Congrats Suzanne! Check your email and email me back within 24 hours to claim your prize!
A big thank you to all of you that entered the contest!
Sunday, May 12, 2013
0 Ramsign Winner!
Lucky commenter #13 is the winner of the Ramsign giveaway!
And that lucky commenter is...
Congrats Suzanne! Check your email and email me back within 24 hours to claim your prize!
A big thank you to all of you that entered the contest!
Congrats Suzanne! Check your email and email me back within 24 hours to claim your prize!
A big thank you to all of you that entered the contest!
Monday, May 06, 2013
15 Confetti Shot Glasses
I saw these awesome Anthro-knockoff glasses with the painted confetti-style dots from It All Started With Paint and Radical Possibility and I wanted to do something with paint dots. When I saw these plain shot glasses at Target's dollar spot, it was ON. Here's what I did...
Supplies
Supplies
- Plain shot glasses (from the Target dollar spot)
- Martha Stewart paints
- Bamboo skewers (with one flat end)
Instructions
I used the flat end of the bamboo skewers and dipped them into the Martha Stewart paints. I made a lot of dots on the bottom and then just spaced them out as I got closer to the edge/lid.
I didn't have too many different colors of the Martha Stewart paint (which is good for glass, which is why I used it) and luckily, they were the darker colors so I just added some white paint to one color, then added some dots with that lighter color and repeated the process...
Then, just let them dry and voila! Anthro-knockoff-style shot glasses! I didn't bake them and so far, they've held up just fine to soap and hot water.
I'll be linking up to some of my favorite parties!
Mondays: Monday Funday, The DIY ShowOff, Craft-O-Maniac, Making the World Cuter, Skip to My Lou, Mad in Crafts, Sew Can Do, Boogieboard Cottage, Keeping It Simple, Pinkapotamus, Singing Three Little Birds, Colours Dekor, DIY Home Sweet Home, Be Colorful, The Gunny Sack, 3 Mango Seeds, I Should Be Mopping the Floor, Sarahndipities, Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Project Inspire{d}, Between Naps on the Porch, Ninth Street Notions, Sew Chatty, Thrifty Decor Chick, Reinventing the Ordinary (Pet Party), ClaireJustineOXOX, Create With Joy, Alderberry Hill, A Round Tuit, Marvelously Messy, An Oldie But Goodie
Tuesdays: New Nostalgia, Hope Studios, Tip Junkie, Ladybug Blessings, Funky Polkadot Giraffe, Reasons to Skip the Housework, Coastal Charm, A Bowl Full of Lemons, Not Just a Housewife, A Diamond in the Stuff, homework, Crafty Confessions, Me and My Boys, The Kurtz Corner, Sugar Bee, Sweet Little Gals, Chef in Training, Today's Creative Blog, Home Stories A to Z, DIY by Design, Tales of a Trophy Wife, Our Delightful Home, homemade ginger, Mom 4 Real, If It's Not Baroque, Time to Sparkle
Wednesdays: Creations By Kara, Seven Thirty Three, Sugar and Dots, Someday Crafts, Night Owl Crafting, Lil Luna, Sew Much Ado, We Are That Family, A Little Tipsy, My Girlish Whims, Polka Dots on Parade, Ginger Snap Crafts, Frugally Sustainable, Handy Man Crafty Woman, Clean & Scentsible, Pincushion Creations, Primp Junktion, Organize and Decorate Everything, Savvy Southern Style, JAQS Studio, The DIY Dreamer, Free Pretty Things
Thursdays: Somewhat Simple, House of Hepworths, The Shabby Creek Cottage, A Glimpse Inside, Fireflies and Jellybeans, Momnivore's Dilemma, Yesterday on Thursday & Katie's Nesting Spot, Beyond the Picket Fence, Rhinestone Beagle, Suzy's Artsy-Craftsy Sitcom, Christina's Adventures, Seven Alive, The 36th Avenue, Southern Lovely, The Crafty Blog Stalker, Bear Rabbit Bear, Crafty Scrappy Happy, 52 Mantels, live. laugh. rowe., Artsy Corner, Delightful Order, The Train to Crazy, Mine for the Making, The Taylor House, The Frugal Girls, No Minimalist Here, Keep Calm & Link Up
Fridays: Fingerprints on the Fridge, The Shabby Nest, Tatertots & Jello, Simply Sweet Home, 30 Handmade Days, WhipperBerry, Lovely Crafty Home, Catch As Catch Can, Nap Time Crafters, 504 Main, My Simple Home Life, Simply Designing, The Picket Fence, Chic on a Shoestring, The Hungry Hypo, French Country Cottage, Ladybird Lane, The Answer is Chocolate, Truly Lovely, Little Becky Homecky, Delicate Construction, Serenity Now, See Vanessa Craft, Happy Hour Projects, One Artsy Mama, So You Think You're Crafty, Finding Fabulous For Less, It's a Hodgepodge Life, Tidy Mom, While He Was Napping, Craftionary, Five Days... Five Ways, Diana Rambles
