It's Stinkin' Cute Craft Thursday #65

Ok, so as my girly girl pointed out... maybe I was a little tipsy... but I was really tired too. Hope that I get sleep one of these days, because last night wasn't good either. I think it is just how hot it is lately. Even though we have it set at 75 it just isn't cold enough, which is wierd since I am always cold. Anyways, feature time...

I LOVE these pinwheels by Ashley my girly girl over at Cute as a Fox! I most likely will be doing them for Laci's Wonka party next year!


Ms. Lindsay over at Diary of a Crafty Lady made some super cute camera strap covers. My hubby would probably shoot me if I did one like that, but I think I could get him to support a Cheer Athletics style one that is blue black and white... I may have to try soon, because they are really nice!


I am about to start my own Halloween quilt so I was excited to get not one but two super cute quilts linked up this week.

First one is Grace's quilt by PA Country Crafts... it has pinwheels and is just adorable! I love the colors. Lindsay you did a wonderful job!


Next is this beautiful Modern Chic Wedding Quilt from Just Sew Sassy. Staci you must post a tutorial on how you did this. It is just simply beautiful!


Great job everyone... I wish I could feature you all.. there are so many things that I want to make and wish I had more time! Hope you have a great day! Now go link up your new project! Oh, and features grab your button!

Let's get to linkin'!!
Rules:
1: Please link craft projects only that you have done (not advertising an Etsy site or giveaways unless they are something you have made that you are giving something away)!
2: If you post the same thing 2 weeks in a row that comes from the same post I will delete the link!
3: If you are posting a picture of something that is not what I consider a craft. While I love photography this is not what this link up is for! I will delete the link.
4: Linky Tools will remain open until next Wednesday evening so there's plenty of time to link your projects!


&<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">lt</span>;a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">href</span>="http://itssewstinkincute.blogspot.com/" target="">&<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">lt</span>;<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">img</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">src</span>="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4066/4561049489_a63691786d_o.jpg" alt="<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Stinkin</span> Cute Thursday Button" width="147" height="77" />&<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">lt</span>;/a>

TTFN~


Rules for linking:
(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, August 3rd so you have plenty of time to add your projects!

Halloween Fabrics for a Quilt

What do you think of the fabrics I picked out to make a Halloween quilt?





I love them all and can't wait to start cutting and putting this together. I will have to upload a picture of the design I am looking to do. It is REALLY simple, but I think it will be perfect for these fabrics!

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

TTFN~

Crackle Paint Name Board

I am so excited to share this with you... so when Jake was out of town two weeks ago I wanted a craft project to keep me occupied. I knew exactly what I wanted to do... So I grabbed a board I had found, went to Lowes and grabbed soem Valspar Weathered Crackle Paint, the two colors I wanted, and a top coat... then went home and got to work. The process is explained here. Basically though you have to use flat paint, or it won't work.

So once I got the black dried (this was my base coat), then I put on the Weathered Crackle Paint (Middle), then once that was dried I put the white on-top... it is like magic as it starts working before you can start painting your surface, so work quick!

After the board part was done and the top coat applied it looked like this...


Then I used my SCAL program and cut vinyl out of my last name in all caps, est. 2003, and some scrolls to put on the sides. I LOVE how this turned out!

I know the picture is blurry... sorry, the upload for this one picture was blurry and I didn't have a chance to take another one.






So what do you think? I personally think it is a keeper, and am REALLY thinking about doing this as gifts for people for Christmas this year. The cool thing is that if I make them now I can practically do it for free because I already have the paint and vinyl... just need wood. :o) It was so much fun to see the end result.

Hope you are having a great day!

TTFN~

Highs & Lows #14

I am starting with the lows this week because although there were not a ton of them they were just bad this week, and want nothing more than to end on a high note.

Lows
1) Body started acting funny... not sure if it was because of my new diet, but regardless I went to the doctor for that and also talked to him about something else... he tells me that basically he can try and fix one thing, that the other he will give me a medication for, but chances are it won't work... and basically I left there feeling kind of bummed. I mean we go to the doctor to get fixed, not for them to tell us they can't do anything.
2) Go get medication and take it... 6 days later have the worst hives rash blotchy spots all over my body (sans arms and face thank the lord).... took Benedryl and luckily the spots went away. Guess I won't be taking that medication any more.
3) Getting out of the car I asked Jake if he had gotten Laci's cheer bag since my iPad was in it. He went to go get it out of his trunk and my iPad fell out of the bag, popped out of the case and on to the drive way. Screen = BUSTED... I was already feeling like a mac truck hit me so I just started bawling... I mean my luck this week was in the negatives and that was a lot of money we didn't need to go spend to replace it.
4) Learned I shouldn't post when I am sick or upset... or both, I felt bad about only posting lows and immediatly took the post down.

