Creative Carrie

Misc. Projects

2012-05-28T18:55:00.001-07:00

I find this on tutorial on Pinterest and with a big event coming up this summer, I though why not try it and see if I want to use them…..

Here is the original post from Snug as a Bug Baby

And here are my roses….

I would totally recommend using a low temp glue gun, and one that has a trigger, I used a high temp gun that you have to push the glue stick through with your finger, it was a pain.

Another Pinterest find is the tin can luminaries. My pin was a reported spam link so I went to trusted Google and found several tutorials that said fill the can with water and freeze,

Notice that the design is already drawn on, the Google results suggested to draw it on after its frozen, that would probably work great with a simple design but trying to punch a palmetto tree and moon it was easier to drawn it before freezing.

In process, instead of using a nail, I used a metal punch, this caused little circles of tin to get in the ice, so don’t let the ice melt in the drain. If you just a nail, you probably wouldn’t have that problem.

Will post pictures of the finished painted project.

After getting a Cricut for Christmas I finally created my first scrapbook page!

This is the title page for my travel scrapbook. Can’t wait to keep creating with my Cricut

And finally a cross stitch update

This is a surprise for my Granny.

Spring has Sprung

2012-05-20T07:23:00.001-07:00

I love flowers, so of course spring is one of my favorite seasons! Look at some of my lovelies…..

It is suppose to be orange and purple, but the million bells have turned red :(

Shasta daisies started from seed

Peruvian lilies from Plant Delights Nursery

Working hard on a school rain garden

I have squeezed in few trips, one to Baltimore and one to Virginia and DC

At Camden Yards! My hotel overlooked it

Charm City Cake!!

Fort McHenry

Rainy Day in DC

All those lives lost in WWII

The First Lady’s Dress

The Discovery

There stands Jackson like a stone wall

Ok so being crafty has been neglected but have done some work

Finished look of my afghan

First three pieces sewn together!

Candies for community event, Rolo Turtles, and MM Kisses

Happy Spring!

Wild Rumpus

2012-03-25T17:53:00.001-07:00

We had a Wild Rumpus of a baby shower recently. The theme of all three showers has been related to a children’s book, see previous post for the first two. I tried making cake balls……

I think I used too much icing but they turned out pretty good for my first attempt. I used chocolate candy melts and sprinkled them with green sprinkles.

Party Decorations

A Max for Baby

Baby Gifts

When I started thinking about gifts, I decided that nothing was more Southern than seersucker, a search of the internet revealed that not many people had used seersucker to make a baby blanket. So I got fleece, seersucker, and satin binding. I made all three blankets, and waited until the last shower to give them to the mommies to be. I love books, and decided to give them The Real Mother Goose Book.

Now I have to get back to some other projects, like my afghan and a my cross stitch piece of winter geese. And to keep reading towards my goal of fifty books in 2012. I strongly encourage you to read The Hunger Games trilogy, I know there is a lot of hype about the movie right now, but the books are AMAZING! Read them!

Carrie

Baby Showers

2012-03-05T10:05:00.001-08:00

I have three friends that are pregnant, and I am excited to get to host three different showers! Each shower has a different children’s book associated with it. The first was the Very Hungry Caterpillar, and the second was a Sweet Pea/Pea in a Pod showering with the Princess and Pea fairy tale, and the last will be Where the Wild Things are.

Very Hungry Caterpillar

Tissue Caterpillar

Corsage (With a clothespin and magnet on the back)

Caterpillar Cake (cakelet pan from Nordic Ware)

Sweet Pea/Pea in a Pod Shower

Pea in a Pod Cupcakes

And the pea pods are not made out of fondant, but

That’s right Airheads and Skittles! I’m not very good at tutorials but it is really easy, soften the Airheads (I put them on the stove while the cupcakes were baking), and then gently pull them in both directions. I tried using a rolling pin, but stretching them works just as well, be careful that you don’t pull them too far or you will get holes.

In progress

I found an oval cookie cutter set and cut them out. I used three Skittles and put them in the center, folded over and Voila! Pea Pod cupcake decorations

My mom helped me out and she actually finished them for me, and I think they are super cute!

Here is the corsage! Smaller beads would have probably worked better, but it is still cute!

