November already?! With the holidays approaching I will make these next two month's a little bit easier for me to manage but still with great reasoning and useful projects you can use. I will be posting more photos of ways that I have decorated or anything that I feel needs to be seen. So here is my list for this month.
In the Kitchen: How I prepare for holiday cooking
Organizing/Cleaning/Decorating: Tag charm labels
Paper and Glue: Thanksgiving Day cards and how to emboss
Thread/Needle/Fabric: Apron
Paint/Wood/Metal: How to make your own stamp
Fashion/Jewelry/Makeup: My favorite makeup tips
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011
Fashion: Studded leather bracelet
So....I cheated on this project, but only by accident. I was wearing this really cute skinny leather belt that happened to be studded. I was trying to make my belt less tight because...well I don't want to explain, and I broke it! Then I had a splendid idea. I wrapped the belt around my wrist and tah dah! My leather studded bracelet was made. Try this with your skinny belts. Forever 21 has really cute ones as cheap as $1.80. You will have a belt one day and a bracelet the next. Repurpose your accessories and try things in a whole new way. You would be surprised how different it makes your outfit look.
Thread/Needle/Fabric: Mini Yard Flag
When I was buying my felt fabric for this project I had decided that I wanted to make a Fall flag rather than Halloween. First I know what you're thinking, "She bought more of that dang felt fabric" and "why not Halloween?" I love Halloween I just wanted to make more of a seasonal flag and I love the colors that I picked.
How I did it:
1. I traced a leaf pattern using my cookie cutters
2. I cut out my pattern and embroidered the veining on the leaves
3. I glued the leaves to the front of my flag then glued the front piece to the back by making a line of glue at the top then about a half an inch down I put down another line of glue on the front piece and placing the back piece to the front.
You could really do a lot of different things. Rather than using a normal yard hook you could put a dowel through the top and then tack a string or ribbon to hang it on a door.
How I did it:
1. I traced a leaf pattern using my cookie cutters
2. I cut out my pattern and embroidered the veining on the leaves
3. I glued the leaves to the front of my flag then glued the front piece to the back by making a line of glue at the top then about a half an inch down I put down another line of glue on the front piece and placing the back piece to the front.
You could really do a lot of different things. Rather than using a normal yard hook you could put a dowel through the top and then tack a string or ribbon to hang it on a door.
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| Fall greetings in the front flower bed. |
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Paint/Wood/Metal: Halloween Decorations
To be completely honest, I had no idea what I was going to do when I first put this on my blog challenge. I went into the craft store with nothing in mind and came up with something rather quickly. I saw the signs that said spooky, scary etc. and they were glittery and expensive. So I decided I was going to make my own.
Supplies:
3 5x5 wood squares $.99 each
Letters to spell out Boo $.99 each
Acrylic wood paint $2.39 each
Paint brushes
Hot glue
Ribbon
Push pins
How to:
1. Paint your letters and wood squares your desired colors and then glue the letters to the squares.
2. Attach the ribbon to the back of the squares with push pins
Hope you guys like this and make ones yourself. This project was really easy and added a spook-takular touch to my entryway.
Supplies:
3 5x5 wood squares $.99 each
Letters to spell out Boo $.99 each
Acrylic wood paint $2.39 each
Paint brushes
Hot glue
Ribbon
Push pins
How to:
1. Paint your letters and wood squares your desired colors and then glue the letters to the squares.
2. Attach the ribbon to the back of the squares with push pins
Hope you guys like this and make ones yourself. This project was really easy and added a spook-takular touch to my entryway.
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| My supplies |
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| Painted and set out to dry. |
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| My ribbon attached by push pins. |
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| Boo! Loving this finished project. |
Surprise Challenge: Inexpensive Lipstick
This challenge actually took me by surprise. All the lipsticks I bought and tested were awesome and I would recommend them to anyone. Like I said before all products work differently on everyone but these are inexpensive enough to try and not feel like a waste if you end up not liking them. Now I am completely obsessed with lipstick.
From left to right: Maybelline in Totally Toffee, L'oreal in Raisin Rapture, NYC in Fragile Pink.
Maybelline's Totally Toffee is a nude/neutral color. This is nice to put on with any outfit so when I had a more dramatic eye I wore this color. It stayed on very well and I actually added the Bonn Bell's lipgloss that I used in my Surprise Challenge lipgloss blog. The Raisin Rapture is a very dramatic color but it is a great shade for Fall/Winter. NYC's lipstick was the biggest surprise of them all. I really love this color. I will probably wait to wear it more often in the Spring and Summer just because it's a very pink color.