Saturdays: Tutus & Tea Parties & Here's to Handy Andy, Funky Junk Interiors, Young & Crafty, Be Different Act Normal, To Sew With Love, Six Sisters' Stuff, Gingerbread, Homemaker in Heels, A Vision to Remember, Positively Splendid, Too Much Time, Crafty Moms Share, Polkadot Pretties, Candace Creations, Serenity You, Shaken Together, Classy Clutter, The Weekend Creative
Sundays: I Heart Nap Time, Under the Table and Dreaming, LambAround, Flamingo Toes, Petite Hermine, Homemaker on a Dime, The Foley Fam, Nifty Thrifty Things, The Tablescaper, My 1929 Charmer, It's Overflowing, Circle of Faith
Mondays: Monday Funday, The DIY ShowOff, Craft-O-Maniac, Making the World Cuter, Skip to My Lou, Mad in Crafts, Sew Can Do, Boogieboard Cottage, Keeping It Simple, Pinkapotamus, Singing Three Little Birds, Colours Dekor, DIY Home Sweet Home, Be Colorful, The Gunny Sack, 3 Mango Seeds, I Should Be Mopping the Floor, Sarahndipities, Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Project Inspire{d}, Between Naps on the Porch, Ninth Street Notions, Sew Chatty, Thrifty Decor Chick, Reinventing the Ordinary (Pet Party), ClaireJustineOXOX, Create With Joy, Alderberry Hill, A Round Tuit, Marvelously Messy, An Oldie But Goodie
Tuesdays: New Nostalgia, Hope Studios, Tip Junkie, Ladybug Blessings, Funky Polkadot Giraffe, Reasons to Skip the Housework, Coastal Charm, A Bowl Full of Lemons, Not Just a Housewife, A Diamond in the Stuff, homework, Crafty Confessions, Me and My Boys, The Kurtz Corner, Sugar Bee, Sweet Little Gals, Chef in Training, Today's Creative Blog, Home Stories A to Z, DIY by Design, Tales of a Trophy Wife, Our Delightful Home, homemade ginger, Mom 4 Real, If It's Not Baroque, Time to Sparkle
Wednesdays: Creations By Kara, Seven Thirty Three, Sugar and Dots, Someday Crafts, Night Owl Crafting, Lil Luna, Sew Much Ado, We Are That Family, A Little Tipsy, My Girlish Whims, Polka Dots on Parade, Ginger Snap Crafts, Frugally Sustainable, Handy Man Crafty Woman, Clean & Scentsible, Pincushion Creations, Primp Junktion, Organize and Decorate Everything, Savvy Southern Style, JAQS Studio, The DIY Dreamer, Free Pretty Things
Thursdays: Somewhat Simple, House of Hepworths, The Shabby Creek Cottage, A Glimpse Inside, Fireflies and Jellybeans, Momnivore's Dilemma, Yesterday on Thursday & Katie's Nesting Spot, Beyond the Picket Fence, Rhinestone Beagle, Suzy's Artsy-Craftsy Sitcom, Christina's Adventures, Seven Alive, The 36th Avenue, Southern Lovely, The Crafty Blog Stalker, Bear Rabbit Bear, Crafty Scrappy Happy, 52 Mantels, live. laugh. rowe., Artsy Corner, Delightful Order, The Train to Crazy, Mine for the Making, The Taylor House, The Frugal Girls, No Minimalist Here, Keep Calm & Link Up
Fridays: Fingerprints on the Fridge, The Shabby Nest, Tatertots & Jello, Simply Sweet Home, 30 Handmade Days, WhipperBerry, Lovely Crafty Home, Catch As Catch Can, Nap Time Crafters, 504 Main, My Simple Home Life, Simply Designing, The Picket Fence, Chic on a Shoestring, The Hungry Hypo, French Country Cottage, Ladybird Lane, The Answer is Chocolate, Truly Lovely, Little Becky Homecky, Delicate Construction, Serenity Now, See Vanessa Craft, Happy Hour Projects, One Artsy Mama, So You Think You're Crafty, Finding Fabulous For Less, It's a Hodgepodge Life, Tidy Mom, While He Was Napping, Craftionary, Five Days... Five Ways, Diana Rambles
Saturdays: Tutus & Tea Parties & Here's to Handy Andy, Funky Junk Interiors, Young & Crafty, Be Different Act Normal, To Sew With Love, Six Sisters' Stuff, Gingerbread, Homemaker in Heels, A Vision to Remember, Positively Splendid, Too Much Time, Crafty Moms Share, Polkadot Pretties, Candace Creations, Serenity You, Shaken Together, Classy Clutter, The Weekend Creative
Sundays: I Heart Nap Time, Under the Table and Dreaming, LambAround, Flamingo Toes, Petite Hermine, Homemaker on a Dime, The Foley Fam, Nifty Thrifty Things, The Tablescaper, My 1929 Charmer, It's Overflowing, Circle of Faith
