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Craft Night - October 4, 2014

10/4/2014

Another successful craft night! What an incredible and creative group of friends. Quilting, beading, knitting, crocheting, laughter, and learning.

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Since I was young I have loved creating stuff. Whether it be jewelry, cookies, painting, etc. it has been something that feeds my soul. In high school we were blessed to have a college credit art class offered, every week or two we were learning something new. One of my favorites was casting jewelry! To be able to create a ring out of wax and then melt the silver to fill the mold, to sanding it and polishing it, the whole process still makes me happy just thinking about it. I wish I had the chance to do it all over again. Maybe one day I will have the chance. But until then, I will just make jewelry the only way I can and that's with beads, wire, leather, and heart. Here are some of my latest creations. It feels so good to get back into creating pretty things :).

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DIY Sugar Lip Scrub

4/27/2014

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Getting ready for a DIY Mother's Day Spa Gift Giving this year. One of the things I am making is a Lip Sugar Scrub. In this recipe I am using 4 1/4 cup Brown Sugar, 1/3 cup White Sugar, 3 tbsp Coconut Oil, 3 tbsp Honey, 6 drops Peppermint Essential Oil, and 9 drops Citrus Essential Oil. Stir everything to combine, let it sit for a little while before putting them into small jars. There might be a little separation, so before putting in jars, stir again.

I have already used a little bit to test it out and it works really good.

To make a spa style gift here are some suggestions of what to include:

Lavender Bath Fizzies
Peppermint Lip Scrub
Lip Balms
Herb Soaps
Whipped Body Butter
CD with Relaxing Music
Chocolate Treats (because what woman doesn't like chocolate) :)

All of these are pretty simple to make. I would suggest having a girl party, buying everything in bulk (split the cost with your friends) and make these together. You'll have fun making these with friends and coming up with new Spa Gifts together.

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Shawl Shirt

2/1/2014

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Today was the fabric sale at the Chappell Fire Hall benefiting Adopt-a-Dog Animal Rescue. There were over 1,000 yards of fabric for sale for only $2 a yard - so this was perfect for finding just the right fabric to make the Shawl Shirt that I have been wanting to make. I have the one below - so I used it as a "pattern" without taking it apart.

I cut the fabric 44" x 56" and ironed and sewed the 2 edges that weren't already "finished".

Next I folded it in to fourths, and measure for the neck. I used the measurements of my pink one to eye ball it - but I made it a little less "plunging" in the front as I didn't want to always worry about the girls showing :).

I measured from my neck down, wanted the V to only go down 6" total so I cut at 5" down and 4" across, cutting through both sides.

I laid the material out with the opening facing up, cut 3/4" on each "corner", then folded them down twice making the hem. I am sure there was a better way of doing this, but this is what made sense to me. Once I was finished sewing it all the way around, I moved on to the next step.

Which was to measure for the fitting and arms holes. I measured up from the bottom and then over from each side. Stitched a 6" straight line that would serve as the fitting.

(I am sure those that sew are laughing their booties off at me - because I am not using correct terminology, I don't think I really measured too much other then making sure that each side was marked the same. So please know this is not a pattern - it is just what I did to see if I could.)

Sorry for the crappy picture - didn't think I was going to put it in this post, but realized it's the only one I got with it semi finished. I really liked it this way, but felt it needed "something else" Looked too much like scrubs, so I decided to put some elastic down the front to give it a little more structure. Of course, I have never done that either, so who knew how it was going to turn out. I was quite nervous that I might ruin it if I kept messing with it, but I pushed the fear aside and went for it :) And let me say, it was NOT easy - I even ended up ripping out some of it and redoing it. All-in-all I liked how it turned out and I can't wait to start on the next one.

TA DA!!!

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