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Giveaway: UglySofa.com X 3!

May 3, 2011 By Char @ Crap I've Made

Thanks for sticking with me through this WordPress migration! I’ve gotten some emails about things that aren’t working, and I appreciate them. I think everything is working now, but if it’s not…you know where to find me. I’ve also gotten some feedback that people don’t like the truncated posts at the bottom of the page. I’ve got it set now so that there are three full length posts and then 3 truncated posts on the main page. If you’ve got strong feelings on that situation, shoot me an email with what you’d prefer to see (i.e. how many full length posts on the home page, how many truncated). If there’s enough of an uprising (just kidding…you all would never cause an uprising, right?), I might make a change.

So, about that giveaway.

Let me introduce you to UglySofa.com.

UglySofa.com sells new condition slipcovers from pretty much THE most well known company out there. They refer to them as “Brand X”, in honor of the X they put on the tags to prevent returns to said company. I’m going to refer to them as Lottery Yarn, if you catch my drift. And I think you do. Right?

You start by determining if your ugly sofa has square cushions

or T cushions

and then you get shopping.

On many of the covers, they show you a real life shot of the cover on a couch, no catalog magic involved.

So, what’s in it for you?

UglySofa.com is giving THREE of you a slipcover (up to $179 retail value) of your choice!

TO ENTER:

Click on over to UglySofa.com. Have a look around. Come back and leave a comment on this post saying which slipcover you’ll pick if you win. (Entry #1)

Extra entries:

Go back to UglySofa.com. Sign up for their newsletter (left hand column). Come back and leave a comment on this post saying that you did. (Entry #2)

Like UglySofa.com on Facebook. Come back and leave a comment on this post saying that you did. (Entry #3)

Giveaway will run for one week. I’d also like to point out that UglySofa.com is running a ridiculously good sale right now where all one piece slipcovers are $29.99 and all separate seat slipcovers are $49.99. (If you’ve ever priced slipcovers before, you know what I’m talking about.)

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Blast From The Past!

May 2, 2011 By Char @ Crap I've Made 55 Comments

So, I think my big bad switch to WordPress went off without a hitch, right?

RIGHT??

Somebody say something, please!

Whilst I’m figuring this all out, I thought I’d show you a project I did almost 3 years ago that is still one of my favorites.

I swapped out a few of the pictures yesterday and was reminded how much I love it.

The short explanation is that I duct taped a bunch of cheapo IKEA frames together.

For the longer explanation and details on where the idea came from, you can check out my original post here.

And check out that cute new lamp I picked up at Target this weekend.

Under $20, too. See?

If you were notified about his post in a reader, could you let me know? I just want to see what’s working!

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Picking some new winners!

April 30, 2011 By Char @ Crap I've Made 9 Comments

We’ve had A LOT of unclaimed prizes as of late and I’d like to wrap this stuff up. So, if I don’t hear from you by Tuesday, I’m picking again!

The new Shabby Apple winner is:

#42, aka Jenalyn and Mike!

The new Imaginisce winner is:

#181, aka Kathy!

The new Crystal B winner is:

#127, aka Linsey!

And the Woombie winner is:

#130, aka KandA!

Shoot me an email to [email protected] ASAP to claim your prizes! Remember, I’m drawing again if I haven’t heard from you by Tuesday!

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Snap!: The Conference

April 28, 2011 By Char @ Crap I've Made 15 Comments

So, here’s your announcement:

I am not pregnant.

I am, however, involved in a whole bunch of awesome coming your way next April.

Check out the Snap! conference site for more info as it becomes available. We’re still under construction, but there was no way we could keep this under wraps one more second!

I’m going to strongly suggest that you go check out the AWESOME women involved.

You can also follow along with Snap! on Facebook and Snap! on Twitter.

And now I’m going to plead for some help:

Part of the idea behind Snap! is that we’re all better together…as part of a community. And, because of that, we want to DO something together during the conference to make a difference.

Do you know of an organization that could use our help?

Email me at [email protected] with the info.

See you at Snap!

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Blah Blah Blah

April 28, 2011 By Char @ Crap I've Made 13 Comments

We packed up the old van and drove to Nebraska last week.

Yes, on purpose.

Some of us are better travelers than others.

Apparently he prefers 15 hour car rides to trips to the bounce house place.

Before we left, I got a new camera, and I’m pretty sure I want to marry it. I’ve taken approximately one bajillion pictures already. Most of them are super awesome, like this shot in the dark gym at an elementary school orchestra concert:

or this shot in a Walmart parking lot:

This picture?

ISO 3200.

My old camera maxed out at like 1200.

Random subject change alert!

My kids’ school does an egg drop every year. Basically, your kid makes some sort of container to protect a raw egg and then the custodian gets up on the roof and throws it off. If the egg breaks, they get a piece of candy for participating. If the egg doesn’t break, they get a (slightly bigger) piece of candy for participating.