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
18 Ramsign Giveaway!
I know it's been awhile since I did a giveaway, but I just wasn't up to the challenge of dealing with it and I hadn't really seen anything that I thought "hey, I'd love to win one!" which is basically my standard for agreeing to do something like this... but then I got an email from a wonderful representative at Ramsign and I knew I was doing this! So here's the deal...
The Prize: Any House Number Sign, 1-5 Digits (not name or address plaques) in any of their 5 design styles (the 4 digit ones go for $99 so this is a pretty sweet prize, if I do say so myself)
Here are a few gorgeous examples of their signs...
Who is Eligible? Everyone! No restrictions by geographic region or anything!
How Can You Enter? First, be a follower (using Google Friend Connect) of my blog and then leave me a comment on this post telling me you did that. (If you already follow, thank you and just tell me you already follow!) If you want more chances, just follow me on Facebook (here's the page) and leave another comment telling me you did that (just now or a million years ago)! You can leave two comments for two chances to enter! I'll use random.org to pick a winner and email you so make sure you leave your email address with your comments so I can tell you if you won! (Do all this BEFORE 11:59pm on Friday May 10th. I'll pick the winner that Saturday May 11th!
Got it? Good. Now you can check out their signs and buy one for yourself here on their website. Or you can check them out on Facebook or Twitter!
Thank you again to Ramsign for sponsoring this giveaway!
The Prize: Any House Number Sign, 1-5 Digits (not name or address plaques) in any of their 5 design styles (the 4 digit ones go for $99 so this is a pretty sweet prize, if I do say so myself)
Here are a few gorgeous examples of their signs...
How Can You Enter? First, be a follower (using Google Friend Connect) of my blog and then leave me a comment on this post telling me you did that. (If you already follow, thank you and just tell me you already follow!) If you want more chances, just follow me on Facebook (here's the page) and leave another comment telling me you did that (just now or a million years ago)! You can leave two comments for two chances to enter! I'll use random.org to pick a winner and email you so make sure you leave your email address with your comments so I can tell you if you won! (Do all this BEFORE 11:59pm on Friday May 10th. I'll pick the winner that Saturday May 11th!
Got it? Good. Now you can check out their signs and buy one for yourself here on their website. Or you can check them out on Facebook or Twitter!Thank you again to Ramsign for sponsoring this giveaway!
Saturday, April 27, 2013
11 Plant Labels
I've made a number of different versions of plant markers and plant flags over the past couple of years. The boy does a lot of gardening. And we have a LOT of plants. So we usually end up running out of one kind of plant marker or materials for making that and that's inspired some creativity. The bottom line is that I realize I should share a few of the plant labels I've made and I'm kicking off with what I think might be my favorite because it's really the most functional and long lasting, yet easy to read and didn't take a decade to make...
