tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61588899766954198592024-03-20T18:33:56.912-07:00RAEmae PEACEA peacefully scattered mindAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935773089354665269noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6158889976695419859.post-87839147148692471012013-02-15T14:30:00.001-08:002013-02-15T14:56:00.837-08:00Crochet Owls<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've been spending a lot of time playing around with crocheting little owls :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I still don't know how to follow a pattern... but I'm OK with that, because then everything I make tends to have it's own personality!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I started out making the owls by sewing on fabric wings and eyes and beaks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Now I've begun just crocheting all the little bits and pieces to them :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I make them in all shapes and sizes :) </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Since I don't follow a pattern I make up the size of the owls in relation to other random objects.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Extra Small = A quarter</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Small = A cupcake</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Medium = A large Cup-O-Joe</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Large = A loaf of bread</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Valentines day is rapidly approaching so I decided it was time to put craft some loving around the house! As you can see we love movies... a little bit too much... and I've been pining over all the cute word art on Pinterest lately. So I took two of my favorite romantic movies/books (The Princess Bride - Pride & Prejudice) and made word art out of the quotes that make my heart flutter every time Westley and Mr. Darcy utter them <3 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I downloaded some pretty fonts from <a href="http://dafont.com/">dafont.com</a>, printed and framed them! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's super easy and super adorable :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've been oogling at all the cute garlands on Pinterest so when I ran across <a href="http://www.cornflowerbluestudio.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-to-crochet-heart-photo-tutorial.html" target="_blank">Cornflower Blue</a>'s adorable blog I made some tiny crochet hearts for my very own! <a href="http://www.cornflowerbluestudio.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-to-crochet-heart-photo-tutorial.html" target="_blank">Cornflower Blue</a>'s blog shows and explains every step with a picture! Click on the picture below to learn how to make a crochet heart for someone this Valentines day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This furry guy has a slice of my heart :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As cute as they are I wouldn't suggest giving them to your pets...<br />Namaste and Happy Valentines day friends!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Howdy folks! It's been too long since I've last posted so here it goes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The cold weather has brought out some of my favorite things to wear: Scarves, hats, mittens, coats, boots, and anything else that makes you warm and cozy! However, that also means I need a place to put all of it... Which means it normally ends up strung over a chair or on the ground (becoming Gingi cat's new bed...). This brought on my desire to have a coat hanger so I rummaged through my apartment until I found some things I figured would attribute to my coat hanger needs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's what I came up with: Scissors, vice grips, coffee (always a necessity for any type of crafting experience), wire (you could also use twine or yarn if you didn't have wire on hand), wire cutters, something to bend the wire around (I chose a baby screwdriver for that), nails, hooks, and sandpaper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had spray painted a stick originally for another craft that I did but I got tired of it so it was now the main part for my coat hanger. :)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used the </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">scissors </b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to cut off a nice piece of </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sandpaper</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> to rough up the gold spray paint on the stick. I wanted the stick to have a worn look to it.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I screwed the <b>hooks</b> into the stick and the <b>vice grips</b> helped me out when it became hard to twist the hooks.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I drank some <b>coffee</b>.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wrapped the <b>wire </b>around the <b>nails </b>and and used the <b>vice grips</b> again to hold the nail in place while I wrapped <i>very tightly </i>(I also used pliers to wrap the wire around even more tight, but they're not in my picture... sorry!). I left about a foot of <b>wire</b> hanging off of the <b>nail</b> so that I could wrap it around the stick later.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I drank some <b>coffee </b>and knocked over <b>a cute seal</b> in the process (He premieres in another post!).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I tapped on the wall for about 30 minutes trying to find a stud in the wall so that the weight of the coats and scarves wouldn't pull out the nails. I made many wrong attempts and needed spackling paste to cover up the holes in the wall :-/ woops! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used the <b>hammer </b>to put the <b>wire wrapped nails</b> carefully into the wall.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I wrapped the <b>wire</b> around the stick <i>very tightly</i> and wah lah! A coat hanger!