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TOAD-ally awesome Valentines

February 9, 2011 By Char @ Crap I've Made 58 Comments

SUPPLIES:

TOAD-ally awesome printable, available here. (I ordered prints from my local warehouse club for 13 cents each.) You can personalize your own kid’s name at the bottom in Picnik (free) using Cheri’s fabulous tutorial. The font is “You Are Loved” and the color is FF71A3. Or, you could have your kid sign them.

Toy frogs. I found mine at Zurcher’s. They were $2.49 for 12.

And adhesive of some sort. I used the 3D Zots because the little froggy hands were not flat and they mushed into the dots well.

Put a glue dot on each frog hand (I keep wanting to call them paws) and then stick them in place.

Result? A boy friendly Valentine for about 35 cents!

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Filed Under: kids, Valentine's

My Master Bedroom

February 9, 2011 By Char @ Crap I've Made 19 Comments

I’ve gotten some requests to see the rest of my house…a home tour of sorts. I can’t promise it’ll occur in a timely manner or even that I’ll get to every room, but I’ll see what I can do to give you a little peek every now and then.

And here’s my disclaimer: I don’t love my master bedroom. It’s not ME. Perhaps if I loved it I would have taken the time to move BC’s CPAP machine off of his bedside table? Winking smile

My master bedroom is large. It’s one of the main reasons we bought this house. In our old place you couldn’t even walk all the way around our queen bed.

I fell in love with the Farmhouse Canopy Bed from Pottery Barn

but I didn’t love the price (hint: well over $1600 with shipping).

Our bed came from The Wood Connection (a local unfinished furniture store) and is solid maple. We paid them to finish it for us and still came in under half price.

And, the other end…

Eventually we’ll get the outlet moved and the cords under control. It’s only been 7 years so far…

So what’s the point of this post?

I have no idea!

You asked and I like to encourage voyeurism?

Maybe you can make me love my bedroom?

Maybe this will motivate me to finally frame the TV and do something about the cords?

Maybe you learned that unfinished furniture stores are a great way to knock off Pottery Barn furniture for less?

See you tomorrow?

Open-mouthed smile

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Filed Under: home decor, ramblings

Giveaway: Amy Peters’ Studio

February 7, 2011 By Char @ Crap I've Made 320 Comments

I’m excited to welcome a new sponsor to Crap I’ve Made!

Amy Peters has been designing jewelry since she was 8! (Tangent: just the thought of Keller attempting that has me giggling like an idiot. We all come with different talents, right?) She’s been designing as Amy Peters’ Studio, since 1995. Amy says “I want the designs to be inspirational and to be keepsakes and talismans for everyday life. I especially love the time in a girl’s life when she is just finding her voice, My hope is that my designs can help them along their voyage.”

Let me share some of my favorites with you!

This is the family tags necklace. I love how personal it can become.

And these stacking rings are so simple and pretty!

The Pewter Simple Secrets bracelets are great, too.

So, what’s in it for you?

A $75 gift certificate to Amy Peters’ Studio, that’s what!

TO ENTER:

Click on over to Amy Peters’ Studio and have a look around. Come back and leave a comment ON THIS POST (on the blog, not on Facebook) saying what you’d buy with your gift certificate!

BONUS ENTRIES (Leave a separate comment for each entry):

Follow the Amy Peters’ Studio Blog.

Subscribe to Amy Peters’ Studio newsletter.

Like Amy Peters’ Studio on Facebook{leave a wall comment that I sent you!}.

Tweet about this awesome giveaway: “I entered to win a FREE $75 gift certificate from @AmyPetersStudio you should too!

Facebook about this giveaway and be sure to @AmyPetersStudio in your status.

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Go vote!

February 7, 2011 By Char @ Crap I've Made Leave a Comment

Round 3 of CWTS is up.

GO HERE to vote.

My partner Lindy is still in and her project is awesome (as usual).

I’ve got a giveaway from one of my newest sponsors for you in a bit so stay tuned!

