Dee Dee's Craft Spot

Merry Christmas

2011-12-24T17:14:00.000-06:00

Merry Christmas from my home to yours

I hope to be back to bloggin again in the new year

Hope your holidays are filled with family and freinds

And the spirit of Christmas

Dee Dee & Bentley

I Honor You All....

2011-11-11T12:20:00.000-06:00

I keep all our soldiers and thier families from past,

Present and future in my thoughts and prayers,

Today and everyday for always..

Thank You for your Service to US!

DeeDee

Button Flooszie Swap

2011-10-30T08:12:00.000-05:00

Hi Y'all

I join a button swap over at Button Floozies

And I got Becky as my partner so I did

This cute little box for her

Filled with all kinds of fall colored buttons

I also sent her this needle keep

I had recieved one as a gift once and loved it

So thought I'd share one too

One last look see at her little tin

I embellished with a few small buttons

I hope she likes it.

I will show hers soon as I recieve it..

Check them all out at

The Button Floozies Blog

Thanks for swapping with me Becky

Until next time

DeeDee

Blogerette Sorority Halloween Swap 2011

2011-10-21T01:00:00.011-05:00

As several of you know I belong the the

Bloggerettes Sorority

And from time to time we have special events just for the sisters...

This time was a

Blogerette Sorority Halloween Swap

Where we were to make a bag and send it filled with goodies.

How fun to get a trick or treat bag..

I was lucky girl to get my partner

Deb at Garage Sale Gal

Who sent me some very lovely things..

Check it out

I Love! this darling little bag

And this fantastic little decoration.

Especially the little antique looking witch

Look at all this loot she sent me too!!

I so love this display of lace... So cute.

And I have never seen cards like this..

How perfect for Halloween..

I so wanted to show you every single thing sepererately

But I would go over my picture limit on this one..hehehe!

One last thing

Please read the note that was added

In the package to tell me who it was from

Can you believe this is her very first bag..

I am so blessed with a treasure

I don't believe its her first, it is lovely and so well done.

And I want to say a big thanks to Deb

For being my swap buddy and so very nice to meet you too

Sorority sisters ROCK!

You can join us too...

Happy Halloween

DeeDee

TIme- OFF!

2011-10-13T09:51:00.000-05:00

Hi My Blogger Friends..

Just wanted to drop in and tell you I haven't run away..

I am having back issues that don't allow me to blog right now..

Please keep a prayer for me and I hope to be back in business real soon...

I hope you stick with me.

See you again soon

DeeDee

Crazy Patch Pin Cushions

2011-09-23T01:00:00.001-05:00

Along while back I joined a Crazy Patch Pin Cushion Swap with

Bubzrugz with Fiona

I am the only one left to recieve mine except

I have Sandi's to send off still..

I got it finished at my retreat this past weekend

It has circled the world..

From the states to Australia and back..

And she is ready to go home now.

It come to me like this

And I made it look like this

I added a flower pot with flowers to her block

As soon as I see mine headed home I will send this out

So we are recieving them about the same time

How exciting will that be?

I cannot wait to see mine

I haven't even seen a glimse of it since it left home

I think I am done with swaps for a bit

I am not cut out for them I believe.

Althought Fiona did a great job

As hostess on this one.

Happy Swapping ladies..

DeeDee

Christmas in July Crop

2011-09-21T01:00:00.000-05:00

Only in August... lol..

We run a little over on our time line.

But it was still fun all the same

Every Year Amy has a crop for Christmas

I love to make the cards she designs

Check out some of our projects

Welcome to my spot

We made two canisters

A Christmas card and a gift card holder

A Christmas Folder (my favorite project)

I was joined by a few friends

Suella and Nancy

Stephanie and her friend

I also made this for my grandson while I was there.

A Pirates Spy Glass

Made from a tin foil box and tube

Suella and I always exchange gifts at this

Since we cannot get together for Christmas

Here is what she gave me

A scrapbook a me loosing my first new car

Pulled right from my blog

I cried I loved it so much

Thanks Suella

I am sure she will feature her gift from me on her blog

I entered it into a challenge that caused

A huge drama session

So I will not be showing it here, Sorry

The drama starter visits my blog

And I don't wanna give more amo to her furry

Thats my rant, I have a online staulker

I thought that only happened to the teens

Guess not..