Highs
1) Friday at work after being in meetings for 2 days I got to play around with our new software. Needless to say I figured out how the best way to manipulate the report it gave me to do a job in under 10 minutes. It was like the angels were singing and I was doing the happy dance... No really I was doing the happy dance.
2) I scored at our soccer game on Friday night. Uhm... dude... it was a total fluke, but I scored!!! Woo HOO! It has been years since I scored... But it has also been years since I played too, so you know I am getting back into the swing of things. Wish my knee would let me kick the ball as hard as my other knee though. Eh, I'll take the small victory.
3) Jake immediatly scheduled an appointment at the Genius bar with Apple not an hour after the iPad busted... They took some information and swapped it out for FREE... I couldn't believe it. I was so happy! I tried to do a back up of mine before he took it, and when I did the restore from backup on the new one it didn't work right. So I have to figure out where I had everything again and buy a new case, but it is better than the alternative of paying $850 for a new one.
4) My blogging buddy Jen stalks her google reader and checked on me even though I had deleted the post about being upset. Thanks Jen... I appreciated you checking on me.
5) Right after Jake and Laci left for the Apple store I fell asleep till about 7:30, got up for an hour and a half and then went back to sleep... I am feeling much better this morning... just wish that I could take the one medication that is giving me issues.. but I will take feeling better over the alternative.
6) Bought an Eye-Fi card this weekend. It is the best invention on the planet. I don't have to do anything but turn my camera on and it will upload the photos to my flickr account and to my computer. I LOVE this thing and am so extreemly happy to have it! Now I have no reason to be lazy on posting because all I have to do is take a picture of something and leave the camera on in the house and the pictures will upload. Awesomeness at it's finest!
7) Finished my crackle project! I can't wait to share it with you tomorrow. I LOVE it so much!

I have tons to do, so if I remember anything later I will add it.



TTFN~

It's Stinkin' Cute Craft Thursday #64

Going over this weeks links makes me realize just how much I love doing this. I mean looking through the wonderful ideas that the 31 of you linked up is just down right amazing! Thanks for making this so enjoyable!

Whimsy-ma-blog linked up the coolest shirt re-fashion. I have never seen a onesie turned in to a shirt... great job toots!


In addition to looking delish and beautiful this cake by A Little of This, A Little of That... it is so colorful and vibrant! I love the ruffles and the colors. I bet everyone loved this ruffle cake and it just looks beautiful!


Gabriel's Good Tidings charger station is awesome. What a great bread box refashion! Love it! Need it...


Thanks so much for all the links and making this party worth it! Without your links I am not sure it would make it as special! To my features make sure to grab a button... to everyone else... LINK UP MORE COOL STUFF!!!

If you are on Pinterest... FOLLOW ME, so I can follow you... my user name is stinkincute

Have a great day!

Let's get to linkin'!!
Rules:
1: Please link craft projects only that you have done (not advertising an Etsy site or giveaways unless they are something you have made that you are giving something away)!
2: If you post the same thing 2 weeks in a row that comes from the same post I will delete the link!
3: If you are posting a picture of something that is not what I consider a craft. While I love photography this is not what this link up is for! I will delete the link.
4: Linky Tools will remain open until next Wednesday evening so there's plenty of time to link your projects!


&<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">lt</span>;a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">href</span>="http://itssewstinkincute.blogspot.com/" target="">&<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">lt</span>;<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">img</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">src</span>="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4066/4561049489_a63691786d_o.jpg" alt="<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Stinkin</span> Cute Thursday Button" width="147" height="77" />&<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">lt</span>;/a>

TTFN~


I love the projects that were linked up! Ya'll truly make it difficult to choose features each week! I can't wait to see what you all come up with next week! Now the features make sure to pick up your featured button! Have a wonderful rest of your week and I look forward to seeing your projects soon!

Rules for linking:
(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, July 27th so you have plenty of time to add your projects!

Dragon Scroll from Kung Fu Panda

So Saturday I picked Laci up from spending the night at her Grammy's house and the entire way home she kept saying she wanted to buy a Dragon Screw... At first I was like WHAT?!?!? Then I finally realized when she was talking about when she was referring to the panda and tigress.

I looked up on my phone if you could buy a toy one and no go... We "looked" in the three stores we went in to see if they had one, but as I already knew they wouldn't so we "looked around" anyways.

After the second stop I thought about it for a second and said... Laci, let's make one. At first she insisted that she wanted to buy one, but quickly gave up on that since she finally was understanding it wasn't something you could buy.

So for those of you asking... what is a dragon scroll... here is a picture of the one in Kung Fu Panda:

Here is the container the scroll is in.


Here is the inside of the scroll (see how it is blank, but "shiny")


Scroll outside:


So I got the supplies together, put in a movie, and Laci and I made her a Dragon Scroll, and the entire time worked on how to say Scroll instead of Screw. It is now coming out Scrow... we are getting there. I mean she can say Sk-roll, but putting it together is no bueno.

