more projects coming. I am also in the middle of re-vamping my craft room. Cleaning, organizing and purging. For mother's day, my kids got me a gc for a professional organizer to come in to try to help me get my craft room under control. I am slowly seeing some progress ( and my floor) and hopefully will be able to keep it organized. We'll see!!!!!<br />
Until next time- "Make something!!"<br />
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I know it's been awhile since I have posted. But I HAVE been crafting! My latest project is not only fun to make, but it's one of the easiest.<br />
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Start with any magnet board. You can find these at Hobby Lobby or Michaels in the garden section. They come in many sizes. Mine is about 8x10.</div>
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Then start adding papers. I broke up the design by adding 2 different papers, but still from the same paper line. I used double sided tape instead of wet glue. It seems to go on smoother without getting the paper wet.<br />
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I then started adding embellishments with flowers, lace , chipboard pieces and pearls.<br />
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This was a gift for our teacher in our women's bible study (<a href="http://withintheword.com/">withintheword.com</a>), and we wanted to let her know how much the women in our bible study were praying for her. Each woman filled out a card with their prayer for Kathy. I made a pocket on the back of the board to hold the prayer cards.<br />
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Each day, she can pull out a different prayer and place it on the front of the board. The cards are held with different magnets I made by adding a magnet to different objects.<br />
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I finished it by adding a little clip on hanger from the "Melissa Frances" line.<br />
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We gave gift cards to other leaders in our group, so I made little tea cups to place them in. I used a new Brenda Walton tea cup die to make each tea cup, then decorated each one, placed a gift card in them and covered them in plastic wrap.<br />
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I hope you give these projects a try- super easy, super fun. Happy crafting- CindyCindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08087952192951828399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339402013269133613.post-79343278964441774432013-03-25T12:44:00.000-07:002013-03-25T12:44:43.904-07:00Vintage Easter Tags<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been playing around in the craft room, (and trying to clean out.) I tend to hoard favorite flowers, lace, etc.. but I decided to share it. (That is why I bought it for in the first place, right?)<br />
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I found an etsy shop that sells vintage images (lovecreationgal). She has some darling images and the quality, when your print them, is beautifully detailed.<br />
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Prima has a "tag pad" filled with sturdy tags, all with the same background. It's easy to build on them.<br />
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All I did is cut each image out and placed it on a tag. I then added laces, tags, jewels, etc..<br />
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I love this shabby vintage lace I found, and wish I had bought more. I layered it on top of colored lace.<br />
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I found some jewelry pieces at Michaels. They come in a string like form, so all you have to do is cut them apart. They go pretty far, since there are on an average of 6 or more jewelry pieces.<br />
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I think the purple one is one of my favorites. It's so "Springy" and makes me want to plant flowers!<br />
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Of course I would have a couple of pink tags- pink is my favorite color.<br />
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These images are so nostalgic to me. I have several vintage postcards from my great aunt and mom.<br />
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I hope you all enjoy going back in "the olden days" as much as I do. I'll be back soon with more posts of other projects I've been working on.<br />
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May all of you have a wonderful Easter, and know that on this day, Jesus died on the cross and rose on this day, so we may have "Eternal Life."Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08087952192951828399noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339402013269133613.post-3932407839606615002013-02-21T14:01:00.001-08:002013-02-21T14:01:18.152-08:00Tiny Hearts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I found the cutest heart die cut a couple of weeks ago at our local art/scrapbooking store. <br />
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They were easy to assemble, so I decided to make some for some friends of mine. I decorated each one a little bit different. It was a good way to use leftover, tiny scraps of lace and flowers.<br />
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The die cut can be used different ways. You can cut out the center with included heart die, or you can cut out a solid heart. On this one I added a piece of etched plastic to centers.<br />
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Here's an example of the solid heart and I just added a coordinating paper heart. These were so much<br />
fun to make, I made about 15. Once I started, I couldn't stop!<br />
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I love going through all my tiny embellishments and decorating each heart in a different theme.<br />
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I added them to a little white tree I had and made a heart topper to go on top of the tree.<br />
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I also made a couple of Valentine cards for the girls. I tucked some money and a sucker in each one.<br />
