Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Glasses Case

Another of Casey's Crafts


Painted eyeglass case...


She painted it with acrylic craft paint (a solid color) and then
painted it with glitter nail polish over the top...

cute and it covers up all the weird, inappropriate words that were on her case...



Thursday, January 17, 2013

Painting Upholstered Furniture

Turning Something Old, into Something New

So about a year or so ago a friend of mine told me that she painted her couch....I
was like WHAT???!!!!!  I couldn't believe anyone would do that to their furniture...
Then...I went over and saw it and sat on it....WOW!!!  I couldn't believe it...
it looked and felt like leather....it looked really nice...and all it takes is some 
latex paint....

so, a different friend of mine gave me a chair....(which I'm very thankful for) that had seen
better days... 
 ....so...
guess what I'm doing....


Painting a chair...


(the next project is painting the basement floor Yuck!)


Before...

After...

I'll show you the finished project....



Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Handmade Hair Bows

Handmade Hair Bows




My daughter has been feeling WAY more crafty than me lately....So we're featuring one of
her crafts this week...

Supplies needed are glue gun, scissors and your favorite fabric

Cut a rectangular piece of fabric....hers was 8x12 approximately...
which makes a larger bow... the little "band" piece is approximately 2 inches wide
(don't you just love my precise details...lol  )
I like the word approximately...  :-)


fold into thirds to the middle....gluing each layer down




fold the sides into the middle..



both sides....and glue

pinch into the configuration you like and glue in the creases of
your "pinchies"... :-)




 Now for the "band" piece


fold over into thirds and glue




wrap around your bow, with the ends to the back..

place glue on back of bow to hold the ends of the "Band" piece ...
if there is any extra....cut it off...

voila! you have a bow...just attache a barrett or metal
clip and you're all set to dress up your hair...




Tuesday, January 1, 2013

My Friends Tree

Here is a picture of what my friend created after the Christmas Tree post...



Very cute Tabatha!