Supplies
Instructions
Mondays: Monday Funday, The DIY ShowOff, Craft-O-Maniac, Making the World Cuter, Skip to My Lou, Mad in Crafts, Sew Can Do, Boogieboard Cottage, Keeping It Simple, Pinkapotamus, Singing Three Little Birds, Colours Dekor, DIY Home Sweet Home, Be Colorful, The Gunny Sack, 3 Mango Seeds, I Should Be Mopping the Floor, Sarahndipities, Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Project Inspire{d}, Between Naps on the Porch, Ninth Street Notions, Sew Chatty, Thrifty Decor Chick, Reinventing the Ordinary (Pet Party), ClaireJustineOXOX, Create With Joy, Alderberry Hill, A Round Tuit, Marvelously Messy, An Oldie But Goodie
Tuesdays: New Nostalgia, Hope Studios, Tip Junkie, Ladybug Blessings, Funky Polkadot Giraffe, Reasons to Skip the Housework, Coastal Charm, A Bowl Full of Lemons, Not Just a Housewife, A Diamond in the Stuff, homework, Crafty Confessions, Me and My Boys, The Kurtz Corner, Sugar Bee, Sweet Little Gals, Chef in Training, Today's Creative Blog, Home Stories A to Z, DIY by Design, Tales of a Trophy Wife, Our Delightful Home, homemade ginger, Mom 4 Real, If It's Not Baroque, Time to Sparkle
Wednesdays: Creations By Kara, Seven Thirty Three, Sugar and Dots, Someday Crafts, Night Owl Crafting, Lil Luna, Sew Much Ado, We Are That Family, A Little Tipsy, My Girlish Whims, Polka Dots on Parade, Ginger Snap Crafts, Frugally Sustainable, Handy Man Crafty Woman, Clean & Scentsible, Pincushion Creations, Primp Junktion, Organize and Decorate Everything, Savvy Southern Style, JAQS Studio, The DIY Dreamer, Free Pretty Things
Thursdays: Somewhat Simple, House of Hepworths, The Shabby Creek Cottage, A Glimpse Inside, Fireflies and Jellybeans, Momnivore's Dilemma, Yesterday on Thursday & Katie's Nesting Spot, Beyond the Picket Fence, Rhinestone Beagle, Suzy's Artsy-Craftsy Sitcom, Christina's Adventures, Seven Alive, The 36th Avenue, Southern Lovely, The Crafty Blog Stalker, Bear Rabbit Bear, Crafty Scrappy Happy, 52 Mantels, live. laugh. rowe., Artsy Corner, Delightful Order, The Train to Crazy, Mine for the Making, The Taylor House, The Frugal Girls, No Minimalist Here, Keep Calm & Link Up
Fridays: Fingerprints on the Fridge, The Shabby Nest, Tatertots & Jello, Simply Sweet Home, 30 Handmade Days, WhipperBerry, Lovely Crafty Home, Catch As Catch Can, Nap Time Crafters, 504 Main, My Simple Home Life, Simply Designing, The Picket Fence, Chic on a Shoestring, The Hungry Hypo, French Country Cottage, Ladybird Lane, The Answer is Chocolate, Truly Lovely, Little Becky Homecky, Delicate Construction, Serenity Now, See Vanessa Craft, Happy Hour Projects, One Artsy Mama, So You Think You're Crafty, Finding Fabulous For Less, It's a Hodgepodge Life, Tidy Mom, While He Was Napping, Craftionary, Five Days... Five Ways, Diana Rambles
Saturdays: Tutus & Tea Parties & Here's to Handy Andy, Funky Junk Interiors, Young & Crafty, Be Different Act Normal, To Sew With Love, Six Sisters' Stuff, Gingerbread, Homemaker in Heels, A Vision to Remember, Positively Splendid, Too Much Time, Crafty Moms Share, Polkadot Pretties, Candace Creations, Serenity You, Shaken Together, Classy Clutter, The Weekend Creative
Sundays: I Heart Nap Time, Under the Table and Dreaming, LambAround, Flamingo Toes, Petite Hermine, Homemaker on a Dime, The Foley Fam, Nifty Thrifty Things, The Tablescaper, My 1929 Charmer, It's Overflowing, Circle of Faith
Supplies
- Plastic plant labels
- Vinyl + Silhouette
- Vinyl weeding tool
- Vinyl transfer paper
Instructions
Basically, you get your list of labels to make together and then design the file in your cutting software (for me, it was the Silhouette Studio) and I basically tried to put as many labels on a page as I could.
I'm also super-excited to tell you that I was watching some TV on my Kindle while making this project... and, I kid you not, through Amazon Prime, I got the first season of "Hey Dude" streaming for FREE. EPIC WIN.
LOVE. This. Show. Freakout over now... back to the plant labels! You want to "weed" the extra vinyl off, per standard Silhouette/vinyl transfer process.
After you get rid of the extra vinyl, you cut a piece of the vinyl transfer tape, put it down on top of the vinyl letters, and use a smoothing tool to make sure the transfer tape stick to the vinyl.
Then, you peel up the transfer tape...
And you place it down on the blank plant label and use the smoothing tool to rub the vinyl letters on there and then peel back the transfer paper and voila!
One label made!
Just repeat the process...
