tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46340131232328459682024-03-19T01:46:23.521-07:00Spittin Toadgarden...art...fun...Spittin-Toadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00368465071971965278noreply@blogger.comBlogger221125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634013123232845968.post-47054780509317213082016-04-15T06:06:00.002-07:002016-04-15T06:06:41.802-07:00Adding Fabric to Converse <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Just thought I'd share a pair of "Converse"Jessie finished awhile ago.</div>
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Aren't they cute?</div>
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That's it for today I'm off to work in the garden. :)</div>
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Spittin-Toadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00368465071971965278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634013123232845968.post-5095282200299430572016-03-12T09:47:00.003-08:002016-03-12T09:47:45.997-08:00Ranunculus Love and Finding Your Happy Place<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The other morning I came to work with a weary attitude...the weekend had been a wild rush of last minute orders for boutonnieres and corsages (the High School Tolo was on Saturday). </div>
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We made 70 and over half of them were ordered the day before and the morning of the dance...</div>
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YIKES...I had not scheduled for that!</div>
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Thank goodness I have a positive crew and some good friends that jumped in to help!!</div>
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During the craziness of it all, we got in the most beautiful ranunculus and I just wanted to play with them...</div>
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So when I walked into work early Monday morning I was pleased to see there were still a few left... </div>
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Even though I had a long list of "to dos" I gave myself permission to do one little arrangement first.</div>
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Nothing cures the back to work blues like making an arrangement!!</div>
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I could feel my heart lighten as I carefully sniped stems and placed them into the sweet little vase I had picked out. First the ranunculus, then the rice flower...not quite there...yes wax flower is what it was asking for...</div>
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I had found my happy place.</div>
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I priced it, placed it on the shelf and gave it a little smile, as I happily started my to do list.</div>
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After a conference call I zipped up the stairs looking forward to visiting my happy little arrangement...but alas...</div>
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It was already gone...I don't even know who bought it. :( </div>
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This time adding some statice and using a bit larger vase....</div>
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So I made one adding tulips and dusty miller around the base...I love it's soft gray color.</div>
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Apparently I wasn't the only one in need of a sweet little arrangement.</div>
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Here's to you finding your happy place in a world full of to-dos and commitments!</div>
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Remember last February when I kept making <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://spittin-toad.blogspot.com/2015/02/easy-sew-pot-holders-for-valentines-and.html" target="_blank">Hot pads</a></span></b>?</div>
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Well this year it seems to be pillow cases...What is it about February and sewing???</div>
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It must be the rainy northwest days with that hint of spring yet to come...it seems to turn my attention to colorful fabric in cheery shades of warmth.</div>
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It really all started when my daughter promised her brother a pillowcase ...For Christmas!?!</div>
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And she still hadn't gotten around to doing it.</div>
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Because I'm not about to be left out Ki and I went to the fabric store to get our material..</div>
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(And I must say I was very happy to find a deer fabric for my husband that wasn't too camouflagey, red neckish!)</div>
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Of course Auto had already picked out the beer fabric for her 21 year old brother...</div>
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This was KI's first sewing project. :) Ever!</div>
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I so feel bad this is the only picture I got of her...but her case was darling!</div>
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I don't think you need another one form me....</div>
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Two weeks later I whipped these up for my nieces kids...</div>
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I tell ya once ya get going it's hard to stop!</div>
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I survived Valentines as a florist... well barely, I've been sick for the last 4 days...</div>
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I pulled my vintage bike out of the garden, cleaned it up and brought in as a display piece.</div>
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Good morning friends, I have missed you all!! My last blog post was July 2015....YIKES</div>
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A lot has happened since then that has kept me away form my blog and much crafting...</div>
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it's all good of course...except for the part about not blogging and crafting...I had know idea how much I would miss this little blog and my handful of friends.</div>
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So whats going on you might ask?</div>
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It's not that I have exciting news or that it's any kind of a big of a deal but I am now managing a little floral shop (I'm not allowed to say where) but between working full time, my daughters senior year in high school and her club volleyball travels, well there just isn't much time left in the day....</div>
