Scarves, Scarves, and More Ruffle Scarves!!

Long time no see right? Well, we all know how school is and can take over our lives, right? No surprise, that's me. Sucked in to the black hole of time and work that school creates. 

Thankfully, though bittersweetfully, school is winding down and I have more time to be crafty and blog about it. YAY!!!

So, has anyone else notices those ruffle scarves that have been popping up? Well, thanks to some coupons and YouTube, I have learned how to make them and have been making nothing else ever since.

My fave color combo.

I have pictures of all the scarves I have made and that are for sale on my Facebook page. You can click the Facebook button at the top right to head that way.

Make sure to like me while you're there!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Vial Neckalce

These necklaces seem to have become pretty popular. I saw these on Pinterest.

One of my (somewhat) secrets when it comes to making jewelry is to get my supplies at Claire's. There's an outlet store near me with a coupon for 20% off your purchase. Combine that with their 10 for $10 sales and you have some cheap supplies. 

Last summer, I cleaned them out of their vial earrings there. My intentions were to turn them into necklaces. Not to long ago, I relieved them of their earring hooks. Alas, I was short on necklace chains. I am ALWAYS short on necklace chains. So, that sat for a while.

Last weekend, I finally got some necklace chains and turned them into necklaces.

Do I feel bad it took me this long to make them, yes. Am I glad I finally got them done, yes.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Chalkboard Trays

One of the projects I finished during my crafty weekend were some chalkboard trays.

My Mom picked up some silver trays from Goodwill awhile back. We always intended to paint them with Chalkboard paint and turn them into signs for my business. We hadn't painted them yet to do a lack of paint. I think most people know Chalkboard paint is expensive. If you've never looked, let me just go ahead and tell you, it's expensive.

Lucky me, I found some SPRAY Chalkboard paint in the As-Is section at Michael's for 75% off. The lid was damaged but it didn't look used. WooHoo!

After spending 30 minutes taping off the edges of the platters, this is what I had.

And away I went with the spray paint, giving me this.

I gave them another coat and let them dry to gain the final product of this.

Even with all the time spent taping off the edges, there was still some seepage. (No matter the project, I always have problems with seepage.)

I've been able to scrape the seepages off for the most part and I still like the overall way they came out.

I think they'll be good signs at my next Craft Show.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Chalkboard Frames

During my Crafty weekend awhile back, I went crazy with the spray paint. Here is another project where I love the results.

My Mom had the great idea to paint these little frames she got at Michael's and turn them into chalkboard frames.

We first painted them chrome. You can kinda see their original colors below.

She then took some cardboard and cut out pieces to fit the inserts. I proceeded to spray them with the chalkboard paint.

The chrome and and chalkboard together, it's like a chalkboard tray but different and still so cute. 

I simply love them. I figure they would be great as price signs at my next Craft Show.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Pizza Monkey Bread: An Update

Not too long ago, I wrote this post (link) on a Pizza Monkey Bread Recipe. My family recently made it again with a few changes and I thought I'd let ya'll know how it went so you can learn from our, erm, not mistakes, but, you know, instead of your own.

Things We Did Different

The first change we made was the filling. We used hamburger meat, spaghetti sauce, and shredded pizza cheese. We like hamburger pizza so, we thought this would be good.

The second change we made was making half with biscuit dough instead of pizza dough.

The third thing wasn't really a change but, it was different than the first time. We made the garlic butter sauce like the directions said to do it.

The last thing we did differently was sprinkling cheese between the balls of dough.

Things We Learned

Turns out we weren't a big fan of this filling. Just didn't think it had any flavor. After the fact, we wondered why we didn't do chunks of cheese since we had a block but, oh well. Coulda, woulda, shoulda.

I think I liked the biscuit dough better but, the rest of the family still liked the dough.

The garlic butter sauce reduced so much there was hardly anything to use and I think our garlic had gone bad because it didn't add any flavor

Adding the cheese between the balls just made it harder to pull apart which goes again everything Monkey Bread stands for. I highly recommend NOT doing this. 

So, that's what we learned. We'll probably stick to doing it the first way for a little while before we think about changing it again.

What do you think? Have you tried it? What kind of changes did you make?

I'd love to hear in the comments.

Thanks for stopping by and have a good day.

Pinterest T-Shirt Scarf

We're back to our old nemesis friend Pinterest. 

A LOOOOOONG time ago, I came across this pin.

Link

I have since made a dozen of them and sold about half that. 

Below are some pics:

These are so easy to make. The hardest part is cutting the loops. Once you've done that, all you have to do is tie them together.

I love that you can pull the scarf through itself so you don't have to tie a bulky knot but the scarf still stays in place. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Tassel Necklace

Another project I tackled last Saturday was this tassel necklace

Link

I really just used the photo for inspiration, not looking at how the original poster did it. 