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Valentine's Day has always been one of my favorite holidays. I hope each of you had a wonderful<br />
"Heart Day".<br />
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It's been awhile since I've posted. My father became ill in November and I lost him on December 16th. We didn't want to rush into planning his "Memorial Service", so we waited until after all the holidays to do his service. I will due a "blog tribute" to him at a later date.<br />
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I am in a women's bible study called "Within the Word" (<a href="http://withintheword.com/">withintheword.com</a>). We meet on Wednesday mornings and I am one of the small group leaders. I love this group of women, and together, we have been thru many trials and many blessings. We gather each week to hear God's word and learn how to apply it in our daily lives.<br />
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We had a leadership meeting this past weekend, and I was asked to do a presentation. I was to share what I do as a leader to encourage and how I stay in contact with my ladies. With crafting being my gift, I was so excited to share with fellow leaders. As part of my presentation, I made each lady a small craft kit of blank cards and embellishments. I also wanted to show them that they could use everyday elements in making a card. I decided to make each one of them a card out of a paper bag and include them in their kit. Each one is different, but most of you know my style is "vintage shabby chic", so they all seemed to gravitate towards that theme. Here are the cards I made and shared with the women:<br />
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Here are a couple of thank you cards I made for people who participated in my dad's service:<br />
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I also started making some valentine favors. Here is the first one, and yes, it's made from an empty toilet tissue roll. So easy to put together!</div>
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That's all for now. I have alot of catching up to do. I pray this year will be better year for everyone.</div>
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I am honored to attend a women's bible study called "Within The Word." We meet every Wednesday morning and we are led by a wonderful, Godly woman, Kathy Patton. Her passion, love and gift is to bring God's word to women every week. Through her teachings, many lives have been touched and changed.<br />
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We break for the holidays, so she can re-charge and study, so she can bring us more lessons.<br />
We all wanted to show our appreciation, so I thought an album with pictures through the years would be a great gift.<br />
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I used to think that I didn't have any specific gift, especially anything special, always comparing myself to other's talents.<br />
Thankfully, I realized one day, God gives us each a different gift, and it's up to us to use it to glorify him and to bless others.<br />
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I started with adding a small journal to the front of the inside cover. Each lady wrote a note of gratitude to Kathy. It's tucked into a a plastic pocket I added.</div>
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Each page will have photos, in addition, each page holds a tag in a hidden pocket where I have added more pictures or special song lyrics.</div>
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I decorated pages with different laces and trims.<br />
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I also added special elements through out the book. A pocket was made from a square doily, and I added a special scripture.<br />
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One page I added an accordion page where she can record blessings, praises and answered prayers.<br />
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I made 3 vellum bookmarks and stamped them with "faith, love, and hope."<br />
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I also made a page with a small envelope and filled it with vintage scripture cards.<br />
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On the he inside of the back cover, I added a journaling card , with one of my favorite scriptures.<br />
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To the binding, I made combined different charms and beads and threaded it through an eyelet.<br />
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I filled the album with over 30 photos that had been taken through the years. It documented the journey from our early years and they show how we've grown- not in numbers, but in wisdom. It documented heartaches and more importantly, answered prayers. <br />
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I know making this album, is my gift, and a way to show appreciation to a woman that has changed my life. I hope each of you recognize your gift and you use it in a way to bless others.<br />
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I have always loved Fall. The cool mornings and evenings, the smell of the first time the heater is turned on for the year, candles burning and soup cooking in the crock pot, give me a warm feeling inside. <br />
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I love the colors of Autumn and the all the decor that comes with the season. It's the beginning of a season of holidays and I really get motivated to create.<br />
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I decided to make some Halloween tags for the girls. I love candy corn and I incorporated the candy into a tag.<br />
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I found these cute little plastic tubes and filled them with jelly beans, m&m's and candy corn. I also found cute little hair clips and 2 of my granddaughters have just had their ears pierce. I found some<br />
