Rough & tumble kinda' girl, that has moments of making pretty things.. These are my Girly Spazms. I either craft or I go insane...
Hi there! Welcome to my GIRLY SPAZMS. I am most productive when I'm about to lose it. Easily distracted and daydreaming, I fight my way through the day just so I have moments like these. Please visit often as I am updating and adding new things when time allows . Feel free to drop me a line. Say hi, leave comments, suggestions, feedback & your experiences . Thanks for visiting my crafty blog & be sure to check out my etsy shop too.
I can never just like something, I have to love it passionately.
My little garden gnome. I didn't want to bombard my little garden with these little guys. That's just freaky. So with the help of the hubs, I got the sleeping one.
In Tony's words, "Get that one...He's lazy.. like you."
I have a severe issue with being bored, hence my erratic crafting, and hobbies. Although, I have tried not to, I shamefully admit that I succumb to the urge of poking at the hubby & pouting (at times, yanking on his arm) and saying “I’m bored! Entertain me!”
My latest “bright idea” is designing my craft room…
And so, with a new notebook tucked into my “craft bag” I take to work, I am now searching and sketching up some designs for my little craft room. Which is in horrible disarray & in dire need of major major organization. Aside from my "throw it in this container" philosophy... I’ve found some really great ideas, and as I do, I print the pics out & glue them into my notebook…
If all goes well, I’m hoping to have my craft room done by the end of the summer…
Did I ever tell you I’ve had a strong infatuation with Owls since I was 4? I shall tell you the story some day. But here are my cute little owl notebooks. The larger is where I am putting all my craft room inspirations in. (You’ll see the pictures below.) The smaller is a bit thick & I’m using as a “fabric” journal… I’ll post pictures of that at a later time.
It has been over 20 years since I’ve done any needlework. I definitely need some practice, but I thought I would try out my logo. I plan on putting it up in a loop as décor in my craft room.
Just a few things I want to incorporate into my craft room.
Aside from my Crafty Room day dream. Here are other craft projects I’m currently working on…
1.Knitting a recycled t-shirt rug.
Making a patchwork similar to the above image.
2.Continuing to make vinyl covered sandwhich wraps.
3. Searching for new fabric & planning to make my new ironing board cover. She needs a makeover badly.
4. Gathering material to use the seashell hangings I plan to make. I got a "craft drill" over Mother's Day, and I can't wait to use it!
I stumbled on a blog by a lady named Arlette http://mousechirpypolkadotpineapple.blogspot.com a few months ago, and now I make a conscious effort to check for updates. I totally love the things she makes, and (I'll admit) I'm a lil bias when it comes to all things Hawaii.
I particularly liked Arlette's tutorial on Wire edged fabric flowers & when I decided to try it out, I found it to be addicting. I didn't know what to do with them all 'til one morning, I thought I would try to put it on a circle felt wreath I was making. Tried it, and hated it! Way too much.. So, as the project sat on my living room floor, and I continued to make these cute little flowers.... it took me a couple days and one sunny bright morning and a lil Hawaii home sickness, and tadah! This idea was hatched into my head. With mother's day just around the corner, I decided to make one for my mom too. My mom's fave color is lavender. So please refer to the Arlette's tutorial for the flowers as for me this is what I did.
Aloha sign
Used a wood piece (found in the wood area of the craft store)
Burnt the edges lightly to give it that aged beachy bonfire kinda look.
As for the lettering, I just used a font I liked from MSword, sized it accordingly, printed it out, pinned it to the felt & cut it out. Then I glued my pieces on w/ regular craft glue. You can always do this w/ a cricut if you have one. I was transporting this project back and forth from home to work, so I did everything travel friendly.
Wreath
Spray painted some inexpensive grapevine wreaths (3 coats) . (here are pics of the hubby spray painting them in our driveway, they're on old drawers so it would be easy to transport between coats) I like playing the helpless chick when it comes to spray painting my projects because he does such an awesome job.
Decor
Hot glued everything in place.
That's it! What do you think? Let me know if you have any questions.
This is quite possibly my new favorite word. SUCK----YOU- LENTS!!!
haha...anyways, I was at the walmart a city down from me, and I was perusing the garden section when I ran into a specific section full of these beautiful plants & I fell in love.
Aren't they beautiful?
ooohhhs & ahhhs...
So, I continued on walking through the store, and I started to think... where am I gonna put these? do I have pots for them?
SIDE NOTE: I am a plant killa' ... so notorious, in fact that even Sam ( my soon to be teenager) has always given me the "oh brother, rolling eyes" look all the time I look at plants... SINCE SHE WAS TWO! TWO!!!
So, trying to salvage my reputation, I read the little info tab of each plant, and all said they needed lots of sun. So perfect spot? The loft/ den. It gets plenty of afternoon light & we needed plants in that area! ( I have since started a collection of houseplants a year ago, and everything is going well. :::knocks the closest wood::: )
Then I happen to go down the glass container isle in the home decor section, and TADAH!!!!! Terrarium idea born!
So here is a short and quick tutorial on what I did. They didn't turn out to be exactly a closed terrarium, but the look is there, and I eventually want to make a closed one...
So this is what you'll need...
plants or plants (depending on how big your container is)
tip: it's always good to have similar plants together, it will make your plants happier if you've got a theme going... if you're all over the place, you just make plant vomit and your plants will wilt & eventually die.
river rocks ( I bought aquarium river rocks) & placed them evenly across the bottom of the container
moss/ activated charcoal ( I actually had a huge container of charcoal from our old turtle tank) Place this on top of the rock layer. About an inch layer of moss or charcoal should do the trick.
please remember that there are not exact measurements. EVERYTHING will all depend on the size of your container.
Regular potting soil, you can eyeball where you want your "ground level to be & then figure out how much soil to put in..
Place plants as you see fit. (w/ mine, I had one plant in each so it was easy)
NOW COMES THE TRICKY PART. (at least it was for me)
You need to get soil to go around the plants base ( the part that was in the pot) & down between the glass. I used a piece of paper to prevent the soil from dropping onto my plants, and (in handfuls) tried the best I could to get that gap filled in. I used chopsticks (disposables ones) to scoot things into place & after lifted the paper up and out. It worked... The chopsticks come in handy when working with a narrower opening, and to move little figurines around.
Like I said I want to take a stab at an actual closed glass terrarium soon. I'm gonna hit up the local thrift shops this weekend to see if I can find an old vintage candy jar type container.
I finished up by placing some rocks on "ground level" with my plants.
The middle plant was an early Mother's Day gift from the kiddos.
