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Take that, Ballard Designs

January 28, 2009 By Char @ Crap I've Made 27 Comments

I saw this in the Ballard Designs catalog: Cute, right? $62 cute? Not. Even. Close. So, I went to the Army Navy Surplus and bought this for $6.99. I spray painted it with some paint I already had and then I ordered some vinyl letters from here. Finished product? And for less than 1/6 the […]

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Silhouettes

January 24, 2009 By Char @ Crap I've Made 14 Comments

I used this tutorial. I just printed the originals on my printer, so the glueing with a gluestick didn’t work out so well. I’d recommend double stick tape. I bought the 8 X 10 frames and printed my kids 5 X 7. The frames came from Michael’s. They were 55% off this week, down to […]

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One of these kids…

January 22, 2009 By Char @ Crap I've Made 10 Comments

is weird like their mother.

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SIX!!!

January 21, 2009 By Char @ Crap I've Made 15 Comments

How/When did that happen? It’s never weird to me when Macy gets older. Maybe it’s because she’s always seemed older anyway. Keller? Totally different story. How did my sweet little 9lb 11oz bundle of fatty fat get to be 6? Puffy eyes, totally not a morning person Random things about Keller: Some of us had […]

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Wannabe hacker

January 19, 2009 By Char @ Crap I've Made 4 Comments

Are you familiar with IKEA hacker? If not, go have a look around. We decided to attempt a minor hack of our own. BC loves his electronics crap. The unit we bought for the theater room 3 years ago? This: I swear it used to look nice. Somebody got a new receiver and then had […]

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Back to making crap

January 14, 2009 By Char @ Crap I've Made 5 Comments

Apparently I took a bit of a hiatus. These are for a friend. The dishtowel bibs were made using this tutorial. I serged instead of folding and sewing and they were WAY fast.

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Obsessed with

January 13, 2009 By Char @ Crap I've Made 9 Comments

Making my own chalkboard paint. However, I don’t actually have any projects in mind that would require the use of chalkboard paint. Suggestions?

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Resolving

January 12, 2009 By Char @ Crap I've Made 12 Comments

So, I realized we’re almost half way through January already, but I’m putting my resolutions here for all to see/mock/hold me accountable. 1) Cook and eat at home at least 5 nights/week. It’s not so much about the money or the health of it (though those are nice too) as it is about the fact […]

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