Anyways.. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas in July

Function to attend also

Happy Christmas in July (on August)

DeeDee

Infinity Scarves

2011-09-18T17:17:00.000-05:00

I seen these on pinterest and decided to give them a whirl...

I made three at the retreat I went to and I just love making them..

I am not a scarf wearer but I might just wear this coral one I tell ya...

So many ways to wear them

My favorite way

And in black too

They fold nice and flat for traveling...

I made these from recycled tee shirts, knit fabric and recycled lace curtains

Who knew such beauty could come from

Such a simple source..

Try your hand playing with some old tee shirts

See what you can create..

Happy Recycling

DeeDee

FNSI Pull Out The Tee Shirts

2011-09-17T01:00:00.020-05:00

I had the fun opportunity to work with and recycle some tee shirts..

I did some at

The Little Blue House Scrap Stashers Class

And I did some for

Friday Night Sew-In at Handmade by Heide

I had a fun time learning the designs at The Little Blue House ,
Some are my own design
I also found Some of the others on my new favorite place Pinterest...
come join me there
It is a very fun place to get stuck.... :D

Now on to my fun designs

Little Blue House designs

These I made on Friday night

I love how fast they work up

Braided to add to my scraf

Could also be a head wrap

or used on its own

Scarf Style

Love this so much

Add any color broach or pin

Or even a long necklace

This one I showed several wrap options..

Would look awesome with some jewelry too..

And for the wild side.. this with beads

Or Gems or Conchos

You can just do so much with these

Please I have only started with these.. they can be casual or dressed up

For evening wear.. you can even wear them in your hair as a wrap too...

My manni doesn't have a head to show this style...lol..

Whew that was alot uh?

Well they go along so fast you can make many in no time..

Tommorow I will show you some infinity scarves

I made at my retreat, while on vacation...

Happyily Recycling Tee Shirts

DeeDee

Fun Fall Flowers

2011-09-15T09:46:00.000-05:00

Have you seen the flower makers by Clover?

They work similar to the YoYo makers by Clover..

We went to my friend Sherri's house to try these out...

I got to make two of them,

But there are actually about 7 of themI think

In different sizes

Check out the ones I got done.

Just think of a bunch of these together.

The size of these are about 2 inches across

But others are bigger in size

Sherri had this huge box of buttons..

I so want to raid it daily...

I need to add to my collection for these

You can find these on Amazon

They are called Kanzashi Flower Maker

I will make up the others and post a picture for you soon

Enjoy the flowers in the Fall too.

DeeDee

LBH Art Group August

2011-09-04T01:00:00.007-05:00

I went to Art Group this month at

The Little Blue House

As we continued our journey in learning

Some fun transfer techniques

For our pagesin my

Garbage Disposal journal

Check them out

Caulk Transfer

Packing Tape Transfer

Contact Paper Transfer

Gesso Transfer

Onto Canvas

On to Fabric

On to Metal

Contact Paper Transfer

This is a mixture of techniques

Just playing around on

One of my already done pages..

With this flower design

I certainly hope I took good notes

Cause I have a whole lot

Of different techniques here..

I will be emailing teacher Susan

I bet before I try this again.

She got us all thru it so well.

Try you hand at transfers.

It was a blast and a mess

But oh so fun

Happy Transferring

DeeDee

LBH Scrap Stashers August

2011-09-02T01:00:00.002-05:00

Oh we had fun at Scrapstashers this month at

The Little Blue House

We used a fun item to work with too!

Paint Chips

In all sizes and color combinations.

I had just done some little needle keeps

Using them so I brought them to share also..

I didnt get the ribbons on my book markers

But aren't they so cute..

And these little needle keeps make

Perfect little add ins for your

Sewing and Embrioidery friends

I love, love, love the Christmas trees

My freind Sandy

Did hers into a card

Very cute too..

Almost looks like Metal in person

And look at this lovely flower

All color coordinated perfectly too

I had fun this month, even know my back has been

Giving me fits, it is fun to get away

See some fun ladies

And do a bit of this and that

When I can.

Do you have any fun paint chip ideas

Won't you share them with me?

