Made With A Buzz

My Triple Crown 2012

2012-08-31T12:32:00.000-07:00

Haircuts of a Little Lady

2012-08-31T12:31:00.001-07:00

My Graduation Gift

2012-08-31T11:36:00.000-07:00

Memorial Day May 28, 2012

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Bithdays

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New Years 2012

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It's a boy

2012-08-30T14:48:00.000-07:00

My RN Graduation Party

2012-08-29T23:00:00.001-07:00

My Brother's Wedding

2012-08-29T22:42:00.001-07:00

Church Mice

2012-08-29T14:35:00.000-07:00

Tonight's Mess

2010-01-22T18:46:00.000-08:00

LABELS!!!!. Tonight I made labels for all the goodies I make. I used interfaced weaver cloth, StazOn Ink Pad: Jet Black, and small letter stamps. It was fun to making different shapes with different colors. Too bad my pinking shears are dull, it would be fun to use those for the edges.

I made a not so perfect circle by tracing around a small lid right on the fabric. Then carefully sewed inside the circle using an embroidery foot. Then cut, pressed and stamped.

TGIF! I am getting out of here!

Tea Time

2010-01-20T21:23:00.000-08:00

I plan to use blue bias tape to liven this fabric combo up a bit. I have tried and tried to find a match but each shade of blue was off in one way or another. I had no luck finding the right color bias tape or the the right color fabric in order to make my own bias tape. So, I decided to take matters into my own hands.
I bought prepared bias tape in a bright blue color brought it home and tea stained it.

I put the bias tape in hot tea then rinsed when I had the color I liked. You can also use coffee if you need a darker stain. I practiced a lot on small pieces until I had the time and rinse down pat for the color of my

choice. I then stained it all and rinsed it in cold water.

I ironed it back to shape while wet.

Here is how the tea stained bias tape looks sewn on the fabric and below is the original blue. This really worked well to tone down the color and get a good match. All this tea talk makes me thirsty for a Long Island ice tea. Yum.

Fabric, Fabric, Fabric

2010-01-17T11:29:00.000-08:00

Yes! I finally found a place to buy fabric with a huge variety and great prices. The swap meet in National City, California has so much to choose from. The bolts of fabric come from the Garment District in Los Angeles, which include the most lasted of colors. The selection is unbelievable and the prices are amazing. The selection includes stretch knits, sheers, suiting fabrics, stretch lace, stretch lace trim, lace trim, beaded trim, every type and color of elastic, zippers etc. All the fabric is from today's fashions and the price trend is 99¢ per yard and about a quarter less for the trims.

I bought suiting fabric, stretch lace, burnout stretch fabric and striped stretch fabric. I can't wait to start sewing with it. The prices are so great that I plan on making curtains for the whole house. If you are ever in the San Diego area, this is the place to go!

Ironing Boring Cover

2010-01-16T20:36:00.000-08:00

Before I could start making any fun, new projects I had to take care of this nasty mess.
I bought this high-end ironing board cover about 3 months ago and it's trashed, so I decided that I would have to make my own in order to get any kind of quality cover. Boring!

Here's how I did it.
1) Choose 2 yards of a thick cotton fabric. I found my fabric at a thrift store, one big, flat bed-sheet. Great color, great quality and best of all, super cheap!

2) I then traced the ironing board by turning it upside on the fabric. Then made the cut lines 4 inches wider from the original traced lines. I cut out two of these pieces and stitched them together to get extra thickness.

3) Cut out a top piece that looks like the picture below. Measure is 4 inches long as if your were to cut the top of the board piece off. Notice, the pieces are not ironed, kind of irononic to iron an ironing board cover. LOL

4) Time to sew! Use a strong stitch throughout this project. I used a strait/zigzag combo stitch. Sew the large top portion to the small top portion then turn the seam in.

5) Then fold the edges in about 1 1/2 inch, leaving room to thread in cording or elastic. Now sew all the way around. Leave an unsewn gap at the bottom, enough room to insert and tie off elastic or cording.

6) Now thread the elastic or cording around the whole cover. You will need about 4 yards.

7) Time to put on the finished cover. Yeah!!!! I left the old cover on because I liked it's padding.
Project time = 30 minutes

Tip
Before putting on your new cover, cover the ironing board with aluminum foil, this helps to conduct more heat and prevents the metal board from leaving rust stains on clothes.

Isn't she pretty

Edward or Elvis

2009-12-28T21:05:00.000-08:00

Who is this handsome man? If you want a good laugh, go ask any tween in your house, then go ask anyone over fifty. I find this this very amusing. Have your tweener with you when you ask the old dinosaur.

I am sure anyone under fifteen-years-old, told you that this is Edward Cullen, the hunky vampire from the Twilight Saga and any over fifty-year-old's, told you that this is Elvis Presley, the king of rock-n-roll. We're still laughing. Famous words from the tween's "Duh! it's Edward, how could you have not known that."

Well, I think they're both hot, so I made a reversible bag for myself, one side is Elvis and the other side is Edward.

I also made all the tween's in my family these Team Edward themed bags. They were a hit! I think I even heard my niece scream when she opened it from 10,000 miles away.