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The hair clips, I just added to the top of the tags. I rubber stamped the owl image and embossed with black embossing powder.<br />
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I made several different tags, all with candy, but no earrings for the younger girls yet.<br />
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I found some spider rings at Michaels and added one to the top of the candy tube. Martha Stewart has this cool black glitter that looks like a black cat's hair when standing on edge!<br />
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For the 2 younger girls, I thought a tag, the shape of the candy corn would be cute. I added black ric rac, flowers and 3 stickers.<br />
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I also found some miniature black clothes pins and just added a pumpkin sticker.<br />
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Another tube filled with my favorite candies.<br />
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Michaels have the cutest ribbons out for Halloween. I combined the candy corn ribbon with glimmer misted seam binding.<br />
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So I look forward to cooler weather, holiday baking and the house filled with the scent of pumpkin and cinnamon and little granddaughters saying "more candy corn please, Nindy"<br />
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The wonderful thing about crafting is there is a world out there of so many talented people who share their talent and ideas. They inspire and encourage you to think out side of the box and to try new things.<br />
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I know it's been a while since I posted. The past couple of months have been crazy-busy. I had some minor surgery, celebrated 40 years of marriage and had an extended cruise thanks to "Hurricane Isaac"<br />
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Before we left on our vacation, our sons and their wives thru us a wonderful 40th Anniversary party.<br />
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It was so fun to see old friends, new friends, and even took a picture of half the wedding party - 40 years later.<br />
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Where does time go? What was I thinking when I picked out my wedding dress?<br />
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Anyway, I was 19, cut me some slack! Hopefully, my taste has changed and evolved a little bit.<br />
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Okay, back to the wine bags. My son had an over abundance of corks, left over from wine bottles. I borrowed some to use as the "closures" of the bags. Believe it or not, not all corks are created equally. Some are easier to pierce than others. Try to choose corks that are more "pressed together" than a looser cork.<br />
Here is one of the closures I'm talking about:<br />
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You will be running a tapestry needle with thin cording thru the cork, so that is why it makes such a difference. You can decorate the cork anyway you want and add charms and pearls, and flowers, or leave it plain.<br />
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It is very easy to put together, just sew up a side, bottom and sew in a casing for the cord. You can make it out of any material and embellish how you like.<br />
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The theme of our anniversary party was vintage/elegance, so I thought the linen and lace would be a good fit.<br />
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Remember, all wine bottles are not the same size, so I suggest you buy the bottles first, then make your pattern from their size. ( I always learn the hard way, so I had to take my bags with me and made sure the bottles would fit.)<br />
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If you embellish your corks, make sure to use a secure glue to hold your items on. It will be sliding back and forth, so it will be handled alot.<br />
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These would also work for bottles of "sparkling water" for those of us that prefer non-alcoholic beverages.<br />
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I hope you give these a try. Also , please visit Linda at <a href="http://cardsbylinda.blogspot.com/">http://cardsbylinda.blogspot.com</a>. She is the wonderful, talented lady that inspired me to make these gifts.<br />
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<br />Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08087952192951828399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339402013269133613.post-84576345908645593632012-06-27T09:46:00.001-07:002012-06-28T07:56:39.390-07:00Fancy packaging<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have found it is just as fun decorating and packaging the project , as it is to make the project. <br />
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I didn't have a gift bag big enough for my baby album, so I just made one. I used some teal fabric out of my stash. I just folded a 1/4 yard of fabric in half and sewed up the sides. I cut the top with pinking shears and had a gift bag in 5 minutes.<br />
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I ripped a 4 inch piece of linen into a strip, frayed it on the edges with a wire brush, and tied it into a bow. I added a flower, seam binding and small flowers to the ends of the bow.<br />
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I made a tag , cut from a manila folder, and embellished it. I made a ribbon rose from a teal and beige organic ribbon, lace, and added other flowers and leaves.<br />
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You now have 2 gifts in one. The bag can be "re-purposed" , and the gift that is in the bag.<br />
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My fabric stash now will be getting smaller, because all I want to do is make gift bags. I would love to see any "fancy packaging" you do with a gift. Send me a photo. "Happy Wrapping!"Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08087952192951828399noreply@blogger.com4