I have tons of paint chips left over

That I need to use up

Happy Crafting

DeeDee

I meet a Blogger Friend

2011-08-31T14:38:00.000-05:00

I got to meet Shirley C and her husband Clay

They come to the Dallas airport to pick up family

And we got to have a lovely Olive Garden dinner

It was so nice to meet her in person as

We have so many things in common

What started out with us owning Pommies

Ended up we both love to sew and embroidery

I am on the left and Shirley is on the right

She brought me these lovely gifts

How did she know I love angels

Her embriodery is so lovely

All packed in this lovely jeweled bag

The glass angel now adorns

My window letting the sun shine thru

Shirley I had the best time

Meeting and talking with you and Clay

And so hope when you travel thru again

We can meet for dinner too

Hugs my blogland friend

DeeDee

Nap Time! in Kindergaten

2011-08-20T01:00:00.011-05:00

My granddaughter is a new Kindergarten student this year..

So I got to make her a nice sheet and blanket set

For her mat to use at nap time..

I love making my grandkids stuff,

but rarely have and occasion to do so.

So this was a real treat for me.

The set is a little girly

Ruffles and all

Since she lives up north I made hers from

Fleece and added a pocket

To the back side for her little feet to go in

Toasty she will be

I made two blankets so when

One is home to be washed

she still has another for school

All in coordinating colors

I bought another matt

And made another sheet

Because soon Brother will

Be off to Kindergarten too

And I will have what I need to make

Him a set all his own

I cannot wait!!

Happy School year to my little

Kindergarten Girl

Grandma DeeDee

Altered Art Pages

2011-08-18T01:00:00.003-05:00

I went and had a full body message...

Man was I feeling great...

(I really needed that)

I come home to relax and

Next thing ya know I am dabbling..

I started with a little card board and

Moved to bigger card boards..

In Art Group this month we are going

To be doing transfers and needed some base pages..

I must say I loved what I come up with...

Check them out

I started with ATC sized

And used a pretty napkin I had

This is the back side

I will use gesso on this to tone it down and apply

A graphic over the top

Then I moved to bigger cards board

I used paints, and tape, a pen

Distressed it alot

this one also has a white napkin

In the center to overlay a graphic on it.

The back side I left plain to play with in class

Then I did this music sheet page

I will also layer a graphic on this one

And the backside plain for playing more

My favorite page using my pretty napkin

The teacher Susan had this fun stamp set

And she let me borrow it

I love them all

And the backside all pretty too

My second favorite one is this journal page

I will overlay a graphic in the lower right corner

This next one is especially made for my graphic overlay

Thats what out next class will teach

The transfer of graphics

Please visit Susan at Artful Musings and see her wonderful work

I will be tearing up my Victorian Trading magazine

To adorn these pages.

I hope some of you are still following along on my garbage disposal book

With me.. these will go in there when done

Those visiting for the first time check it out

Garbage Disposal Journal Here

I certainly had a fun relaxing evening doing these pages

I have a few others in the works and will show you them

With August Art Group post coming soon

See ya then

Happy Creative Crafting

DeeDee

Dress Form

2011-08-15T01:00:00.004-05:00

I love all the altered dress forms I see

Awhile back my freind and I decided to try one

I had no idea what I wanted to do with mine

So I just started to play

I haven't done anything

With book pages, but so love the look

So on it went

She has a vintage lace scrarf with a

A vintage earring brooch

Layers of trim to the bottom of her dress

My friend made me this teeny tiny

Mona Lisa necklace for my form

Her heart is a altered piece of the same

Book page

And yes I planned the letters to be upside down

I had this swirly pearls in my stash

So on it went

I loved it!!

So Fancy Schmancy!!

Then I was gonna play with some stamps

I did this Eiffel tower stamp

And every one laughed like I did a funny

But, I put it on the only flat spot she had

What is so funny?

It looks like a rear end at a distance..

They say

Hahaha!

I couldn't have planned that!!

I mounted her on a crystal vase and added

A glass door knob to the top

She needs a red bow on the

Back below the buttons

And I think she will be done

And ready to display in

My Studio

I am glad my friend

Asked me to do this

I really liked playing with the

New stuff and getting my

Stash onto something so fun

She is so my style!!

Happy Crafting

DeeDee

Doodle Tangles

2011-08-13T01:00:00.000-05:00

Dangle your Tangles

Part two of our Zentangles class

We got to go back and make

A solder project with out Tangles

You will love this

Here are my Tangles

And here is my designs

Both are for my Studio

I didn' get them finished in class

So will have to show you them again later

Here is our instructor's

Bobbie Holiday

She said it reminds her of the

Patio Railings

The metal ones ya know..

I can see it

Here is another really creative one

It has two parts

The bottom up close

Don't you love the falmingo?

