tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86710505268914308212024-03-08T02:47:04.226-05:00Tiny Elephant BoutiqueElhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02209130941415970111noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671050526891430821.post-944813852754307232010-11-13T11:36:00.002-05:002010-11-13T11:42:42.518-05:00Craft This Update and Name Banner Sale!<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/4879149192/" title="stella by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4879149192_18b7933993.jpg" width="500" height="340" alt="stella" /></a><br /><br />From now until November 26th I will be offering name banners for the very special price of $5/letter with flat rate shipping of $5.00. They are available in custom colours. Please message me at tinyelephantboutique@gmail.com to set up your order today. <br /><br />For those of you following "Craft This!", it will be returning in the New Year. Due to time constraints during the holiday, we have decided to forgo the challenges until the New Year, but we are very excited about starting up again then - hope to see you all joining us in January!Elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02209130941415970111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671050526891430821.post-89690818288397673082010-10-19T08:48:00.002-04:002010-10-19T08:50:23.816-04:00FREE SHIPPINGAll orders made from <a href="http://tinyelephantboutique.etsy.com">the shop</a> before Friday, October 22nd, 2010 will receive free shipping (will ship from NY state). <br /><br />Watch for my table decoration and a couple more pairs of mittens in the shop later today!Elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02209130941415970111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671050526891430821.post-54875890750865503022010-10-04T12:40:00.002-04:002010-10-04T12:46:16.273-04:00Craft This! October 4, 2010This week's Craft This! topic was <strong>housewares</strong>. I had a really hard time coming up with something to do, because I wasn't sure what kind of "household" thing I could make. I had already finished my curtains, didn't feel the placemat love, and didn't have fabric that I wanted to make napkins out of. When I woke up Sunday I was thinking about the Fall Festival that we were going to attend later that day, and inspiration hit. <br /><br />I present this Autumn themed table decoration. It is 18x15" and will be listed in the <a href="http://tinyelephantboutique.etsy.com">shop</a> later this week.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/5048967372/" title="DSCF0590 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4121/5048967372_ccf8044fdb.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="DSCF0590" /></a><br /><br />Jess over at <a href="http://pecan-sandies.com">Pecan Sandies</a> has been busy at work in her daughter's bedroom sewing up curtains and finishing up some other small projects. She'll be blogging all about it later, and I will add one of her pictures then!<br /><br />This week's theme is <strong>manly</strong>. Can't wait to see what you all come up with next!<br /><br />Add your <strong>housewares</strong> project to the linky below!<br /><br /><script src="http://www.linkytools.com/thumbnail_linky_include.aspx?id=48292" type="text/javascript"></script>Elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02209130941415970111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671050526891430821.post-10688329699186647282010-09-27T11:57:00.005-04:002010-09-27T12:08:10.969-04:00Craft This! Weekly - September 27The inspiration word for this week's Craft This! Weekly challenge was <strong>Halloween</strong>.<br /><br />The first thing that came to my mind when I thought of Halloween was how cute my kids are going to look when they dress up in their costumes and go trick or treating.... I wondered how I could up the cuteness factor EVEN MORE, and decided to craft some cute trick or treat bags for them. The larger jack o' lantern bag is for my daughter, and the spider bag is for my son (although my daughter insists that they are actually both for her. <br /><center><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/5028018048/" title="DSCF0580 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4087/5028018048_6cb6bda284.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="DSCF0580" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/5028021758/" title="DSCF0581 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4132/5028021758_9fcfa61807.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="DSCF0581" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/5027411815/" title="DSCF0582 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/5027411815_cfc0373bfd.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="DSCF0582" /></a><br /></center><br />Jessica at <a href="http://pecan-sandies.com">Pecan Sandies</a> blew me away with another of her beautiful costumes. This time she made a <a href="http://pecan-sandies.com/2010/09/craft-this-weekly-halloween/">princess gown</a><br /><center><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29932288@N08/5030245832/" title="Princess Gown by Pecan_Sandies, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/5030245832_dbe2762239.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Princess Gown" /></a><br /></center><br />This week's inspiration word is <strong>housewares</strong>! Have fun and make a household item!