A regular feature of Jot Magazine is an article written by Sian Fair.
In Issue 8, of Jot, Sian lists a few prompts for being creative.
I chose to upcycle a piece of cardboard from a pack of soft drink cans.
I loved the circles so used it as the base of my page.
Have you read the new issue of Jot yet?
You should!
Nothing like working to deadlines…
Today I worked on my Banana Frog “Lesson at the Lilypad”
You can read my post here
But I can show you the end results
All inspired by this post on the Jenni Bowlin blog
But because it isn’t Christmas,yet, and I have no cards
And because I wanted something to hold the girls new school photos
They are now living here
Can you see them?
Our 4 girls
PS the prints, above the cabinet, are by Arian on etsy I just love them
you may remember that I shared some finds out our local recycle shop and said that I would show you have I use or alter them??
Well I used this very weathered clipbaord (the leather like folder is still waiting alterations lol)
and made this
I heard the quote, or maybe I saw it cos I think it might have been written, on a preview for Mao’s Last Dancer
Loved it
Had to use it :)
I started by covering the metal part with masking tape, to keep it safe from my paint
I then covered the clipboard with gesso and then some sewing pattern tissue paper, you can just see the lines through the paint. In real life you can see through it more.
I then painted over the top
When the paint was dry I used Hambly doily rubons, LOVE LOVE LOVE
I also inked the sides of the clipboard with black ink
I used some black paint to write the quote and then went over that with a white paint marker pen
A coat of mod podge to seal it all, removed the masking tape and voila :)
I love to visit our local recycle shop
I love it more when I find cool things
A recent visit was one of those trips and I will share, over time, some of the cool things I found
AND how I reuse them
The first thing I reused, from this recent visit, was these cool trays
no idea what they were previously used for, there were 4 or 5 of them for sale
But I found that they were ideal for this
previously my ribbon had been stuffed in a snap lock bag and then stuffed in a wooden box
now they look like this
an ORGANISED sea of colour :)
seems that today’s post is all about her
Recently Kim Archer had a design team call
I was thrilled to be picked in the Top 15 to go through to the second round
The second round contained three challenges
2 of which were to take 2 of Kim’s classes and put your own ‘twist’ to each
What I love about Kim’s work is that it always looks AMAZING
I haven’t taken an online class before, always had a daunting feeling about doing so.
Her classes are easy to follow, have great step by step photos, amazing gallery and you know that the end result will be a wonderful creation
The first class was a layout, here is my interpretation
and some close ups :)
and the journaling :)
I also used a step by step class to make this mini and a pocket to store it in :)
My third creation, for the challenges, will be part of the upcoming Mother’s Day Workshop that Kim will be running soon.
The new members of Kim’s Design Team were announced yesterday and, although I wasn’t one of them, I am thrilled by the creative people she chose. Do yourself a favour, head over to Kim’s blog or site and see what classes she has to offer or just check out her design team, AMAZING :)
Today I organised my ever growing bakers twine
I LOVE IT, seriously!!
Quite some time ago I bought my first lot and they arrived on some cotton reels
But since then each one has arrived just coiled or sometimes wrapped on a piece of card
I find this to be annoying because it usually doesn’t unravel properly and ends up knotty
So today I put an end to my knotty lumps of twine
I wound them onto some wooden clothes pegs
Much easier to find the end
Much easier to unravel
and I think it looks much MUCH better :)
So there this post wasn’t totally about Lucy
But will leave you with another photo of her blue tongue
She had a left over lollipop from the party bag she got 2 weekends ago :)
Wonder where she gets her attitude from…
Today Dave started putting up the Christmas lights
This fellow was near the hotplates for a while
He is now residing in the bathroom
Dave does things like that
Today it’s rained most of the day
Which is good for the garden
But if you were camping
In a tent
It wouldn’t be so good
And guess what Megan is doing this weekend??!!!
Yep
And in tents
Looking forward to the stories she will tell us when we pick her up tomorrow :)
Yesterday was a long day
With Lucy sick and on the couch all day and then I had Elizabeth to the Doctor with a perforated eardrum
So she is back on antibiotics, sigh :)
Thankful that Dave was able to get Megan and Jessica from school :)
Also yesterday I received these yummies that I purchase from Lilredrocket on Etsy
I bought two packs, the 5 on the left are “It’s a Mixed Bag” and the 5 on the right are “Brights Mix”
and as her very first customer she also sent me these, from Sweetvintage78 and she didn’t even know I had been admiring Jodi’s doilies for a long time!!!
Thanks Michelle, fabulous transaction :)
**ETA** I just spied that Michelle has a giveaway, for some of her gorgeous buttons
Go here to win, it’s open till Tuesday 8th Dec
Today we had to go to the supermarket so we decided to stop in to see Santa and get Lucy used to the idea of seeing him
She still freaks out a little and won’t go alone AND won’t go near him
So we are slowly acclimatizing her to the idea :)
They had big signs up, for the first time, saying you couldn’t video or take photos of your kids with Santa
Think that’s sad, I get it, but I think it’s sad because a posed picture with Santa only tells part of the story and the shots I wanted to take today were going to be of Lucy and what it takes for her to see Santa, rather than the whole knee sitting photo
Oh well :)
While we were out Dave shouted us girls to a coffee/minicino
Elizabeth and Lucy had a caramel flavoured one, with chocolate on top
Jessica opted for Strawberry with multi sprinkles on top
Very festive :)
They were each given some reindeer antlers from Santa and wore them while they drank
except Jessica, think she was thinking she was too old
Elizabeth’s kept falling off, because of her pig tails
So I wore it
Upside down
and then back the front
Think that made Jessica think I was too old to be doing stuff like that
But I do do things like that
Just ask anyone who knows me
and they will just shake their head and agree :)
We put up our advent calendar last weekend
and today I got some smiles when I added the chocolate Santas
Ready for Tuesday :) :)
In other Christmas type things I finished off Dave’s Mum’s present yesterday
You can go look, but Grandma you can’t!!!
and I will know if you do!!