Other Decorations

Used spilt peas as decorations as well!

Guests signed the respective books for each shower for the little bundle of joy!

Check back for the Wild Rumpus, from Where the Wild Things Are!

It’s 2012

2012-01-22T18:30:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year! I know that I’m a little behind but better late than never. I was doing some house cleaning and found bags of old snippets, and I had leftover clear ornaments. So I decided to get started on making ornaments for Christmas.

The threads are from various cross stitch projects from my younger days. The yarn is from a needlepoint project that I made for my Granny. It was a Norwegian fjord scene.

I saved the wrappers from the crayons I used in the crayon art, and made ornaments out of those as well. It could make a pretty neat teacher gift.

I made another baby quilt, it was suppose to be a Christmas present, she did at least get the quilt top for Christmas but I just finished the entire blanket. This was done especially with a little girl in mind. In hindsight I probably should have used brighter colors but it is still a nice blanket.

And here is a sneak peek at my next projects!

These will be presents so shhhh!

Carrie

‘Tis the season

2011-12-18T07:32:00.001-08:00

for decorating, gift making, and continuing to make things you find on Pinterest.
I recently discovered deco mesh for wreath making, and I had pinned some candy cane wreaths on Pinterest but wasn’t sure where to find one, but shopping your small businesses pays off! My cousin owns a shop in Northern Florida called Sunsations, and there is was! So now it graces my mantel……

And at my office is a Clemson Christmas Tree…..

So do you every have that friend that some years it is easy to buy for and other years it is impossible to get an idea? Well I had that dilemma this year, but finally the idea hit me. So I made her present, and make some from me as well. And just for the record the gift giving industry is missing a HUGE market with not making Scrabble designed wine glasses. I guess it is just me and my bf that drink wine and play Scrabble :)

Since there was no where to purchase Scrabble wine glasses I decided to make my own. I tried to do diy rub on transfers and that was a huge fiasco! So I went back to my original idea of etching tiles with our initials on them. What do you think?
I’m helping with a huge National Conference in July 2012, I’m in charge of the table decorations and several other areas. My idea is Burlap and Lace and there are some of the vases I plan on using. I’m looking for thicker to burlap to really pop against the mason jar. Love the lace ribbon!

I squeezed in a little time to cross stitch! I haven't cut it out yet but I love this little ornament!

And Clemson is headed to the Orange Bowl!

Sisters Divided!

I’ve actually made something I pinned!

2011-11-05T04:19:00.001-07:00

I spend minutes sometimes hours getting ideas from Pinterest, and then never seem to have time to actually MAKE all the great things I find.

Well I can say that I have finally made something that I pinned!

Glitter Ornaments

These are super easy to make! Find the tutorial here

Christmas Tree Mobile

This project took a little more time and planning but the result was pretty awesome, if I can brag on myself.

I made this for my friends Merle Norman Studio as part of her Christmas decorations. I find the tutorial at Not Martha. I didn’t use as many ornaments as the tutorial called for but I think the effect is still the same.

Happy Pinning!

Carrie

Long time…no post

2011-10-06T17:06:00.001-07:00

Wow it has been a long time since I last posted! So this is going to be a heavy picture post to catch up on everything.

Dancing With the Clarendon County Stars

We danced to Singles Ladies and came in 4th place for talent! Hunter is an amazing dancer. I had an absolute blast participating and over 73 thousand dollars was raised for two charities.

Kansas City

Smallcakes! These were so delicious no wonder the owner was invited to be star on Cupcake Wars. Unfortunately he forgot the main ingredient in the first challenge and was honest, so they had to disqualify him. Which in turn earned him a spot on the view. Check out their website http://www.smallcakescupcakery.com/

We stopped at the Arch!

Baby Gifts

I have been invited to several baby showers recently. So these are gifts that I made for all the new mommy to bes.

Cupcake onesies, tutorial found here

Washcloth lollipops, very easy to google a tutorial

Eat. Play. Sleep. Repeat. I quilted this for a college friend and roomie. This is for her new baby girl Isabelle. The gender was unknown until delivery, so I choice bright primary colors for either a boy or girl to enjoy. This pattern is compliments of V. and Co

And the latest project a minky blanket. I followed the general outline here. Mine is a little bit bigger. This is a for a baby girl.