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Filed Under: CWTS

Elk Dresses Winner & discount!

February 6, 2011 By Char @ Crap I've Made Leave a Comment

The winner of the the Elk Dresses giveaway is…

#37, aka leslie, who said:

so precious! I love all the ruffles- I really like the chatty birdies dress- perfect for springtime!

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

Didn’t win? Great news!

Elk Dresses has graciously extended their 15% off discount (which makes any of the $25 dresses just $21.25) through the end of the month. Use code “CRAPPY” to take advantage of the discount. So, get over there and get shopping!

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Finally Friday

February 4, 2011 By Char @ Crap I've Made 11 Comments

Thanks for all the sock suggestions! I’m glad to know that there are others who share my “issue”. And some of you are way, way way more organized than I will ever be. I watched some American Idol and tackled the sock baskets last night. I’m free!

We’ve got a big bunch of crazy this weekend, so most everything crafty is on hold. I’m so whacked out that I even hired a housekeeping service. And look what they did to my toilet paper!

(crappy cell phone pic)

My partner Lindy made it through the decoupage round of CWTS. Her project was this phenomenal chest.

She hand painted the branches and decoupaged the birds. Her project for this week’s baby theme sounds insanely awesome and ambitious as well! I’ll remind you when you can go vote.

And, there’s still time to go enter Knock It Off over at 733.

There’s also time to send me cookies to influence the judges’ decisions. Winking smile

Hope your weekend is fabulous!

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Filed Under: ramblings

A Confession

February 2, 2011 By Char @ Crap I've Made 153 Comments

My name is Char and I hate laundry.

Specifically, I hate matching socks. And, it’s gotten out of control.

Way way way way out of control.

See?

It’s too late for help. I think I’m going to buy everyone new socks and start over.

Yes, really.

So, do you have any tips to keep my from finding myself in this situation again in a few short months? (Especially if you have 3 little boys in a row who all wear white socks that look exactly the same, though apparently they’re not and leave them in weird places so complete pairs very rarely make it into the same load of laundry…)

Maybe I’ll just move to Hawaii and make them all only wear sandals.

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Filed Under: organization, ramblings

Randoms

February 1, 2011 By Char @ Crap I've Made 5 Comments

We’re in the midst of a big old bedroom swap and someone (hint: Bennett) has decided he does not enjoy his new bed and that he needs to tell me about it every hour or so ALL.NIGHT.LONG. So, things are a mess and I’m exhausted. I’ll have the scripture case tutorial (U of U or other embellishments Winking smile ) for you shortly.

In the mean time…

Voting for round 2 of CWTS ends tonight at 10 MST. Go vote, if you haven’t already.

Kim @ 733 (who designed my blog) is hosting a fun contest called Knock It Off. There are prizes (over $100 worth) and I’m one of the judges!

And, you can enter the Elk Dresses giveaway through Friday at midnight here.

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Giveaway: Elk Dresses

January 31, 2011 By Char @ Crap I've Made 227 Comments

Have you heard of Elk Dresses?

They make cute and comfy (100% cotton jersey) dresses for the littlest girls (birth to 3T).

I spent some time browsing their Etsy shop (you can also keep up with them via their blog and on Facebook) and picked out a few of my favorites to share.

First of all, you KNOW how I love me some ruffle butts:

Look at all that ruffley goodness!

Are you loving gray and yellow together as much as I am right now?

And how do you feel about fluttery flowers?

I think I’ve save the best (or at least the most hilariously awesome) for last.

So, what’s in it for you?

Well, ALL of you can get 15% off anything in the Elk Dresses shop using code “CRAPPY”!

And, Elk Dresses is giving one lucky Crap I’ve Made reader a $25 shop credit!

TO ENTER:

Click on over to Elk Dresses on Etsy and have a look around. Come back and leave a comment ON THIST POST (on the blog, not on Facebook or email) saying what your favorite item in the shop is!

Giveaway will run through Friday at midnight MST.

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