Quote for the Day

Yesterday is a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well-lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore to this day.

~~ Sanskrit Proverb

Junk Drawer Pumpkin

I'm borrowing ideas again!!! Saw this AWESOME idea for a pumpkin and HAD to share it with everyone. Thanks to Camilla Fabbri over at Family Chic we have this fun idea for a jack-o-lantern. So super duper cute!! I'm heading out to get a couple small pumpkins to day and then attack my junk drawer to make my own creation! I LOVE this little guy!

Check out this great idea!

Thanks for looking,

Cathy

Check Out this CUTE Idea from Jeans....

I saw this SUPER Cute idea for hair ties, but it could probably be for any type of cute storage. Jill Cairns from Australia shared this tutorial on her blog.

I love this idea, and would love to try it. I've asked Santa for a sewing machine this year. Hopefully his elves can make one for me!

Thanks for checking out my blog,
Cathy

Quote for the Day

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.

~~ William A. Ward

New Bike Basket

My daughter's poor, poor bike basket was so SAD!! It was torn and over used. She can keep some pretty funky stuff in there and I can't see it to throw it out. For almost a week, she had an OLD apple from the neighbor's apple tree in there, I didn't know it until I saw it smooshed up against the side - YUCKO!! That was the actual motivating factor in getting rid of this "thing".

I found this basket in my garage while cleaning it out. At first it was in the donation pile, then I had a better idea! Spray paint it and replace her old bike basket/gross plastic holder-thing!

It was really easy to do, just spray paint and use some Velcro strips to adhere to her bike. The can of paint didn't have as much paint as I thought so there are some bare spots. She didn't care though.

It is a perfect size for her doll! We had a great ride while walking the dog!

Thanks for looking.

Cathy

Quote for the Day

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

~~ Samuel Johnson

Wine Coasters

I created a couple new coasters with wine sayings. Hoping to sell them in a crafty store nearby. (Cross your fingers!) Made 2 sets to display at the store. I know a couple of them are the same sayings, couldn't find additional sayings to replace all 4. Anyone know where to get more cute/funny sayings?

This last one is just for me! I thought this was pretty funny. Most days neither the house nor me look good!!

The back of each coaster gets a cork backing. Just in case anyone was wondering what I did to the back of each one. Very easy to apply, just use my favorite Mod Podge to adhere. Love that stuff!

Thanks for looking!

Have a great day.

Cathy

Birthday Gift Bag

For my mother-in-law's birthday I wanted to make a FUN gift bag. She turned 81 last week and thought it would be great to make her a special gift bag for her gifts.

Started with a white bag from Michaels (I have a stash of them in my craft room for just this occassion). Then worked with different "matching" papers to make it look festive.


Finally added the buttons to hide ribbon ends and they are just my favorite embellishment! I like to add them to almost everything I create.
Made a matching envelope for her (handcrafted) card too, but, in my haste forgot to take a picture! Bummer!

Thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Cathy

Quote for the Day

If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X+Y+Z, where X is work, Y is play, and Z is keep your mouth shut.

~~Albert Einstein

Quote for the Day

Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby.
-- Ruth Renkel

Quote for the Day

Saw this on Facebook.. .
If outside is going to feel like an oven, then outside should smell like brownies.
Made me giggle!!

Enjoy!

Back to School!

How cute is this idea!?!?! Wish I had thought of it myself. Can't believe it is time to meet new teachers again. Found this super-duper cute idea to start off the new year. Someday Crafts posted this idea to share with other crafty moms hoping for a great school year. I love this one and will be trying it before the year starts. Might try it with the silicone cupcake liners, may be too "mushy" though. I'll let you know how it goes.

Thanks for looking,
Have a great day
Cathy

Quote for the Day

Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence.
-- Jessica Guidobono

I Thought it was a Good Idea...

In June, I promised my 9 year old daughter that should could do a tie dying project and at the time it seemed like a FUN idea!! Yesterday we finally got around to working on the project. However, I didn't think it all the way through. My grand idea was to tie dye a set of sheets for her full size bed. I didn't anticipate the mess it would make to do such large pieces. When applying the dye to each piece, it dye on the grass, then we had to walk around, and sit in the grass to finish each one. Forgetting that the grass was mess, we both got it on the bottom of our feet and on the back of our shorts! OOPS, but my shorts were black, so it didn't show up but hers were ruined. Oh well, live and learn!

These are the four pieces that I used rubber bands for the designs. There are 2 pillow cases, a flat sheet and a fitted sheet. I used 4 different patterns for the whole set. I added a YouTube video for each folding technique because I didn't take pictures of each piece. Didn't think that far ahead! Hope it helps, each video shows the technique used, there is also some other info about dying but it does not reflect my procedure.

She was very excited to get her gloves on and get ready to start dying!
This first one is the top sheet and I used a basic spiral to tie it up. You can check out the procedure here to see how it is done. Just an FYI - I found this person on YouTube, I don't know him just thought he did a good job of showing the technique.
This is one of the pillow cases. I just crinkled up the case, then put rubber bands at various places. That was the easiest one to do because it was so small.

This is the second case. The technique used to fold is found here, then used the squirter bottles to add the dye.

Finally, this is the fitted sheet. I used the concentric circles folding technique to make this one. You can see the procedure here. Again, I used the procedure then used squirte bottles to add the dye.

** Notice I used a tie dye effect with the font color!! :-)

The next post has pictures of the final project. Check it out!!

Thanks looking, have a great day!
Cathy

FINAL Tie Dye Project!!

We finished the sheet set tie dying project and opened each piece up. It was very exciting to see what each piece would look like. The top sheet started like this one...
And, after opening up - the pattern looked like this..

Next, the first pillowcase. It was tied up like this...

After opening up the case ....

This is the second pillowcase folded up...

And, the second pillow case opened up...

Finally, this is the fitted sheet! It turned out great, my personal favorite of the entire set. Started out folded like this....
This is the "backside" to show the part with elastic -

The front side -

Pretty darn cute!!

The big TA-DAAAA!! Sheets on her bed! It doesn't exactly match her Princess wall border, but it is still cute and she likes it. I didn't put the top sheet on so you could see the "bullseye" from the fitted sheet.

Thanks so much for looking,

Have a great day

Cathy