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Giveaway: Shabby Apple!

April 4, 2011 By Char @ Crap I've Made 546 Comments

You all remember Shabby Apple, right? We had a giveaway for them last year? Still not ringing a bell? Let me refresh your memory!

Shabby Apple makes insanely cute women’s dresses. I love that they’re stylish, feminine and that they cover everything that needs covering.

On the look out for the perfect LBD? How’s this for a selection? 2 pages! A couple of my faves:

And a few more of my non-black favorites:

What’s in it for you?

Shabby Apple is offering one lucky Crap I’ve Made reader their very own Amethyst dress!

TO ENTER:

(Only comments on THIS POST on the blog will be counted!)

Click on over to Shabby Apple. Have a look around. Come back and tell me which one of their women’s dresses is your favorite. Leave me a comment saying that you did.

Like Shabby Apple on Facebook. Leave me a comment saying that you did.

This giveaway is open to US residents only and will close Saturday when I remember to take a break from Creative Estates and shut down the comments. Maybe we should just say Sunday? Winking smile

Can’t wait to see if you’re a winner? Want to buy something else?

Shabby Apple is offering all Crap I’ve Made readers 10% off using code “crapivemade10off”.

Get shopping!

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$50 to Target courtesy of GroopDealz Winner!

April 4, 2011 By Char @ Crap I've Made 4 Comments

The winner of the $50 gift certificate to Target provided by GroopDealz is…

#237, aka Connie!

Connie, shoot me an email to [email protected] to claim your prize!

I’ll be back with another fun giveaway this afternoon. In the mean time, enjoy this picture of me and Tam from Sew Dang Cute at the Our Best Bites cookbook signing this weekend:

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Crib Bumpers

March 31, 2011 By Char @ Crap I've Made 55 Comments

***I realize that some people have strong feelings about crib bumpers. The comments on this post are not the place to share those feelings, K?***

Jami picked up a damaged Pottery Barn Kids bumper at our local Down East Home store for $10 (cheaper than buying new batting, right?) and I recovered it. It was all one really, really long piece and stuffing it inside the new cover would have been a nightmare, so I cut it into 4 pieces (one for each side). I measured each piece and added 1′’ for seam allowances. I’m not giving you specific measurements for this because your bumper may be a different height and/or thickness. The top and bottom ruffles are 3” strips pressed in half and then ruffled with my ruffler foot.

I put large ties (5” strips, sewed RST into a tube and angled on the end) on the corners and a small tie on the top and bottom centers of each long side.

The bumper fabrics and the yellow for the ties are all Amy Butler fabrics.

The green ruffles are Heather Bailey.

The houndstooth on the sheet is Free Spirit. I used Dana’s tutorial for the crib sheet.

And someone remind me to head over to Jami’s to photograph her nursery in the afternoon next time because no pregnant woman should ever have to do this to help you get a good picture:

Or maybe I should just finish the window treatments next…

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Filed Under: DIY, fabric, home decor, Lucy's Nursery, sewing

Wordless Wednesday

March 30, 2011 By Char @ Crap I've Made 5 Comments

Subtitle: The Craziest Scheme I’ve Ever Schemed

And if you need some words, there’s a hilarious conversation about food aversions going on over on the Facebook page.

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Guest Post: Neighbor Jami & Her Nursery Furniture

March 29, 2011 By Char @ Crap I've Made 26 Comments

Neighbor Jami is back today telling us about the paint technique she used on her nursery furniture!

As far as Lucy’s furniture went, I had none…at least none I wanted to use. My existing crib was way too bulky and masculine for a dainty little girl’s room, and I had given all my other baby stuff away.

So I put the word out via Facebook that I was in need of a crib and would be willing to take one off someone’s hands if they were needing to get rid of one. Within 2 hours I had landed one from my pal Mindy.
Next, I bought a solid wood dresser at the Bountiful DI for $25.00. Have I mentioned I love the DI? I do.

(The knobs are new, from Hobby Lobby)

I painted these both using a spray paint by Valspar in “Pistachio”. After a few coats and letting them completely dry I sanded the edges and then rubbed “Distress Ink” in the color of “vintage photo” on the sanded areas. (Distress Ink is basically a rubber stamp pad you can find at any craft store.) I then finished by spray painting a clear coat in a satin finish.

My Rocking chair:

My camera stinks so you can’t fully appreciate the color. It is called, “Crystal Aqua” by Valspar. A cushion is in the process as we speak. I also lightly sanded the edges and glazed the edges the same way as mentioned before.