</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I probably did a lot of things incorrectly.... But it works! Let's just not tell my landlord and fiancee about all those extra special holes in the wall :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> My giant, thumb-paw cat says<i> </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Namaste my friends</i> :)</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935773089354665269noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6158889976695419859.post-6062622228174629252012-09-28T17:46:00.003-07:002013-01-31T13:43:01.834-08:00Wonky Crocheted Seal<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Let me preface this by saying I never understood crocheting... but I always attempted to make a scarf when the winter season started rolling in because who doesn't want a homemade scarf to add a little pizzazz to an outfit? I always thought making a scarf would be sooooo easy since it's just a long rectangular shape, but no... You have to count your rows and make sure you have the same amount of stitches, and my stitches would always be too tight and then too loose, and there are numbers and patterns you have to follow to get something cute and my scattered brain doesn't do well with that... By the end of it my scarves always ended up looking like a long, stretched out piece of pizza.... And not the good kind that you'd see on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I don't know, maybe I should have stuck with it and created a new type of scarf trend. Maybe call it the <b>Epic Fail Scarf</b> or the <b>Wonky Scarf </b>or the <b>I Don't Know What the Heck I'm Doing Scarf. </b>To my dismay my attempts always ended in me pulling out all of the rows until it was a long, and somewhat wonky-looking string again. Then I would sadly roll the string back into a ball until next year when the winter season came upon us again and I'd try my hand at creating a cute scarf to warm my little neck. As if a year of not crocheting at all would make me a better crocheter? And then failure would inevitably occur...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I had all but given up hope until I met a new friend who crochets adorable squishy animals. When I asked her how she created these darling creatures the words out of her mouth were pure magic, <b>"I just make it up :)".</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You can do that?! Oh my I must try! So she showed me a few tricks and broke down the process into thinking about shapes. So she taught me how to make a cylinder and then how to make a sphere, and mantra the entire time we were working she kept repeating, <b>"It doesn't have to be perfect." </b> Boy did that ring a bell. That's how I taught art to my little kiddo's during student teaching (or my friends who have crafted with me :-P). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So I decided to make my favorite animal, a seal :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He's not perfect, but it was my first attempt and a little wonkiness tends to make things more adorable (at least for me they do!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I drove by a store with pumpkins and my foot was on the brake immediately! I bought some tiny pumpkins (adorbs) and two white pumpkins (so classy). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So I went thrifting earlier and I actually did something with it instead of just shoving it in my closet! Yay! :) You won't be seeing this girl on an episode of hoarders just yet! I used one of my favorite crafty tools on my thrifty finds... Chalkboard paint!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The next thrift store re-purposing I decided to do was to change up these lap table trays. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Do 4 coats of chalkboard paint, let it dry, and then Ta Da! You can make lists for yourself in the morning. You can see I have really wonderful prioritizing skills :) Coffee always wins in my book!</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lay your pine cones and stick out on some newspaper or I used an old towel. Give 'em around 2-3 layers of spray paint. Let them dry to the touch between coats </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(It doesn't take long for spray paint to dry!)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So my kitten likes to make things into toys that are not meant to be for his little paws at all. I decided to put a few of his favorite things together and make it into a toy that he will surely bat underneath the couch before the night is through...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think Native American culture is beautiful and ever since I was a little tyke I would sit in the aisles of the library to read about the different tribes, their ceremonies, and would score over the pictures of their body paintings, clothing, jewelry, headdresses, weapons, tools, etc...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I used to have a dream catcher hanging over my bed when I was little and I could close my eyes and watch as the bad dreams/thoughts would get entangled up in the web, protecting me so I could sleep peacefully. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> I missed that... that visual representation that bad dreams or thoughts don't have to go into my little cerebellum and keep me awake at night. And I got some wonderful inspiration from this beautiful blog!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">How about me make some pretty paper feathers with it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Love me some Claude Monet. Maybe it's the name, because my fiancee's real name is Claude too :) Got to love interesting, old school names!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I did a <a href="http://tanglepatterns.com/2011/11/how-to-draw-popsicles.html" target="_blank">Zentangle</a> design on another mug. With polka dots too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm a <b>BIG </b>Pinterest user and I found my inspiration for this project there on <a href="http://shopliftvintage.com/" target="_blank">Shop Lift Vintage</a> blog! She made these really adorable paint splatter heels with acrylic paint! :)<a href="http://shopliftvintage.com/2012/04/28/to-d-i-y-for-make-your-own-paint-splattered-shoes/"></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Everyone has black flats, correct? Well I did too and I never really wore them... </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wipe off your shoes with a <b>damp towel</b> to make sure that they're clean and ready to be spruced up!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Once they've dried pour your <b>paint </b>into a container and get your circular tool (mine is a <b>sponge </b>that I bought at a craft store, but you can be creative and use something you found around your house!).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Let it dry (<i><b>30 mintues to an hour</b></i>) and then add another coat. I added <b>4 coats</b> just to be sure! I also let them sit out in the sunshine to speed up the drying process.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I only had my kitten, <b><i>Gingi</i></b>, around to admire them but I think he approved! :)</span><br />
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