Proud American Sock Doll

Hope you had a wonderful Holiday!

Hand Made Garters for a Wedding Football Toss

I have been so busy creating wedding items, I haven't had any time to post!

Here are some accessories that I have been working on. 

Some of these can be found in my Etsy store soon!

I was very inspired by sports fan theme event!

It is difficult for a groom to successfully toss a little fabric garter... 

so surprise him with a Garter Holder! 

Yes... it is a football! He will be thrilled and will enjoy zipping that pigskin to the single guys with the DJ playing the theme to Monday Night Football or his college fight song!

Please take a look and enjoy!

Check out Cyndi Lou's Garden!

Stock the Bar Party

Times have changed since I got married in 1981! Parties were fun, but more plain then compared to the Uber Events that are planned today! Here is a gift that I made for a couples shower where stocking the newlyweds liquor cabinet was the theme!I got a chance to show off my binding skills too!!! So... Eat, Drink and Be Married!!!

Happy New Year

Sorry that it has been so long since my last entry. In the next several posts I will catch up on the projects that I completed during the 2010 holiday season. I hope you had a wonderful November & December and best wishes for 2011!

Margarita Party on the 4th!

Hope you had  a wonderful 4th of July! We had a good time
because we were invited to the Miko's Pool Party. I was
thrilled to be asked to bring the Margaritas! When I found
out that they didn't have any Margarita glasses...I knew
exactly what to take as a house gift! Here is how I hand
painted the glasses. I loved they way that they

turned out and the drinks were Fa-bu too! Cheers!

Christmas Blog Hop Altered Christmas Album

     Welcome to the Create it Green Christmas Blog Hog! I hope you have enjoyed the other contributor projects so far. If not,---head over there first and follow along. The offical starting time is 12noon est, but since I have a craft show today, I posted a little early!

Let's Hop to it!!!                   

Supplies:

-Book from the thrift store or clearance rack, prefer

with hard cover, & content with pictures

-Sand Paper -Tape

-Craft Knife & Metal Ruler

-Glue Stick & White School Glue

-Decoupage Glue -Punches

-Tags & chipboard shapes

-Stamps, rubber & used postage

-Stickers, die cuts, Clip Art & photos

-Acrylic Paint, ink, watercolor & etc

-Paint Brush & permanent markers

-Scissors, straight & fancy edge

-Scrapbook, wrapping & wall paper scraps

-String, ribbon, lace & gold wire

-Buttons, trinkets, charms & etc…

Instructions:

-Prepare book cover, rub the shiny off the cover

using the sand paper, then dust off.

-Go through the book…paper clipping the pages

that are being saved. About half of the pages need
to be removed to make room for the layering,

folding & other desired alterations. Don’t remove the page consecutively, cut randomly throughout the book to create evenness between the covers.

Keep 2 pages together where there is a slide out

planned. Paper clip together as a reminder.

  -Remove the pages using a craft knife and a metal ruler. Lay the ruler behind the page that is being taken out. Place it close to the binding and run the knife along the ruler to cleanly take out. Tearing the page out could break the string in the binding.

-Decide on “tabs”. Use puzzle pieces, tags, chip

board shapes, buttons, etc to create page makers.

Use 2 of each item and glue back to back---

trapping the page edge to create the tab. Face any
eyelets or holes out so ribbon can dangle out of

the edge.

-After tabs are created down the length of the book,

tear the edge on either side of the tab to short the

page and make the tab stand out. Then tear down

all the other pages so the tab really shows! The

pages that are being saved for slide outs should be

held and torn together to stay uniform.

-Tearing hint: Use a paint brush and water to

dampen the outline. Let it sit a few seconds, then

pull apart! It creates a nice ruff edge without the

frustration of ripping! Great for tiny pieces!

 




-Fold pages & glue in place to create pockets .
 

   
 

-Plan a Slide Out. Decorate a tag and have it pull out of a slit in a page. Put a cutting board behind the page and use a craft knife to cut a slot slightly wider than the tag. Turn the page over and mark the area that the tag takes up, then glue the page to the next one –leaving the inside of the outline without glue.
Lightly paint the page and add details with a permanent marker. Follow the design template. Tie streamers to the tag.  