So anyone who wants to look at what I made her you can see it by clicking on Grandma’s Christmas Present
But if you are Grandma don’t you dare click that link or I will know and you will be in trouble
BIG TROUBLE
You hear me Grandma??
BIG TROUBLE!!!
But Grandma you can keep looking at the other things I made today :)
The day 2 challenge, for the 12 Days of Christmas challenge, at Scrapz.biz was to “find something to recycle and use as packing for a Christmas gift”
So I used the packaging from the Christmas stocking, that the girls got at Dave’s work BBQ, that was filled with chocolate
Filled it with lollipops and stitched it closed with some red ric rac
easy :)
And while I was reusing packaging etc
I made this journal
filled it with other scrap papers, including the paper from some business envelopes
and I think that is everything :)
and I think I'm out of here :)
Ciao
But my coffee buddy doesn’t get home till tomorrow
Wonder if he might buy me one then?
Ok so what did I transform this
into??
Hmmmm
See if you can guess as I tell you how I made it
So I took a paper coffee cup, I needed 2 for this so hence it’s better to have a coffee buddy but it’s not 100% necessary lol,
I stripped the paper cover off one of the cups
OHHHH naked paper coffee cup! HOW RUDE LOL
I then took the leg from an old pair of jeans, ones that the girls had worn thin, I laid the paper cover onto the fabric and I traced around the outline of the paper…. Hmmm what is she making??!!
I then cut out the fabric, stitched on some corrugated cardboard, sewed the ends of the fabric together and made a cover for the other ‘not stripped naked’ cup
Hmmm any ideas what I made yet???
I turned the cup upside down, slipped on the cover, added some Smiggle alpha stickers and made a….
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PIN HOLDER
Who’d have thought that a humble, ready-to-be-thrown-in-the-bin paper coffee cup could be turned into something as cool as a pin holder!!! Wow, genius me :) lol
I love the stick pins and seems I might just start collecting them just so I can completely fill the top of my new pin holder!
Also thought, that if you wanted to make on of these and were a little scared of hurting yourself on the underside of the cup, what you could do was fill the inside of the cup with more recycled goodness, like fabric etc, and then completely cover the hole up… Just a thought… But I haven’t put that thought into action so it’s still “just a thought” :) :)
Bec and Marlies both awarded me this
Thanks girls :)
Here are the rules of this award
1. You can only use ONE word!!!
2. Pass this along to 5 of your favorite bloggers!
3. Alert them that you have given them this award!
4. HAVE FUN!!!
1. Where is your cell phone? Here
2. Your hair? Natural
3. Your mother? Missed
4. Your father? Lonely
5. Your fave food? Eaten
6. Your dream last night? Didn’t
7. Your fave drink? Water
8. Your dream/goal? Sleep
9. What room are you in? Lounge
10. Your hobby? Scrap
11. Your fear? Titanic
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Alive
13. Where you were last night? Here
14. Something that you aren't? fit
15. Muffins? Blueberry/White Chocolate
16. Wish List Item? nope
17. Where did you grow up? Tasmania
18. Last thing you did? talked
19. What are you wearing? clothes
20. Your TV? off
21. Your Pets? none
22. Friends? missed
23. Your Life? FULL!
24. Your Mood? tired
25. Missing Someone? Dave
26. Vehicle? 2
27. Something your not wearing? shoes
28. Your fave store? none!
29. Your fave colour? any
30. Last time you laughed? tonight
31. Last time you cried? hmmmm
32. Your best friend? Dave
33. One place that I go to over and over? The car
34. One person who emails regularly? Do blog comments count?? Julie or Jocelyn and I love them for it!
35. Fave place to eat? anywhere
Hmmm passing this on to…
The last 5 people to comment on my blog, then I don’t have to choose lol, and they would be:
Denise
Julie
Jocelyn
Rainy
Cheryl
Been another hot day here today
HOT
Had to take Lucy to the Doctor
She has a viral infection which has caused ulcers on the underside of her tongue
Nasty looking ones they are too
So now we have some tongue cream and I have been told ‘it tastes YUCK’
Just something else to fill the day lol
Megan made this at school
I think it is the coolest pinch pot EVER!
I made it through the 3 hours of CSI last night
Won’t tell you I am tired
Cos I always am
But I did make this
The journaling and some yummy lime green Such Sweet Tierney buttons
Some Zing for the embossing some stamped circles
Some more American Crafts here
and other bits from the October Studio Calico kit
Started my Christmas Shopping today
Now to find time to put all the ideas into action and get some gifts made!
Right, jug has boiled so I am going to make me a cuppa and sip it while I talk to Dave on Skype :)
Almost bliss :)
