It's Stinkin' Cute Craft Thursday #23 & Giveaway

***New Disclaimer - Please don't link the same project twice. This linky party is to share new projects not re-use old ones to get an entry for the giveaway. Anyone found to be using the same project from one week to the next will have their entry removed. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation to keep the giveaway fair to everyone.***

I have to tell you... I have the sweetest friends and readers. I mean I really do consider all of you my friends. I just haven't met you yet. You are all so sweet and the fact that I had 4 people comment on my sad phone post was just pretty cool that all of you could relate and cheer me up! Unfortunately for the phone and me the LCD is starting to bleed and I will probably have to replace it this weekend or some time next week. I was kind of hoping to keep it longer than that, but oh well. To AliLilly the little ball of joy tutorial is here.

This weeks winner was #2 Megan from Brassy Apple who entered this really neat burner cover art! That is just super creative and I love it! Megan make sure to send me an e-mail at itssewstinkincute @ hotmail.com with your address and then leave a comment on this post saying you sent me an e-mail in case it goes to the junk filter.


If you didn't win... make an entry this week for the chance to win a GREAT goodie pack. Just ask one of my winners so far... I am sure they will tell you that entering and getting the stash o' goodies is well worth it!

Halloween is right around the corner... I am in a Halloween mood and will be making another poof wand for Laci for Halloween... I mean chances are she won't want to carry it around, so unfortunately I will have to *big cheesy grin inserted here*...

In the spirit of the season I love these two Halloween inspired pieces.

Courtney from Between U & Me made an adorable tulle wreath... I love tulle and she does too! It is so much fun to work with!!! This looks great and I am sure that you have already gotten lots of complements on it! If you go to her site she has a tutorial on it along with a great story of her husband being like "why do you like to do this?" Because you like to share your awesome ideas with people like me.... :o)


Lindsay from Diary of a Crafty Lady shared her super cute I mean scary.... smashed witches legs. Not only does she share them she gives a tutorial too! I love the idea of your kids moving them around the house. That is just a super totally great idea!!


Thank you to all this weeks participants, congrats to Megan for winning the giveaway and congrats to the two wonderful features, go grab that featured button and have a FABULOUS Thursday folks!
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TTFN~


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:o( Sad Phone....

So last night my precious iPhone had a car accident. I must have dropped it out of my purse. Hubby must have driven over it. Luckily a nice lady found my phone on the drive way called Jake and put it in the mail box for us. LCD screen has been broken and the back case has a small crack. With the screen black it doesn't look like anything is wrong. Then you press the button and can see the sadness that displays. It is still usable until I decide to drop the $200 to replace it. I am just so broken hearted about the whole thing though. I feel like it is my fault although I know it was an accident. This is the one personal thing aside from my daughter, husband, and dog that I would grab out of a burning fire if I had the chance. Sad I know that I feel such a connection to it, but happy that at least it is still usable for a little while longer while I reflect upon the situation.

TTFN~

Poof Wands

So the other day I stumbled upon the cutest little poof wands. I wanted one, I wanted to make one, and as I said to my husband "I just want to make one of these puffy little balls of joy". He promptly said back being the comic as he is and said, "you said balls of joy". Love you hun, but not what I was referring to. I was talking about this...



I just loved it and set out to figure out how to make this. So two days later I found the tutorial here it is in two parts. But is a great tutorial.

Then last night I went and was hoping to find candy corn colored tulle, but no such luck. I did find this white tulle though and thought I could do a flower girl tulle wand with rhinestones. I love how it turned out, although I will probably not do the rhinestones on anything other than a solid white one. Sorry my pictures are so bad, they are from my phone. I will take better ones later.





What do you think?

TTFN~

It's Stinkin' Cute Craft Thursday #22 & Giveaway

***New Disclaimer - Please don't link the same project twice. This linky party is to share new projects not re-use old ones to get an entry for the giveaway. Anyone found to be using the same project from one week to the next will have their entry removed. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation to keep the giveaway fair to everyone.***

#1 Ok, so one piece of news that I wanted to share, check (if you missed it, I shared that my sister was pregnant). #2 I half shared (see yesterdays post... I am super psyched). #3 I tried the rose thing really quick this morning and will have to change the svg because I have too many spirals and the rose although pretty had too many spirals in the middle. Work in progress and will share when perfected.

This weeks winner was #7 Staci from Just Sew Sassy who entered the adorable zipper pouch which I am going to feature too because it fits with my theme of ZEBRA for this week! Staci make sure to send me an e-mail at itssewstinkincute @ hotmail.com with your address and then leave a comment on this post saying you sent me an e-mail in case it goes to the junk filter.


If you didn't win... make an entry this week for the chance to win a GREAT goodie pack. Just ask one of my winners so far... I am sure they will tell you that entering and getting the stash o' goodies is well worth it!