Pinterest Fun

So if any of you are on Pinterest you have probably seen the crayon art pin. Well I tried it to see what all the fuss was about, plus I had some ideas for doing something different with it and needed to see how the wax would do. So here is my crayon art……..

I put random colors next to one another instead of keeping like colors together. I think the impact is greater when it looks more like the color spectrum. I think that the use of the hair dryer on high at close range caused for the splatters, and running together of colors, but I like the overall effect. Unfortunately the wax would be a problem for me to create what I wanted to create with the crayon art.

I guess I have been busy since my last post. My Saturdays are dominated by FOOTBALL, especially Clemson Tiger football. I hope they continue their winning streak this Saturday against Boston College.

GO TIGERS!

Forever

2011-07-30T20:14:00.000-07:00

This summer has been super busy for me. And I have hardly had time to blog, and barely anytime to be creative. I have a new project that I am working on but it is a gift so pictures will be posted once it is complete. I am competing in a fundraising event called Dancing with the Clarendon County Stars, and I am competing against other "stars" to dance and raise money for two local charities. The big night is August 6, so I am adding those final touches to my performance. I will post the results and pictures later!

For more information visit

Finally

2011-06-14T09:25:00.000-07:00

The gift has been given, so I can finally show it off! This gift was for my best friend, who is on her honeymoon right now. It was a wedding gift.

Best Friends

Finished!

Opening

He proposed on the beach, I thought the initials in the sand was very appropriate. Hopefully I will get more stitching done on my newest project soon.

Trip to Iowa

2011-06-06T19:57:00.000-07:00

Here are pictures from my recent trip to Des Moines. It is a very interesting city and Iowa has a lot of neat small towns to visit. But I am a little biased, my dad grew up in Iowa and I have been traveling to Iowa since I was a baby.

Slightly crooked capital picture

Historic Carousel

June TUSAL

2011-06-02T05:05:00.000-07:00

I haven't been stitching that much lately so the snippets jar still looks the same

Will post more pictures later of my newest project!

Too Many Projects sooo little time

2011-05-20T09:34:00.000-07:00

My head has been full of projects since I finished my secret gift! I have started another cross stitch piece. This is a gift for my grandmother.

Geese remind my family of my grandfather, and the red barn with the snow is a typical Iowa scene. I have barely begun working on it.

I am still plugging away at the blanket that I am knitting so that makes two projects.

My other project ideas are baby quilts, I have two friends that are expecting later this year, and I want to do something special for them. I really like this design from Moda Bake Shop for one of the friends. And an Eric Carle inspired Hungry Caterpillar Quilt like this

for the other friend. I haven't made the final decision on the pattern yet, but I loved Carle's books when I was younger, and this friend is a teacher so it is appropriate.

So lots of projects are in my head, it is just getting them made, on top of having to work!

May TUSAL

2011-05-03T18:44:00.000-07:00

Haven't done much since the last time, I am taking a short break, but will begin a new project soon.

How does my flower pot grow

2011-05-03T12:27:00.001-07:00

I love plants! Which is a good thing since I majored in landscape architecture and work as a horticulture agent. So I was surfing around the web doing research for a newspaper article when I stumbled across this container recipe California Dreamin at Proven Winners. Being a Clemson girl I had to try it out, plus it has two of my favorites plants in it, coleus, and million bells! So here is my take on the California Dreamin recipe

Getting everything together

Cheesin while I work

Make sure there is enough potting soil

And the finished product!

The pot is from Home Depot, and the flowers were purchased from our State Farmers Market plant sale weekend. If you have a tiny space or even want to brighten up a spot, containers are a great way to try out your green thumb. I can’t wait for this to fill out more and really show off the orange and purple!

Go Tigers!

What Next

2011-04-28T19:00:00.001-07:00

Yay! I have finished the gift and it is being framed as I type! So I ahead of schedule for giving it. I am super excited about this and can’t wait to show you but I want to share it with the recipient first. So here is a reminder of what it looked like before….

So now I have to decide what to work on next……

Oh the choices!

