Craft This Weekly August 27, 2010

I'm not sure if I have mentioned this on the blog yet, or not, but the Tiny Dancer is getting a room makeover. It's happening this weekend, actually. That's why it thrilled me a little bit when I returned from vacation to see that the theme of the week was "YELLOW". Fabulous! I was planning on remaking a little table that I found at Value Village for a dollar to go in our garden themed big girl room!

With a coat of yellow spray paint (I have discovered that I may very well be the World's Worst Spray Painter) and some forgiving cut outs of bugs and flowers from scrapbooking paper, I'm quite pleased with how this little shelf turned out. Right now it's just podged on, but I plan on sealing the whole thing with a clear coat of spray.

I can't wait to finish up her room this weekend. I will surely be posting pictures as soon as I have it finished.

Jess at Pecan Sandies made a really cute wetbag. I absolutely love that fabric. You can read all about it here.

It's my turn to think of a theme, and so I've decided to go with "baby" in honour of some babies that should be making an appearance in the next few months.

Please enter a picture of the craft that you made with "yellow" inspiration below. Add a link to your blog if you have one.

Craft This! Weekly - August 20th, 2010

This week's theme was "school".

I had every intention of making a school themed project. I thought of knitting an apple for the teacher, making a cute backpack for the Tiny Dancer to take to preschool with her in the Fall, or paint a fun chalkboard space in the new playroom. None of these things got accomplished because I am vacationing out of the country.

So this week I'm going to send you over to Pecan Sandies, where Jess will be happy to host for this week - and has she ever got a treat in store for you!

Thanks!

Craft This! Weekly - August 13th

Do you ever have one of those crafting days where it feels like everything you touch is gold? Maybe it's the day that you finally learned to cable, if you are a knitter; or the day you learned how to do a french seam, if you sew.

The day that I accepted this week's challenge was not one of those days. I have loads of experience putting zippers into pouches, and the zipper on this holiday inspired GPS case is not set well at all. I regularly do machine quilting - my name banners are my most popular item.... yet the quilting on this pouch is zaggy. The design is not spot on, and the whole thing was just one big face-palm.

That's OK, though.... because this challenge isn't in place so that every week you come away with a perfect product. It is about being inspired to try new things, go outside of your comfort zone (which actually - this pouch shouldn't have been outside of my comfort zone), and sometimes to make some mistakes.



In spite of the fact that I had a lousy sewing day, my husband loves his new GPS pouch.

Jess at Pecan Sandies made a fantastic Halloween costume - it's a 19th Century inspired toddler dress. I absolutely adore this! Follow the link and read all about it here.



I've asked Megan from Gifts and Occupation to come up with a theme for this week, and she chose "School". Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!

Please enter a picture of the craft that you made with "holiday" inspiration below. Add a link to your blog if you have one.

Grand Opening

Yesterday was the Grand Opening for Tiny Elephant Boutique



A row of pillowcase dresses.



Some of them are in such sweet vintage fabrics.



An example of one of my name banners.

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Craft This! Weekly - August 6

"Retro" was this week's inspiration word. I spent all week thinking about what I was going to make... should I do something with records? Should I do something with a piece of vintage fabric? What about something inspired by a time period??? The options seemed endless. Then I woke up this morning and realized that it was Friday and I hadn't even started on this week's project beyond daydreaming about all of my options.

I present to you, a 50's inspired dress up costume for my Tiny Dancer.















She adores it and she won't take it off now, in spite of the fact that she really wasn't too enthused about taking pictures of herself in it.

Jess at Pecan Sandies made a fabulous retro inspired apron. I think it's super cute and may have to add one to my own funky apron collection! You can read all about it here



It's my turn to think of a theme, and since we're about to take a vacation I'm going to leave with the theme "holiday". Have fun!

Please enter a picture of the craft that you made with "retro" inspiration below. Add a link to your blog if you have one.