I love Zebra and Hot Pink... really it is no secret... maybe when I break down and have someone re-design my blog I will go with a chipper and pretty Zebra and Hot Pink. Sounds like a plan.... If you missed how much I like hot pink and zebra you really should go see my craft room make over. It doesn't show my love for zebra... still working on that, but it shows my love for hot pink...

First lets go with Staci from Just Sew Sassy... she did a tutorial on how to make a zipper pouch. Not I have to admit, it was the fabric she chose on this one that caught my eye, but really I just LOVE zebra print.


My second feature is what got me on the I am doing the zebra theme this week kick... I saw this zebra and hot pink outfit and want one for my little one. It is just so super adorable and I was speechless when I saw it. So to Tere at Pony Tails and Fish Scales how long did it take you to make this wonderful little outfit, and can you do a tutorial on the skirt? I want to make one for myself Laci.


Thank you to all this weeks participants, congrats to Staci for winning the giveaway and being featured and Tere for being featured, go grab that featured button and have a FABULOUS Thursday folks!

Let's get to linkin'!! Rules:

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2. Linky Tools will remain open until next Wednesday evening so there's plenty of time to link your projects!


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TTFN~


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Doing the Happy Dance & Paper Roses!!!

Ok, so I can't totally tell you what is going on (will announce it on 10/1), but I can kind of tell you... Lets just say yours truly has worked her rear end off and I saw an e-mail come across that should have been a verbal phone call since I get other peoples e-mail. Um, I am like totally psyched! I can't tell you how stumped I was when I saw this email, needless to say my boss immediatly pulled me into his office to discuss. So, all good stuff, and a VERY HAPPY Julie.

On to the Paper Roses that I saw earlier today... I have asked my pal Ashley over at Cute as a Fox to see if there is a good way to do an SVG file to make these Paper Roses that I saw over at Frog Price Paperie. Ashey is amazing and before I could finish my post had already e-mailed me (3) SVG files to try on my Cricut. If you don't know what an SVG file is, but you have a Cricut, me sure to check out the AMAZING Sure Cuts A Lot Software over at Ashley's site. The posibilities are endless and although I haven't gotten to work with it alot I L-O-V-E it! I will let you all know what the svg file I use to make these pretty little flowers. But if you don't have a cricut or the SCAL software they do have a tutorial over at Frog Prince Paperie.




TTFN~

My sister is... PREGNANT

So one of the things I really have wanted to talk about is that my sister is expecting and due April 10th. They have been trying for a couple years and finally their wish came true.

So to tell me they ordered this shirt, had it all rolled up, and Laci handed it to me. I opened it up and jumped out of my seat to give my sister a hug!!!

She finally told me on Friday night that we can tell people now, and that made me happy... Let's just say after the day I had on Friday that I needed some good news. Although I wanted to do a post this weekend, I was cleaning and was somewhat lazy and decided to wait until today.

So to my sister and her hubby... I love you and...


I can't wait for Laci to have a cousin... maybe people will stop asking me when I am going to have a second one. It's not in the cards, I am not planning on it, one is enough and we certianly can't afford it right now... Anyways, now that I have that out... I am so happy for my sister!!!! Now I just hope it is a girl so that we can get rid of all the clothes that Laci has boxed up. :o)

Have a great week folks!

TTFN~

It's Stinkin' Cute Craft Thursday #21 & Giveaway

I miss you... what exactly do I miss? My blog, checking out all of your blogs on a daily basis. Craft time at home, being able to just take the day in... I feel like since my co-worker left I have been running around with my head cut off. I know that my hard work is paying off... and I can't tell you about it yet as much as I want to scream it, I want to tell you so many things, but the time isn't right. I want to get back into blogging every day and tomorrow I might just have a rant about my daughter's school depending on how my meeting with the director goes today. Anyways, on to why you are here...

This weeks winner was #5 Karly from Jellybean Junkyard who entered the silhouettes which are really neat! Karly make sure to send me an e-mail at itssewstinkincute @ hotmail.com with your address and then leave a comment on this post saying you sent me an e-mail in case it goes to the junk filter.



If you didn't win... make an entry this week for the chance to win a GREAT goodie pack. Just ask one of my winners so far... I am sure they will tell you that entering and getting the stash o' goodies is well worth it!

I must say there are so many of you that I want to feature. But there were three entries that really stood out. For starters I LOVE THE FALL! The decor and the smells are just FANTASTIC!

I love these 2x4 pumpkins from Jessica over at Chapman Place. They would look perfect by my fireplace!


Amanda over at Paint it Sew Thrifty caught my eye twice... I adore the Spooktacular Preview and I cannot wait for the tutorials! BTW... how do I print off the planner pages?


