Giveaway: Makia Creations

October 18, 2010 By Char @ Crap I've Made 136 Comments

Have you been invited to one of Makia’s Craft Groups yet?

A Makia Craft Group is a way for you to get together with your friends and have fun doing something you love: making things!

Makia will help you plan, organize and host a successful craft group by simplifying every step. We’ll introduce you to artistic crafts and provide you with ready-to-make kits. Basically your group shows up and gets to the fun stuff. Less measuring, cutting, messes and clean-up.

In a Makia Craft Group you will enjoy escaping from the daily grind and household madness for a couple of hours and become part of a team that is passionate about creative home décor that is ahead of the curve. Makia makes it easy to host your friends for a fun, productive girls’ night out.

Working as a group helps you save time and money on the kits and helps create a group where personalities and ideas come to life.

Top 5 reasons for holding a craft group with Makia Creations?

A productive girls’ night out!
Save time and money
Create home décor that is fun and functional
Simplicity
Get to the fun stuff faster!

Check out Makia Creations’s website www.makiacreations.com to view innovative products and see how you can launch a Makia Craft Group in your area.

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Want to give Makia Creations a try? One lucky Crap I’ve Made winner will win THREE craft kits so they can invite some friends over for a night of crafting fun!

TO ENTER:

Click on over to Makia Creations. Have a look around. Come back and leave a comment ON THIS POST saying which craft kit you’d pick for your craft club. This giveaway is open to US residents only and will close Friday, October 22nd at 10pm MST.

And, later this week I’ll try out a Makia Creations craft kit and let you see the results!

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ThirtySixTen Winner!

October 17, 2010 By Char @ Crap I've Made Leave a Comment

The proud owner of these earrings from ThirtySixTen is….

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#238, aka Carleen who said “I love the Tiny Silver Heart Ring!”

Carleen, shoot me an email to [email protected] to claim your prize.

HUGE thanks to Amy at ThirtySixTen for the awesome giveaway!

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The Claire Witch Project*

October 16, 2010 By Char @ Crap I've Made 14 Comments

Did you see the super cute witch hat applique pattern over on UCreate last week?

I did.

And my niece Claire is rocking it. (Tangent: I swear she suddenly has WAY more hair than when I saw her 3 weeks ago.) She also has ruffles on the bum. The skirt is just a bunch of strips sewed side to side with a little waistband and then I hemmed it with bias tape.

Has anybody else tried the applique pattern? What other Halloween wear have you made?

*Totally ripped off the title from an email my SIL sent me.

And I’m adding another pic of the ruffles because they KILL me!

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Flickr Feature Friday

October 15, 2010 By Char @ Crap I've Made 2 Comments

***Today is the last day to enter to win the fabulous earrings from ThirtySixTen…go here***

Today is also the last day to enter Crafting With The Stars.

The deadline is 8pm MST tonight. And remember, you can enter anything you’ve made since September 1st. Come on…you know you wanna!

Now on with our feature!

Did you know Crap I’ve Made has a Flickr group? You can find the link at any time up on my menu bar under Crap You’ve Made. Go add your stuff! Please?

Projects from the Flickr group will be featured on Fridays.

Remember the spooky soap dispensers from last week? I think Target’s probably wondering why they’re suddenly so popular.

My pal Tina made these (and had her friend with a Cricut cut the faces for her):

And brianneandfam made this one:

She cut the face by hand.

Kristina over at The Grassy Noall made this one using glittery fun foam instead of vinyl.

Has anyone else made the soap dispensers? Go upload pics to the Flickr group or link me to your blog and I’ll add them to this feature post!

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Trying again…Punkin’s Posies Winner

October 14, 2010 By Char @ Crap I've Made 1 Comment

Still haven’t heard from our first winner and we NEED to get this tutu out!

So, the new winner is…

cherie, who said “I am a follower of the blog.”

Shoot me an email to [email protected] with your mailing address ASAP!

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Inspired by

October 14, 2010 By Char @ Crap I've Made 8 Comments

***To enter to win the fabulous earrings from ThirtySixTen, go here***

This wreath from Crafty Sisters…

I found a ridiculously awful ivy wreath on clearance at IKEA last week for $2.99. I sprayed it with black spray paint and then wrapped it with a black feather boa from the party supply store.

I used dollar store ping pong balls (9 for a buck!) for the eyeballs, just like in the original.

