Chic Lady

Introducing Chic Lady at Etsy! I've opened up my shop, however, still not completely! I need to photograph my products and post them, so stayed tuned!

"Homemade art"

I wasn't sure as to how to title this blog. My husband is an artist, and we're not fans of mass produced pre-printed 'art' (such as a cheesy print found at Wal-mart). But it is still fun for me to be crafty and make little things like this.  The inside is 6"x6", so nice and small. I found the frame years ago at either a garage sale or DI. I love the blue and the worn edges, I didn't want to paint it and repeat the technique. So I made the image blue. It is with SU's Inspired by Nature stamp set. This was a Christmas gift to my mom. It was fun to do.

Lou and Lee

I found some totally adorable baby accessories on Etsy. They make felt flowers and headbands, they are soo cute, maybe trying to make them will be my next venture...

You can find their items here on etsy.

Sale-a-bration

Promotion Dates: January 5-March 31, 2010
Customers: Receive a free Sale-A-Bration product for every $50 purchase (before tax and shipping).
Hostesses: Receive a free Sale-A-Bration product for every $300 in workshop sales*, in addition to our regular hostess benefits.  *Note: Online orders do not qualify but I'd be happy to place the order for you. 
Recruits: Choose any retail stamp set (valued up to $47.95) from the current catalogs when signing up during the promotion. Plus, get 15 percent off your Starter Kit (Standard or Digital+)!

You can find a demonstrator in your area on the website!

I guess I get to get something earlier than February! WahoO!

Mini Occasion Catalog

I'm going to try to post more, but the holidays I just got soo busy! I have to take pictures still of all the Christmas gifts I made!

In the meantime, the mini occasions catalog is out! To see it, go to Stampin' Up! here.

I am in LOVE with a lot of things, but my top few are:

1. Sweet Pea Stitched Felt- they are the cutest felt flowers with stitches accenting them! 2.Vintage Vogue stamp set, just too cute, and I can see so many possibilities all ready! 3. Extra Large Two-step Bird punch -- again, so many possibilities! I can't wait to get any or all of these! However with Sale-a-bration around the corner, I'm waiting to place my order. (Sale-a-bration usually happens in the middle/end of February-not being a demo anymore I don't know the exact dates-when you order 50$ of product you get a free set or other goodies from the Sale-a-bration catalog. Best deal of the year I think!)

Stay tuned for stamped art, embroidery, necklaces and I need to finish my design board for applying to school, I share the finished product with that too.

Happy New Years!

Neglectful

I've been so busy pumping out crafts for my Christmas gifts! I've had a small budget, but I'm stretching it quite far with home made gifts that I'm quite proud about. I'm also going to open an etsy shop (more details to come) but this is a sneak peak of what I've been up to!

(sorry it's an awful pictures, I just set it on my leg and took a quick snap!)

Lots going on

One of my projects using fabric, ribbon, tulle, buttons, clips, and marbles!

Wow, a lot has been going on! I've been working on a handful of projects and decided to do more for Christmas gifts, so I've got a lot to do! I've been sewing, stamping, mod-podging, hot glue-ing and so much more. I've have several projects planned to work on with Ashton too! Including a fun and easy Pipe cleaner snowflake ornaments! Stay tuned for some pictures of what I've been up to!

Last MInutes Halloween Treats

I did this recipes from Rhodes' Rolls last week for our Halloween Party. It was fun, they tasted great (so I was told). A few years ago I did a similar idea from Martha Stewart. That one was making pretzels from scratch, I definitly prefer the Rhodes way!

Fill your treat table with some ghoulish fingers, witch fingers topped with Parmesan cheese and garlic salt.

Prep Time: 15 min (not including thaw time)

Bake Time: 15 min

Ingredients

12 Rhodes™ Dinner Rolls, thawed but still cold
1/4 cup melted butter
Parmesan cheese
garlic salt
egg yolks, beaten
food coloring
small paintbrush

Instructions

Roll each roll into a 7-9 inch pointed rope. Define finger nail on pointed end and knuckles and lines along the finger with a sharp knife. Place on a sprayed baking sheet and pinch finger thinner on both sides of knuckle. Brush finger with butter avoiding fingernail. Sprinkle cheese and garlic salt on finger but not on nail. Make nail color by combining egg yolk and food coloring to achieve desired color. Paint nail with small paintbrush. Bake at 350°F 10-15 minutes or until lightly browned.

LOVE this Idea!

Check out this post, my little boy would love these!

http://www.vanillajoy.com/halloween-crazy-crayons.html

A card

This was pretty fun to make, I used the Petal Pizzaz set, and used paper and plastic flowers from American Crafts, and flower punch from Marvy. The colors are Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze an d Soft Sky and white of course.