Plant markers that hold up to the elements, are easy to read, and cost very little for each one! And they don't look too bad in the plants themselves, if you ask me...
What do you think? If you have any great ideas for plant labels or markers, I'd love to hear/see them - I'm constantly on the lookout for more ideas!
I'll be linking up to some of my favorite linky parties...
Mondays: Monday Funday, The DIY ShowOff, Craft-O-Maniac, Making the World Cuter, Skip to My Lou, Mad in Crafts, Sew Can Do, Boogieboard Cottage, Keeping It Simple, Pinkapotamus, Singing Three Little Birds, Colours Dekor, DIY Home Sweet Home, Be Colorful, The Gunny Sack, 3 Mango Seeds, I Should Be Mopping the Floor, Sarahndipities, Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Project Inspire{d}, Between Naps on the Porch, Ninth Street Notions, Sew Chatty, Thrifty Decor Chick, Reinventing the Ordinary (Pet Party), ClaireJustineOXOX, Create With Joy, Alderberry Hill, A Round Tuit, Marvelously Messy, An Oldie But Goodie
Tuesdays: New Nostalgia, Hope Studios, Tip Junkie, Ladybug Blessings, Funky Polkadot Giraffe, Reasons to Skip the Housework, Coastal Charm, A Bowl Full of Lemons, Not Just a Housewife, A Diamond in the Stuff, homework, Crafty Confessions, Me and My Boys, The Kurtz Corner, Sugar Bee, Sweet Little Gals, Chef in Training, Today's Creative Blog, Home Stories A to Z, DIY by Design, Tales of a Trophy Wife, Our Delightful Home, homemade ginger, Mom 4 Real, If It's Not Baroque, Time to Sparkle
Wednesdays: Creations By Kara, Seven Thirty Three, Sugar and Dots, Someday Crafts, Night Owl Crafting, Lil Luna, Sew Much Ado, We Are That Family, A Little Tipsy, My Girlish Whims, Polka Dots on Parade, Ginger Snap Crafts, Frugally Sustainable, Handy Man Crafty Woman, Clean & Scentsible, Pincushion Creations, Primp Junktion, Organize and Decorate Everything, Savvy Southern Style, JAQS Studio, The DIY Dreamer, Free Pretty Things
Thursdays: Somewhat Simple, House of Hepworths, The Shabby Creek Cottage, A Glimpse Inside, Fireflies and Jellybeans, Momnivore's Dilemma, Yesterday on Thursday & Katie's Nesting Spot, Beyond the Picket Fence, Rhinestone Beagle, Suzy's Artsy-Craftsy Sitcom, Christina's Adventures, Seven Alive, The 36th Avenue, Southern Lovely, The Crafty Blog Stalker, Bear Rabbit Bear, Crafty Scrappy Happy, 52 Mantels, live. laugh. rowe., Artsy Corner, Delightful Order, The Train to Crazy, Mine for the Making, The Taylor House, The Frugal Girls, No Minimalist Here, Keep Calm & Link Up
Fridays: Fingerprints on the Fridge, The Shabby Nest, Tatertots & Jello, Simply Sweet Home, 30 Handmade Days, WhipperBerry, Lovely Crafty Home, Catch As Catch Can, Nap Time Crafters, 504 Main, My Simple Home Life, Simply Designing, The Picket Fence, Chic on a Shoestring, The Hungry Hypo, French Country Cottage, Ladybird Lane, The Answer is Chocolate, Truly Lovely, Little Becky Homecky, Delicate Construction, Serenity Now, See Vanessa Craft, Happy Hour Projects, One Artsy Mama, So You Think You're Crafty, Finding Fabulous For Less, It's a Hodgepodge Life, Tidy Mom, While He Was Napping, Craftionary, Five Days... Five Ways, Diana Rambles
Saturdays: Tutus & Tea Parties & Here's to Handy Andy, Funky Junk Interiors, Young & Crafty, Be Different Act Normal, To Sew With Love, Six Sisters' Stuff, Gingerbread, Homemaker in Heels, A Vision to Remember, Positively Splendid, Too Much Time, Crafty Moms Share, Polkadot Pretties, Candace Creations, Serenity You, Shaken Together, Classy Clutter, The Weekend Creative
Sundays: I Heart Nap Time, Under the Table and Dreaming, LambAround, Flamingo Toes, Petite Hermine, Homemaker on a Dime, The Foley Fam, Nifty Thrifty Things, The Tablescaper, My 1929 Charmer, It's Overflowing, Circle of Faith
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