This was so much fun! I painted the wooden clock and then papered it with Graphic 45 papers and finally added some stamped images - I wasn't originally planning on the whimsical style but I really like how it turned out.
Altered coasters -
another fun item! I've been wanting to try stamping on tiles to make coasters but I just never got around to finding them in the hardware store. Then one day I saw a bunch of coaster sets designed with pretty pictures on clearance in WM and right in the middle of the display I found the only set that was plain. It just screamed my name to buy them, so I did! lol! I stamped them with one of my favorite stamps using Stazon ink, then I added some color with chalk and gave the whole thing a couple coats of Krylon spray sealer. Super easy!!
Crochet flowers -
I can't knit for beans and can only do a few simple crochet stitches, but I found a super easy pattern online for these little flowers and decided to try them. I don't count stitches very well, and I can't keep an even tension on my yarn so every flower is "unique", lol! And they are very loose and lacy, which I do like, but when my super crafty mom tried making one just for ha-ha's, it came out half the size of mine and had tight even stitches and perfectly formed little petals. How the heck can she do that?!? We used the exact same string and same size hook! OMG I made myself crazy for a few days trying to get mine to match hers but then I gave up and decided that the loose and lacy look was perfect, lol! These would look cute on a card or layout with a pearl brad or a button in the middle!
Here's the pattern if you want to give em a try!
Ch 5; sl st together; ch 1
sc 10 (onto the ring of ch 5); sl st together; ch 1
in 1st st; sc 1; dc 3; sc1; skip stitch.
Continue around chain until 5 petals are completed.
sl st together; chain 1
Wooden signs-
These little signs are fun to alter - they came painted but I painted over them, added some K&Co papers and a bunch of little embellishments and ribbons and I really like the look!
4 comments:
LOVE your crocheted flowers! You are going to have to teach me how to make those. I can knit, but I have only a vague idea how to crochet but I LOVE those flowers!!!
And these words were for me also - I am so special!! They are hanging in my craft room - right above the clipboard! - and are one of my favorite gifts
Denni can we get together some time on skype for you to give me a lesson on how to make your flowers? I sure would love to make them. I just don't understand the directions. LOL
Laurie
happydales@me.com
thanks
Laurie, here's the link to the original pattern
http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2009/05/embellish-it-senior-challenge.html
She has great pics plus she goes beyond the version I made and adds a fluffy second layer.
Have fun with them - they are really quite easy once you start. :)
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