Showing posts with label handmade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label handmade. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Silk-Tie Easter Eggs

Every year my family gets together for Easter and has what we call an Egg Fight. It sounds messy but really isn't. Basically everyone picks an egg (hardboiled) then the first two people team up. They hits the ends of their eggs together until one end on one of the eggs breaks. The person with the broken end turns their egg around and uses the good end. This continues until there is a winner (an egg with at least one end not broken). The winner then continues on to fight another person their egg. We keep track of how many wins an egg gets and then chear for the winner.

As I am writing this out it doesn't sound so exciting, but it is pretty entertaining when you are involved in the actual game.

Rather than having plan 'ol dyed eggs this year this looks fabulous.


Leave it to Martha to share with us how to use old ties to create unique Easter eggs. Go on a hunt for those old silk ties the men in our lives have been holding onto for way too long, put them to good use and create some beautiful eggs!

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Needle and Pin Productions

In my last post I mentioned I had a bunch of projects I was working on. Well I got a couple of things crossed off my to do list, and this has resulted in the re-launch of my Etsy store.

http://www.NeedlePinProductions.etsy.com

Previously I had used this store to sell some of my vinyl items. I have since had a change of plans. This store will be solely for the sale of my handmade, non vinyl items. With the relaunch of the store I have posted some handmade ipod/camera/cellphone cozies.


Enjoy!

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Littlecrow Collection


"Mr. Ray" over at littlecrow collection has opened an Etsy store and currently he has ties for sale for 18month-4T little gentleman. "Mr. Ray" is a personal friend who makes all of his patterns by hand as well as his items. "Mr. Ray" will also be selling items for gentleman in addition to his little gentleman items. Keep checking in on his store to see what items he will have available.

These ties are adorable and not to mention utterly fashionable! If I had a little boy I would buy them for him to sport. But I don't, so I am leaving it up to those of you who do to buy up these ties. Littlecrow also has a blog where you can follow the ins and outs of their operation. Check it out at http://littlecrowcollection.blogspot.com/

(images from littlecrow)

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Gift Tags

This year for Christmas I decided that I would make my own gift tags. Every year I feel like I go to the store and I can never find gift tags in a design that I really like. One year I even forfeited gift tags and just wrote people's names on the bottom of their gifts.

To start this project I found a paper punch in the shape of a tag and various printed papers as well as cardstock in solid colors.


Once I had a bunch of little tags punched out I decided which solids to match up with prints. I then glued a solid and print together. By doing this it provided the tag with a little weight, since the printed paper was kind of light. I then used a hole punch to punch holes at the top of the tags. I had decided that I wanted to use various ribbons and ric rac to hang the tags from. You could skip the holes at the top and just tape the tags on if you want.


Once all of this is done you can design and address the tags however you want.

Here is an example of a wrapped present with a completed tag. I used stamps for the lettering.

Friday, December 5, 2008

Martha Stewart Crafts

EVERYTHING is on sale at Martha Stewart Crafts! Who knows when you might need embellishments and such. I love sales!

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Purses, handbags and fabulous!

Hey Ladies, if any of you have a love for handbags I strongly encourage you to check out madebyhank. This girl makes some fabulous bags! At least I think they are fabulous. She also has an etsy store, which is where you can pick one up. Maybe if I am good Santa will bring me one.


photos from madebyhank

Monday, September 29, 2008

Craft Time!

The other day my friend Stephanie was admiring the felt case I made for my ipod. She had mentioned that her hand knitted case for her camera had stretched and her camera no longer stayed inside. I decided to surprise her with a new felt case. Here is how it turned out.