Fabulous work

And a tangled necklace too

This one is awesome

All the fun little details

So here is a project you can do with

Your Tangles

Try it out

for more info,go to

www.zentangles.com

And

Doodle Dangles

Dangle your Tangles

Happy Tangling everyone

DeeDee

Learning Zentangles

2011-08-11T01:00:00.006-05:00

I was so happy when my local glass shop

Merry Go Round Glass

Had a 2 part class to learn Zentangles

In one class you did your Tangles..

In the next you made a project with your Tangles

So here we go

This is everyones first Tangle

And me having a good hair day

(its so hot in Texas)

Displaying my first Tangle

Our fun and fabulous instructor

Bobbie Florida

And here are some examplers of next weeks project

Fun ideas uh

Cannot wait to see what everyone creates

I had a great time

I look forward to creating

A fun Solder project

With my Tangles

I love Zentangles!!

So relaxing, So creative

And never wrong

Try it out

Find more info at

www.zentangles.com

Happy Tangling

DeeDee

I WON!

2011-08-09T01:00:00.003-05:00

I won a great giveaway over at

Pat Winters Gathering

I was so shocked

And I just love my litte dragonfly

Isn't she precious?

I wanted to say a HUG!

Thank You Pat

I just love her!!

Please my freinds

Go visit Pat's Blog

You will be in awe of her fabulous work

See ya when you get back

DeeDee

A Dramatic Death

2011-08-06T01:00:00.001-05:00

I know it feels like maybe this could be a halloween post..

Or really something serious uh.

But it is actually the changes in life that happen

When you don't want them too.

My little car,

My first brand new car that had

26 miles on it when I drove it off the lot.

Has gone to car heaven

Look at all her miles

I had mixed feelings having my last picture with her

I will surely miss her, as our story is long

She is a bit over 11 years old

I have had many hatch backs as

I think back upon all my cars

And her hatchback allowed me to haul

Dressers, Mulch and stepping stones,

And a ceramic kiln all the way from Iowa!!

She has moved so much stuff on her travels

She was my little truck

This Scratch is from picking up my daughter where

I had to pull between two trees.

It didn't turn out so well on the backing up

She has many little dents and dings

It all adds to her personality

They tell her life story

She was one day old when she got her first

Little mar spot.

Remember that my daughter? hehehe!

Her timing chain locked up on a busy street

And knocked the tranmission out, sending a pool

Of red fluids flowing down the street

It looked like all her lifes blood had run out

I was devestated

I didn't know what to do,

Poor tow truck driver heard it all..

He was great with me.

I let her meet and talk to her replacement car

A new girl, in a new color

Black is a color I have never owned

She is a 2012 with 286 miles on her

She had to come to me from Texarkana, TX

A fancy new dash design, a working stereo,

Jacks for my Ipod..

Cruise control for the first time in my life

She has all the new upgrades

And yes she is a hatch back too

Only this time a 4 door hatch back

She is a bit longer in length

But I bet I am going to love the back doors

My grandkids and friends can ride in this one

She will be my new addition

And her first mar come before she

Even left the lot, from me this time

Hehehe!

I am ready for a road trip with her

See how she rides, see how much she can

HAUL!

She is my new little truck

I will miss

My 2000 Hyundai Accent

But look forward to

My 2012 Hyundai Accent

Lots!!

Please join in me in my farewell

To my very first NEW car

I acutally cried when I left her behind

Happy Travels My freinds

DeeDee

Stitchin Fingers Round Robin- Rengin #2

2011-08-04T01:00:00.000-05:00

I got Rengin's block all ready to mail off to Rachel

Here is the block before I started to work on it

I added a wee little dragon fly to the corner

Smelling the prettiest little rose from the garden

Then I added my most favorite border stitch

The cute little button flowers

And then added a trellis with beautiful

Hand made roses..and a fluttering buttery fly too

There you have it, my part complete

I think three more people

get to work on this before

It finds its way home

This is Rengins little book that travels with her block

Cat started a small photo of what she did

She is quite the artist

I tried to follow suit

I am not such an artist thou

Hehehe!

