Thursday, December 17, 2009

Felt Flowers

Well instead of working on my finals this past weekend like I should have, I decided to make some felt flowers hair clips and pins. It's fun changing things up a bit. I'm selling them in Pebbles Boutique which is definitely keeping me busy. Come in and check them out!

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Cake Platters

I've seen cake platters around at some boutiques and thought I'd give it a whirl. Lately I have been loving the DI and the many projects I can find there. (More projects in the works from there you'll see once school is out.) I was there with Ali about a month ago and we picked out some really tacky plates and bowl/cups/candle holder things... I think. :) Anyway, I finally glued each pair together last night and stacked them. I only had a few clementines and apples to display on it, but how cute would it be with different homemade Christmas goodies. Maybe I'll get around to doing that too. Maybe.
   

This cost under $10 including glue and maybe took 10 minutes to glue all of them. I let them sit over night before moving them to make sure the glue set. This was so so easy!

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Photo 101

I'm taking photo 1 in school this semester. It's a film only class that has really forced me to slow down and learn how to use an SLR camera. I think it's making my digital photography and photoshop skills better oddly enough. Anyway, I wanted to post this series of photos I'm pretty proud of. The final image still isn't perfect, but hey, cut me some slack I'm only in photo 1. The top left image was the first one I printed, then by controlling how long and where the light hits my print in the dark room, I ended up with my final print. I was amazed at how much improvement could be done in a dark room and not on a computer. Now I just need my actual photography skills to improve so I don't have to do that much work on every photo.

Monday, August 24, 2009

Flowers

Pebbles just got in this new thick black chipboard. It's one of those things you want to use right away when you see it. So I decided to make a notebook. I also made little flowers for my hair and decided they might look cute in a frame. This could be cute in a little girls room. I made some flowers for my little niece too, but she didn't want them because the edges were "dirty"

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Baby DOLL Blanket

So as you can see I'm still on my crochet kick. I decided I would try and make a baby blanket for my new little niece. As I started out, it seamed kind of small, but I just assumed the pattern was right and that everything would turn out fine. Needless to say, there is no way you could wrap a baby in this blanket. Baby doll maybe, but not my little niece. I looked at the pattern after to see the finished size of 18"x 24" written right on it. Duh Amy! I guess I will have to make it twice as big next time. 

Friday, July 10, 2009

Crochet Giraffe

I finally bought a yarn needle so I could sew this little giraffe's parts together. I also attempted to make a flower without a pattern. Let's just say I'll definitely be using a pattern in the future.

the giraffe and the duck patterns can be found here for free when you register with them.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Ruffled Apron

I decided to make Jace's mom Mary an apron for her birthday. I fell in love with this fabric when I saw it. It's just so bright and loud I couldn't resist. I saw this apron and loved the soft ruffle at the bottom. I called up my mom, she made a pattern for it and away we sewed. I wrapped it up in a chinese take-out box. (get it? It's a food box with an apron in it.) I'm lame, I know. Anyway, these are the best pics I have of it. Mandee is such a good sport posing for pictures at Mary's house after she opened the gift. Probably would have looked cuter if I took a picture of it against a solid background so you could see the pattern better. I can't wait to make another, but this time for me!


My Duck

Well I finished my duck and bird over the weekend. Dark brown bird with blue eyes = SCARY, so you won't be seeing a pic of that until I change the eyes. I'm loving this crochet thing. I can't wait to make more!

Friday, June 12, 2009

Finally Learning to Crochet

So I took a creative stitchery class in 9th grade where it introduced you to crochet, cross stitch, embroidery, etc. I learned to do basic crochet but never learned to follow a pattern... until last night. These are the projects I'm working on and can I just tell you I LOVE IT!!! I'll post pics of my finished projects when I'm done, but just be warned they will look NOTHING like this. If you've wanted to learn to crochet, just do it. Don't procrastinate 8 years like I did.


Friday, June 5, 2009

New Website

My boss decided our website needed a makeover, and she asked me to do it. I've never done anything like this before so I was pretty nervous. She wanted it to look more scrapbooky since it's a scrapbook store, so this is what I came up with.

website before:

website after:

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Crafts, Crafts, and More Crafts

I put these on my other blog a while ago, but they really fit best on my craft blog. Lately I've been trying to craft with things I already have, minus a few small expenses like paint. (Hence the repainting chairs below.) It's been fun and has really stretched my creativity, or lack thereof with some of the projects. Oh well, it's just fun and relaxing to me. I love spending my time this way. As you'll see in the pictures below, it looks like a box of crayons exploded in my house. It sure is bright and happy to be in though.
magnet canvas boards
odds and ends crafts
new shelf and painted frames and decorative board.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Chairs

I decided to finally repaint my kitchen chairs. I found them on KSL for $10 each. They are great little chairs but I thought it might be fun to paint them black. After talking with my cousin who is an expert at these things, I got a few little pointers and tried it out. I think they turned out pretty good for my first time. The dark stain finish makes a world of difference!

After sanding the finish off.

After spray painting them black and sanding the edges. The one on the right is the finished product after the stain. I told you it made a huge difference!

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Digital Scrapbooking Photoshop Class

I have had a few people ask me how I made the collages of photos on my blog. I made them all in photoshop and it's so easy. I'm sure a lot of you heard about Snapfish giving away free books on Oprah and you probably jumped at the chance and saw the disappointing selection of templates they had to choose from. I did! I tell you all this because I am teaching another Digital Scrapbooking basics class at Pebbles in my Pocket on Saturday morning for all of those who want to learn how. You can make great pages and print them out at Pebbles to slide into sheet protectors in your albums, or even upload them to Snapfish for a different style of album. If you don't have Photoshop, no worries. You can download a 30 day FREE trial on Adobe's website. For more information and to sign up for the class click HERE. Bring a friend. It's always more fun that way! I even heard the teacher doesn't mind if you pass notes or help each other out. ;) Hope to see you there!

Learn to make this page at the class!

I will also be teaching intermediate and advanced classes in the next two months so be sure to check back for dates on those!