<br /><br />Please enter your addition to last week's "Halloween" theme below<br /><br /><script src="http://www.linkytools.com/thumbnail_linky_include.aspx?id=46991" type="text/javascript"></script>Elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02209130941415970111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671050526891430821.post-16390370577444306062010-09-19T13:45:00.005-04:002010-09-20T19:36:06.000-04:00Craft This! Weekly - September 20, 2010The inspiration word for this week's Craft This! Weekly challenge was <span style="font-weight:bold;">organize</span>. What room in my home couldn't benefit from a little organization? The answer is that I could use a LOT of inspiration to organize my entire home. Since this is "Craft This! Weekly", I got inspired by <span style="font-weight:bold;">organize</span>, and spent some quality time organizing my craft supplies and project lists. <br /><br />I know... there are RULES. You're supposed to make something inspired by the chosen word. That being said, one of the most key things about Craft This! Weekly is that it is meant to encourage people to take the inspiration from the word and go out and do something - sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't, but at the end of the week, you've done something new. <br /><br />So I broke the rules, I followed my inspiration, and my crafting spaces are better for it, I think. <br /><br />I freecycled a bag of knitting needles and a lot of yarn, filled a bag full of scraps to stuff toys with, and bagged up "project bags" and boxes filled with specific materials for projects. Keeping everything all together should make it easy to just go for it when inspiration hits, right?<br /><br />Some of the things on the agenda in the next little while:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/5009540911/" title="etsy 140 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4107/5009540911_096c37ab82.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="etsy 140" /></a><br /><br />A knitted owl vest that needs only a collar put on it. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/5010153862/" title="etsy 142 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4087/5010153862_131c694c6e.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="etsy 142" /></a><br /><br />Bags of projects. Knitted vegetables and knitted Sheldon the turtle for stocking stuffers, socks for a special someone, and more!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/5009553123/" title="etsy 143 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/5009553123_48db899b38.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="etsy 143" /></a><br /><br />Two of my larger project boxes. A knitted fishy blanket and my goal of donating 1,000 preemie items.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/5009544555/" title="etsy 141 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4127/5009544555_9c7253d7cc.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="etsy 141" /></a><br /><br />A basket of yarn waiting to be turned into nice warm mittens for the <a href="http://tinyelephantboutique.etsy.com">shop</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/5009558135/" title="etsy 144 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/5009558135_9be6cddea7.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="etsy 144" /></a><br /><br />A very small peek at the very special quilting project that I have on the go right now.<br /><br />Jessica at <a href="http://www.pecan-sandies.com">Pecan Sandies</a> followed the rules and made great storage cubes. Read all about it <a href="http://pecan-sandies.com/2010/09/craft-this-weekly-organize/">here</a>.<br /><br /><img src="http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv357/omni52/114_3399.jpg" width="500"><br /><br />This week's inspiration word is Halloween! Let's see what spooky crafts you come up with!<br /><br />Please enter your addition to last week's "organize" theme below.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><script src="http://www.linkytools.com/thumbnail_linky_include.aspx?id=45850" type="text/javascript"></script></span>Elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02209130941415970111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671050526891430821.post-89586304915608295912010-09-13T13:26:00.005-04:002010-09-13T14:27:17.883-04:00Craft This! Weekly - September 13, 2010The theme for this week's Craft This! Weekly was <strong>"eco-friendly"</strong>. I decided to kill two birds with one stone, so to speak, and to work on a holiday product, and a new product for the <a href="http://tinyelephantboutique.etsy.com">shop</a>.<br /><br />I made reusable, reversible bag for packaging holiday gifts. <br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/4986752411/" title="DSCF0571 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/4986752411_d2fb0ca469.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="DSCF0571" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/4986752209/" title="DSCF0564 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/4986752209_5256a270eb.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="DSCF0564" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/4986752607/" title="DSCF0566 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/4986752607_d097bf00d7.