My cute and talented neighbor and friend Decorator Wendy gave me these cute little boxes she purchased from Pottery Barn, to use next to my changing table. James painted these using the same “Aqua-Crystal” paint by Valspar that was used on the rocking chair. Then I cut out these labels in white vinyl using my silhouette.

-Jami

Hopefully the next installment will feature Char actually having sewed some bedding. If not, we might have to break up!
-Char

And, one more thing. Apparently Valspar has changed the name of the spray paint color in question. It is not longer called “Pistachio”. It’s something like “Leaf Green”, but the paint guys assured Jami it’s the exact same color. I’ll updated with the official name after my next trip to Lowe’s!

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Giveaway: GroopDealz gives you $50 to Target

March 28, 2011 By Char @ Crap I've Made 358 Comments

How was your weekend? Create anything fabulous? I finished Neighbor Jami’s crib bumpers on Friday. I need to sneak over there and get some pictures to share.

I spent most of the rest of mine trying to locate something to wear to Creative Estates that hides my heffer-ness. Perhaps the cuteness of the shoes I purchased will help?

I’m also trying to kick a cold that will not die. NyQuil and I are good friends these days. So good, in fact, that after I got the kids off to school I got back in bed and slept until 10:30. Oops.

So, to get the week started right (after noon…ha!), I’ve got a little something for you, courtesy of the nice folks over at GroopDealz:

a $50 Target gift card!

Are you familiar with GroopDealz?

Let me give you a quick rundown. GroopDealz features fabulous handmade products, 1 or 2 at a time, for a short period of time at a HUGE discount. Right now they’re offering these insanely cute Easter hair clips:

$7, $2.50 shipping

And a hilarious take on a “No Soliciting” sign:

$4, shipping included

The deal changes every couple of days, so you’ll want to be in the loop. There are 2 ways to do that:

Follow GroopDealz on Facebook (1 entry)

and

Leave me a separate comment for each one. Giveaway closes Saturday morning when I roll out of bed.

Ready? Go!

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Winner: How to Slipcover DVD

March 27, 2011 By Char @ Crap I've Made 1 Comment

The winner of the How to Slipcover DVD from Shelley is…

#156, aka Cynthia, who said:

Hi! I’ve just posted a picture of the blue faded couch that is in need of some serious pampering!!

It was her bonus Facebook entry of this couch that got her the DVD:

Congratulations, Cynthia! Shoot me an email to [email protected] to claim your prize!

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My Peeps Shirt

March 26, 2011 By Char @ Crap I've Made 11 Comments

I wanted to try Silhouette’s sewable interfacing, too, so I could give you my thoughts on it.

I decided on a quick shirt for Campbell, since I’m positive he’ll continue his streak of demanding mom-made holiday wear.

The chick shapes came from the Silhouette online store. The font is Aharoni.

The sewable interfacing definitely doesn’t cut as cleanly as the clean cut, BUT there still were not a whole lot of places where I had to trim strings…maybe 2 or 3? And, honestly, even if I’d had to re-cut every single line with scissors it still would be faster than tracing and cutting manually. Especially when I forget to mirror image stuff on the back when I’m doing it the old fashioned way and have to cut it more than once.

It was a good thickness for sewing and held stuff in place nicely.

So yeah. I liked it.

I sewed the letters all messy (on purpose, with my free motion foot). I’m not sure how I feel about them.

The March Silhouette promotion runs through Sunday. Use code “CRAP” to get a machine, both kinds of interfacing, and a roll of white flocked heat transfer for $229. Code “CRAP” will also get you 25% off the interfacing.

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Oops. Let’s Hear It For The Boys!

March 25, 2011 By Char @ Crap I've Made 1 Comment

So, uh, that last post? The one about the paint colors in the Utah Jazz mural? I thought I’d saved that as a draft, not published it. I was doing some de-junking and wanted to throw out the paint chips. Instead of writing them down and creating another piece of clutter, I saved a draft. Or published them for all the world to see. Whatever.

Now what I really meant to post about today:

The super super super nice and super super super cute Cheri over at I Am Momma Hear Me Roar is having a contest (with prizes!) for boys shirts/jackets/vests/tops. Have you made one recently (as in, since February 28th)? Have you embellished one lately (as in, since February 28th)?

GO HERE TO LINK UP!

And the judges? They’re FABULOUS. Winking smile