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BUT DANG IT ALL...I WILL FIND TIME!</div>
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So there it is...my commitment to you ...well mostly to me...</div>
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Put out one post a week even if it's just a lovely bouquet or flowers..</div>
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Like this one for Molly (love that girl)...Purple and Gold for NK Senior Night.... </div>
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So hopefully you all will join me on my new adventure as a fledgling florist and an almost empty nester.<br />
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There will be more flowers post than ever before...but who doesn't like flowers?<br />
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I plan on finishing my 1960's trailer this summer so you might want to stayed tuned for that...Here's a sneak peek...<br />
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So there it is...I guess I have more to blog about than I thought...<br />
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Looking forward to reconnecting with all of you!!<br />
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The first thing I did was cut the fabric in a rectangle a bit bigger than the tongue. I also had to cut some stitching by the toe of the shoe for the fabric to fit tight to the rubber. I then pinned the fabric on, wrapping it around to the back side of the tongue. Easy enough!</div>
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Last December (the week between Christmas and New years) I cut out, designed and pinned 7 stockings. Two were special orders so I got them done right away. But the rest I have worked on during down time at volleyball games and on my lunch break at work.<br />
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Designing stockings is more work than one might think and very messy...I have piles of sweaters and scraps of felted wool everywhere....sew (ha-ha) having that many cut and ready to go, has made it easy to finish one a month! This was the last of the 7 but I will take a weekend and see if I can get a bunch cut out again.<br />
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But it didn't need much, I just gave it a good all over cleaning and then painted the frame with some of my homemade chalk paint...did a little distressing...a little waxing....added a drawer pull and TA-DA finished!!!</div>
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While at Walmart the other day, I picked up a bundle of fat quarters full of lovely spring colors...I then went home and started cutting...Okay two weeks later I started cutting.</div>
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I just make a small cut so I could tear the fabric into 1" strips. I went the full length of the fat quarter and then cut each strip in half...mind you these measurements are all "about"...I seldom do anything exact. I also added some yellow, orange, green and of course burlap from my fabric stash...My house is not really a "pastel house"....but I wanted the pastel spring feel.</div>
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Spittin-Toadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00368465071971965278noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634013123232845968.post-53025457898130892732015-04-01T07:13:00.000-07:002015-04-01T07:13:50.850-07:00How to Make Altered Art Domino Pendants <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This whole project started when Maryanne picked up some Bakelite Dominoes at a garage sale.</div>
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and made a necklace for each of them. :)</div>
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I think they turned out nice. Don't you?</div>
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Using scrap paper, washi tape, stamps, pages from a book and old photo's we planed our design for each domino. </div>
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Next glue the pieces onto each domino using a craft glue.</div>
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Use a finger nail file to file the paper along the edges of your domino.</div>
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Last step is to seal them with Diamond Glaze. Try not to get any bubbles but if you do we used toothpicks to remove them.</div>
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I like to place a bit of sparkle in the wet glaze...which holds it for life. :)</div>
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Want more ideas check out my <a href="http://spittin-toad.blogspot.com/2013/08/altered-dominoesthe-raven.html" target="_blank">Raven Collection</a>. </div>
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It's been way to long since I posted a Kids Art Tutorial!!</div>
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So I thought I'd share some octopi my art students painted a summer ago...</div>
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This would be a perfect art project for a elementary classroom studying Marine Biology...</div>
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Did you know, we grow the worlds largest Octopus right here in the Puget Sound?</div>
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(The largest know one weighed 600 lbs and had an arm span of 30 feet.)</div>
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I started out having the kids draw an octopus in pencil, asking that they use the whole page for their design with some parts going totally off the paper....</div>
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The next step is to go over the design with colored glue. This time we used black.</div>
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If you haven't colored glue before its easy, just add some acrylic paint to a bottle of glue and then stir like heck till it's all mixed in ( I use a chopstick to stir). Then use the glue bottle to go over your drawing.</div>
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The glue works as a raised resist so after it's dry, finish your painting with watercolors.</div>
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Last week while my 17 year old was home sick with a fever....I took the opportunity to hang out with her, putt around the house and make some jewelry. I do hate it when she's sick but I love our time together!!</div>
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Spittin-Toadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00368465071971965278noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634013123232845968.post-67496214924282775352015-02-20T07:24:00.000-08:002015-02-20T07:24:32.824-08:00Bicycle Dresser<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello again friends. Here in the PNW, Spring is in the air, (sorry to all dealing with record colds) but we have had unseasonably warm weather... (yes I know it won't last but one can hope and should at least enjoy)!</div>
