Fave Crafts Best Blogger 2015 Voting Has Started!!!

 

 

I would like all of you to go vote... I have entered three projects in a contest hosted by Prime Publishing  and FaveCrafts​... VOTE HERE!!!!

You can only vote once... choose wisely!

There are a lot of amazing projects to vote for!!!

 

 

MD Hobby & Craft products

Yarnspirations

 

 

LittleB LLC

 

I would love if you would go vote for one on mine or one of my fellow artists!
Remember, you can only vote once! 
Voting ends March 10th, 2015 midnight CST!!

 

VOTE HERE!!!!

 

THANKS!!

FaveCrafts Best Blogger Craft Event - LittleB

I was honored to be invited to the CHA Blogger Networking Party

hosted by favecrafts and Prime Publishing

In my swag from the CHA Blogger Networking Party I received an amazing amount of product!!! LittleB sent Pull Flowers, Stickers and Decorative Note Pads.

Make one yellow flower with the LittleB Pull Flowers  - follow directions on box... so easy!!!  Just pull string and TIE!

To start spray paint the dress form black.  Use tissue paper to fashion a pattern (bodice and skirt), using the tissue cut the starched cheese cloth and attach to the dress form with glue gun.  Add lace to the bottom of the cheese cloth with glue gun... careful not to burn your fingers!

 

Pull the string from the red, yellow and pink LittleB Pull Flowers and iron.

Supplies:

LittleB Pull Flowers

LittleB Butterfly Sticker

Metal Dress Form

Tissue

Starched Chees Cloth

Lace

Gold Leaf

Glue Gun

 

Attach the pink top row to the cheese cloth, creating pleats to cover the top.

 

From the bottom up attach alternating rows of Pull Flowers.

 

Add yellow pull flower with gold leaf to the top of the dress form with hot glue, add LittleB Butterfly stickers.

 

Boa is optional!!!

THANKS LittleB!!

 favecrafts and Prime Publishing

FaveCrafts Best Blogger Craft Event - Yarnspirations!

I was honored to be invited to the CHA Blogger Networking Party

hosted by favecrafts and Prime Publishing

 

 

In my swag from the CHA Blogger Networking Party I received this skein of Bernat Mega Bulky Yarn from Yarnspirations. 

 

All my life I have been intimidated by knitting needles!!! Never ever have I knitted anything in my life... the yarn was a challenge!

 

I had heard about knitting with your hands, so I looked up how-to!

 

This is what I did...

 

Tie tail around the thumb. Go behind the index finger, under the back of your middle finger, over your ring finger, and under your pinky. Wrap around the back of hand and in front (palm). Start the Weave---Pull the first wrap over the second wrap and over the pinky, repeat on the ring finger, repeat on the middle finger, and the index finger. Wrap around the back of hand and in front (palm). Then repeat the weave until you have desired link. Finish by taking the loop from pinky, and put it on ring finger. Pull the bottom loop up from ring finger and over to the back of hand. The loop from the middle finger and put in on the index finger. Finally, remove the index finger do not let go of the loop. Cut the end of the yarn at about six inches, put it through the loop and tie off. Tie the ends together and weave the tails in the scarf!

 

Two hours and eight feet later I had an infinity scarf!!!!

 

I love how the bulky yarn looks in this scarf!
 

 If you missed YARNIA... see my post HERE!!!

THANK YOU Yarnspirations!

 favecrafts and Prime Publishing

A Gift Box in a Pinch!

Yesterday I was going to a birthday luncheon for a couple of friends.  I had the gifts, just needed to wrap them in under an hour! Nothing like waiting until the last minute!!!!  

 

I couldn't find a cute little box for one of my small gifts. 

 

Then I remembered, I had received the Martha Stewart "gift box tool" in my swag from the CHA Blogger Networking Party.   It came in a package of gifts from Simplicity!

 

 

I had never used the "gift box tool" before... in under ten minutes I had cut, assembled and wrapped my gift with a bow. 

The tool has cutters for 3 sizes of pillow boxes. The blades are stored safely on the underside of the small cutter.  The instructions were easy to follow.   I did my cutting on a cutting mat (not included).

 

You can place the tool on cardstock of you choice to get a decorative box to your liking. 

Use two sided tape on the flap, fold the box and wrap with ribbon... you are ready to go with the perfect gift in under ten minutes!

The recipient of the gift was impressed with this special gift box. 

She didn't want to untie the ribbon!

 

Can you imagine if I had time to embellish the box!

 

 

 

THANK YOU Simplicity!

 FaveCrafts and Prime Publishing

 

A CHA Highlight: The Blogger Event

AN AWESOME NIGHT DURING CHA!!!

 

 

Life is settling down since returning from CHA! 

 

One of the highlights of my trip to CHA was the Prime Publishing/favecrafts Craft Blogger Event.  It was a whirlwind evening that was over the top... great food, awesome sponsors, the opportunity to meet old and new friends while learning about new products!  See more about the event at favecrafts and CraftPaperScissors!!! 

Event Sponsors

Clover

Cousin / Prima Bead

Fairfield

FloraCraft

i Love To Create

Little B

MD Design

Plaid

Simplicity

Sizzix

Yarnspirations - Spinrite

Stencil 1

Styrofoam Crafts

 

When I got home a box arrived with SWAG from some of the sponsors!

 

LOOK WHAT was inside! 

 

Can I say SCORE!!!!

 

I will be sharing projects soon with products from my SWAG!

 THANK YOU!!!

Prime Publishing,  favecrafts, Clover, Cousin / Prima Bead, Fairfield, FloraCraft, i Love To Create, Little B, MD Design, Plaid, Simplicity, Sizzix, Spinrite, Stencil 1, Styrofoam Crafts!!!!

Yarnia by Yarnspirations - Best of Show at CHA 2015~~~

When I walked up to this display at CHA no one had to tell me the story...

I have read the books and watched the movies over and over!  I was in AWE!!!

Yarnspirations!!

Patons® Bernat® CARON®

Here we have scenes from The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.  Everything has been created from yarn! The doors, animals, hair, clothing, tent and more!

The Train Station

Children were evacuated from London during WWII.  Mom's leaving their children at the train depot, they are sending them to the country to get them away from the city and the nightly blitz raids!

Peter, Susan, Edmond and Lucy are sent to their uncle's in the country.  No details were left out... each child even had their tags with name and destination.

 

Don't miss the train tracks!

The WARDROBE!

 

Through the Wardrobe we see the lamppost and the faun.

 

Stepping through the Wardrobe, everything is covered with snow!

Winter in Yarnia!

The first thing seen in Yarnia is the  lamppost, including a knitted flame!

 Mr. Tumnus with his red scarf is the first creature Lucy meets in Narnia.

All the characters are made of yarn including the Fox

and the Beavers!

The White Queen is there with her wolves!

 Winter in Yania!

Even the red birds in the trees are yarn!

Preparing for the Battle for Yarnia

High King Peter the Magnificent, Queen Susan the Gentle, King Edmund the Just, and Queen Lucy the Valiant ready for battle.

WAR Queen in all her glory!

This was one amazing display!!!

CONGRATS on BEST IN SHOW at CHA 2015!

 

Yarnspirations!! was on of the sponsors of the Prime Publishing/favecrafts Blogger Event at CHA...

Be sure to watch  for more about it on my blog this month!!!

 

I will be entering a project using Yarnspirations product to enter the Best Blogger Event!!!