But you get the just of it

I loved this Idea Cat

You can find more pics of Rengins block

With Cat's work up close

On my July 30th post

Happy Stitichin my Friends

DeeDee

Front Porch Kit Challenge

2011-08-03T01:00:00.009-05:00

Over at my favorite place to craft

The Little Blue House

They offer a monthly kit

On thier other blog

Front Porch Kits

May's kit was named "Fresh From the Garden"

And Miss Tracy posted a challenge for us

To make something,

Anything with the garden glove included

Here is my entry

I made a wind chime

With thier logo on the shovel

I gifted it to the front porch of

The Little Blue House

It is hard to get a good picture of it

It is made from all reclaimed materials except

The glove that Miss Tracy gave me

Reclaimed wires, can lids, stuffing, beads

Chain and shower door glass, shovel, metal flowers

check out all the entries

HERE

and

HERE

I so love challenges

I cannot wait for the next one

Happy Crafting

DeeDee

July Art Group

2011-07-29T01:00:00.000-05:00

I attended the July Art Group at

The Little Blue House

We learnt to distress with paints, stencils and stamps

Here are some of my pages

I distress painted the back side of a

Snickers Ice Cream box

then stamped this lovely Dress form

I will add embellishments soon

Then on this Sample tile from Lowe's

I paint the back side of the tile with gold and black metalics

Then modge podged a black paisley napkin to it.

Will add some laces and gems to this later

On to my manilla envelope on the front side

I painted, distressed, layered and had tons of

Fun expermenting with things

Then I stamped the Fluer De Lis and Cherish on top

Of it all. I have a few small embellisments left for this side

but for now

I like it just fine

The backside of the manilla envelope

I did the same using different distress techniques

And some other fun stamps

A little hand work with my pen

and It is looking pretty good too

I messed a bit with this paint chip ..

Will soon be a fun

Pull out tag

Miss Tracy shared a product that is easy to come by

The packaging from something Prima!

We used different napkins modge podged onto it

On the front I used three different napkins

On the back side I used just one beautiful napkin

Next Month we will be swapping nakins

To build our stash you see!

Then on my own I did a few fun things also

I covered my rings with cute little fabrics covers

A bit of doodling here on my ticket to CATS!

To Zentangles on my Cherrioes Top

Then I Tangled the backside too

Then I had to add a piece of the now famous

Reclaimed Quilt I have been playing with

I made a cute pocket on my pink glittery page

I added a few gems to this page that will soon

Be a journaling page in my book

I hope you are enjoying the journey of my book..

Cannot wait till next months class

To see what Susan teachs us to do

Happy Garbage Collecting..... hehehe!

DeeDee

Stitchin Fingers Round Robin- Rengin

2011-07-28T01:00:00.000-05:00

I have recieved another block from my

Stitchin Fingers Group

This one belongs to Rengin (Turkey) and has been

Worked on by Cat (Canada) already.

I have a few ideas for it

But my eye hasn't seen a clear beauty for it just yet

Any Ideas for me?

Look at this lovely lace treatment

And these flowers over the ribbon so cute

I will show you what I come up with

For my part of Rengin's block soon

Happy Stitchin

DeeDee

Christmas in July

2011-07-26T01:00:00.000-05:00

I started this month with a Post for Christmas in July

So thought I should also end it with one

Out of all my paper mache's heads

I have one item complete.

My craft time has been slow, my back issues totally interfere

With this process... lol.. what can ya do right

Check this little Snowman out

He is mounted on a salt shaker

I used Spray adhesive to get the glittery texture on the bottle

It dries with a foggy apperance

Really pretty cool actually

His little hat is a wooden flower pot

Turned upside down

I made some Clay noses a few years back. I think

I have a few left.. time to make more

I have used all the noses and all the coal eyes

I need to get the rest of my paper mache' stuff done

This turned out so cute I am inspred to

Finish the others

Happy Christmas in July

Try out this new texture technique

It is really quite fun

DeeDee

A Birthday Card

2011-07-25T01:00:00.000-05:00

I made a zebra stripped set for my neice Hannah for her birthday...

you can see it HERE

Well I punched out all the swirled deals...

And so much paper gets wasted when you do this..

But some how...

I got a perfect set from one of the black papers...

Folded in half it makes a perfect card

Just Add Gems and all is well... hehehe!

I did some hand work to the inside of the card

I elevated the "H" for a bit of texture

This card perfectly matched the set I sent her

Sure hope she likes this for her

9th Birthday.

Happy Birthday Miss Hannah

Love Aunt DeeDee

Freeze Pop Covers

2011-07-24T01:00:00.000-05:00

I work for the railroad as a Train Dispatcher...

I work a yard that means

I also work with yardmasters..