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In honor of this spring like weather I thought I'd share the Bicycle dresser I finished a while ago.</div>
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So what do you think? Wouldn't it be cute in a little girls room?</div>
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Well that's it for today...You have an awesome weekend!!</div>
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(I have an sick kiddo at home and the weekend off so I see more crafting in my near future.) :)</div>
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Well, I survived my first Valentine's Day as a florist...Whew...Today I will stay home, put my feet up...Clean house,work in the garden (it's be been beautiful her in the PNW), buy grocery's ...Okay maybe I won't put my feet up but I Will slow down and enjoy what I'm doing!!!</div>
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I choose not to make people follow me to enter...I want you to hang out with me because you enjoy my projects, my blog, my ideas...not to win something!!! So...to those new followers hopeful we'll get to know each other a little better and I will offer up some new ideas or projects for you to try!! :)</div>
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Anyway...The winner of the Pot Holders is <b>Shirley</b> from <b><a href="http://hudsonsholidays.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Hudson's Holiday Designs</a>,</b> She has a lovely blog, so zip on over and check it out. I promise you won't be disappointed!!!</div>
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Happy Monday I mean Tuesday. ;)</div>
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Here's a last minute reminder that there's still time to enter and win these sweet Valentines Hot Pads.</div>
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I went to the fabric store the other day just wanting some spring fabric...I wasn't even sure what I was going to do with it...maybe I would make a banner or pendant maybe some pot holders...maybe????</div>
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I just needed spring!!! With all my Christmas decorations down and no hope of snow (it's been so warm here in the Pacific Northwest) my house and myself were feeling a bit dreary.</div>
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So I bought some "Happy Fabric" and decided to make pot holders (or do you call them hot pads?) for my friends for Valentines Day. (Let me just say right now ...what a stupid idea! They may be easy but they are a bit time consuming).</div>
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After washing the fabric I cut out a bunch of squares 8" x 8".</div>
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I laid them out on my table to determine what pieces I wanted to put together.</div>
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<br />I did an applique on one side and the left the other side plain...I had way to much fun putting the different fabric together!!! I think that's my favorite part!</div>
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Using an iron on adhesive made the appliques easy...You just iron the adhesive to the wrong side of your fabric and then draw your design on the paper side...cut it out, peel the paper off, flip it over and iron it to the right side of your pot holder.</div>
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In this case I sewed just the leaf on first and then ironed on the bird and the heart...</div>
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Before stitching over the rest of the applique, I layered and sewed the pot holder together.</div>
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I put two layers of my insulation fabric down (I like my pot holders thick.), then with the right side up I put the first fabric square on and then the 2nd one goes right side down...so that the the fabrics are right sides together and the padding is sitting under them. </div>
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Then sew all around the square with an 1/2" seam allowance leaving about a 3 inch opening on one side to turn the square inside out...don't forget to trim the corners and excess seam allowance before you flip it.</div>
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Then sew around the edges and sew your applique on too.</div>
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<br />I made these bright little birdies for my kitchen...</div>
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<i>YUP</i>...That's right...<b>I'm <span style="font-size: large;">giving away</span> a pair of my hot pads to one lucky reader</b>...</div>
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<b>Just <span style="font-size: large;">leave me a comment</span> and I will put you in the <span style="font-size: large;">drawing</span> for the hot pads and if your not following I would love it if you would!!! I have a ton of projects to share this year. :)</b></div>
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I know the holidays are over but I've been in a sewing mood lately...which is a good thing because I almost sold out on my applique Christmas stockings and I know I won't feel like working on them come spring.<br />
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"Sew" the week between Christmas and New Years I cut out and pinned 7 stockings...</div>
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With a daughter in club volleyball, I'm on the road a lot and<br />
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This one was a special order for a lovely customer and her jeep loving husband.</div>
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I was so pleased with the way it turned out I made a 2nd one to sell in my Etsy shop.<br />
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My nephew Gavin was turning 4 and loves to draw on our <a href="http://spittin-toad.blogspot.com/2013/01/awesome-chalkboard-coffee-table.html">Chalkboard Coffee Table</a> so I deiced it was time to pull one of the desks out of the garage and paint it!</div>
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With a daddy that was in the military, and Gavin being such an outdoorsy little guy Camo was the obvious choice.</div>
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The fist thing I did was lightly sand and prime the wooden top. I then paint it with 4 coats of chalkboard paint....This baby had to be sturdy, it was going to be abused in every way and I didn't want to have to repaint it in a month. :)</div>
