Redchuckstress

New Blog and Etsy Store

2010-12-29T10:39:00.000-06:00

Dear followers! Sorry I have been in such a slump the last forever it seems. I have been wanting to change my shop over and my blog and I finally have a new blog! The new shop will be open soon! Come see the new blog! The Elephant Nest Starting today I will be blogging there!

I'm A Blogger Follow Me Swap

2010-07-28T12:24:00.002-05:00

I love swap bot! I am currently in a blog exchange swap with 10 bloggers. You receive your 10 bloggers and you leave a comment on their blog and if you enjoy their blog you can follow them. Here are my blog swap partners I received:

http://www.pookalakachicka.blogspot.com   Crafty lady from Denver Colorado that takes you through her    crafty adventures.
http://www.missanne.org         Jewelry designer from UK that has super cute jewelry
http://zilliahbailey.blogspot.com    This crafter loves dumpster diving, crafting, and yarn bombing
http://delicate-eccentric.blogspot.com   This pretty orange haired lady from the UK blogs about inspiring people and awesome crafty finds.
http://acrosstheuni-verses.blogspot.com     An artist that blogs about her art and things she loves in life
http://luckyxiiicreations.wordpress.com    A crafter that loves swaps and creating. She shows lots of pics of things she makes from matchboxes to dottee dolls purses and more.
http://designedbyrj.blogspot.com   A cook with recipes and lovely food photos also a crafter with her own shop.
http://overlycute.blogspot.com       2 crafters who love to crochet cute items and write about life and fantasies.
http://tovesuomi.blogspot.com   A mother from Finland who loves to write and loves stationary. Cute blog!
http://msteacherwedding.blogspot.com An English teacher, A traveler and crafter. Loves Diy tutorials and soon to get married.

Swaps are pretty addicting. I am waiting for my left over craft swap and stuffed envelope swap. Super excited!
http://www.swap-bot.com

My First Festival Experience

2010-07-27T19:33:00.002-05:00

So I went to my first festival in Tomball Texas called the Rosehill Festival. With promises of a festival event, a band, produce and many vendors with limited space so I better send her a check to save my spot. I drove past downtown tomball about 10 miles to the country! Ahh! This was no festival at all. A corner of grass area with broken huge tree limbs covering the stage. Overgrown grass and we were between 2 gas stations and a very dirty taco truck that the men kept coming out of and hosing their bodys down with water and smiling at us. There were 2 other vendors that was their first time there. The promoter sold cow hide and rocking chairs. She then came over and said well the band broke down. Vendors are just not showing up and everyone pretty much just decided not to come. hmm sounds suspicious. The lady next to me said honey I been doing this for years and all promoters lie. Well I would like to think not but this lady... well ya I think she lied a bit! The whole day 12 people came. I was sooooo disappointed. Anyways I learned to never go there again. The lady next to me also gave me lots of pointers for my future events. I got to spend time with my dad and I learned how to set up a table LOL! Anyways I am now getting ready for a Arts, vintage and craft fair in San Francisco soooo I am hoping this will be better!

Here is the pretty flier for my next event:

Geocaching!

2010-07-18T21:15:00.000-05:00

So on one of the last days in Evansville Joey and I decided to head out and find some geocaches! For those who don't know geocaches are hidden gps locations you find and sign or leave a treasure. There all all diffrent kinds all around. It was soo fun! We went to 5 different ones in 2 hours about. This was one of the first ones and it was by a golf course. We decided to leave an orange monster!

The next one was at an old school building. The clue was under the old school name. So we walked around the back.

Found the old School Number 6 name. So I started looking on the steps and saw a small purple container under a rock!

This is how small it was!

Geocaching is sooo fun especially when you have a fun buddy and a gps devise. I used an app on my phone for it. Hope you enjoyed! OH by the way people that don't know about geocaching are called muggles. So now you aren't a muggle if you didn't know about it! Congratulations.

Felt Rose Wreath Tutorial

2010-07-12T11:53:00.000-05:00

The Pretty Poppy has an excellent tutorial on how to make a summer felt rose wreath. Very good pictures and a fun way to decorate your door in the summer. She has a very creative blog too!

Meet Marcus

2010-07-06T18:54:00.001-05:00

It was a hot summer day in Spring Texas and I glanced out the window and there sat a frog in my sisters polka dotted boots! I said "There's a frog in your boot!" My sister ran over and we stared at him he just sat there looking at us. My sister said I see him allot and I watch out for him when I mow the lawn. I said that is a good spot to be then. I shall call him Marcus! I think he knows he is a handsome frog! See you later Marcus.

Blog Planning Notebook Tutorial and Printable

2010-06-29T03:43:00.002-05:00

Jenni from Simply Savvy blog shows you how to put together a cute blog planning notebook. She has a printable download that is great for planning your daily blog ideas! I love it. Great step by step tutorial how to make the design on the cover too.

Auberrygirl

2010-06-26T19:21:00.001-05:00

Auberrygirl has a fun etsy shop with a variety of items including the 3d like Mountain Moss Paperweight shown up top. Below that is her Wintry manzanita pushpins. Next is her Wonders of nature magnets. All her items have awesome and unique pictures.

