Sorry Crafty Peeps!

 Hello all my crafty peeps!

I'm sorry I haven't been around much in the last few weeks.
Things have been a little hectic in my life and unfortunately,
Kristie Kreates has suffered.

Many of you know that a friend and I run a scrapbooking and
crafting studio called My Happy Place.
It's been going for over 17 yrs and it's come to the time
for us to close our doors.
We are sad about it, but it's time.
We are still going to have our 3 day crops, so
we'll be able to see our crafty friends now and then,
but our dedicated space will be let go.
Because we are closing, I have had to clear out my
personal supplies, as well as all the MHP supplies.
We'll have a big "garage sale" at the end of May,
so hopefully we will sell a lot of the things I have purged.
Because I need to bring home all of these supplies, that means
I need to purge here at home too.
Then I will have space for my best goodies.

On top of that, I had just started to purge and reorganize my
kitchen.  It's a huge project and it's going slow, but sure.

I have so many projects I want to get done and there
aren't enough hours in the day or days in the week.

Hopefully, I'll get back to posting some of the things I have 
created soon.
For now, here are a couple pictures of my sweet 
grand babies to make you smile.
Here's Marie, ready for 
Crazy Hair Day at school

And our handsome Asher with Mommy, Sara.

taking a walk together.

Thanks for stopping by and hopefully, 
you'll keep coming by.
You never know when I'll be posting something fun.
Until then,
keep creating.

Elephant Hat and One Month Old

Hello crafty people!

If you've been following me for a while, you know I have

a couple precious grandchildren.
Asher was just born in June and is a real sweetie.

Before he was born I got a message from Sara with a picture and

a link to a pattern for an elephant hat.
I know that was a big hint, so of course, I decided to make one for Asher.
I took it over and when we took some 1 month old pictures, we

also took a few with his elephant hat.

He and Marie look happy with the whole photo shoot.

Unfortunately, he is growing by leaps and bounds

already and the hat barely fit him,

but we did get a few cute pictures.

The hat isn't perfect, but it's pretty darn cute,

just wish I could have gotten more pictures,

but it just didn't want to stay on his head.

Here is one of his "one month" pictures.

Already a Buffalo Bills fan!

A couple days later he had his 1 month check up and

no wonder the hat didn't fit, his head has gone from

14.5" to 15.25" already.

If anyone is interested, here is where we found the pattern

I didn't add the ear flaps, as you can see from 

the picture with the pattern, as I knew he wouldn't be

wearing it in cold weather.
Now to make the other one that Sara messaged me about.

We'll see how that goes with these old arthritic hands.

Thanks for spending some time with me today,

I hope you have been inspired in some way.

Come again soon, until then,

take a hint from someone and make them

something nice.

 

Auntie and Cat Mom

Hello crafty people!

Are you the family craft person?
Well, I am.  If there is something that 

the family wants or needs to make, they come

to me.  Especially when it comes to HTV

(heat transfer vinyl)

At Christmas time I had a few requests and

these are a couple of them.

Our granddaughter's name is Marie, so

Marie from Aristocats is a favorite.

Jaryd asked me if I could make this shirt for

Sara, so of course, I said yes.

I already had the files for Marie, so it was

easy peasy.

They also have 2 cats which made this perfect

for Sara.

This one was a request from Sara for Marie

to give our daughter, her Auntie Kelsie.

Marie and Kelsie have a wonderful relationship

that I'm sure will keep growing over time.

Both of the girls loved their shirts.

Thanks for stopping by today, I'll be posting some 

more of the shirts that I made for Christmas soon.

We each got one in our Christmas stocking this year.

Even me!

Come again soon and see what else I created in the last

few months.

Until then,

have fun creating!

 

Paint Your Own Pottery, back at it.

Hello and Welcome!

Many years ago I worked at a couple paint your own pottery

studios, basically a ceramics shop, and I loved painting

and creating there. Unfortunately, they closed.

Last week my daughter in law, Sara, invited us to

go to Clay Hands Pottery to paint.

Grandpa held and played with Marie and Sara

and I painted.

This is a switch plate that I made for 

Jaryd a long time ago, when his bedroom was

filled with Mickey stuff.  Now it's in

the kitchen of their apartment.

Sara painted this piece.  I think it turned out

adorable.  It was her first time painting too.

3 of us had a hand, or foot as the case may be,

in this piece.  Marie was asleep in Grandpa arms,

so we took advantage of that and painted her feet,

then pressed them to the plate.
Sara painted the faces and hair on,

wrote the words in pencil, then I painted the

words and we both worked on the rest of it.

Love how it turned out!

Now both pieces are in their apartment for Halloween.

Since one of the things in Marie's room is

the cute little Marie from Aristocats,

I painted this switch plate for her room.

Not perfect, but for having no plans to paint it

when I went, I think it came out pretty cute.

And Marie seems to like it too.

As is my usual practice, on the back of the piece,

I painted my lips and kissed it, so there is a print of my lips

on the back of the switch plate.  I also signed it and dated

it for her.

And here it is up on the wall in her room.

We had so much fun doing the painting,

that we're going back to have a little birthday

party for Sara and me.

We both celebrate birthdays in November.

Now to just decide what to paint when we go back.

Thanks for stopping by today,

come gain soon.

Until then,

try something you haven't done in a long time.

 

Marie on the Wall

It's been a long time since I posted anything

here, sorry about that!

A lot has been going on and I also found that

my pictures were not showing up for y'all.

Hopefully, I have that problem solved now.

As many of you know, I'm going to be a 

Grandma in November.

Marie's room is going to be a combination theme

of Harry Potter, Marie from Aristocats and Disney.

Sara, my daughter in law and I got together to 

work on the nursery one day and got most of the

one wall done.

I used my Silhouette Designer Edition software

and my Silhouette Cameo

to create a large "Marie" for the wall with 

removable vinyl.

It had to be cut in a few pieces.

Each piece was then put onto transfer tape.

I made sure it was adhering to the 

transfer tape.

Then it was put on the wall.

And the transfer tape was removed, 

leaving the vinyl design behind.

First piece done.

Second piece lined up and added.

Once Marie was on the wall, I added

her Harry Potter scar and glasses.

TaDa!  Sara is so happy with how she turned out!

Sara and I also cut Harry and Disney themed characters

and "symbols" with my Silhouette and her Cricut.

Here is the wall, almost done.  Jaryd added a couple more

pieces to the wall when he got home.
I don't have pictures of the whole room for this post,

but it's just about done now, with 

twinkle lights and her furniture.

We are all thrilled with how the wall and the whole

room has turned out.

Thanks for visiting today,

I hope you've been inspired in some way.

Until next time, give something new a try,

maybe a giant cut out!