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="DSCF0566" /></a></center><br /><br />Made from incredibly cute holiday fabrics, this bag is totally reversible, wonderfully eco-friendly, and is easily tied with a bow to make it fit gifts of various sizes. I will be listing bags and sets of bags in the shop within the next couple of weeks. <br /><br />Jessica from <a href="http://pecan-sandies.com">Pecan Sandies</a> made reusable sandwich containers for her partner. Check out her blog post <a href="http://pecan-sandies.com/2010/09/craft-this-weekly-eco-friendly/">here</a>.<br /><br />This week's theme is <strong>"organize"</strong>.<br /><br />Add your eco-friendly project here:<br /><br /><script src="http://www.linkytools.com/thumbnail_linky_include.aspx?id=43513" type="text/javascript"></script>Elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02209130941415970111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671050526891430821.post-62363466111574160422010-09-06T20:09:00.002-04:002010-09-06T20:21:56.537-04:00Craft This! Weekly September 6, 2010<span style="font-weight: bold;">Craft This! Weekly</span> has moved to a new day of the week. Expect a blog post with results and the next week's theme every Monday from this point on. <br /><br />Between the weather being uncooperative for photos, and the fact that I should be starting taking some classes for school this week, and the untimely loss of the bias tape that I bought to finish this project, I don't have pictures of my entry for this week. <br /><br />It's a baby quilt in a Classic Pooh motif, and I promise to upload pictures of it as soon as I have it finished (it's at the top of my To Do pile), just waiting for me to find the bias tape.<br /><br />Jess at <a href="http://pecan-sandies.com">Pecan Sandies </a> made the cutest little doll mei tai for her adorable daughter. <br /><br /><center><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4111/4964094412_2ec67ce019.jpg" /></center><br /><br /><center> <img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/4963492719_b134c6f181.jpg" /></center><br /><br />This week's theme is <span style="font-weight: bold;">"eco-friendly"</span>. I can't wait to see all of the eco-friendly projects that you come up with.<br /><br />Add your <span style="font-weight: bold;">"baby" </span>themed project to the Craft This! linky below.<br /><br /><script src="http://www.linkytools.com/thumbnail_linky_include.aspx?id=43513" type="text/javascript"></script>Elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02209130941415970111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671050526891430821.post-67563306506706750582010-09-02T16:24:00.002-04:002010-09-02T16:34:07.596-04:00Tiny Dancer Room Makeover<div style="text-align: center;">We finally were able to finish Tiny Dancer's new bedroom on Wednesday. It didn't get done this weekend because my husband ended up taking another shift at work. We did get it all finished now (minus her name banner), though.<br /></div><center><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/4951776441/" title="DSCF0477 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4097/4951776441_bacb075e3d.jpg" alt="DSCF0477" width="240" height="320" /></a><br /><br />Butterflies on her closet door, and a framed print that her G.G. (Great Grandma) picked up in Manitoba for her from the International Peace Garden. It has a teddy bear wearing an American shirt and another wearing a Canadian shirt, very appropriate!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/4952367870/" title="DSCF0474 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/4952367870_9c18f64d6a.jpg" alt="DSCF0474" width="240" height="320" /></a><br /><br />This hamper we found at The Christmas Tree Store in Buffalo, NY. It's so perfect. The sparkly flowers that are at the top of her grass in these pictures are also from there, I believe. Her shelf houses a bookshelf painted by her Meema and some of her favourite books. On top of the shelf there is a basket that was decoupaged by G.G. for me several years ago.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/4952367798/" title="DSCF0475 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4128/4952367798_f06e91d1ee.jpg" alt="DSCF0475" width="240" height="320" /></a><br /><br />Her green clock was a Walmart special and in this picture you can see a little bit of her bedding, another of her sparkly flowers, and part of the "braces board" that I made so that when she is wearing her braces she does not damage the newly painted walls.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/4951776301/" title="DSCF0473 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4129/4951776301_27d478bf52.jpg" alt="DSCF0473" width="320" height="240" /></a><br /><br />A picture of her new bed. I made the cover for the bedrail so that it was prettier. The ladybug sitting on the bed is from Ikea, and isn't that bedding the sweetest? Tiny Dancer's Meema found it online and knew she just had to have it!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/4952367730/" title="DSCF0472 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4080/4952367730_0d899e31c4.jpg" alt="DSCF0472" width="320" height="240" /></a><br /><br />These rainbow curtains are made from flannel and the backs of them are actually a new table cloth that I scored from a garage sale while I was still attending highschool. That was 8 years ago and I still hadn't found a use for the tablecloth. The blinds are bamboo. The moon reading light is from Ikea.