I started with the outside figuring that would be the hardest to figure out, grabbed a paper towel roll, construction paper, an empty spool of ribbon (yes I have some for random projects like these... see they come in handy), hot glue gun, & yellow paint.

Covered the paper towel roll in red construction paper, took apart the spool and covered each side with green and cut around them...




Shame on me for not getting a picture of it, but I took some cardboard and hot glued it down in an X the right size of the hole so that it would fit perfectly. One side was a little loose, so I fixed it permanently to the roll... (oddly enough, 5 days later, the loose piece is missing - who would have guessed - Laci said It's OK you can make another one <-- OH I CAN CAN I? :o) )

Then the scroll container was put together, but wait, it needed paint to match, so Laci painted some, not all, of the outside in yellow to mimic the one in the movie (hard to see in the picture, but there is yellow paint on there).


Now that the hard part is done... on to the easy part:

Laci started by painting the green dowel rods (like the movie), then I cut the fabric to fit the rods (by the way, make sure to cut down your dowel rods so that they will fit in the paper towel holder, I think I had to cut mine down 3 inches or so, but just eyeball it) then let Laci paint the back of the scroll with yellow accents like the one in the movie. Once she was done she wanted Laci, Mom, Dad, & Kami (our Dog) written on there, so I did that part.


Unfortunatly, er um... I mean, in all accuracy Laci wanted to have the middle part shiny to match the blank part of the scroll. Looking through my fabric stash I found a bright yellow and was internally praying that this would please her... it did.. So I cut that to match my red piece, once the red was dry glued wrong sides together and then hot glued them to the dowels.... Volla... Amazing Dragon Scroll all for the price of FREE!


Here she is pulling the dragon scroll out of the container...


Here she is with it open...


Here is the blank inside...


Laci likes to be Tigress... here she is after we picked her up from school on Monday (face painting day)...


And to show you how fearless my Tigress is, here she is at cheerleading not 45 minutes later...


So what do you think? How did I do? I think I did pretty good. I mean it was free and looks like a scroll. What more could the kid want... Oh wait... to play with the thing with me for hours on end the rest of the day. I love her, but sometimes my life doesn't want to revolve around Kung Fu Panda. Anyways, it was fun to make with her. It was really our first larger crafting project together that kept her attention.

Have a great day!

TTFN~

Mickey Wreath Question

I got a question from a reader on my Mickey Party Wreath I made off of the Mickey Party Planning - Take 4 post.

Amanda left me the following questions and comments "I would like to see a picture of the back of the wreath as you mentioned in the post. Did you only tie the strips on to one of the rings? I think that is what you meant at the bottom but I want to make sure because your wreath looks much fuller than I would think one full ring would look? This is adorable and I would love to make one of these. Thanks for sharing."

Let me start off my saying, no Amanda, thank you for your question. I love comments and when people have questions love to answer them.

Here is a picture of the full back of the wreath:


Close up on how the rings tied together:


Here are some close ups to where you can see I tied the ribbon... there were four rings that went all the way around and I only did the second to the outside one... but they were REALLY close together:




If you do one it will (or should) turn out like this:


Does this help or do you need more explanation? Hope everyone is having a great week... Dragon Scroll post will be tomorrow.

TTFN~

Highs and Lows #13

Blah... really that's how I feel, but I want to get this out.

