Skip to main content

One Crafty Mess - all things handmade

Search This Blog

Subscribe to this blog

Follow by Email

Shop Here

Get link
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

COME CHECK OUT MY NEWEST CREATIONS

My Etsy Shop - click here

and please check out my website

ONECRAFTYMESS.COM

Get link
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Comments

Popular Posts

CRAFT BOOTH SET UP

Good Sunday evening to you. I make and sell "schtuff" at Holiday boutiques. One of the biggest issues I have with myself is my booth set up. I usually have tables and filled with more schtuff then I know what to do with...and my stuff usually lays flat.. BORING... I have had some help from friends and they have advised to raise things to eye level or stack stuff so that things sit up...tried it all and over the years things have evolved but still not where I think it could be....So after searching over Pinterest and seeing some cool ideas and working with what I have...Here is my newest idea I had a set of SHUDDERS that I paid 25.00 years ago. My hubby took out 2 slats on each set of shudders...and added 2 8ft pieces of wood boards I had found this cool book shelf for 5.00 at a yard sale. I painted it with milk paint and placed it under the wooden shelves of the shudders. I think I like it ---
Its big and spreads out around 6 feet wide and the slats work as a place to hang stu…

pincushions-a new twist

so I must have this small - teensy weency obsession with pin cushions lately... cuz I made some more. aren't they sweet? I know this has been done before - it's not like I discovered this on my own but it was the first time I tried it and with NO tutorial. So I thought I would make one up for you. But please be aware that this by no means is the RIGHT way or the BEST way to make this... it is JUST MY way.
so you'll need a small 1.00 frame from Michaels,
some fabric, some stuffing and a glue gun. Fist thing I did was cut the frame away from the frame backing...then I glued on some from around the chipboard frame then I glued around it a bit more until I formed a pocket and stuft that pocket with stuffing.
then finished the sluing around the back then because the frame NO longer fit properly I glued it in place.

see how sweet - but DONT go looking at the back of the frame - gotta cover that up.
anyway, its a cute idea to add this with some fun sewing supplies and make a g…

Bottle BRUSH bleaching

ok are you feeling the Tim Holtz rage yet? I know you must think I am a serious stalker or wanna be. But I just think he is such the genius...anyway I found this cool photo by Tim Holtz I know GASP} right? totally - the colors look so magical and dreamy... anyway I wanted to make something similar and knew that you needed bleach and "HIS" inks & stains of which I had very few. Here is my short but sweet tutorial... grab a bucket - some bleach - some trees and some spray inks (like tattered angels or studio calico spray inks)

Dip trees intl the bleach and let them soak for a little bit. Keep turning them every once in awhile.

soak the trees for about 20-30 minutes. just keep checking on them and turning them. - they begin to look dingy beige... the water looks really dirty when you are done. Try using some
gloves because I found out the bleach burns a bit on the skin
once out - let them dry - aren't they lovely as WHITE TREES? then grab a shoe box and your sprays and put th…

Powered by Blogger