Carpal Tunnel

Just so you know why you won't be seeing much from me for a while. I'm having carpal tunnel surgery on both wrists tomorrow morning. Hoping that in a few months I can be a crafting fool!

Stamped for the Kitchen

I stamped these a while back and just hadn't posted them. I have been keeping salt, baking powder, baking soda, etc on the top of the stove and thought it looked a little messy. I had the idea to dress up an old baking powder container, instead of throwing it away to put the salt in. When I finished and liked the way it looked, I decorated one for the baking powder as well!



I stamped white paper with two colors blue (one for flowers, a darker for the letters) then attached it. To keep it nice and keep it from falling apart, I covered it with a couple strips of clear packaging tape. That's why it's so shiny!

I like the containers because they have the metal across the top for leveling, which makes it easier for my little girl to help me measure in the kitchen, and I think they're the perfect size. I'll be saving these container every time now and making more!

Another Wedding Invitation

Here is the invitation I quilled for my friend's wedding this past weekend in Quebec. I tried to work in her color for the wedding (and a favorite color of hers and her husbands)- red.

Quilled Owen

Here's the quilled name plaque I made for a new baby in our group of friends. His bedroom is painted in green stripes and has a jungle theme.

Quilled Invitation

I have been doing a bit of quilling. This is the only one I'll post now, because I don't think Kim checks my blog. The others will have to wait until the gifts have been given....but I'm looking forward to sharing. I've never been very good at waiting for things like that!




This was my first time doing some non-quilled flowers on one of my projects. The lilies are made by curling the wide end of a teardrop shape and attaching a stem. Then putting a yellow quilled cone in the center. (You can click on the photo for a better look) I wan't too sure of the look at first, but it has grown on me and I do like the result. Do you think I've done enough to this one. It feels a little plain, but I can't decide if that just makes it elegant?

Earrings

I made a pair of earrings to match the red necklace from yesterday.
I was inspired from a library book I found while just browsing this morning. So, I took these earrings from my school-days....












And with a few red beads, some thin jewelery wire, and a nap-time at home, I made this....


I'm quite happy with them and can't wait to wear them out!

Necklaces

I spent my morning making necklaces.....

This was a super-long, red/black/silver. I expect I'll wear it both ways, so I took both shots.















My medium-long yellow. Doesn't fit twice over my big noggin...




















My shortest, a blue.
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I couldn't get good photos of them because the glare made the necklaces a blur, so I had to do this weird sideways view.

More Funny Cards

I made these two today:






This one says "...if you're a tree!" on the inside.

3 Cards & a Favor

Here is a favor my dear friend Amanda and I made for a baby shower last month. It was two of those small (5 piece) packs of gum, wrapped in cardstock that we put a Wild About You giraffe on and a "Thanks" sentiment on the side. A take on the favor we made 2 years ago for Amanda's shower with a larger pack of gum. I love making the colors/theme match the shower decor....and so fun to give something useful!
















I have been working on some cards with humorous sentiments too....I hope you think they're as funny as I did!

Inside "It just comes in flashes now!"








Inside "...enjoy a new floral moo-moo"






I put some flower eyelets on the cow and colored her yellow to make her look like she was floral! It was so fun to see it come together!




Inside "I'm udderly embarassed"

Necklace2

I decided while I was posting the last one, I might as well do this little necklace I made a while ago. It's nothing really special, but it goes with a lot and it adds a little fun to the neckline. It's simply 3 strands of different shades of seed beads on a clasp that has multiple loops for different strands.

Necklace

I saw my friend wearing a beautiful necklace on Saturday at church and thought, "I could make that!" I got out the beads yesterday, and this is what I ended up with today.




I used a bunch of glass beads my mom had given me a while ago and put three seed beads (clear, brown, clear) in between each glass bead. Then for the back of the necklace, I strung on about 40 brown seed beads so I wouldn't have a bunch of those big glass beads in the back - and in hopes that it will keep the necklace in place well. I think it's great and I'll wear it a lot, but it is not as beautiful as yours, Adrianne. (I hope you don't mind my copying!)

Quilled Ben

This is the latest name quilling I have been working on. Another little boy! I have quite a few friends having babies, and I'm so glad to have these special gifts to make for their new babies! The shower is tonight. I hope his mom likes it!

I originally made it with a tiny little car in the upper left, but switched it later for the clouds. I thougth they were better because the white was less 'busy' than the red & black car, tied in the white mat, and the little car was just not as cute as I wanted it to be!!!

Quilled Sean

I made this over the past couple weeks for a friend's new baby. I am bringing them dinner tonight and bringing it along. I made it to match his sports themed lamp and mobile. I enjoyed making the football and bat. I have never made these boyish things with quilling!

Mother's Day

I get to make/send three Mother's day cards....I made the all different - as different as the Mom's!

This pink/blue purse is made from a tag punch, folded down to make the flap. An idea my Mom sent me a month-or-two ago and I decided to use it on her card. :)

I decided to showcase the die-cut letters on this card for my mother-in-law, and made the flower a theme, as she loves to garden. Her favorite color is blue.....

The last one is made with paper my step mother-in-law gave me for Easter. Love the earthy, rich colors and wanted to use them with this trendy bird stamp for her card.

I hope they all 3 enjoy them & feel special!

Wrap Pants

So I saw these pants and thought I would like to try them. They are comfortable, adjustable to the waist and big at the bottom, which I liked.

http://laupre.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/easy-breezy-wrap-pants-tutorial/

They look so cool and trendy on her.

Well, I got out a sheet that I had in a box and tried them. This was the original, made to her instructions, except that I used buttons because I found that they were so big around the waist.

You can see that my pair is not near as cool and trendy - and look terrible on me! So I cut the front of the pants off to make them a little less huge and put a string on them instead, thinking this would make the legs less humongous. I don't think I'll be wearing these babies anywhere except to bed! They are quite comfortable, as promised, but my, they don't look good!