Thursday, July 14, 2011

Thoughts on Thursdays...

Big purse...Little purse...No purse???

I have always carried the purse, tote bag, piece of luggage really, that held all the things my family "might need". You know...the medicine, the hair brush, hair spray, phone charger, coupon book, kitchen sink etc.

Well, I've switch over to a smaller, cross body bag. Hands free, lots of little pockets and I love it!!

I do still have the organized tote bag with everything else in it, but that doesn't go in the store or restaurant with me. Now it's my "car" bag!!

How about you?...big purse, little purse or are you lucky enough to just carry a key chain that holds money, debit card and your driver's license?

Happy Thursday,
~Karen~

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

The Adopt Shoppe Give Away Winners...



Kate from The Adopt Shoppe necklace give away, emailed me and asked me to pick THREE winners instead of one. Thank you so much Kate...very generous of you. I am so excited for my readers!!

I used the random number generator to pick the winners from the 128 who entered...






#113 is Laurel...WHaeser1@aol.com



I will email you to let you know the details and then send you on to Kate for snail mail info.

Congratulations to the 3 of you and thank you to Kate for such a generous give away and a big thank you to all who entered!!
~Karen~


Monday, July 11, 2011

Tool Time Tuesday...Mosaic Tile Magnets

Happy Tuesday everyone! We're off to the hardware store again...in the tile department! Today we're making glass magnets, but I'll have other projects with these tiles, so stay tuned this week or next week. I think these would be great for jewelry too...but I have to experiment first!

Mosaic tiles come in different sizes and styles. These tiles are glass or at least they look like glass to me. They are clear, with a backing on it that has the color that shines through to the front.



The tile comes in sheets that are 12 inches by 12 inches. These tiles can cost any where from $4.00 on up. I paid $4.00 for one and $8.00 for another.

However, if you take into consideration that there are 144 small tiles on each sheet, the cost for each tile is 3-5 cents a piece. Now that's a great price!!



Here's a close up...they are so shiny and smooth.


Here is a close up the blue gray tiles.


All the tiles are on a mesh backing to keep it in one piece. It's easier to place the tile on your kitchen back splash or in the bathroom in one large tile verses one by one.


However, we're crafting...not tiling the kitchen, so pluck those tiles off that mesh and let's get started!





Each little tile is about 7/8 of an inch square. Perfect for so many projects.


Here's what you'll need to make the tile magnets.
  • tiles
  • magnets dots found in any craft store
  • glue...I used E 6000. Really bonds to tile. Hot glue pops off.


 This is the glue and the magnets that I used.



Simply glue one magnet to the back of each tile and let dry. DONE!!!


Use the magnets on any metal surface. They'll hold up messages, love notes, reminders, report cards, pictures, patterns, instructions etc...


Great for your refrigerator too.



A whole set of these would make great gifts too. Just package them up in cute little baggies with your children's school pictures or a special  message and the pictures are ready to go up on the refrigerator with a very pretty magnet.

Look for more tile crafts soon.

Have a great day,
~Karen~

Don't forget to visit my Sew Darn Crafty Linking Party...so many great projects or maybe you can join in on the "Make a Gift on the 25th Club"!!


Sunday, July 10, 2011

Join my Make a Gift on the 25th Club...

Hi...my name is Karen and I am a proCRAFTinator. There...I said it. Every Christmas I have the best intentions to make gifts for people, but never finish or I am sewing on Christmas eve.

Well, not any more. I am starting a club and would love it if you can join me. The club is called...

 "Make a Gift on the 25th" 

For the next 5 months...July - November...you will start, make, complete or continue to make one gift on the 25th of each month. You can start a new project of your own choice or finish one you've already started. If you can't do it exactly on the 25th of each month, try to participate during the "week" of the 25th. Having a designated time and day will help eliminate proCRAFTination.




This is our button for our Christmas crafting. Seeing this on your side bar each day will help remind you to stay on track to get the job done!!

To add a button to your side bar is easy...
  • First, copy the code under the button at the top of my side bar. Place your cursor at the top of the code, left click, highlight and drag until you reach the bottom
  • right click and then click COPY
  • go to the DESIGN section of your dashboard
  • click "Add a Gadget"
  • click HTML/Javascript
  • put in a title for the button
  • then right click and PASTE in the code into the box (sometimes you have to go back and copy the code again)
  • click SAVE and you're done

There's plenty of time to get a few gifts done. If we all band together and post our progress, it will keep us moving along. Let this Christmas be the one where we can enjoy the few days leading up to the holidays and not have our heads buried in our craft rooms trying to get things finished.

Raise your right hand and repeat after me...

My name is______________ and I will not proCRAFTinate any more. I promise to "Make a Gift on the 25th" and I will have a relaxing holiday this year! LOL !!

Share this with your friends...I think we all can use a little push now and then!

Have a great day,
~Karen~


Sew Darn Crafty Party...Week 22

Happy Sunday everyone!! It's summer here and HOT. It's winter in other parts of the world and COLD. Let's all find a comfy place today and squeeze in a little crafting time. No matter what you do for fun, whether it be sewing, quilting, knitting, jewelry making, painting, scrap booking...CREATE something today. Doing anything for just a few minutes can rejuvenate you for the rest of the day!

If you were busy crafting this past week, share your project with us here at Sew Darn Crafty...  



Sew Darn Crafty is all about YOU!! Show off your projects, share a tutorial, show us your vacation pictures, share a family favorite recipe...share anything. Not only does linking inspire us all, it also brings lots of new people to your blog for a visit. Click here for past parties and lots of inspiration

Easy steps to join in on the fun...

  • link up to the specific project post, not your whole blog. Makes it easier to link right to that post and not  search through all your entire blog. To find the http address to a specific post, just click on the Title of your post.
  • link as many projects as you'd like...old or new
  • anything goes...cooking, sewing, knitting, crafts, organizing, remodeling projects, vacations, parties etc...
  • visit other links to share some blogging love! You know we all love comments!
  • grab a Sew Darn Crafty button for your blog (on my right side bar) or just link to the party in your post.
  • the more we share, the more people will join and then there's more inspiration to look at!
  • linking is open til Saturday night, so plenty of time to join in
  • just click the "click here to enter" button and follow the easy steps

Have fun linking up! Don't forget to come back and take a look at all the great projects during the week,
~Karen~

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