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/4951776231/" title="DSCF0471 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4109/4951776231_4e74e39930.jpg" alt="DSCF0471" width="320" height="240" /></a><br /><br />I got the idea for rain gutter bookshelves from several blogs online, but I believe it all started at <a href="http://raisingolives.com/2009/07/raingutter-book-shelves-tutorial/">Raising Olives</a>. The ended up being the perfect addition to her room. The little doll in the corner likes to sit on the bookshelf, and the chair is actually inflatable and was part of her Rose Petal Cottage that no longer fits into her room!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/4952367652/" title="DSCF0470 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/4952367652_571edd7b12.jpg" alt="DSCF0470" width="320" height="240" /></a><br /><br />A better picture of the rain gutter bookselves, and you can see a little bit of her rug in this picture.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/4951775733/" title="DSCF0469 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4115/4951775733_aee69ac31d.jpg" alt="DSCF0469" width="240" height="320" /></a><br /><br />The perfect place for a little girl to store her bows and hang her purses and backpack. The Tiny Dancer loves purses and so I wanted her to have a place where she could store them and still have access to them. What a pretty way this was! <br /><br />I hope that you enjoyed looking at the pictures from our room makeover, we had a lot of fun doing it. Next up is the baby's Pirate Room.<br /><center></center></center>Elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02209130941415970111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671050526891430821.post-62621344986581584332010-08-27T13:53:00.010-04:002010-08-28T17:40:18.293-04:00Craft This Weekly August 27, 2010I'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 "<font style="font-weight: bold;">YELLOW</font>". 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!<br /><br /><p align=center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/4935478798/" title="DSCF0459 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4935478798_90c131c8e4.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="DSCF0459" /></a><br /><br /><p align=center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/4935475570/" title="DSCF0458 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4118/4935475570_c6c8a51269.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="DSCF0458" /></a><br /><br />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. <br /><br /><center><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/4934892781/" title="DSCF0461 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4118/4934892781_86254f1a97.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="DSCF0461" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/4935482056/" title="DSCF0460 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4135/4935482056_f8b29a1863.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="DSCF0460" /></a><br /></center><br /><br />I can't wait to finish up her room this weekend. I will surely be posting pictures as soon as I have it finished.<br /><br />Jess at <a href="http://www.pecan-sandies.com/">Pecan Sandies</a> made a really cute wetbag. I absolutely love that fabric. You can read all about it <a href="http://pecan-sandies.com/2010/08/craft-this-weekly-yellow/">here</a>.<br /><br /><p align=center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29932288@N08/4932293095/" title="Yellow Flowery Wetbag by Pecan_Sandies, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4114/4932293095_eced45a2dd.jpg" width="500" height="380" alt="Yellow Flowery Wetbag" /></a><br /><br />It's my turn to think of a theme, and so I've decided to go with "<font style="font-weight: bold;">baby</font>" in honour of some babies that should be making an appearance in the next few months.<br /><br />Please enter a picture of the craft that you made with "yellow" inspiration below. Add a link to your blog if you have one.<br /><br /><script src="http://www.linkytools.com/thumbnail_linky_include.aspx?id=41858" type="text/javascript"></script>Elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02209130941415970111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671050526891430821.post-36316916332147021452010-08-20T09:36:00.003-04:002010-08-20T09:39:01.621-04:00Craft This! Weekly - August 20th, 2010This week's theme was "school". <br /><br />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. <br /><br />So this week I'm going to send you over to <a href="http://pecan-sandies.com">Pecan Sandies</a>, where Jess will be happy to host for this week - and has she ever got a treat in store for you!<br /><br />Thanks!Elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02209130941415970111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671050526891430821.post-85357808021312434902010-08-13T15:00:00.000-04:002010-08-13T16:11:20.260-04:00Craft This! Weekly - August 13thDo 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.<br /><br />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 <span style="font-weight:bold;">holiday</span> 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/4886871312/" title="etsy 049 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4134/4886871312_b954c2d420.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="etsy 049" /></a></center><br /><br />In spite of the fact that I had a lousy sewing day, my husband loves his new GPS pouch.<br /><br />Jess at <a href="http://www.pecan-sandies.com/">Pecan Sandies</a> 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 <a href="http://pecan-sandies.com/2010/08/craft-this-weekly-holiday/">here</a>.