Highs

1) Laci's team got in their cute outfits for practice.... She didn't want to take the sports top and hot pants off. They are so cute on her.... Must post a picture of her soon in these, it is just jaw dropping adorable!
2) Got some reprieve when we went over to a neighbors house and Laci played with their kiddos, then they came back to our house and played a little bit. It was awesome because there was no fighting at all and they were perfect little angels. I got to have some sanity for a little bit. It was nice.
3) Family came over and hung out on Sunday night, we watched my sisters wedding video and then watched mine. I didn't realize just how dark the room was where we had our reception, but overall I love the video.
4) 12 days and I am down 7.3 pounds... I must admit, although I despise diets I am doing great. No soda and no carbs has been a tough pill to swallow, but I am getting used to it. Now if I could just go to the gym a couple more times a week I would be down so much more.
5) Laci started working on her front walkover. Awesometastic!
6) Finally catching up with my work stuff from everyone being on vacation.
7) We got Laci all signed up for Private Kinder starting mid-to end next month. YEAH!!!
8) Started working on a project that I have been wanting to do with Crackle paint. It is awesome! I ordered the vinyl to cut that will go on top of it. I am super psyched about it and can't wait to show everyone when I am done.
9) So totally should be #1, but I am not about to re-number all these suckers... so Laci and I were on the way home from having lunch with my mom on Saturday... she kept saying, I want a Dragon Scroll (well it really sounded like Screw or Scrow) I told her OVER AND OVER AND OVER again that it wasn't something we could buy. She insisted that we look for it in Home Depot, Lowes and Macy's... finally I said to Laci, "Why don't we just make one?" at first she was like... no I want to buy one, I finally convinced her we could make one... It turned out so adorable. I have to post a how to on this one too. It was easy and she had so much fun making it... only downside was that she didn't want to stop playing with it after we made it. I finally was like... Mommy doesn't want to be a super hero or a dragon warrior right now, can Mommy rest. She was so cute that she loved it so much. I give that a double tick in the Mommy column that (1) I didn't buy anything to make this and it was FREE using the supplies I already had & (2) That she loved it and was still playing with it the next day... again... and it was FREE!
10) Yesterday on the way to cheer I had 25 minutes to get there and had to stop at the bank to pull out cash. The lady in the silver convertible in front of me wouldn't take the left crossing traffic.... (Insert me cursing under my breath here) and yelling for her to go. Finally on the 5th or 6th time she could have gone she went, a couple seconds later I was able to go. Still peeved about the situation I said, "Someone should teach her how to use the gas peddle and put her foot to the medal". Laci said, "Yeah, you should call the police and tell them they need to teach her." I said, I don't think they would do that hunny... she then asked who the person was, I said I didn't know, she asked again and I said "Someone who can't drive very well!" Laci then said "Was it Grammy?" I DIED LAUGHING!!! I immediately called and told my sister who made me repeat it to her hubby since it was so stinkin funny... all the while Laci is in the back seat crying out "Nooooo, DOn't tell Grammy..." I told her I wouldn't, but come on... this was the funniest thing she had said all week and it was AWESOME! I think from now on I am going to write one funny thing Laci says each week, because no matter how mad I am some days she really always seems to turn the situation around and makes me laugh. The darn things kids say! LOVE IT!

Lows
1) Jake was out of town from Thursday and isn't returning until today (Monday). I love my child, but I am exhausted from the weekend.
2) Fought with my iMac over the HUP program that I thought would be great... instead I didn't get the one program I wanted and my have to buy the iStudioPublisher for Mac. Whatevs. It ticked me off, but I am over it since I have since found an alternative solution. Just a little miffed that said alternative solution costs $70 bucks. Boo!
3) CRAFT FAIL - I had a total craft fail when I thought I had JACKED up my printer... I was trying to do a surprise gift for someone and totally had a flub.... My printer was eating the thing, so that did not go well. I will try another couple options, but I really want to do this surprise gift for them... Can't post my craft fail until it is given because I don't want to ruin the surprise...

Eh, aside from having a headache and I am doing ok. I wish I had some guidance on another issue I am currently dealing with, but I figure it is something I am going to have to get used to.

Hope you have a wonderful week!

TTFN~

It's Stinkin' Cute Craft Thursday #63

It has been one of the best weeks here on It's Sew Stinkin' Cute! I have had almost 700 page views in one day because of my tutorial! I will totally be trying to make more tutorials or printable things because I love getting more awesome readers like you! Hope that you have had a wonderful week already! Here goes the features...

Southern Scraps linked up some really neat t-shirt scarfs! I love them and think they are great for summer! Hum, the neat things you can do with t-shirts! Love it!


Instead of paying $10-$20 bucks at the store for baby closet dividers, Heard it from the Hills made her own. I love them, and although I would probably print off the sizes on a computer because I hate my handwriting, I love them and they turned out so stinkin cute! Great job!


One of my favorite things I have ever seen is an awesome little stand for selling baked goods from my great friend Ashley over at Cute as a Fox! I love it and can't wait to read about all of the rice krispie treats her and the team she is on came up with!


Let's get to linkin'!!
Rules:
1: Please link craft projects only that you have done (not advertising an Etsy site or giveaways unless they are something you have made that you are giving something away)!
2: If you post the same thing 2 weeks in a row that comes from the same post I will delete the link!
3: If you are posting a picture of something that is not what I consider a craft. While I love photography this is not what this link up is for! I will delete the link.
4: Linky Tools will remain open until next Wednesday evening so there's plenty of time to link your projects!


&<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">lt</span>;a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">href</span>="http://itssewstinkincute.blogspot.com/" target="">&<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">lt</span>;<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">img</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">src</span>="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4066/4561049489_a63691786d_o.jpg" alt="<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Stinkin</span> Cute Thursday Button" width="147" height="77" />&<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">lt</span>;/a>

TTFN~


I love the projects that were linked up! Ya'll truly make it difficult to choose features each week! I can't wait to see what you all come up with next week! Now the features make sure to pick up your featured button! Have a wonderful rest of your week and I look forward to seeing your projects soon!

Rules for linking:
(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, July 20th so you have plenty of time to add your projects!