I used foam stencil dauber thingy (I’m sure that you now know EXACTLY what I’m talking about on account of my brilliant use of the English language) to make the irises. I did a layer of green craft paint first and then a layer of Extreme Glitter. You can’t really tell, so I’m not sure that I’d go that route again. I used the handle dipped in black craft paint for the pupils. And then I hot glued them in place.

What’s hanging on your Halloween door?

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Punkin’s Posies Winner!

October 14, 2010 By Char @ Crap I've Made 2 Comments

The winner of the Halloween bow and tutu set from Keri at Punkin’s Posies is….

Quiggle who said “Loving the tutu.”

Quiggle, shoot me an email ASAP to claim your prize. Because of the seasonal nature of this giveaway, if I haven’t heard from Quiggle by 10:00 MST tonight, we’ll pick a new winner.

Thanks to Punkin’s Posies for the giveaway!

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One Day Giveaway: Punkin’s Posies!

October 13, 2010 By Char @ Crap I've Made 96 Comments

***To enter to win the fabulous earrings from ThirtySixTen, go here***

Meet Keri from Punkin’s Posies. She’s new to the bloggy world. She makes and sells all sorts of cuteness for girls of all ages (yourself included).

Need something to complete your little girl’s outfit? Check out her hair posies. My favorites are the Halloween ones.

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She also makes clothing posies and fabric necklace posies to dress up any outfit.

Even your diaper bag can get it on the act!

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Keri’s giving one lucky Crap I’ve Made reader a tutu (fits up to size 2T) and hair posie (love the eyeballs), just in time for Halloween. This giveaway will close at midnight MST TONIGHT, so you can receive your prize in time to get lots of wear out of it.

TO ENTER:

Click on over to Punkin’s Posies and take a look around. Come back and leave a comment ON THIS POST with what your favorite Punkin’s Posies item is.

BONUS ENTRIES:

Follow the Punkin’s Posies blog and then come back and leave a separate comment on this post saying that you did/are.

Display the Punkin’s Posies button on your blog and then come back and leave a comment on this post saying that you did.

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Properly Spooky

October 12, 2010 By Char @ Crap I've Made 15 Comments

***To enter to win the fabulous earrings from ThirtySixTen, go here***

First there was the light fixture makeover.

Then there was the bat explosion.

And now I’ll give you a glimpse of the rest of my holiday decor.

Throw pillows:

(Target)

(Macy…a free stitchery pattern that I found online last year)

Throw:

(IKEA)

Sparkly black candelabras:

(Savers. Orange candles from IKEA.)

Vine pumpkins:

(Target dollar section)

Skeleton in a hurricane:

(Big Lots)

Creepy spider specimen:

(It’s the kind that grows 4 times it’s size in water. I got mine locally at Orson Gygi for about $3. The jar is IKEA. The sparkly skulls behind it are from Dollar Tree.)

And a little something for the kitchen:

(Cake stand from Home Goods, dome from Tai Pan Trading, skull and hands from Dollar Tree)

And tomorrow? A Halloween-y one day giveaway for all of you!

Check back bright and early for your chance to win!

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Giveaway: ThirtySixTen

October 11, 2010 By Char @ Crap I've Made 314 Comments

I’m gonna be honest with you…that week of giveaways I did to celebrate reaching 1,000,000 hits ~~kind of~~ wore me out! I think I’ve recovered and I’ve got a bunch of stuff scheduled over the upcoming weeks.

Meet Amy from ThirtySixTen.

She’s a metalsmith (I’m not sure exactly what that is, but I suddenly want to be one) and she makes some really, really cool jewelry.

Like this:

And these:

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And my 2 personal favorites:

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She also makes some beautiful birthstone rings that would be perfect for someone with a lot of kids (i.e. myself).

And, one lucky Crap I’ve Made reader will be the proud owner of these by the end of the week:

TO ENTER:

Click on over to ThirtySixTen on Etsy. Take a look around and then come back here and leave a comment ON THIS POST with what your favorite item in Amy’s shop is. She likes to know what her customers are looking for!

Additional entries:

Like ThirtySixTen on Facebook.

Follow the ThirtySixTen blog.

And then leave an additional (separate) comment for each one.

***Giveaway closes Friday, October15th at 10:00 pm MST. Amy ships ANYWHERE, so all of you international readers GET ENTERING!!!***

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