There are no restrictions or guidelines that I’m aware of. For example, one year Macy embedded her egg in a box filled with Jell-o. I put BC in charge of Keller’s entry this year.

What in the crap is that???

I’m pretty sure that egg is NEVER coming out, broken or not.

I’ve got an announcement coming up a little later today. I’ll be back.

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Pressing Words

April 27, 2011 By Char @ Crap I've Made 9 Comments

This weekend (late Saturday night when all of you are out doing something way more fun than reading my blog and/or sleeping), Crap I’ve Made will be moving from Blogger to WordPress.

www.crapivemade.com will still be the place to find me and everything should transfer over smoothly, but I just wanted to warn you all in advance.

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Spiffy Scissors

April 26, 2011 By Char @ Crap I've Made 90 Comments

Cindy over at Skip to My Lou asked me to participated in her Teacher Appreciation series. I adore Cindy, so of course I said yes. Then I realized something:

I’ve never actually appreciated a teacher. I mean, I’ve appreciated a teacher, I just haven’t ever done anything about it. Who sucks? (Hint: me)

Here’s my quick, easy, and inexpensive idea!

Spiffy Scissors

Supplies:

Scissors (all of mine came from Dollar Tree)
Patterned paper
E6000
Sandpaper or a nail file
Mod Podge Dimensional Magic

I picked papers that coordinated with the scissor handles.

Cut out pieces of paper the size of the scissor blades. They don’t need to be exact, but the closer the better.

Use some E6000 to adhere the paper to the scissor blades.

Be sure to get the E6000 all the way to the edges. Trust me on this.

Using a nail file or some sandpaper, sand off the excess paper. Sand down (i.e. towards the metal).

See how much nicer that looks?

Move to a “safe” surface (I used a junky old IKEA cutting board) and apply an even thin layer of Dimensional Magic to one of the scissor blades. (Dimensional Magic is a little bit fickle. Be sure to read all the tips and tricks over on Mod Podge Rocks before you start to make your experience a successful one!)

Let it dry for at least 3 hours and then flip it over to do the other blade.

The Dimensional Magic dries clear.

I had a happy little accident when I discovered that disposable icing bags were a perfect fit for the scissors.

I tied them with some ribbon and tags (I used the print & cut option on my Silhouette), but you can make them however you want.

And I solemnly swear that I will publicly thank teachers for the rest of my life. Starting next year. Winking smile

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Winners, Imaginisce and Crystal B

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

The winner of the i-Rock set from Imaginisce is…

#59, aka Annette A, who said:

I am a blog follower…..

The winner of the fabulous Char necklace from Crystal B is…

#66, aka Stephanie, who said:

Ooh! I love the Feuilles et des Fleurs earrings.

Shoot me an email to [email protected] ASAP to claim your prizes!

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Giveaway: Woombie

April 25, 2011 By Char @ Crap I've Made

Hey there! How was your weekend? We’ve had a fabulous couple of days with family and I don’t think any of us are quite ready to go back to reality.

I’ll be posting the Crystal B and Imaginisce winners later today.

I’ll also be guest posting over at Skip to My Lou later today as part of Cindy’s Teacher Appreciation series. My post isn’t up yet, so I can’t link you, but I promise to post the project here tomorrow as well.

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Have any of you ever been cursed blessed with a kid that screamed for, oh, the first 18 months of his life?

I have. This one:

In fact, the only time he quit screaming was when he was strapped to my body like this:

That worked out OK most of the time, except when I needed to do stuff. You know, stuff like “sit down”, “drive a car”, or maybe even “sleep at night”.

Now I obviously don’t know, but I wonder if something like the Woombie would have helped…

Woombie was started a few years ago by Karen Barski. Karen’s an RN, but also a mom who had a kid who wouldn’t sleep. She says:

We needed to keep our daughter Bella safe and comfortable. Getting up every 2 hours during the night can be draining for not only mom, but everyone in the house- both emotionally and physically. I sought after different products that would work for the baby and myself on a few different levels. First, to swaddle the baby for her safety and comfort, to both prevent her from scratching herself and also prevent the Startle Reflex. It needed to be comfortable and to stay put! Velcro almost always detaches as baby stretches during the night, and blankets unravel and may overheat baby, or end up over the baby’s face contributing to SIDS. I needed something that would stay intact and snug, but at the same time, allow the baby to stretch out if she needed to, where the fabric would then automatically re-conform to a snug cocoon-like or peanut shape afterwards. After searching every store and website for a product that would “stay put”, on went my creative hat. I sewed and sewed until Bella was “contained” with a gentleness. No “arms pinned to the side swaddle”, a stretchy but effective peanut, which was ergonomical to her shoulder, waist and hip curves.

And so, the Woombie was born.