Amanda also did the most adorable Giant Fabric M&M's & Bag! I saw it and want to make one some time when I have time... lets just say there is a growing list of things I would love to do and I don't know when I will get the chance to do them... But in the mean time I can drool over what ya'll do. Tell me this isn't SEW STINKIN CUTE!


Thank you to all this weeks participants, congrats to Karly for winning the giveaway and to the two of you for being featured, go grab that featured button and have a FABULOUS Thursday folks!

Let's get to linkin'!! Rules:

1. Please link craft projects that you have done!
2. Linky Tools will remain open until next Wednesday evening so there's plenty of time to link your projects!


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TTFN~


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It's Stinkin' Cute Craft Thursday #20 & Giveaway

As you all may know the first of the month is my busiest time at work. So needless to say I don't get much blogging done. My right hand co-worker gave her notice on 8/30 and her last day was 9/1. So Tuesday her replacement was announced and because she was in the department I was able to start training her. I haven't gotten any of my monthly report stuff done, but at least someone is starting to offer me some relief. In addition I am trying to help my mom organize the school carnival since we haven't done it in like 3 years and try and get the work meeting for the end of October planned. So much to do... NOT enough time. Then with all this silly flooding in Texas it took me 2 hours and 15 minutes to get to work on Tuesday. Really I about turned around and went home for the day.

Ok, on to why you are here I finally mailed out last weeks winners package. Since it took me a couple extra days I included a couple extra items as a sorry for my laziness.

This weeks winner was #12 Courtney from Between U & Me for her Hostess Gift Entry using her stampin' up stamps. Very cute way to decorate the platter I might add. Congrats Courtney. Make sure to send me an e-mail at itssewstinkincute @ hotmail.com with your address and then leave a comment on this post saying you sent me an e-mail in case it goes to the junk filter.



Now for our three features:
Crystal over at Crystal's Craft Spot added an absolutely beautiful gift to give parents of a new born. You could even adapt that for kids or families of all ages. Great idea and I will for sure steal the idea sometime in the future. Isn't it just fabulous?!!


Next we have Kari at The Adventures of One Crazy Lady who has shown us not only her two fabulous aprons, but also gave us the peek at which pattern that was used. I have seriously been looking for a good apron pattern that is easy and this one looks super cute! I should probably try and make a Thanksgiving and Christmas one. I love holidays. Hey Kari, how long did each one take? Easy enough to do for gifts?


And with everything that Misty over at The Creative Itch does, I LOVE these hair bows... If you haven't read my obsessive bow post then you have no idea how much I love bows. These are super stinkin cute! Tutorial maybe? Pretty please? I just think they are the bees knees!


Thank you to all this weeks participants, congrats to Courtney for winning the giveaway and to the three of you for being featured, go grab that featured button and have a FABULOUS Thursday folks!

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Can you believe I have been doing this for 20 weeks now? Wow this is awesome!

TTFN~


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It's Stinkin' Cute Craft Thursday #19 & Giveaway

Super quick update... so we went to the vigil last night for the triplets and needless to say my heart goes out to the family. They are just so nice and I wish there was something I could say or do to make this all go away or be better. Unfortunatly there isn't...

Also, this is going to be a super fast post with only one feature because I have to get to work. My right hand co-worker put in her notice on Monday and yesterday was her last day. So I have her work and mine to do until the replacement gets up to speed... Oh wait, we have to hire the replacement first.

Ok so our winner of the It's Sew Stinkin' Cute Craft Thursday #18 Giveaway is #9 which is Ami over at Alilly. Send me your e-mail addresss at itssewstinkincute @ hotmail.com and then leave a comment on this post saying you just e-mailed it so that I can go and check the silly junk filter.


BTW our first two winners packages were mailed out on Monday, so you should be receiving them any day. I just did regular USPS, so let me know if you don't get them.

Ok, so I have to make room for a shout out because Creative Itch made some great things for the beginning of school! Go check them out if you need any teacher gift ideas!

Ok so our feature today is something I LOVE... stained glass! This house number is just gorgeous! So todays feature goes out to Moon River for the beautiful stained glass house number!


Remember if you didn't win the giveaway I have so much stuff to share, so link up your project and hopefully you will be the random number that pops up next week.

Thank you to all this weeks participants, congrats to Ami for winning the giveaway and to Moon River for being featured, go grab that featured button and have a FABULOUS Thursday folks!

Let's get to linkin'!! Rules:

1. Please link craft projects that you have done!
2. Linky Tools will remain open until next Wednesday evening so there's plenty of time to link your projects!


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TTFN~


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(1) Link to specific blog post, not blog home page!
(2) Link craft projects that you have done!
(3) Make sure to visit a few of the links and leave some comment love!
(4) Linky Tools will remain open through Wednesday, September 1 so you have plenty of time to add your projects!