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29932288@N08/4888106601/" title="19th Century Inspired Dress by Pecan_Sandies, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4098/4888106601_24342c850b.jpg" width="500" height="485" alt="19th Century Inspired Dress" /></a></center><br /><br />I've asked Megan from <a href="http://giftsandoccupations.wordpress.com">Gifts and Occupation</a> to come up with a theme for this week, and she chose <span style="font-weight:bold;">"School"</span>. Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!<br /><br />Please enter a picture of the craft that you made with "<span style="font-weight:bold;">holiday</span>" inspiration below. Add a link to your blog if you have one.<br /><br /><script src="http://www.linkytools.com/thumbnail_linky_include.aspx?id=39482" type="text/javascript"></script>Elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02209130941415970111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671050526891430821.post-20152684244139439502010-08-10T08:45:00.001-04:002010-08-10T08:48:54.588-04:00Grand OpeningYesterday was the Grand Opening for <a href="http://tinyelephantboutique.etsy.com">Tiny Elephant Boutique</a><br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/4879149042/" title="etsyfixdresses copy by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4077/4879149042_34db57be5a.jpg" width="500" height="243" alt="etsyfixdresses copy" /></a><br /><br />A row of pillowcase dresses.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/4879148882/" title="etsy 052 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4138/4879148882_fc6db1da8b.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="etsy 052" /></a><br /><br />Some of them are in such sweet vintage fabrics.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/4879149192/" title="stella by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4879149192_18b7933993.jpg" width="500" height="340" alt="stella" /></a><br /><br />An example of one of my name banners.</center><br /><br />Readers get free shipping, just send me a message on etsy and I will ship from Buffalo, NY this weekend!Elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02209130941415970111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671050526891430821.post-72745245364865401552010-08-06T12:57:00.000-04:002010-08-06T15:26:18.918-04:00Craft This! Weekly - August 6"<span style="font-weight:bold;">Retro</span>" 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.<br /><br />I present to you, a 50's inspired dress up costume for my Tiny Dancer. <br /><br /><center><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/4866565854/" title="DSCF9960 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4115/4866565854_a915e00db3.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="DSCF9960" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/4865954793/" title="DSCF9972 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4082/4865954793_aefa8f2368.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="DSCF9972" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/4866569284/" title="DSCF9959 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/4866569284_874525faa4.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="DSCF9959" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/4865944917/" title="DSCF9980 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4135/4865944917_6e2cb4d5b1.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="DSCF9980" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/4866559392/" title="DSCF9978 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4135/4866559392_83434c8cb1.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="DSCF9978" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52332375@N03/4865938315/" title="DSCF9958 by TinyElephantBoutique, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4138/4865938315_6a0775a276.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="DSCF9958" /></a><br /></center><br /><br />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. <br /><br />Jess at <a href="http://www.pecan-sandies.com"> Pecan Sandies </a> 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 <a href="http://pecan-sandies.com/2010/08/craft-this-weekly-retro/"> here </a><br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29932288@N08/4865810249/" title="Autumn Full Apron by Pecan_Sandies, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4865810249_cd9e7debd2.jpg" width="278" height="500" alt="Autumn Full Apron" /></a></center><br /><br />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 "<span style="font-weight:bold;">holiday</span>". Have fun!<br /><br />Please enter a picture of the craft that you made with "retro" inspiration below. Add a link to your blog if you have one.<br /><br /><script src="http://www.linkytools.com/thumbnail_linky_include.aspx?id=38513" type="text/javascript"></script>Elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02209130941415970111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671050526891430821.post-1811211849760492652010-07-29T21:53:00.000-04:002010-07-30T15:00:39.427-04:00Craft This! Weekly July 30, 2010Another Friday, another results post and new Craft This! Weekly challenge.<br /><br />This week's challenge was the word "eating". I spent a good portion of the week wondering what I was going to do with an "eating" theme. There were a lot of possibilities - should I make some felt food? A table cloth or table runner? Or maybe some bibs? Since I intend to sell bib sets in the shop, I decided to work on a bib pattern. Here is what I came up with:<br /><br /><center><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/4841877133_352bd7a44e_m.