Washi Tape Pedicure Tutorial!!

Alright so I love pedicures, mostly on other people and I love the look of the washi tape

pedicure but how to make one last?

This is my quick tutorial on HOW to do one!

My edges aren't perfect but you get the idea!

Enjoy!

Have fun and if you have any questions let me know!

W

Doctor Who Shoes!

I've seen on pinterest all of these ideas to paint shoes,
Being a fan girl I was all over this!

Of course we all have a pair of white shoes that get dingy.

Lets fix them with paint shall we?

I knew I wanted the 

TARDIS and a Dalek but other than than that I cant draw!

And of course I added the two hearts!

Thanks for stopping by!

W

DIY Dress Form Review

Have you ever made something and it turned out to be a total train wreck?

Yeah, about that, file me under that one.

At first I tried the plastic wrap method with the clear tape over the top.

It worked out pretty well considering my assistant and I have never made one,

My assistant being my husband, thought that we should stretch the plastic wrap.

That ended in the "sports bra" or "uni-boob" effect. 

So as long as you don't flatten everything out you will be golden!

And then we made a duct tape one!

With much more research and new supplies we made this lovely

body double!

Please excuse the mess behind it!

The gist is that you wear a t-shirt, wrap yourself in duct tape with the help of your assistant,

making sure not to smoosh your ladies! 

I followed the tutorial at Prudent Baby but instead of the pvc pole I used a wooden dowel!!

Here is my finished product!

My hubby put my favorite shirt on there!

Of course the sweet part is that he had to dig through my closet to find it!

Thanks for stopping by!

W

Sewing basket, ain't nobody got money for that!

I've started taking sewing and embroidery classes with my mother and 

that means taking my machine out and about.

(please put my NoDak accent to that last part)

When we go to these classes I have the smallest and cheapest machine 

while everyone else has the big daddy of machines. 

Note that I am also the youngest at these classes by at least 30 years.

So of course they look at me and scoff until they see all my goodies!

My first and favorite is my tackle box.

I am a very organized person so when I take all my stuff to class I want everything in its proper place.

so here is my cheat:

 It is an actual tackle box from a sporting good store it was $14.

I now have every thing I may need in the place I need it.

 Isn't it organized?

and so much cheaper than a "sewing basket" that they sell at Joanns for $39 ouch.

you can also buy this same model in different colors at Joanns for $19 LAME.

My second hack is the purple things in the left hand spot.

You know what those are?

Toe Seperators, Singular ones.

Perfect for keeping your bobbin from unraveling!

I bought them at the beauty supply house!

It was such a steal that now my mother has the same tackle box!

My next adventure is to cut vinyl on my cricut to tell the two sewing boxes apart!

Thanks for stopping by!

W

You get what you give.

I'm all about making things for other people so when Urban Threads offered a freebie of the 

giving bunny I knew I had to make some!

Here are a few I whipped up with my mother,

we have since bought more fabric to make different colors!

 This is my sewing bunny named Leonard

He also comes with me to give his friends out to people!

I will be sending a few (20 or so) out to people for Easter and for people who need a little friend!

Thanks for stopping by!

W

Embroidery fixed shirt,

I work with very staining products so it is very often that I get hair color or lightener all over myself.

Being clumsy does not help!

I have this shirt that I adore, it is tissue thin and fits me just right, of course I would get lightener on it.

I refuse to throw it out and I didn't wear it out of the house so what is the use in keeping it?

Mend and make do.

So in true crafty style I embroidered right over the lightened spots!

I had special t-shirt stabilizer on hand so I just threw it in a hoop and hoped it would hit it.

I could have measured and made sure that it was perfect but that's what you were expecting!

 After I embroidered over some of the spots I went in with a bleach pen and filled in the butterflies and to add some more spots.

I noticed there were some tears so I just added a couple more~

and here is the finished product!

no one will ever know!

Thanks for stopping by~

W

How to embroider Make up Bags

I buy make up only when they offer some 'free' gift at the department store.

Most the time my makeup is Clinique (gluten and allergen free for poor celiac me)

And of course they always give you these awesome little bags!

The way I am I love to give people little gifts so the make up bags end up being a perfect little container and wrapping for said gifts!

So here is what you need:

Make up bags

Embroidery machine

small hoop 

Embroidery thread

stabilizer of your choice (I used tear away)

I used these two bags for todays tutorial.

Most of the bags you get are easily folded, so it doesn't involve any seam ripping.

Turn the bag inside out and place hoop and stabilizer where you want your design to be,

If you don't use the small hoop you will have to take it apart and sew it back together when you are finished, huge pain in the rear.

Now that you have it in your machine, enter what design you want it to make.

It's very important to flip the design so it is the right way around.

Then load your thread and go to town!

When you are done, rip off your stabilizer and trim the threads!

I used my mother's machine so it did that for me!

and VIOLA!

A perfect pouch for a budding artists supplies!

okay now lets do another one, 

this time for me!

turn inside out, fold flap down so it wont get in the way.

hoop and stabilizer

Embroider, unhoop. 

Trim, done!

Its a W on its side! Gothic font.

How easy is that to make these to give as gifts!
easy peasy!

thanks for stopping by!

W