My yard masters summer and winter constantly eat

Freeze Pops

So two of them I sent a fun little gift for them

Freeze Pop Wraps with thier names

On them or in this case nick name...

They loved them

So simple in design..

If I ate these I would so have to make me

A reclaimed quilted one...

So sorry about it.

(blushing)!

Staying cool in the Texas heat isn't easy at all

So maybe I need some

Freeze Pops of my own

Hope your enjoying your Summertime

DeeDee

COH DYOB #3 - Week 1

2011-07-22T01:00:00.007-05:00

I am in the swap for

Chain of Hearts

Yahoo group again this round

Our first stitch for us to do is the

Herringbone Ladder Stitch

I added it this way to act as

A garden path

Thru my soon to be

Flower Garden #2

This will match the girl one I did HERE

I plan on adding them to a canvas bag

I purchased some time back

Cannot wait to see

Them both done.

I am a bit behind on my 2

(blushing)!!

Happy Stitchin

DeeDee

A Different Quilt- Reclaimed

2011-07-20T01:00:00.008-05:00

Ok this project is from one of the other quilts

Nelda gave to me.

Not so Shabby Chic.

More picnic like I think...

With that theme in mind

I made a

Silverware Pouch

For my lunch bag

Cute and simple

Holds all I need for lunchs at work

I have other things in here too

Small Scissors, etc

So simplistic, but so useful

I have been using it for over a month

And it works great, I get so many compliments on it

I have several ideas in mind for this quilt too

I just love them

So fun to work with

Happy Stitchin

DeeDee

Another Reclaimed Quilted Project

2011-07-18T01:00:00.014-05:00

I am here again with another project made from my reclaimed quilt

I hope you don't get sick of these becasue

I have a few more on the table to do with this...

Hope you can use it as your inspiration to

Recycle, Reclaim and Repurpose

Those things that can have a new life...

This was a special quilt given to me by my friend Nelda

She made a pillow from it and lost inspiration

As to what else she could use it for

I have been sending her updates.

I doubt I will get any more from her now

Hehehe!

Here we go ..this time I made a

Quilted Cell Phone Case

For my very own phone.

I can never find pretty ones that

I like

Or that fit my phone

So I designed this one

after one that

Janelle Wind

has in her

Pieces of Me book

The front little pocket holds my headset

So I always have it with me

I love it.. and will use it lots too!

Practical reclaimed

Cell Phone Case

Keeps my phone scratch free

And if I drop it

It is padded

Stay tuned for my other projects made

From the reclaimed quilts given to me

They have totally inspired me

To create!!

Happy Stitichin

DeeDee

Stitchin Fingers Round Robin- Cat

2011-07-17T01:00:00.000-05:00

My friend

Deb at Mosaic Magpie

Has me in all kinds of fun swaps and round robins with her....

She is surely helping me to enhance my stitching abilities.

We both Joined the Stitchin Fingers group...

(find thier link on my side bar)

Well we are in a Spring Garden Round Robin Swap

I recieved my first block from

Cat Candow in Canada

Love the greens for the base as we are to

Stitch flowers and bugs and all kinds

of Spring garden stuff

We also send a book along with it

To journal its journey

Look close at it
Someone has already drawn a small flower on it
Wasn't me...hehehe!
I noticed it after I took the picture

I did my first Spider web stitchin on her block

Down in the far left corner

Fun part is I stitched a snap to the spider

So he is removable for washing..

Hope they like my idea as I did

Other wise I will be making a spider to attach.

(blushing)

Then I stitched a small Rose Garden

On a fancy little fence

With a rick rack dirt base to boot

Wish I could get a better pic of this.

And here you have it

My little corner all finished up

And ready to ship on to the next person

So now I await my next block to work on

Um! what shall I do to that one

I will have to see it to tell

Happy Sitichin Y'all

Come join us Stitichin Fingers

DeeDee

Where Bloggers Create 2011

2011-07-14T01:00:00.009-05:00

I took the plunge and signed on to have my room on

Where Bloggers Create 2011

Thanks for hosting such a fun event Karen

My Desert Cottage

My room isn't going to compare with most you will see,

But I wanted to share the link so you can take

The tour of rooms, spaces and places
including mine

Turn on the lights and come on in

Here is where I sit and talk to you all

My organized mess

I have been working on my organiztion

And started to finally decorate my studio

I am a such a multi-crafter I need many different kinds

Of organization for several different supplies

I got this fun storage idea at my favorite local craft hang out

The Little Blue

I love the chalkboard papers for this

I can change the lables in a flash

This is my craft area.. sewing, scrabooking, Solder, paper mache'