-Painting over Text and existing photos doesn’t have to be uniform or solid. Leave special words or titles and photo areas unpainted to have the page say what you want.

-Making a Jumping Jack takes 2 pages. Paint and seal the front page to be dolled up! Decorate the page and the Jumping Jack Elf Template. Cut out. Punch 2 holes in each limb & tie with string as shown in diagram. Add a charm to the center string as a pull. Lay the arms & legs on the page and use a pen to mark the holes where the brads go on the page. Insert brads through limbs and page. Open brads on the back of the page & secure with tape. Glue the page back to the next page to encase the brad backs. On the front, use white school glue to secure the Elf head to the page. Once that is dry, a dot of glue can be adding to the head of each brad to give extra support to the elf body!

 
 
 

 
 

 

-Pages don’t have to be uniform. Tear it up!
-Save elements from old magazines to enhance the theme.

-Don’t be afraid to Experiment…you can’t make a mistake! You can always tape a page back in!

-Collage the cover using any scraps desired. Start
by applying paint to camouflage any unwanted
words, pictures or authors. When gluing on paper,

paint the item on the back with decoupage glue,stick down, then brush over the front with more glue. Place the book in a slightly warm oven, the heat will suck any air out from behind the paper to make it a very smooth surface. Add stamps, stickers or photo cut outs to give the book a personality and title that suites your theme!

So-There it is . . . my favorite holiday album! Grab all the Freebie Digis and leave me some Comment Love and win this Fake Girl Scout Cookie, it's a Faux Samo! (Good enough to eat!)

Feel Free to ask any questions and I'll give the best responce I can. Sorry I am not a great writer, hope the instructions are clear! Please "Follow Me" too! Go over to the Create it GreenYahoo Group and look for my photo album labled-CyndiLou's Graphic Crafts- Blog Hop Pics. There will be all the Digis needed for your project!

Now it is time for you to hop to Jean's Blog for a Rustic Star! Happy Holidays!

My First Blog Award, IdyllHours!

OMGosh, I am so honored,(being a blog award virgin)! I got this Beautiful Accolade, called the "Idyllhours Blog Award", from my cyber friend, Cindy aka Luciesfloozies. Please visit her blog, to see her wonderful creations!!

(Cindy-You are so sweet to think of me!)

www.luciesflooziestwo.blogspot.com

(I have to tell you... I love this award, but I was disappointed in the image that went along with the honor. The person who first started this award did a wonderful job in choosing the sentiment and photo to represent this Badge. I thought it had gotten diluted with use. So I reconstructed the logo. I wish that I could have found the original, but I came upon too many broken links. Please forgive me if you are reading this and you were the creator. I did my best!)

Of course, there are a few things I have to do,
My obligation, as being an Idyllhours recipient, is to fulfill this pledge upon the following conditions: In accepting this award, I must name 5 things that I enjoy doing, and in no particular order, and I must pass this Honor on to 5 more people and they are, in no particular order! If I have left you a comment---that I have given you this award, please click on the Badge to enlarge it before you right click to save it to your computer and post it to your blog!

My 5 Favorite Activities:

1-I love watching TV & old Movies and eating popcorn!

2- I love getting dressed-up and going out with my husband, Joe! -I started this blog on our Wedding Anniversary, 9-5-2007

3- I can't live unless I am creating! And I am very good at all kinds of arts & crafts! Hope you agree!

4- I am really enjoying Facebook! -I love looking at every one's photos & finding old friends!

5- I adore my children; Mindy, Hanna & Kevin! they are almost grown & I am very proud of them!

Oh- I want to include my new Kitten, Ma Cherie!

My Favorite 5 Blogs:

1-Barb at Purse Project, http://iwannanewbag.blogspot.com/

2-Sue a Creativly-Green Friend at http://suestampindaly.blogspot.com/

3- Jackie my Creativly-Green DT friend, http://chicscraps.blogspot.com/

4- Joy, Craftymug at http://craftythisandthat.blogspot.com/

5- RecycleCindy at http://www.myrecycledbags.com/

There are so many others I would choose also, but for now this is my five.

Thank you again Cindy...this means a lot to me....
Please visit all my Blog Friends and leave some "Comment Love"!