From left to right: Maybelline in Totally Toffee, L'oreal in Raisin Rapture, NYC in Fragile Pink.
Maybelline's Totally Toffee is a nude/neutral color. This is nice to put on with any outfit so when I had a more dramatic eye I wore this color. It stayed on very well and I actually added the Bonn Bell's lipgloss that I used in my Surprise Challenge lipgloss blog. The Raisin Rapture is a very dramatic color but it is a great shade for Fall/Winter. NYC's lipstick was the biggest surprise of them all. I really love this color. I will probably wait to wear it more often in the Spring and Summer just because it's a very pink color.
In the Kitchen: Homemade Dog Biscuits
Yes, I know I was suppose to make cat treats as well. There was a slight problem...I wrote the recipe down wrong and I didn't know how to fix it so I had to throw it out. For the dog biscuits I used a recipe off of Martha Stewarts web site.www.marthastewart.com. At the home page go to the "Pets" tab then go to "Homemade Dog Biscuits". The recipe calls for wheat germ. I had such a hard time finding this. It's not down the baking aisle it's actually down the cereal aisle by the oatmeal. Surprisingly the mixture doesn't smell...at all. So at least your house won't smell like dog biscuits. My dogs did like them but I think they would eat anything. I did buy my cookie cutters at Michael's. It had 4 different shapes for $4.99.
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| The dough all ready to be rolled out. |
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| My finished product! |
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Thread/Needle/Fabric: Pet Halloween Costumes
In the middle of the night I had this idea of how to make a Halloween costume for my cats. I thought that it would be so funny to make fish costumes so they could be "cat fish". So this is how I did it.
Supplies:
1. Felt fabric: 2 pieces of the same color for the body, 3 different colors for the fins, scales and straps.
2. Buttons
3. Hot glue gun
4. Thread and needle
How to make it:
1. I first drew out my pattern and then made a "test" costume out of paper. I put it on the cats to test out the measurements and mark areas where I needed to change things.
2. Then I traced the pattern of each piece (the body, the fins and the scales) then cut them out. For the scales I used a large button to get the "arch" of the scales so they were uniform.
3. I glued the top part only of the body pieces to each other so the bottom was open. Then I glued the back fins separately to each body piece leaving the back open as well.
4. I then started gluing the scales on in an arch pattern on the body pieces.
5. Once I had all of the body done I glued a strap just below the neckline of the costume and then one across the belly only gluing one side of the belly strap. I sewed a button on the inside of the body where the bottom strap would come across then made my slit in the strap.
This project was a total success considering I made my own pattern and had nothing to go by except my own ideas. I took as many pictures as I could to show how I did it. I hope you guys like it. Please if you have any questions leave a comment and I will be glad to answer.
Supplies:
1. Felt fabric: 2 pieces of the same color for the body, 3 different colors for the fins, scales and straps.
2. Buttons
3. Hot glue gun
4. Thread and needle
How to make it:
1. I first drew out my pattern and then made a "test" costume out of paper. I put it on the cats to test out the measurements and mark areas where I needed to change things.
2. Then I traced the pattern of each piece (the body, the fins and the scales) then cut them out. For the scales I used a large button to get the "arch" of the scales so they were uniform.
3. I glued the top part only of the body pieces to each other so the bottom was open. Then I glued the back fins separately to each body piece leaving the back open as well.
4. I then started gluing the scales on in an arch pattern on the body pieces.
5. Once I had all of the body done I glued a strap just below the neckline of the costume and then one across the belly only gluing one side of the belly strap. I sewed a button on the inside of the body where the bottom strap would come across then made my slit in the strap.
This project was a total success considering I made my own pattern and had nothing to go by except my own ideas. I took as many pictures as I could to show how I did it. I hope you guys like it. Please if you have any questions leave a comment and I will be glad to answer.
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| My supplies |
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| My patterns traced onto my felt. |
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| Hot gluing the top part of the body. |
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| My scales cut out in rows. |
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| The scales cut into individual pieces. |
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| Sewing the button on the inside for the bottom strap. |
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| See how the bottom is open so you can put it on your pet? |
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| Our one kitty showing off her costume. |
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| This one knows how to model the product. |
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