Special Order Shirts

Good day!

When my cousin's wife messaged me and asked if

I could make some special order shirts for them

for Christmas, I was up for the job.

They needed 13 shirts all with different images

and names on them.

Each person has a nickname and that was to be

on the back of the shirt and on the front an image

to represent their name.

She gave me permission to create them with 

whatever I thought up, although they did give me

some ideas.

Here are a few of those shirts

This was for Sarah, whose nick name is 

below.
I love how it turned out.

The color is actually the color in the first picture,

don't know why it looks so different.

I don't really know if Babeless Chaps is some 

character or what, but these chaps was

the best I could do for this name.

They did turn out good though.

My cousin's name is Carla and we used to call her

Car all the time when we were young.
Her nickname is Car-Car.

She used to own a white Mustang convertible, so I found

one that I could create for her shirt and put

2 of them on the front of the shirt.

Shantelle  is called Shani.

They suggested this pop for her shirt.

I had never heard of it, but found pictures online.

It's a berry flavored pop that isn't sold in the US.

Another character I'd never heard of is 

Doop, but there were plenty of pictures online.

Apparently this character has to do with with

Marvel comics.

Sofia is called Soap,

so a bar of soap it was.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I'll have another post soon, showing

the rest of the shirts.

I hope you'll come back to see what else

I've been up to.

Until then,

have fun crafting, no matter what kind

of crafts you do.

 

What's a can cozy?

Hello all!
As you may know, I live the the Buffalo, NY area

and it does get pretty cold here.  

We are huge sports fans in Buffalo.

The Bills are our NFL team and are very well loved.

If you go to a game, you

need to be ready for the cold.

Lot's of people tailgate before the games and that

can be pretty chilly.

When I saw "can cozies" advertised on facebook,

my reaction was, of course, I could make those.

So I found a video on line and watched it.
I couldn't believe how easy they could be to make.

They are like a mitten that you can hold a 

can, bottle or cup in.

A bottle of water fits great.

Or a can of pop or beer.

I made a couple for my friend and she took them to

the Bills game and said they worked out great.

Your hand stays warm and it's easy to hold your

drink.

They can also be used for hot drinks.

Unfortunately, I can't find the tutorial that I followed,

but if you look on YouTube there are quite a few tutorials.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you have been inspired in some way.

Come again soon,

until then,

try making something new and different.

 

Fireball Cups

Hello all you crafty people!

Today I'm showing you a couple little gifts I gave

my girls for Christmas.

They have a resin business and sell at craft shows.

One day I was shopping with Jaryd and he found these little cups. 

They are bigger than a shot glass, but smaller than a 

regular cup.  They hold 3 oz.

They happened to have purple and teal, which are the 

Clumsy Cloud Gifts signature colors.

I picked them up for the girls so I could customize them.

On one side I put their logo.

On the other side I put the logo for 
Fireball.

Neither of them are big drinkers,

but it is their custom to have a shot of 
Fireball once they are home from a craft show.

These little cups will be perfect for that.

They loved them and they were easy to

customize with vinyl that I 

cut with my Silhouette Cameo.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you've been inspired in some way.

Come again soon,

you never know what you'll find on 
Kristie Kreates!

 

Gift for Grandma and Grandpa

Hello crafty people!

I hope all is well in your part of the world.

Today I'm sharing a gift that I helped 
Marie and Asher make for their 

Grandma and Grandpa for Christmas.

I found this little hanging metal sign at the

Dollar Tree one day.  I picked it up with 

a whole bunch of others to use with the kids.

Their Grandma and Grandpa have a boat and I thought

it would be just perfect for them.
I took the jute off and let the kids pounce all over the

sign with alcohol inks.  They had a ball painting it and

we all thought it turned out great.
I did have to clean up the anchor with some alcohol, but that

was simple enough.  I tied the jute back on and then 

found some letters in my stash to add their name.

Marie and Asher were very excited to have made

this special gift for their grandparents.

Of course, Marie thought it was pretty funny that

G-Ma was the messiest one and ended up with blue 

fingers.  The next day I had a doctor appointment and

Marie thought it would be funny if the doctor thought I 

had some crazy disease.
She didn't, she just asked "You been painting?"

Didn't fool her one bit.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you have been inspired in some way and will

come again soon.

Until then,

remember, crafting doesn't have to always be expensive.

Take a look a the Dollar Tree in your area and the clearance

items in your local craft stores.
This project only cost me $.50!

 

2024 Shot Glasses

Hello crafty friends!

Today I have another Christmas gift that I made.

Every year I give my son in law, Brad, shot glasses

to add to his collection.

This year, I decided to do etched glass with 2 of his favorite

characters.

I know it may be hard to see Sonic on

this glass, it's very difficult to photograph 

glass and the etching.

But it is Sonic on this shot glass.

This one may be even harder to see, but it's 

Knuckles.  I know, literally, nothing about these

characters, I just made what my daughter told me

he likes.  LOL

He was happy when he opened them.
Now to figure out what to do for next Christmas.
This has become a tradition and I need to come up

with another idea, I'm running out.

Thanks for coming by today,

be sure to come again soon.

Until then, 

smile and bring sunshine to someone else.

 

Grand Kids Shirts

Welcome!

If you have followed me for a while, you might know

that I love to make tee shirts with HTV

(heat transfer vinyl) for my family for Christmas.

Today I'm sharing a couple of the shirts I made

for my grandkids.

Our granddaughter Marie is 5 yrs old.

She is pretty small and last year, in pre K she

was bullied because of her size.
I always tell her she is perfectly petite and

I thought this shirt would be perfect for her.
I love the saying and hope she will feel this way

about herself.

Asher loves Sonic, so I decided that

he should have a shirt with Sonic on it.

I think this will be a favorite to wear when he

visits Auntie Kelsie and Uncle Brad, as Sonic

is Uncle Brad's favorite character.  In fact he has

a Sonic tattoo on his leg.

Thanks for stopping in today, I hope you

are inspired in some way and will stop by again soon.

Until then,

enjoy crafting!

 

Aprons for Asher

Welcome all you crafty people!

Today I have a couple aprons to show you.

I was Christmas shopping at a Handmade's store

in Ohio and saw aprons made from men's shirts.

Unfortunately, they didn't have any kids sized ones.

My friends laughed when I said, guess I'll have to make

it myself, but that's just what I intended to do.
Later in my visit, we visited a Goodwill store and

I found 2 boys shirts.  Asher is a 2T right now, so I wanted

a larger size.  These were the only 2 button up shirts they had

in sizes that would work.

I found this video on YouTube on how to make an 

apron from a man's shirt and followed the process, it's just

on a smaller scale.

I love that this shirt even had a breast pocket on it.

This shirt was actually a pajama shirt, but it's perfect for an 

apron.  I was gathering up the scraps and realized that

the cuff of the sleeve would make a perfect pocket.

So I salvaged that and added a pocket to the apron.

I always love a pocket on my aprons, so figured it would be

a good thing for Asher too.

I gave him both these aprons for Christmas, one for home and one

for G-Ma's house.  Both the kids love to cook and bake with me,

Marie has her own aprons, so I figured Asher should too.

One very convenient thing is that all I need to do 

to fit it over his head is open a button or two.  
No playing around with trying to get the neck strap at 

the right length and it has great coverage.

Here are a few pictures of Asher, in his apron

while helping me make mac and cheese for dinner.

Isn't he the cutest cook ever?

He loves that there is a pocket in his apron too.

He's always happy to cook with G-Ma.

Thanks for stopping in today.

I hope you will come again soon.

Until then,

check out a new project on YouTube and

give it a try.