Corkboard Coasters

Inspired by drinking in the office. Drinking water, of course! :) I made these for my cubemates (my friends). Since we spend our ENTIRE day in the office, we DO need SOMEthing to keep us going through the day! Unfortunately, drinks perspire and get our desks wet. I've found the solution! ...Well, a decorative* solution ;) I measured out each cork to be 4 in x 4 in. This is a good size for a coaster!

materials:

corkboard, scissors (to cut corkboard if necessary), ruler, wood burner tool, your imagination for design!

Clay Day

Last weekend, I spent my day making things out of clay! Hey-- that rhymes! Here's what I made: 2 kitties, cow, piggy, mushroom, frog, tree, ...and well, that is suppose to be an orange cat. Shouldn't have put those black whiskers on him! Oh well...

materials:

Sculpey clay, toothpicks, clay tools, white board (to keep your desktop clean), oven for baking!

Squid

This was a fun project! 

materials:

crocheting yarn, crochet needle, batting

Quite A Pear...

My mama and I spend the day together crocheting. I used to know how, but it's been so long, I needed to brush up on my crocheting! She taught me what 'sc' and 'dec' and 'inc' and 'ss' meant! Craziness. Anyway, here are a pair of pears! She made the dark green and I made the light one.

materials:

crocheting yarn, crocheting needle, batting, round bead things for eyes, embroidery floss (to tie on eyes), embroidery needle (the plastic kind)

Retro Gaming

Another clay project... 

materials:

Sculpey polymer clay, clay tools, oven for baking

Love Monsters

Here are a couple of monsters fit for Valentine's Day. My co-workers helped me come up with this idea of using felt in colors of conversation hearts (that i failed to make) and making these love monsters! Well my friend at work ended up buying a couple of monsters from me! I was so happy that someone appreciated it enough to buy it! :) Thanks Shaundra

materials:

felt, scissors, sewing machine, batting

Wild Thing

Vampire

iPhone Case

Here are a couple of iPhone cases that I hand-stitched! Not very easy when you're doing it by hand!

materials:

felt, embroidery floss, embroidery needle, snap button and your hands!

More Clay Magnets lol

Here are two more that I made. A hot dog and another hamburger, but this time it's with cheese! ...I guess you would call that a cheeseburger.. haha, whatever! 

materials:

Sculpey polymer clay, clay tools, oven for baking

Clay Magnets!

Alrighty, my latest obsession are polymer clay magnets. I was at work, staring at my shelf and realized I didn't have enough magnets. Keep in mind I have TONS of The Office magnets... but not enough '3d' magnets... so I decided to make a magnet. Then I thought, "why don't I make a magnet for all my co-workers on my team??". So I did! Each magnet represents them, according to what I think ;) 

materials:

Sculpey polymer clay, clay sculpting tools, oven for baking, glaze, magnets, hot glue

MY own California Roll

So I was browsing the web yesterday and I decided I wanted something to put my iphone in. Jacob has a clear case... but I wanted more than just a case! So I found this on griffintechnology.com. It is called the California Roll. It's a case for your ipod/iphone, headphones, and usb cord thingy. This costs 20 bucks on Griffin and I wasn't wanting to spend that much for a case that I can make myself! So Jacob and I went to JoAnn's crafts to buy a few things. We went to my grandma's house where all my cousins were, and I started making my pattern! I gave MY california roll a twist and put an extra pocket (for cash)! There are a total of 4 pockets if you can see. One cash pocket, one credit card pocket, one iphone pocket, and one earphone pocket! Here it is!

materials:

duck cloth (that's the fabric), elastic band, sewing machine, double wide black border,

thin, but strong plastic you can sew (the kind you see in wallets for your driver's license or the kind that is used to cover up the cheap pocket calendars)! haha

The great thing about the clear plastic is that you can still use the touch pad without having to push hard. It's great!

Cuppie Cake Apron

I was inspired to make this while walking around in Tall Mouse craft store. I bought the pre-made apron, bought cupcake fabric, ruffles, and rick racks (that squiggly blue stretchy stuff). This fits kids ages 4-6. My sister (the model below) is 7... and she's also the shortest one in her class ;) 

materials:

small (child size) pre-made apron, your choice of cute fabric,

matching ruffles, rick rack, sewing machine

I've never FELT this way :)

My current obsession is felt. I am absolutely mad about felt! I came across this book called 'Cute Stuff'. Its colorful front cover is what attracted me to it (i'm sucha kid)! I decided to buy it! 

materials:

felt, 5-6 in. zipper, embroidery floss (matching your felt),

embroidery needle, sewing machine (for zipper)

Throw Pillow

Jacob surprised me with a new bedspread and matching sheets! My favorite colors--

 brown and blue!... I realized that we were missing something... a throw pillow! 

So I went to the fabric store, bought a pillow and some blue satin, and sewed up a throw pillow! I made the button in the middle...  and I had trouble making that certain style (where the button is sucked in the middle of the pillow), so Jacob sewed that part for me! 

materials:

satin, pillow, sewing machine, zipper, button :)

YES, that IS wood panelling in the back... There are certain parts in my parents house that is very outdated. And when I say very, I mean, 70's. No offense, to you 70's babies... ;)