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Now for the fun part...(which happened while I was at my real job). Bryan gathered up some fern and some cedar branches. Holding them against the desk he sprayed them with flat black paint, to create the wonderful leave pattern on the desk.</div>
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Autumn painted me this darling fox mug for Christmas....It is so cute I just had to share it!!!</div>
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The fox has the sweetest face....</div>
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And I love the Birch trees...they give it such a wonderful wintery feeling. I think I will have to do some on my next Christmas stocking (the fox too)!!</div>
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She could do a whole woodland group of mugs... :)</div>
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Make this the year you focus on things you love!!!</div>
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Yup...They'er in real pumpkins!</div>
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*Carve out the pumpkin and line the inside with cellophane (to help hold water).</div>
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*Add a fully wet block of floral foam, cutting and piecing if need (to fill the whole pumpkin).</div>
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*Next step is to fill in the sides with greens...I added Hypericum for a touch of red...but rose hips would be lovely too.</div>
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Wouldn't these look great on your Thanksgiving table??</div>
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I will be linking up to many of the parties on my side bar...do check them out. :)</div>
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Spittin-Toadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00368465071971965278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634013123232845968.post-22828534448759920602014-10-23T07:07:00.000-07:002014-10-23T07:07:30.179-07:00Re-Purposed Globe<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I have been wanting to share this since last year but because I put a skeleton and a pumpkin in my cute worldly bowl...I felt like I need to wait till closer to Halloween....Note to self don't make things seasonal if they're not. :)</div>
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For the bowl I used my hot glue gun and glued a crystal candle stick to the bottom...brilliant...nope!!!</div>
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I picked up the lamp at G.W. ...the colors were perfect so I didn't even have to paint it...SCORE!!</div>
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The screw went threw the hole on the top of the globe and the finial on top of that...So Simple!</div>
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Well I guess you could say I've gone global. :)</div>
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Spittin-Toadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00368465071971965278noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634013123232845968.post-80741300910557210672014-10-14T10:20:00.000-07:002014-10-14T10:37:54.537-07:00Frakinpillow an Easy to Sew Project<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today I'm sharing a project my daughter Autumn did.....</div>
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I call it "<b>Frakinpillow.</b>"</div>
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After finding a image she liked on the internet, she used a pencil and lightly free handed the image onto her cloth canvas. Using acrylic craft paint she simply filled it in....Easy Peasy!!</div>
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For the back she choose a fun bat fabric and used the envelope closure method...making the over lap large enough that we didn't have to put buttons or a zipper in...(my goal was to make it a quick and easy project). There are plenty of on line tutorials on sewing the back and we were in to big of a hurry to "get-er done" to take pics.....but a visit to Pinterest will give you more than enough instructions. :)<br />
Yup...She made a Candy Corn one too...Dang it's fun having a daughter!!...<br />
LOVE YA BABE!!</div>
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I plan on linking to many of the parties on my side bar...check them out.<br />
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Made this little table over a year ago for the market...it didn't sell but that's fine by me! :)</div>
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Although the colors don't really work in my house I sure have had fun drawing on it!!!</div>
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Happy Autumn Ya'All!!!</div>
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You can find the tutorial on it <a href="http://spittin-toad.blogspot.com/2013/01/awesome-chalkboard-coffee-table.html">here</a> and <a href="http://spittin-toad.blogspot.com/2013/11/chalkboard-table-and-chairs.html">here</a>.</div>
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Spittin-Toadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00368465071971965278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634013123232845968.post-45827069646894230852014-10-01T07:41:00.000-07:002014-10-06T08:12:16.362-07:00Fox Gloves from Felted Wool<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Thought I'd share with you these cute little fox gloves I just finished. (They're in my etsy shop if your interested)...</div>
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With Autumn finally here I'm in a sewing mood...isn't that funny how your moods and interests change with the seasons...Suddenly I'm cooking and sewing (as apposed to the lets cook hot dogs at the fire pit attitude I have all summer). :)</div>
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Anyway these little cuties were made out of a wool sweater that was felted and then I cut the end of sleeves off to create the finger-less gloves. For the face I just used pieces out of wool I had left over from other projects.</div>
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I love the fall feeling of these babys!!</div>
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I know you haven't seen much of me this summer and just so ya know...I did miss blogging!!! I have a new job and it took a bit of adjusting to the schedule but I think I'm back. :) I HAVE been working on my vintage trailer and it's coming together nicely, so watch for some posts on that....</div>
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And as always...Thanks for visiting!!</div>
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I might just link up to some of the parties on my side bar so please check them out.</div>
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