Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Thank you to all of you who take a little time to check my blog here and there :)

I am very thankful for you all :)

 

Challenge Day 26 Revive a Wrinkled Ribbon

Wow! What happened to me? with all the rest of the challenge days?

Well, Life happened lol

I've been trying to get creative everyday, but planning for Thanksgiving :D

But here is my creativity of today :)

 

Making a wrinkle ribbon look like new

instead of using the regular iron

I took my hair iron, warmed it up,

and run the ribbon like if it was your hair,

that's it!

You can see here how straight is half of the ribbon

(on the back) sorry couldn't put it on the front

managing my camera in one hand and the rest on the other hand

wasn't that easy,

I guess I need a tripod ha!

I know what I am asking for Christmas lol

 

thanks for stopping by :)

 

 



Challenge Day 22 Sunglass Case part 2

I think this picture doesn't do justice

to all the work I put in this little piece of fabric hahaha!

 

I went to the store to get a red fabric to match my crochet piece

and this one I found is just perfect!

is hard to see in the picture, but it has red and some of that

dark red that the yarn has,

anyways, I do not do good sewing in a sewing machine

at least I think so,

so I am sewing this by hand

 

 

but to get it ready, I cut my piece of fabric 1/4" longer than what I need it

and fold that 1/4 by pining it and ironing it

to keep it from moving when I go to sew it :)

 

It shouldn't take long to do this

if you have all the materials at home

but since I don't do this often

it took me a little while to get it done

 

but... I did my creative part for today :)

 

thanks for visiting,

 

 

Challenge Day 21 Blocking

Today I decided to try a new technique for me
Blocking

 

 

Where you use steam on a crochet or knit item

to either stretch it, make the edges even or simply

just make it look better

 

The piece has to stay with the pins for a whole day

after steaming it

So I'll check tomorrow for the results :)

 

thanks for visiting :)

 

 

Challenge Day 19 & 20 Mug Cozy

 Today I am super happy that I got another project done :)

 

I worked on this project for about a week on and off
three to four rows at the time
and finally today I woke up and said:
that's it! I am finishing it today!

 And here it is

 

and on the side I put a button so is easy to put it on and off

in any mug :)

 

Now if you want to make it here are the instructions:

 

I used knittin needles # 3

and yarn # 4

(one of the regular yarns that you see in the craft stores)

 

Cast on 17 sts.

and knit rice stitch until you have 24 cm. or 9 1/2 in.

bind off.

 

Then in the middle of one of the sides

 make 5 chains with any crochet you have around

to make a look for the button.

 

On the other side sew the button

in the middle of the row.

 

And you are done.

This is a project you can make in a day

but my lack of time didn't allow me :)

 

Please share yours if you make one :)

 

thanks for visiting

 

 

 

Challenge Day 18 Color Palette

I found this picture in the net some time ago

I love turtles and I just love this colors together

maybe I'll use them someday in my embroidery :)

 

that's my short time creativity for day 18 :)

 



Challenge Day 16 & 17 Digital Scrapbooking

Is really hard for me to use the computer during the weekends

so here I am today with my challenges from saturday and sunday

trying to be creative in a different way

I have play with my pictures creating a digital scrapbook :)

 

I work with PSPX2

 

for this picture I only added 2 diffent frames

but I colorized them with her favorite colors

 

 

This one has a charcoal effect

 

 

Pencil Effect choosing a pink color 

 

 

Pencil Effect with a white color 

 

Brush Stroke effect

 

For this picture I darken the background and

used a mask as a frame





 

 

 This picture took me a lot of time,

as I had to remove all the background from the picture

make it a tube and then make the rest of the frame

using borders and inner bevels

 

 

 And for this one I didn't remove the background

just added some borders

and decorate them with patterns to make it

stand out a little bit

 

Well, that was my creativitiy for the weekend,

let's see how do I get creative today

and hopefully post it tonight :)

 

Thanks for visiting

 

 



Challenge Day 15 Art Journaling and Mixed Media

 

 

Today I wanted to share an art journal page

that I did for my teenage daughter for her birthday

 

I am a beginner in art journaling

and I tried experimenting with acrylics and watercolors

different sponges and bubble wrap to print

handmade swirls (not the best lol) with permanent markers

and of course her favorite Bible Verse

which I chose to add a little mixed media to it

by sewing the corner, putting some rick rack ribbon and a button :)

An! and her favorite colors :)

 

Thank you so much for taking a look :)

 

 

Challenge Day 14 Coasters

I am making this cute little crochet coasters

 

 

Here are the instructions:

 

I started with a magic ring

thenk 8 single crochet(sc) into the ring

join with a slip stitch(sl. st.)

Row 1: Chain 1 and 2 sc into the same st. then 2 sc in each following st
when you get to the last st. join with a sl. st.
Row 2: Ch 1 and 1 sc in the same st. then work *2 sc in the next st. and 1 sc in the next st.* and repeat from * to * then join with a sl. st.
Row 3: ch 1 and 1 sc in the sam st. then work *2sc in the next st, 1 sc in the next two st.* and repeat from * to * then join with a sl. st.
That's it! you are done :)
 At the end leave a little yarn to weave through the last row you made for a neater look :)

I hope this encourage you to make your own

Enjoy!