You name it, this is the spot I create it

Some of my fun accessories

And my beautiful pin cushion I won awhile back

I am so happy to be to the decorating stage

In my Studio

My Storage wall, and yes I do know where everything

Is up there.. although all needs to be labeled still

And a bit or splash decorating here

I loved this idea when I seen it

This holds my small bits and pieces

Of laces and trims

Thay cannot be wrapped on the cards

Made with a pants hanger and a new grill rack

And some small clips with hooks

Purchased at JoAnn's

My family joins me where ever I am

I have pictures all thru my house

Of my family

More fun stuff to decorate

Even the store bought lamp gets a splash of fun

And I love to recycle things into other needs

Such as my glue bottle holder

Keeps my glue ready to use always

And my personal work space

I always have atleast one project on the table

Usually I have a few going on at a time

My other storage wall.. this soon will be painted all black

With modge podged drawers and such..

Come on fall so I can paint some

Wait till next year to see my transfomation

My new invention
A broken computer chair and a broken kitchen chair
Matched up to make a great Studio chair.
Nice and cushy with suspension
Love it!

All my chairs are done in this manner now
Some major dumpster diving went into
This project...lol.. if people only
Knew thier trash is truely no
My treasure.

My Olive jars renewed as nice lovely storage ideas

I love the look and cannot wait for my

Whole studio to refect this style

On to my organizing that has been going on

Over the last year

My laces and trims

315 Spools of ribbon

My greatest transformation of all my

Organizing

Fit into 3 picture boxes like this

I was so shocked

So pretty and easy to use

Larger lace storage easy to see and use

I went from this

To this nicely organized and easy to use system

Foam core boards purchased at the dollar store

Cut to size... perfect!

Now I leave you to look thru my blog

And all my fun creativness!

You will see a multitude of different

Crafts and Creations.

Happy Crafting to you all

Please check out all the lovely

Places where bloggers create

Here at Where Bloggers Create 2011

I hope this finds you in your studio, craft room or creative space

And inspires you to make this day

A special day..

Thanks for the visit

The door is always open

So please visit me again

DeeDee

A Quilt Reclaimed

2011-07-12T01:00:00.000-05:00

I had a quilt given to me by a fellow crafter friend.. Nelda

I have been making a few projects here and there from it..

awhile back I did

This Apron and Flower Pin

Using the quilt

then I also did

these adorable needle keeps

And now I have done a challenge for

Create with Me over at UCREATE...

I so love my little pillow pincushion..

I thought a bit outside the box ...

the directions said we could

Here is the link so you can compare

Mine with the examples

how do you think I did?

She denied my entry

Said it wasn't in guidelines.

I seen pillow, she seen Throw pillow

I didn't need a throw pillow

So I made a small Pillow/ pin cushion

Mine turned out so cute using thier directions

Regaurdless... I love my little pin cushion

and will try again on a project soon

I get denied 4 out of 5 entires

But still keep trying

You can try too...

Happy Crafting

DeeDee

Stitchin Fingers Round Robin - Mine

2011-07-11T01:00:00.006-05:00

Here I am with my Block for the group called Stitchin Fingers

You can find thier link on my side bar

If you wanna do any kind of fabric stitichin and such

Check out this group of ladies

My friend

Deb at Mosaic Magpie

Got me in on one of the swaps there

The Spring Garden Round Robin

I stitched my base in some fun pastels,

Polka dots, hearts and flowers

I made my little book to travel with it

Using PcCrafter

Some fun time Bunnies

My Note to them all

My Book back side

And my Matching Block

Totally out of my color Zone

But I love it

And cannot wait to see it

All stitched up

I now await my first block

Coming to me from Canada

And Cat Candow

what shall I do on it?

UMMMMM!

I have to see it to see

Hopefully the strike

With thier postal system will

Be over soon

Happy Stitchin

DeeDee

Calling all Blogerette Sisters

2011-07-10T01:00:00.005-05:00

Won't you join us?

Head over to our blog

Bloggerette Sorority

And sign up for the subscription

To get updated posts to your email...

