The winner of the $40 store credit to RHB Designs is…
#172, aka Megs who said:
“Love the 4 tiny tags. Plus love the teacher one too.”
Megs, shoot me an email to [email protected] to claim your prize.
HUGE thanks to Rosie for the awesome giveaway!
Fail
November 5, 2010 By 16 Comments
***Last call to enter the RHB Designs giveaway here!***
Have you looked through your Pottery Barn holiday catalog yet? I did. And I remembered how well my ornament knock offs turned out last year.
(Click on the pictures to go to the tutorials)
Which made me feel all crafty and inspired.
And I decided to attempt to replicate these:
I’m not sure exactly where I went wrong. But “wrong” is definitely where I went.
Go ahead and laugh…I am.
Check back tomorrow for a weekend giveaway and the winner of the RHB Designs gift certificate!
Photo by Emilie, aka Miracle Worker
November 3, 2010 By 36 Comments
***Don’t forget to enter the RHB Designs giveaway here!***
If you’re not in Utah, this post will be of absolutely no use to you, but I have to talk about Emilie.
A while back I won a Halloween photo shoot on the Oh Sweet Sadie blog. I *really* wanted Campbell and Bennett in the pics together on account of their theme-y costumes, but Campbell has a bit of a “history” with getting pictures taken.
We left a studio after an hour without a single shot taken one Christmas. And the photographer actually told me it was Campbell’s fault.
He doesn’t like people touching him or talking to him. Add the bright lights to the mix? It’s all over.
“Normal” family pictures are one of those things you take for granted until you have a kid that just can’t handle it.
I expressed my concerns to Emilie and she told me she had lots of experience with special needs kids and to bring him. She even scheduled us right before lunch, just in case. (And remember…I hadn’t even paid for this photo shoot.)
And guess what?
She’s magic. Not a single melt down. No rolling around on the ground. No trying to eat his shirt.
If you’re a local, give Emilie a call, ESPECIALLY if you have kids with special needs. I think I have a crush on her.
Would it be creepy if I signed up for her class at Oh Sweet Sadie Academy? 
Giveaway: RHB Designs
November 2, 2010 By 420 Comments
I’d like to introduce you all to Rosie from RHB Designs. Rosie and I go way way way back…like when I only had 2 kids. Rosie makes and sells hand stamped jewelry.
I’ve actually owned one of Rosie’s necklaces for a couple of years, and I love it.
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She has tons of things you can personalize.
And other stuff that’s ready to go.
We actually bought one of these for Keller’s Kindergarten teacher for Christmas a few years back. That woman was a SAINT (27 kids in her class, 18 of which were boys). She deserved a gold medal, but this was as close as I could get.
So, what’s in it for you?
A chance to win a $40 gift certificate to RHB Designs, that’s what!
TO ENTER:
Click on over to RHB Designs and have a look around. Come back and leave a comment ON THIS POST with which item is your favorite.
BONUS ENTRIES:
Follow the RHB Designs blog. Leave a separate comment on this post saying that you do.
Leave a separate comment telling me which kind of Halloween candy you find most disgusting. (My answer? Bit O Honey).
Giveaway closes at 10pm MST on Friday, November 5th.
It’s November 1st
November 1, 2010 By 9 Comments
Which means it’s time to put up the thankful tree.
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Only this year I might get all crazy and use my Silhouette to cut out the leaves….
Voting for round 2 of Crafting With The Stars is up. You can vote for your top 3 favorite projects. Once again, I can’t tell you which one belongs to my partner Emily, but GO VOTE!
And, last but not least, today is the beginning of Handmade Holidays over on Sew, Mama, Sew!
They always have FABULOUS stuff (and you might even recognize a thing or two you’ve seen around here).
So, happy November?
Be careful…
October 31, 2010 By 17 Comments
The Pleated Poppy Winner
October 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
And the winner is…
#153, aka Heather who said:
This is the first year my husband and I have dressed up since college but this year we are going as Scarecrow and Dorothy and our twin one year olds are the munchkins!
Shoot me an email to [email protected] to claim your prize!
HUGE thanks to Lindsey @ The Pleated Poppy for the awesome giveaway!
And last but not least
October 30, 2010 By 2 Comments
A “dirty hobo”. HUGE thanks to my friend and neighbor Kristine for taking care of this one for me. (Don’t tell Keller but I think he kind of looks like that creeper that kidnapped Elizabeth Smart.)
So You Want To Be A Slurpee…
October 29, 2010 By 77 Comments
***Enter The Pleated Poppy giveaway here. It closes tonight!***
You’d better take a sedative, because that’s the only way anyone should ever commit to replicating these costumes.
Here are a few of the specifics, if you’re interested:
The “cup” is cloth automotive headliner fabric (like for the interior roof of your car). I picked it up locally at Hancock Fabrics and then I started to paint.
And paint.
And paint.
It took over a gallon of white latex paint, just to get a basecoat.
And then I did a 2nd coat (took MUCH less).
I taped off each “cup” into sixths.
I found a Slurpee font and downloaded it. Then I used my Silhouette to cut the lettering out of freezer paper. (Tip: When cutting freezer paper with a Silhouette, use the green/cardstock mat, put the dull side down, and cut your design backwards.) The freezer paper only stuck marginally to the painted surface. I had to paint carefully, but it worked out OK.
The red lettering is acrylic craft paint. The blue is latex pain.
I hot glued a “casing” along the top edge. I used sprinkler funny pipe for the frame.
The straws are red pool noodles.
The beverage portion is tulle. There’s also a coordinating colored “collar” hot glued and Gorilla taped inside the rim of the cup. It has an elastic casing to slip over the head.
Happy Ho-ho-ho-lloween?
October 28, 2010 By 42 Comments
***Don’t forget to enter The Pleated Poppy giveaway here.***
Campbell doesn’t really like costumes.
Heck, he doesn’t even like clothes (basketball shorts excluded…it’s that Asperger’s/SPD thing).
Halloweens in the past have involved him screaming and freaking out because he HATES whatever he’s wearing. I think he could be dipped in battery acid and it’d cause less commotion.
So, when he actually came up with a costume idea that he was excited about, I ran with it. Even if the requested costume WAS Santa.
I traced a pair of pajamas for the pants and then cropped them and added fur.
I traced one of his older brother’s church shirts for the jacket, and then added fur.
The belt is a dollar store picture frame spray painted gold. Then I hot glued the end of the belt vinyl to the picture frame back and slid it into the frame and glued that in place, too. It closes with velcro.
And, for the very first time ever?
I have a kid who’s happy on Halloween!