 

 



Easy Crochet Heart

I made this crocheted heart

following the picture of this Pin

 

 

But I started with a magic ring

then I followed with double crochets and single crochets

like the picture says, but I stopped

at the row where is all single crochet all around the heart.

 

I hope you like it, if you make one plese share :)

 

 

 

Challenge Day 11 & 12 New Crochet Stitch

(Sigh) I couldn't post yesterday because

my sister came to spend the day with us :)

and since I am making this for her

I couldn't pull it out and take a picture of it

 

I am working on a new crochet stitch for me

that I found in Pinterest here

 

It doesn't look quite the same since the yarn is a little bit thicker

than the sample on pinterest

but is coming along good I think

 

 

I don't have a lot left to crochet here

I am making a sunglass case like this one

but better, since I've been reading a lot about crochet

and know what to do now for a better finished look :)

which I'll share in another post

as my project goes along :)

 

Thank you for stopping by,

Challenge Day 10 Hand Sewn Owl Needle Book

Today I had a hard time with the Internet

bu finally got it to work :) to be able to post

 

Here is my finished Owl Needle Book

In case you are wondering the front is the Embroidered Owl

 

 

For this book I made the pages with felt

pink, blue and green

just like me Embroidered Owl

 

And I saw some pockets for the embroidery floss

with a blanket stitch 

 

And on another page

I did a pocket for my scissors

 

And as you can see just a plain running stitch

for the middle of the book

holding the felt pages in :)

 

I sewed (I hope that's right) everything by hand

even the brown owl fabric to my embroidered owl :)

 

Thank you so much for taking a look :)

 

 



Embroidered Owl

Weekends are really hard for me to go online

but here I escaped for a minute to share

my finished my Embroidered Owl

 

 

Hope you like it :)

 



Challenge Day 8 DIY Ribbon Organizer

I've been organizing my Scrapbooking/Craft area

for quite a while on and off, just whenever I have a little time

 

So this is my creative moment of the day.

 

This picture right here shows you where I've been planning to put

all my ribbons,

never mind the mess I have there, I'll work on it little by little

right now I just wanted this ribbons up there :D

 

 

This is an old but very firm repurposed entertainment center

which I am using for all my scraps, crafts, knitting, painting, etc.

 

The edge was very rough looking

that's why I painted right there

 

Now for the creative part :)

I bought a dowell to put my ribbons on

but I didn't have a way to hold the dowell

and my husband had this very handy super big paper clips

and Wala!

 

 

There is my ribbon holder :)

 

Now that I think about it, I should go paint the dowell too lol

Not the prettiest but very thrifty and very handy too :)

 

thanks for visiting :)

 

 

 

Challenge Day 7 mini pies

O.k. These did not come out like I thought they would

My daughter was feeling crafty

so we decided to make some mini pies

from an American Girl book that she has

 

 

we were supposed to use bottle caps, but we only had one

(the one in the middle)

and for the rest we used waterbottle caps :/

we used felt to make it look like the pie crust

and beads to make the inside of the pie

 

We worked with what we had here at home

so Yeah! is not the best, but pretty good for a 8 y. old :)

I think :)

 

She says the green one is key lime pie

the blue is blueberry pie

and the red one is cherry pie,

they are the perfect size for polly pocket dolls,

just in case a mom out there wonders

and Ah! we used white glue to hold it all together

so they don't come apart and make a big mess :)

 

Thanks for visiting :)



Challenge Day 6 Applique and Digital signature

For my challenge today I have this super cute owl purse

that my teenage daughter made for me :)

She drew the owl herself

cut the pieces and glued to the purse

which she designed the pattern for also :)

 

 

So my work here was to saw by hand

around the edges of the owl

just in case whenever I have to wash the purse

my cute little owl doesn't come out :)

 

Isn't this adorable :)

 

And I also made my signature gift box

by following a PSP lesson through a yahoo group :)

 

Thanks for visiting :)

Challenge Day 5 Making T-shirt Yarn

I've been wanting to make T-shirt Yarn since

I saw this tutorial a while ago

I have it on my Pinterest here

 

But I took some pictures anyways of the step by step procedure

 

First you take a t-shirt

this is a child's one that is stained

(hard to see in the picture)

 

 Then you fold it half

with the opening away from you

 

 

Then I measured an inch

an marked with a pen

 

An start cutting the t-shirt

leaving about 1/2  on the top without cutting

(that's what gives you the continuity of the yarn)

 

I tried cutting all the way to where the sleeves are

and it just doesn't work well

so seems like you can only use the body part of the t-shirt

 





 

Once is all cut

take the bottom of the -shirt

(where you started cutting)

and cut a slit at an angle

 

Then open the t-shirt up

and cut following the strand

(where I am pointing with the scissors)

to make a continuous yarn

 

Once all cut

stretch the strand

to make it curl

 

Now all you have to do is roll it into a ball :)

 

I have to tell you

I am so happy that I took this challenge

I feel that I accomplished something in my day

that brings happiness to my being :)

 

Thanks for visiting

and for all the support I am getting

AND... your awesome comments

it keeps me going :)