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/4841883091_46ed611d00_m.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/4842498058_06849f81ef_m.jpg"></center><br /><br />Jessica from <a href="http://www.pecan-sandies.com">Pecan Sandies</a> made some very cute playfood. Check out her post<a href="http://www.pecan-sandies.com/craft-this-weekly-eating/"> here.</a><br /><br />This week's challenge word is chosen by Jessica. The theme is "retro" and I can't wait to see what you all come up with!<br /><br />Please enter a picture of the craft that you made with the inspiration "eating" below. Add a link to your blog if you have one.<br /><br /><script src="http://www.linkytools.com/thumbnail_linky_include.aspx?id=37372" type="text/javascript"></script>Elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02209130941415970111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671050526891430821.post-10866921254805677302010-07-23T13:36:00.000-04:002010-07-23T16:15:50.358-04:00Craft This! Weekly July 22, 2010It's Friday! The start of the weekend and the day that we show the results from last week and present the new "Craft This! Weekly" challenge.<br /><br />Last week's challenge word was "alphabet" and here is what we did with it:<br /><br />This week's theme (chosen by Jessica at <a href="http://pecan-sandies.com/">Pecan Sandies</a>) could not have been more perfect for me. We are currently going through renovations and the prevalent theme in our playroom is letters and numbers. It seemed obvious that I should make some new curtains for the room out of some A B C fabric that I had from the "Back to School" range of fabrics designed by Ellen Krans.<br /><br /><center><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4122/4821693026_5f4071c16c_m.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4821066749_c809474067_m.jpg" /></center><br /><p>Jessica made an awesome felt board with letters, numbers, and shapes. Check out her blog post about it at <a href="http://pecan-sandies.com/">Pecan Sandies</a></p><p></p><center><p></p><p><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4097/4821060059_fa22a06f9b.jpg" /></p><p><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4123/4821059621_e3c13ca417.jpg" /></p></center><br /><p></p><p>This week's word was chosen by me. It is "<span style="font-weight: bold;">eating</span>". Can't wait to see what you all come up with!</p><p>-El<br /><br />Please enter a picture of your crafty project below with your blog address. Thanks!<br /><script src="http://www.linkytools.com/thumbnail_linky_include.aspx?id=36493" type="text/javascript"></script>Elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02209130941415970111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671050526891430821.post-52803863375775407542010-07-22T20:33:00.000-04:002010-07-23T09:31:39.234-04:00Pillowcase Dress in Pink Vintage FabricI'm trying to decide if I should offer pillowcase dresses in the etsy shop when it opens, and so I was playing around with some styles, decorations, and fabric today. I made this sweet pillowcase dress for my daughter with a pink vintage floral pattern with raised white dots. The ribbon is a durable white satiny ribbon. My photography style is the patented "Snap a bunch of pictures while she runs around like a mad thing and hope that some turn out".<div><br /></div><div><center></center></div><div><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v407/shygirlel/DSCF9898-2-1.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v407/shygirlel/DSCF9896.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v407/shygirlel/DSCF9899-1.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v407/shygirlel/DSCF9903-1.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v407/shygirlel/DSCF9894.jpg" /> </div><div><br /></div><div>Be sure to check in tomorrow to post a link to your take on the "Craft This! Weekly" challenge! Next week's challenge will also be posted.</div>Elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02209130941415970111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671050526891430821.post-45213087087922793472010-07-16T20:56:00.000-04:002010-07-16T20:57:23.292-04:00July 16th Challenge - AlphabetThis week's challenge word is "alphabet"... can't wait to see what you fabulous crafters come up with!Elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02209130941415970111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671050526891430821.post-1212046304370756002010-07-16T14:10:00.001-04:002010-07-16T15:43:04.582-04:00Craft This! WeeklyYou've reached the home of "Craft This! Weekly". Here's how it works. <div><br /></div><div>Every Friday a new challenge will be posted (idea selection will be rotated back and forth between myself and Jessica from www.pecan-sandies.com). Crafters and Craft Bloggers use the one word challenge to draw inspiration and create something within the week that fits the description. It could be a colour, a shape, an object, etc. </div><div></div><div> </div><div>You can post a link to your blogpost highlighting your take on the previous week's "Craft This!" challenge. Every crafter has different ideas and perspective so there should be a wide range of projects within the one word guideline.</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy!</div>Elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02209130941415970111noreply@blogger.com0