And like many of you I am sure this does not even begin to cover the stash! These are just the pieces I want to start before others. But I have decided to do another gift this time for my grandmother. It is not very clear but the second kit on the second row is a winter corn field with a red barn and geese flying over. Canadian geese are very special to my family because they remind us of my grandfather, so I want to work on that piece and hope to give it to her for Christmas.

Here is an update on the BF’s piece, he thought he would beat me, ha

Right now I am back to working on my knitting at least for a little while, I hope to divide my time evenly between the time from here on out.

Happy Stitching!

Almost finished

2011-04-17T14:42:00.001-07:00

I am so close to being finished with my most recent project, sorry no pictures it has been personalized and don't want the recipient to have any clue about this present, only a handful people know what it is but the clock is ticking so I am getting back to a lazy day of stitching!

April TUSAL

2011-04-04T17:38:00.000-07:00

Here is my April TUSAL

The deadline for this gift is fast approaching so I have to get busy on it!

Happy stitching!

New Stash

2011-04-01T09:48:00.001-07:00

I am always looking for cross stitch shops, and I had a hard time trying to find this last one, The Needler in Lexington. I kept driving past it then turning around, and driving past again. But I had parked and walked around the downtown area to take pictures for a work presentation, and it was right behind me and I never noticed! Once I finally found it I looked around and got three new patterns to add to my collection

Clemson (to combat the USC project)

And Jeanne over at Willow Tree Stitcher is working on a beautiful Pride and Prejudice sampler, I have been interested in various Jane Austen samplers so I found this one at The Needler and just had to have it!

Hopefully I will get a lot of work done this weekend on my project the deadline for giving it away is quickly approaching.

Carrie

Going out like a lion

2011-03-27T17:11:00.001-07:00

I have been busy with various projects throughout March, propagating camellias, teaching a gardening workshop, visiting Brookgreen gardens and trying to squeeze stitching in there somewhere. I absolutely love visiting Brookgreen Gardens located in Murrells Inlet. My mom and I went on Saturday for Diggin’ In, a garden symposium. Here are a few pictures of the gardens.

For my dad: Two Kids

If you have never been you should go because it is amazing! And then visit Huntington State Park, to visit Atalaya, the home of Archer and Anna Huntington. Anna Hyatt Huntington was a sculptor and many of her sculptures are in Brookgreen. So if you like flowers visit Brookgreen and if you like art visit Brookgreen, there is a lot to do.
Cross stitch Update

March TUSAL

2011-03-03T16:35:00.001-08:00

Time for the Totally Useless Stitch-a-long update!

I decided to go for a close-up of my Snippit Jar this time.
Happy Stitching!

Spring Fever!

2011-02-27T16:58:00.001-08:00

The flowers are blooming and so instead of getting a lot of stitching done I am taking a lot of pictures. Project 365 is not helping my picture problem, I am trying to take a picture a day to capture a year in pictures.
So here are a few of my pictures

And this isn’t a flower but I baked this for a fundraiser isn’t it pretty?

So now I am going to stitch while watching the Oscars!

Update

2011-02-13T17:57:00.001-08:00

The weather was very nice for February, this weekend so not a lot of stitching occurred but here are the latest pictures.

And the boyfriends

A view of Lake Marion from the dam

And a little inspiration from Michaels

Happy Stitching!
Carrie

Sharing the joy of stitching

2011-02-08T12:31:00.001-08:00

After months of watching me stitch, my wonderful boyfriend decided that he wanted to cross stitch. And he knew exactly what he wanted to stitch, the South Carolina Gamecock logo. After several weeks, the pattern came in, we bought all of his supplies, and I taught him the basics. He has been stitching for a total of two weeks now, and look at his progress………

The couple that stitches together stays together :) He is really enjoying it, and already knows what he wants to do next!
And yes I will be doing a Clemson Paw to combat his Gamecock ;)

February TUSAL

2011-02-03T14:20:00.001-08:00

Or Totally Useless Stitchalong! Since it is the new moon, that means an update on my Snippet Jar aka ORT Jar. And a picture of my latest WIP.

Thanks to Daffycat for hosting the Totally Useless Stitchalong, it is too late to officially sign up for the 2011 stitchalong but you can still post every month.
Happy Stitching!