I've been waiting to share this with you for some time now.
I am in love with this.
It's for my daughter's room. I wanted something colorful and personal for her wall. And I have to thank the eCraft machine for all the hard work. That circle and letter was cut out with it. Amazing HUH?!
It was very simple to make too. I promise. The eCraft is a gem to use for cutting fabrics.
Let me show you via video:
and just ignore the "lyssa from born-again crafter"...lol made that when I was there. :)
So the reason for waiting so long to share this with you? I've been published!!! It is in the eCraft Creation EBook!! SOOO, if you want detail on how I made this adorable Embroidery Hoop Art, go HERE
It's very exciting to see your work in a book!!!
And also, don't forget to head on over to the eCraft blog to see our first week's DT creations! Mine will be on Wednesday and i'm very anxious to show you :)
Anyone else glad it's the weekend? What will you be doing? Well i'm excited for tonight, after winning a pair of front row seats to Wenatchee Valley Beatdown cage fight. I was on a mission to win them for the Hubs. So tonight, i'll be sitting front row, being sprayed with sweat and blood. Exciting, isn't it?!
I am loving Pinterest, if you haven't gotten that feeling yet.
Another inspiration from it.
I loved the simplicity of it.
And I had my Hubby had my sister for Christmas. She's preggos with her first baby so I was super excited! So I went to work in photoshop :)
Super easy folks, seriously.
I just typed up the alphabet in super cute font, then added the little babe's name. The fonts I used were Rosewood Std Regular & Champagne & Limousines
I sent it through Costco to be picked up over in UT. I did a 12x18 print. Then i had my other Sister get a big frame to fit this 11x16 print from Ikea. Since I live in WA and they all live in UT, it was easier for her to assemble the present (thank you Katie!)
My Sister loved it and i'm glad :) She's doing a pink and gray nursery!
Very very excited to share with you some exciting news!
I have been chosen and placed on the eCraft Design Team!
I am so honored, humbled and thrilled to be part of a talented group of ladies!
I am SO SO excited to be part of the Craftwell company. They are so supportive and creative. Big things are coming your way from Craftwell!
So you can head on over to their BLOG to see where the creative magic will happen :) Things created from the DT will be posted there every day, except Sundays, of course :)
Eeeeek! I can't believe i'm on a design team!! Dreams, people, dreams!
I'm really excited to share this with you. This was in my head for weeks and weeks. I first got the inspiration from pinterest. I thought that would be the cutest thing to give to my mom and the hubby's mom.
It's a Birthday Plaque to show who's birthday is next! Each tag has a name and their birthday. It's placed in chronological order on the hook so when one birthday surpasses, you can see who's birthday is next.
So I got to work!
The supplies I got were:
a wooden plaque from Crafts Etc.
Ok so I first started preparing the plaque by painting the edges black:
Next, you want to make sure the black is dry dry dry or else your white will turn grey! Paint the entire plaque (not the back, of course) white.
While those were drying, I got the tags prepared. The eCraft machine has a fabulous design software called eCraftShop Pro. I was able to purchase the tag image from their online site. I then took that downloaded image from my library and plug it in to prepare to cut. From there, I was able to design my tags! I added "drawing" lines or print inside the tags. Once it was ready to go, I sent it to my machine!!
This first video shows the eCraft machine drawing the names and birthdates on the paper.
This next one shows the paper going back and cutting. So nice to not have to switch out the blade for a pen! It does it in the same action :)
So now my plaques are all white and dry :)
I took my sandpaper and distressed it and antiqued it.
After that, I added the plaque holder :) I also cut out "Happy Birthday" from the eCraft store as well with the vinyl. The original image has the two words fused together but I cut them apart so it would fit better onto the plaque.
Once everything was dry and play, I then drilled holes and screwed in the antique hook. LOVE IT. I then added ribbon onto the tags and ALL DONE!
I really love that it printed and cut at the same time. Such a time saver! You can even choose any fonts you have on your computer!
This is the first time I handmade gifts like this to my parents. Kind of proud over here :)
I wish we had Christmas break for at least 2 more weeks. A little peek at some of the fun things we did over in TX the past 2 weeks. More updates to come of family fun later.
