Friday, July 15, 2011

Baby Wipes "revamp" take one.. or 2 depending on how you look at it!






UGH..

so, I gave up the mod podge notion.. for now.. let's just say it's on the back burner because I just have to have one of these cute wipes cases revamped.. today.. as in .. I really, REALLY wanted it done yesterday... enter one night of no sleep.. one great day of shopping with BFF... one afternoon of playtime with the sweet grand daughters.. so.. needless to say.. no project was even attempted.. which, is a good thing.. considering...

UGH... I somewhat patiently... okay, impatiently cut the pieces needed.. I even took photos.. Yea, I know.. imagine.. anyway.. I cranked up the glue gun... and got to work.. do you hate glue sticks as much as I do? ...The next try will be with something less stringy as these glue sticks I have.. they must be left over from the old Carol Duvall days..

I glued the felt to the top.. let it sit for a bit.. then added the cut piece of fabric.. that went fairly well.. until the glue began to gang up on me.. UGH...
stringy, hot, glue.. I weathered on and finished the bottom exactly like the top. I've seen some options to only use fabric and no backing but I chose to back mine.. it's your decision... *I keep assuming someone is actually reading my posts... when in reality no one does... haha*

I chose a green ribbon to trim the piece with.. let me just say.. it looks perfect with the pattern I chose, however, all that glue that ganged up on me is now becoming layers of glue.. yes, it's bad.. no, I will not be gifting anyone with this particular project.. it's mine.. to keep.. and pout over.. and I will!

That being said.. I'm off to the 2nd one.. with more patience.. less stringy glue and a determination to make it "gift worthy"...

I'm pretty sure I see an exacto knife in my future.. Take That STRINGY glue stick mess!

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Mod Podge project gone bad...

yep.. it's one of THOSE days... Hot, lazy, summer days.. so, I got the bright idea to Mod Podge something.. a cute little baby wipe container.. I've seen them.. have been researching them but have yet to find a tutorial for a Mod Podged one.. I thought to myself
Self
You can do this.. you're smart, fairly young??, self motivated woman.. get on it...
So, I did... hmm.. let's just say.. take one... FAILURE.. no pictures.. just take my word for it.. but, I will persevere... tomorrow is another day.. and another opportunity for success... or disaster.. depending on how you look at it! I will not give up.. I will succeed.. besides.. I NEED one of these.. I just do..

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Hair bows, hair bow, hair bows...




































everywhere. Tracy mentioned the other day the only bow that would stay in Macie's hair is the one I made her.. that set me off... I couldn't let that sweet little dumplin go around thinking she was a newspaper with one of those elastic headbands on her poor little punkin head .. so, I made hair bows.. several.. in lots of colors.. I'm delivering them today.. however, I began thinking last night.. yes, I know, that's dangerous but.. I did it anyway.. and I've come to the conclusion I may have used the wrong clip..so, this morning I'm going to duplicate those bows on a different clip... just in case... Macie can thank me later by taking care of me in my old age! hahah.. I'll be Aunt Polly.. she'll be my "aide".. hahah...












Sunday, July 10, 2011

Starting a new adventure...







in crafting.. This summer I've been some what busy with a few crafts. I see something I want to do on a blog the follow a different blog and then another and before you know it.. I'm lost in blog-land and have done nothing all day... I have managed to complete a few things such as wreaths.... I have much more I'd like to do but for the time being wreaths seem to be where I'm at...

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Summer ...







is here...





I've been working on a couple of projects ... have plenty to do but these 2 have been pretty easy and were fast to complete.. I'll post more as I do them.. *I hope*

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood

Thanking God for keeping me and my family safe during the terrible storms that blew threw NC on Saturday. I was hosting a Thirty-one gifts party during the worst of the storm... never thinking it was as serious as I was being told. I could, afterall, see out the back doors and was watching the rain. I didn't know that just a few miles away people were losing their homes. Sad... Sending prayers for those that lost loved ones and homes to this terrible storm. Bless you all...