‘Tis the season

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!

 

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

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

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!

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Finally

 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

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

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!