These are fun, big bags that sling over the shoulder. The best part is that, they are reversible. The pattern for the bag is super easy and can be found at http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/sling_bag . I found the awesome Cullen crest by doing a Google image search and Edward's silhouette can be found at Pin and Paper's blogsite at http://pinandpaper.blogspot.com/2009/11/embracing-my-inner-13-year-old.html . I made a cardboard stencil by cutting up a cereal box with an exacto knife. First, I printed the images I wanted out. Then taped each one to a cereal box then carefully cut it out. This gave me my reusable stencil to paint. I then taped the stencil on the bags and used acrylic paint to paint the images on the bags. The small pieces on the the Cullen Crest (example, the clovers) were floating pieces. I used tweezers to place them on the fabric where they belonged, then very gently painted around them. Tip-use the tweezers to help keep the floating pieces in place while painting. Turned out quite well. If I do say so myself.

Here are some happy girls, standing in line to see the movie New Moon on opening day. We had a great time. Check out their suckers. Blood suckers! LOL. Everyone in line got a real kick out of them. Here is the link if you want to make some, for the blood suckers in your life. http://tissupapers.blogspot.com/2009/10/vampire-blood-lollipops.html.

Well, there are two more Twlight movies left to come out, so there is a lot of time to start making some fun gifts for the little blood suckers in your lives. Edward and Bella Forever!

Little Box of Heaven

2009-12-28T12:10:00.000-08:00

I fell in love with these vintage angels that I found at a nearby thrift store. When I got them home I inspected them and noticed each one is stamped West Germany. What a fun find. To bad that I have to wait untill next year to put them on my tree. : (

Christmas Angels inside every Christmas tree
Thrive on the spirit of love that Christmas brings
They sing songs to Jesus
And proclaim their love
They raise hands to heaven
Sending love up above
They flitter and flutter like lights on the tree
Waiting for morning when kids rise with glee
Christmas angels inside every tree
Come alive when we set them free
Our love and our hopes in Jesus they sing
The morning we rise and share in Christmas' true meaning

Poem By Kelly Writings http://hubpages.com/hub/Christmas-Angels-Inside-Every-Tree-Poem

Wild Things

2009-12-22T01:08:00.000-08:00

Is this not the cutest? My nephews are going to love their new shirts. They have whiskers, fuzzy tails, and buttons. What fun! I found a the idea and some of the pattern for this here at Meet at Mikes http://meetmeatmikes.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-to-make-where-wild-things-are.html I came up with the tail and arms myself. I used white fleece vs felt because it will hold up longer in the wash. I used real buttons down the front and I used button/utility thread for the whiskers. The tail is made from monster fur (don't tell PETA) and it wraps around to the back.

I made three of these shirts and four of these adorable hats for more of the wild things in my life. This pattern can be found at instructables http://www.instructables.com/id/Sew-a-Where-the-Wild-Things-Are-hat-pattern/ .

Here I am using every spare second wisely, putting the heel to the pedal. Ten minutes early to attend a Christmas party, 3 days left until Christmas, I have no time to waste! 3 more gifts to make and I still have to Christmas shop for my own child. AHHHHHH!!! Where does the time go?

Puss en el Sombrero

2009-12-18T20:38:00.000-08:00

Who can refuse a kitten in a sombrero? Not me and I like cats, like cats like water.
These buttons reminded me of buttons on a sweater my great grandmother knitted for me when I was about three. I am pretty sure I still have it; I will have to post a picture of it later for comparison.
I bought these irresistibly cute, vintage buttons at one of my favorite thrift stores.
What will I do with them? Who knows.
These buttons have to be shown off somewhere tight!
Any ideas?????
I was thinking of making a collar for my vicious poodle or on a bracelet for my cat loving friend.
I can't wait to hear your ideas.

I hate appliqueing

2009-12-17T20:03:00.000-08:00

I have made all the kids in our family appliqued t-shirts for Christmas gifts. Total of 15 shirts. It is the most time consuming and boring thing to do. I would rather go on a scavenger hunt in a padded room. Appliqueing is really easy to do. I recommend this tutorial if you plan on making appliques.

Supplies

Vodka
Orange Juice

T-shirt
freezer paper or stabilizer of choice
interfacing
web fusing

I chose my patterns by using an on-line image search, then transferred my image to a word document then re-sized the image to one that looked appropriate for the size shirt I was making. You can now print the image or tape a piece of computer paper to your computer screen, trace it.

My first blog

2009-12-17T11:33:00.000-08:00

After my second glass of wine last night, I thought starting my own blog page was a great idea. Now Question to self this morning - Why in the world do you want to start you own blog? So, you really believe you have that kind of time? Do you even know how? Who will read it?
Ok, so it's a bad idea but I still want to try. The reason I want to try, is to share my love for making beautiful things with others. I have a passion for sewing, refashioning, crafting, shopping for beautiful vintage items. As my mom would say, "this is my therapy." I love to sew for my daughter, my friends and my family but I never have enough time to sew for myself. So this page is being made for me, so I can still enjoy the lovely things I have sewn, sweat over, cursed over, poured hours of time into and given away as gifts. This page is to inspire me to do more and also to inspire others to sew, be creative and find their therapy. This page will be to share tips, ideas and encouragement. Now that I've pumped myself up, I am ready to blog.