Thursday, December 1, 2011

Bombs are ready!

This is just a few of them, the rest are still naked. They are scented with a "brown sugar" scent, smells lucious! This was my first time making these suckers, very simple but easy to mess up. Just 2 ingrediants really, citric acid and baking soda, but you will need witch hazel and a scent on hand as well. I picked up my citric acid dirt cheap online from "Bulk Apocathary" in Ohio, it was 4 bucks., gotmy scent there as well.
if you want to try them do a small amount first. Take 1/3 cup of citric acid to 2/3 cup of baking soda, mix it very well or it will be grainy. Add a few drops of scent (enough to please your nose). Spray (and I do mean spray) some witch hazel into the mix. Don't wet it! Just a little and keep mixing it with your other hand. If it will clump together at all you are done!. My first batch I went to far and the darn things kept growing like pizza dough.. although I suspect I can still save some of those dough balls. Then you want to pack it into a plastic mold. I used old easter egges, you can use those plastic ornaments or whatever else. I found I could roll some of mine up like a meatball. Let it sit in the mold for a short while then pop it out and let them continue to harden. I waited a tad too long.. was not fun to get out!..    I made these also as part of a swap..... hope somebody likes em!

Doti Dolls :)

Just a few doti dolls made for a swap.... got to get back to my bomb making.



Wine Cork Key Chains.. Perfect gift for the boater and / or drinker!


I made these for a swap I am doing.. actually only one is for the swap, just no point in making one!  These are really easy to make. You just need some old wine corks (mine seem to gather on my window sillglue, ) some key rings, hook eyes from the hardware, beads charms and some jewlery findings like  jump rings and eye rings.And I prefer two pairs of pliers, one to hold it and one to twist,  cause the fingers don't work as well as the pliers do. You can find a tutorial for these right here.
http://www.simplecrafter.com/tutorial-wine-cork-keychain/
Perfect gift for the boater or drinker!
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Cec's... free training

http://www.mentalhealthce.com/

I love taking classes and relly don't need any cec's at the moment, so this site is great. You can watch all the videos for free and if you want the cec you submit the post test with the fee and wha'lal!

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Happy Artist life and Beeswax collage

Over at 6 degrees of Creativity there are a few workshops in progress, one beingoffered by Lani Gerrity on having a Happy Artist Life. I chose to do beeswax collage since I love the smell of the beeswax, love how you can change your mind easily (not like with glue where you get stuck with where you placed an image.) Since there was also a workshop on Beeswax collage I thought I would combine the two.

 Lesson 1 was to come up with a few things that made me happy today and create some art. I had been thinking what a great day it would be, it was supposed to snow last night but we never got a flake. This morning I acted as though we were snowed in though, I made waffles, slept late and made art all morning and spent the day with my family.
Unfortunatly with this type of collage I find it very hard to take a good picture, the beeswax seems to reflect any light in the room. The artwork itself is much more radiant than the photos. :)

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Mr. Sock Monkey showing off his muscles.

This is my first project from a new group I joined 6 degrees of creativity. I picked up a pair of socks at the dollar store and the stuffing, buttons and embroidery thread I already had on hand. It took me about 45 minutes to put together, but I do tend to work a tad sloppy. I think he is cute! I made a friend for him right after that.. its a cat...  I like the stiches showing more so ... the cat looks more handmade. These socks were also from the dollar store.. these are not domesticated but wild socks (two socks that do not match one strioed, one poka dot)...which is really the way socks should all be.  That way when one escapes through that secret porthole in the dryer you don't have to fret so much, cause it never had a mate to begin with.

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Barbe Saint John - New Treasures from Forgotten Artifacts: The Queen and her Industrial Chic Crown

Barbe Saint John - New Treasures from Forgotten Artifacts: The Queen and her Industrial Chic Crown: "photo courtesy Susan Lenart Kazmer Now that my Industrial Chic sample has arrived at the ICE Resin® headquarters, I can share what I made ..."
I love a good crown.. this is a really cool one! But you have to go to Barbs page to see it!