I knew I could make tassels from my incredible stash of embroidery floss. So, I did.

To make the tassel, I made a a loop, strung the chain through, wrapped off a section of the loop toward the chain, and cut the bottom end of the loop in half. (Reminded me of making yarn angels when I was little.)

(Note my lovely chalkboard tray I also made that Saturday)

I put my own spin on it by just doing one long tassel instead of multiple short ones. No, it had nothing to do with the fact that my incredible stash of embroidery floss wasn't conducive to the Ombre look.

I love these chains so much. I found them with initial charms on them at Michael's for 25 cents. 

25 CENTS!!!

You can't get 20" of colored ball chain for 25 cents. Plus, I figured I could always figure out something to do with the letters. I think I'm noticing a trend with me and Michael's Clearance.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day/

Sick

So, the last time we saw each other, I was telling you about an crazy crafty weekend that I had and how I was going to show you the projects I got done.

And then nothing.

The long and short is that I've been sick. 

BUT, I've been feeling better and I'm going to finally put up those posts I was telling you about. 

Stay tuned.

A Crafty Crafty Weekend

Lawdy, lawdy, did I do a lot last Saturday. 

I had been planning to do a lot of crafting since I finally got some energy. (Turns out I've been fighting a parasite for over a month. Go figure.)

I made a list of projects I wanted to do, got all my supplies together, and had at it.

Sadly, I didn't tackle quite my whole list, but then, I don't think I really expected to. 

Anywho, here are some sneak peeks of what I did accomplish with posts on all them to come.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

A Couple New Beaded Bracelets

You may remember my Beaded Bracelet kick from a few weeks ago. If not, you can refresh your memory here.

This caused me to branch out into a different kind of beaded bracelet. 

Not too blingy, understated, simple, really my kind of bracelet. 

I got 15 in strands of gemstone beads from Fire Mountain Beads for less than $2 a piece. The rose bead and heart charm I already had. 

I see a lot more of these in my future.

What do you think?

Thanks for coming by and have a great day.

Cross Stitch Results

Ya'll might remember me telling you here that I was taking up Cross Stitch for the first time. Well, I kept going with until Christmas happened. I managed to do quite a few little things before then and below are some pictures of them. 

Somehow, I miscounted when I tried to do the swag

And miscounted AGAIN on the top swag. One of these, oh one of these days.

The patterns that didn't come from kits came from Pinterest, no surprise right? Well, I was surprised at how many Cross Stitch patterns there are on Pintrest and plenty of ways to use the finished products. 

Link

I'm thinking of doing some necklaces like the one above.

Thanks for coming by and have a great day. 

Some Beaded Bracelets

After I made the bracelet's for our dear family friend Debbie, see here, I got in a bit of a bracelet making kick. I've had tons of seed beads and all sorts of other beads FOREVER and I figured now would be the best time to FINALLY use them. I went on such a kick I think I made nearly 3 dozen in one day. Granted, while they're not spectacular, they're still something.

I'll probably make some earrings to go with them in the near future. You can expect to see more soon.

Thanks for coming by and have a great day.

Bling Bracelets

One of our dearest family friends, Debbie Warren, came to me one day and asked for my help making some jewelry. 

She's what we like to call a Mary Kay Lady. Her proper term is Mary Kay Sales Director. If you're in the North Georgia area and would like an incredible Mary Kay Lady or if you want to join Mary Kay with a Lady who has been so successful she got a car in 1 MONTH, here's her webpage. 

As a director, she was invited to participate in a bracelet making party. She loved the bracelet she made so much she wanted to make more like it. Of course, she's so busy being a director, she doesn't have time to make them herself. Thus, I come in. 

She bought some strings of beads at JoAnn's on sale, (Woo! Go saving!) and some beading elastic. She gave them to me and I went at it. At first, I wasn't very crazy about them. They were too 'blingy' for me. If you know me, that probably seems crazy seeing as how I'm not of slight stature or anything. 

Below are some of the bracelets I strung up for her:

I also made a couple of pairs of earrings to match:

She was so excited when they were done and so was I. They've really started to grow on me in terms of the amount of 'Bling.'

Mary Kay is a great company. They do so much for their employees, after all, what was the color of the last car your company gave you? ;) They also do so much with different charities, they really do Enrich Women's Lives. Debbie is also a great person that has really been able to make Mary Kay work for her. You can be sure she will do her best to take care of all your Mary Kay needs.

Thanks for coming by and have a great day.

The New Year

And here it is! 2013! 

I don't know about you but 2012 has been a huge year for me and I know 2013 is going to be even bigger.

I've been trying new things and can't wait to show them to you. I also have plenty of things planned that I also can't wait to show you. In the mean time, here are some teasers.

Thanks for coming by and have a great New Year!