ChelseaVanTol

2010-06-26T15:22:00.001-05:00

ChelseaVanTol has lovely items on her shop. Unique jewelry, accessories, paper items including journals, vintage, and house decor. She takes great pictures and has lovely soft blue backgrounds. Up top is her Feminine sparkle asymmetrical necklac e. Under that is her Shabby dreams notebook. To the right of that is her Mushroom garden bobby pin set.

Hand Painted Coffee Cup and Saucer

2010-06-26T12:29:00.000-05:00

I was browsing through etsy today and found this hand painted cup and saucer. LoucheLab paints these by hand. LoucheLab has a variety of animals on their Etsy shop. I love their artwork and colors they use. LoucheLab also has a giveaway going on here for one of their hand painted pieces!

Vintage Blue Jar Tutorial

2010-06-25T23:21:00.001-05:00

Creative Little Daisy has an awesome tutorial on how to turn plain canning jars to these vintage styled blue jars. Check out the tutorial here. I can't wait to try this at home! I love the way they shine in the sunlight.

Love Letter Necklace

2010-06-23T15:02:00.000-05:00

My favorite necklace I have right now. Its an antique brass envelope that opens and has an "I Love You" letter.

A cup of tea print

2010-06-22T19:51:00.000-05:00

Gerber designs was so sweet and is sharing this great print out. Make your art piece at home. All you have to do is go here to print her design and cut out with an exacto knife and put a background behind. Lovely gift for tea drinkers.

Quilted Coaster Tutorial

2010-06-20T23:50:00.001-05:00

I love coaster tutorials. These are soooo cute and perfect. Mother Lode shows you how to sew these adorable coaster with her fantabulous tutorial. I am thinking great Christmas gifts already.

Pappa Bear

2010-06-20T15:19:00.000-05:00

Happy Father's Day Pappa Bear! This is my dad! I wanted to tell him how great of a dad he is and how thankful I am to have him! Here is my thank you list:

1. Thank you for having a great sense of humor and making me laugh
2. My best friend Angus! He is my sweet dog my dad gave to me.
3. For helping us girls take care of our yard. With out you it would be a jungle!
4. Picking me up when I am down.
5. Keeping me on track in life.
6. Being a great family dad! WE love having you over.
7. A great role model for us.
8. Taking us on fun adventures. We always loved to go to nature walks and San Antonio.
9. Making life fun and not stressful.
10. Being my great advice giver!

Love you Pappa Bear!

Professor Zuoodley

2010-06-19T15:41:00.001-05:00

Drinking my coffee this afternoon and saw I had another follower... Hello Again Monsters! So I checked out her cute blog. Then saw her Etsy shop and she has such cute creatures! Professor Zuoodley was my favorite. I love his teeef!

Decoupage Plate Tutorial

2010-06-19T15:30:00.001-05:00

Annekata has a wonderful tutorial on how to decoupage your own plate. I love it! You can even eat off it if you want. Can't wait to try this one out.

Silver and Gold

2010-06-19T02:58:00.002-05:00

I have been in love with this pendant for a while. Finally made a necklace of it! Silver and 16k Gold plated tree necklace at Redchuckstress.

Twig Flower Pot Tutorial

2010-06-17T17:33:00.000-05:00

Twig Flower Pot Tutorial by Nini Makes. I love the earthy look of this flower pot.

Shark Sweater

2010-06-15T04:39:00.001-05:00

My dog Angus would look so cute in this sweater. Youth Diaspora makes sweet sweaters for cats and dogs. Made to order here is the shop.

Evansville Zoo

2010-06-12T18:33:00.001-05:00

There is me and Joey. I flew in to Evansville Indiana to see Joey my great friend for 3 weeks! I already miss my precious dog Angus.

Pretty day at the zoo. Super hot though! It felt like 105 from the humidity. I love going to the Evansville zoo to see my cute animal friends and get a good walk.

The rain forest is one of our favorite parts. It even rains inside so you have to make sure your camera doesn't get wet!

This is a Baird's Tapir. Found mostly in Central America. In Lancandon it is called cash-i-tzimin, meaning "jungle horse". I love that. I think I'll start calling him jungle horse.

These are Roseate Spoonbills. They are one of my favorite birds here. I love their vibrant pink feathers.

Plants of the jungle.

Mr Groundhog came up to say hi to us. He is soooo cute I wish he would let me hug him.

Giraffe eating time. I wanted to kiss his cheek.

Pretty flowers in the zoo. This one reminds me of sunset.

Time to go home we were sooooo hot and tired but it was lots of fun. Last guy we saw was Mr. Peacock. They roam around the zoo like they own the place. Sometimes they chase people and its super funny!

Thread Sketching Tutorial

2010-06-12T17:00:00.000-05:00

At last I found another thread sketching tutorial by clutterpunk Here. I was so excited to see this because it is one of my favorite drawing techniques and I love to see how it is done. Very well done tutorial with pictures.

Lip Balm Tutorial

2010-06-10T12:07:00.001-05:00

Debra shows you how to make your own sweet lip balm at Creative Ramblings. I can't wait to try this out! I love home made lip balms.

D is for drums

2010-06-09T23:43:00.003-05:00

Snare Drum print by John W Golden.

Drum set earrings by Redchuckstress.

Lasagna Rollups

2010-05-30T09:09:00.000-05:00

Oh this looks sooooooooooo goood I want to make it so bad! Found this on Cindy's Blog. Makes me so hungry everytime I look at it. Nom nom nom nom nom!!!!!!!