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Transformation Thursdays at The Shabby Chic Cottage

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Heart tree and Jar of Valentine balls

I decided to redo my hallway display and change it from Christmas to Valentine items.

I liked the jar of Ho Ho Ho balls I made before Christmas and had picked up two more package so the ornaments before Christmas. I wish I would have bought a few more packages. I hoped to get them after Christmas on sale but when I went to see if they had them the dollar store was just about out of Christmas items. Shoot, I waited too long. Hopefullly I will find some other small inexpensive balls so I can change out the jar after Valentine’s day.

I gathered a few heart themed stamps and some red paint.

I decorated the jar with a kiss I cut out of vinyl.

I’m not sure what I like more, the cursive love stamp, the X and O stamp,

or the tic tac toe board.

I decided the tree needed a little color so I added a few heart stickers I had on hand.

I attached a few of the sticker onto small hang tags to hang on the tree but just stuck a few of them right on the tree.

So far they are sticking and haven’t fallen off.

Not bad for a 79 cent tree, ornaments from the dollar store and some paint, stamps and stickers I had on hand.

Thanks for stopping by.

June

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Monday, January 17, 2011

Sneak peek of Emma

I had so much fun making a composition purse that I decided to make another one.

This one wasn’t as easy to make.

I’m still working on Emma.

Yep, I’m naming my next purse Emma.

Well, Emma is the name of the paper pack from TAC that I’m using to make her.

I had hoped to have Emma done today but that was not meant to be.

Here are some of the papers I’m using.

I ran into a bit of a problem.

Let’s just say it wasn’t all happiness.

Look at all that curling. Not what I wanted for these tags.

Lesson learned, Crackling Accents is not meant for small tags.

Emma does have some pretties, but still not complete.

Stay tuned for a completed purse.

Hopefully sometime tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by.

June

Saturday, January 15, 2011

My new purse

Don’t you just love gathering ideas?

It’s even better when you finally act upon them and they turn out better than expected.

A while ago I saw this notebook purse and stored the idea in my mobile idea box(my mind, sometime never to be retrieved and acted upon).

It turns out it was inspired by the notebook purse this post.

I have lots of composition notebooks and finally found a use for a single purse handle I bought and have been ~~hoarding~~ securely storing for the past couple years.

What do you think of my new purse?

Can you believe it started out as one of these??

Yep, an ordinary composition notebook.

The kind you can get for about 50 cents at back to school time. I think I paid 12 cents for it on clearance last year after school started.

I covered it with paper.

Front cover

Back cover

Inside front cover

I just love the little line of detail on this paper.

Inside back cover I used four strips of paper.

I love how I got the pattern to match up.

No side is the same. I love that about it.

The paper is Love Letter from Stampin’ UP!

I knew I wanted it when I saw it.

Isn’t it pretty?

I love the red, cream and black all together.

I think I’ll be making Valentine cards soon.

I wasn’t sure what to put in the little label holder, maybe ‘notes’ or the name of the person this is going to?

A single handle was perfect.

Hello handle, so glad we met.

I attached ribbon to the back of the purse, ran it through a ribbon charm and used a Velcro tab to close the purse.

The inside has three dividers.

All ready for a night on the town.

A few days ago one of my sisters asked me if I got a new purse when we were having lunch. I guess now I can say, yes I have a new purse. Well I could if I didn’t plan on giving this one away.

Maybe I should make another one for me?

I’ve got another notebook in my ~~hoard~~, oh I mean my creative supply.

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Friday, January 14, 2011

$3 Thursday Crepe Paper Rose Wreath

Oops, it’s Friday.

What happened to Thursday?

Oh well, better late than never.

I made this wreath last week and arranged a display for it yesterday.

I wanted a new wreath and since I didn’t have a Valentine wreath I decided to make one.

I guess this really could be used for more than just Valentines day since it isn’t a heart or screaming Valentine.

I started with a wreath from the dollar store, $1.

An after Christmas clearance package of red crepe paper, $0.15

and about a third of a yard of the black and white fabric I bought for $1.29 a yard.

I made about 20 rolled paper flowers from the crepe paper in various sizes.

I wasn’t very concerned about the shapes and sizes.

Each flower is made from about a yard of crepe paper.

Some are bigger and flat, others are smaller and thicker.

They all worked for me.

I know most people use a circle base and lots of hot or fabric glue when they make rolled flowers.

I however rolled my flowers until there was about 2” of paper left then attached some red liner or Wonder tape. I covered the tape with the end of the crepe paper.

I know some of you are probably cringing that I used red liner tape but I’ve come to realized I bought the tape to make crafting easier so I’m going to use it to make crafting easier. No burnt finger and long hot glue strings.

I tore strips of fabric about 2” wide and wrapped them around the wreath base.

With my first piece I tied knot to keep a loop of fabric to hang my wreath if I want.

I just wrapped one strip around the other so no glue or adhesive needed.

I finished off by tying the end of the last piece on the loop of the first piece.

Easy peasy.

And it will be a cinch to change the fabric if I want to update or reuse the wreath base.

I laid out the flowers until I was happy and then broke out the red liner tape once again.

A little tape on the back of the flower and stick them to the fabric covered wreath.

Quick and easy, and less than $3.

I think it might just be love at first sight.

The wreath helped me make a Valentine display in the corner where my Christmas trees were displayed. I just couldn’t put the spun glass looking trees away yet and I love the display.

Cost:

Wreath $1

Fabric $.65

Crepe paper $.15

Red liner tape craft supply

Total cost: $1.80

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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

I just lost 20#…. of craft supplies

These supplies are on their way to new homes.

I know I have too many craft supplies and I’m trying to pair down my supplies.

A couple months ago I set aside some crafty supplies and took them to a garage sale with my sister. I sold a few things but at the time wasn’t ready to part with it all.

I changed my mind, well mostly.

I did pull a few things out of the box and put them back into my supply but I was on an organizing high after cleaning out my pantry.

I decided to part with a bunch of craft supplies as well.

I posted a few items on freecycle and had offers for my stuff almost immediately.

I divided the stickers and other stamping/scrapbooking supplies to give to the first four people who replied. I felt liberated to pass on my stuff to others in need. I posted that I wanted to give the supplies to homeschoolers or service programs so the supplies would reach a wide number of people. I was able to give to home schools, after school programs and a children’s home.

It feels good.

I didn’t think to take a picture or weight the first two bags I gave away but here is my last two donation bags.

The first two were probably not quite as large but still a fair amount.

It feels good to be a good 20# lighter, even if it is 20# of craft supplies.

I won’t miss it.

Goodbye craft supplies.

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