Soda Bottle Stencil

I came across a wonderful idea today that I just had to share with you all. This is a super easy to do/use stencil. All you need is an empty soda bottle and you have an instant flower stencil.

I used acrylic paint, as it seems to work the best. Simply take the bottom of the empty soda bottle and dip the bottom in the acrylic paint. The stencil makes a perfect flower shape. This works best on canvas, but can be used on almost any suitable surface for painting. Best of all, this is a green way of being frugal. You get to recycle and save money all at the same time. You can also reuse this stencil over and over again. Another great idea if you want to keep it for reuse is to cut the bottom piece off to make it easier to store. 

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Hope you enjoyed this easy craft tutorial. If you try it out, let me know how it came out for you to. 

Flour Dough Christmas Ornaments: How To

December has rolled around... and I love the Holiday Season. I love making things and decorating. One of my go to's that is super easy is my Flour Dough Christmas Ornaments. I wanted to share with you all this easy way to make some cute and fun Ornaments. This is a super activity to do with the kids.

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As shown Below:

(Before Baked)

All Decorated:

Enjoy & Happy Holidays!

New Project:Shoulder Bag

Recently Purchased The Darice Spring Tension Hoop as shown below to work on some intricate bead work I'm doing on some flowers, on my current project. I'm making a cute shoulder bag, and doing the bead work without the hoop would have been almost impossible. I got a really great deal, as show below... and it just arrived today. I love it. Its small and the tension is perfect for what I am working with. Its super easy to use, as I have never needed to use one until now... but I thought it would be tricky! Guess again... super duper easy. A great purchase that will aide me in many craft projects I'm sure.



Here is the fabric I'm working with (with hoop already on) as I'm beading the stems of all the flowers with green seed beads, before I begin sewing the bag. Right here is just raw material with a few beads sewn already. Wish me luck. I'm in love with the Fabric. I found it by an ad on Craigslist. I got a huge, I mean HUGE garbage bag of all sorts of fabric all for FREE. Gotta love FREE guys! I sure do. (Sorry its a little blurry folks, I think I need a new camera very soon.)

Ill post more pics when I'm done with the projects. Perhaps a tutorial if I have some free time to do so in between.

Happy Holidays and much Love from me and mine to all of Yours!

Big Blue Hello Kitty Bow

Hello my friends. I finished a project I was working on for my ETSY Shop: Freak Unique designs. Its a Big Blue Hello Kitty Bow. It is adorable. It is made of beautiful shiny blue material, with pink ribbon with green polka dots and a cute hello kitty head for adornment. Wanna See the finished product:

Freak Unique Designs: Big Blue Hello Kitty Bow!

and shown in my hair:

Hope you all are having a great day. See you soon!

New Project

Hi guys, Im just having a really good week.
I started a new project... Its needlepoint clutch purse. It will also have some hand beading done on it. Its all custom and I think it will be very cute when I'm finished with it. I'm making it for sale on ETSY, however I love it so much it will be tempting to keep it for myself. Its all red, with white accents, and a red and white star. I have not chosen what will accent the front snap buttons yet... but it has to be really cute. Any ideas?

Talk to you more soon, Im off to relax after a long day of shopping @ Target, and other places. They have some good  deals at Target right now...so check em out if your looking for some clearance bargains. I'm off to play some wow and relax now. Have a wicked day friends!

10/18/12

Today was pretty uneventful for the most part. I had a dentist appointment with Dr. Jani. I had a bite to eat while I was out. In the meantime I managed to finish the needlepoint "Cross" Bookmark I have been working on. I listed it for sale on Etsy.      Check It out:  Etsy: "Cross" Bookmark.

Here is what it looks like:

I started working on a new bookmark today as well. I also got some craft supplies that I ordered off Amazon in the mail today. That means even more projects to begin soon. I love doing crafts. I bought some lovely alligator clips to make hair do-dads and such. I have all sorts of ideas dancing around in my head.

OK lovely blog readers and fans, I'm off to bed...my pillow is calling me. Take care and have a splendid day, each and everyone one of you.

Crafty

I have been thinking about a lot of things lately. Mainly how I want to start being more creative. I want to be writing more. I want my creative juices flowing and creating. I want to pull the inner beauty out and produce something wonderful with it. I have also been doing a lot of crafting lately. I think I will start doing more posts here on crafts and stuff. What do you think?

I know I go for a while posting regularly, then there are times where posts are months between. Life gets hectic and I tend to neglect blogging. I am going to make a conscious effort to not do that anymore. Even if its a short update post. Perhaps even just some random thoughts typed out for all to see.

I opened an ETSY account a while ago. I never really got around to putting anything on it for sale, until now. I have a few things up now, but I will be adding more and more. Especially since I have been getting all crafty lately.

Go ahead...Check out my store, I know you wanna ;)

                                             Freak Unique Designs! (My ETSY Store)!


Have a Super Great Day guys!!!!

Bakers Clay Shamrocks!

Bakers Clay Shamrocks:
I was searching for some fun and easy St. Patrick's Day crafts, and came across this bakers clay shamrock idea. I wanted to post this before I make them, so you can make some to, and we can share our pictures together when we are all done.


     YOU WILL NEED:

• 1 1/2cups warm water
• green food coloring
• 1 cup salt
• 4 cups flour
• IF YOU WANT TO MAKE Silly & Fun Shamrock's with the kids You NEED:
• green pipe cleaner
• googley eyes
• different colors craft foam
• glue gun, etc!

  Directions:

Mix water and salt, stir until dissolved,(add food coloring to water). Add flour and knead for 5 minutes. Roll out dough - about 1/4in. thick. You can cut shamrock shapes with cookie cutter or a pattern, or roll and shape them by hand like I intend to do. Put on cookie sheet and bake for 30 minutes or until hard. Let them cool completely. Cut mouths and noses out of craft foam,you can also craft hats for them out of craft foam, cut pipe cleaner in half and make bows to glue on the stem. they are very cute and fun this way especially if you are planning to make these with kids. Variation: You can also simply paint the baked clay with green paint to add more color, and decorate with sparkles, etc! You can add and decorate these however you see fit. I will be making my classic style, without the googley eyes etc. I will be using different shades of green with acrylic paint. I will also be making a special one for me and David with our initials painted on the middle! Have fun with this,and please share yours with us to! You have any St. Patrick's Day craft ideas you would like to share, or possibly even guest write it on my blog, please feel free to comment or email me anytime!