You will no longer miss out on the fun

If you not a active blogger

Thanks so much for adding this for us Debi

Please if you are a blogerette sister

Post this to your blog so we

Can all enjoy this feature

And all join in on the fun

Happy bloggin

DeeDee

Bloggerette Match Book Swap #2

2011-07-09T01:00:00.001-05:00

Well I couldn't go on with out showing you
my box I sent to

Sue at My Little World by SuzeeeZ

I hope she likes it..

I wasn't sure what all to put in it

Or how to decorate it.

But here we go

She said she liked old things

So I went along those lines

And distressed everything

I put several small treasures inside

I made a small card from a picture of a pattern front I had

I loved this and will be making more

I have made a new freind in Sue

I hope to stay in touch and maybe

Swap again so I can spoil her more than

She did me next time..

Happy Swapping

Please go over and be a Blogerette Sister with us

We do funthings from time to time

and always meet fun freinds too

DeeDee

Blogerette Match Box Swap #1

2011-07-07T00:00:00.001-05:00

I joined in with my fellow Blogerette's for a fun Match Box Swap...

At Life in my Studio

I got to make a new freind

Sue at My Little World by SuzeeeZ

She sent me way more goodies than I deserved....

but oh my how it made me feel so loved.

Check it out.

Lots of pics so bare with it....

Even the box it come in was cute

I love this little Piggy

This brooch held a piece of fluer de lis

Stamped fabric

Just my style already uh.

Then this lovely lace trimed box

All full of goodies

Look at this

All the trinkets and gems

My eyes tranverse the box

In great awe!

With all the extra stash too

I feel bad I didn't spoil her as much

As she spoiled me

Look at all this fun stuff I get to play with

Wait! theres even more

And More

Look at this button Card...I so love it

And all these buttons

I have my eye on that pink one

And so many of the others already

I think this is my most favorite from the box

Only becasue I love it!

And I have never seen anything done like this before

I will be using this idea totally

You can count on it.

A small eye glass with a cute graphics on it

Friends please now save me your old glasses!!!

Then this brooch...is already on my manniquen

In my Bedroom

Her scarf needed this

Love It!

And look at this fun way to share ribbons and trims

Love It!

Just Darling isn't it

I now have some cute little tuck in's for all my swaps

to send just a small note along with

And an ASSORTMENT, yes I said

Not one But several

Assortment of playing cards

Look at all the fun backs

I have never seen so many

UGH! I am as exahusted as I was when I opened this

There is just so much

The never ending gift my new friend

Bestowed upon me

My mind is a whirl with the fun things

I can create with all these little lovelies

I thank you so much

Sue you sweetheart

You have made my faith in swapping redeemed again

Please come back for a visit on my next post to see what I sent to Sue

(sad I din't spoil her more)

But I so love my box for her too..

Happy Swapping my Friends

DeeDee

LBH Art Group Garbage Disposal book

2011-07-06T01:00:00.027-05:00

I did a little work on my own before class this month...

I decided to make two books

one about me and one for my Railroad career stuff

Check out my new cover...

I just love it for the book about me

And some glittery pages

Pretty papers and maps in pretty colors

Old post cards, and fun parts from funtimes

My favorite Cereal...

Old postcards from special friends

A Card I won at the

The Little Blue House

I love it for this book

So here are the two books I will be working on

Cannot wait for this months class

To get started decorating them.

For you that are playing along with me

Here is the supply list link for July

I cannot wait to see your book grow also

Stay tuned...

DeeDee

Crazy Sew a Bit Pin Cushion

2011-07-04T01:00:00.014-05:00

I have a sad face because this is my last one to work with...

it belongs to

Sandi from A little bit of this and that

In a Round Robin Swap at

BubzRugz

I am not sure what I want to add.

SO!!!!

I am asking you all

Help me out ...give me some input

What fun things should I add to this fun

little pin cushion

Here is what I have to work with

As you can see the whole right side is

Mine to play with almost

Come on take the challenge

and help me out...

What shall I add

Thanks for your assistance

Happy 4th of July Everyone!!!!!

DeeDee

Christmas in July

2011-07-02T01:00:00.000-05:00

Well not really...

It was Christmas at Christmas time...

I am just now posting it...

I have fallen behind on my posts some..

But still wanted to share with you so

Held this one for Christmas in July ....

Pretty smart uh..

I taught my freinds a new texture

and we made light bulb snow men

the examples

Body Parts Done

Tried some fun textures

Glitter and more glitter

Some funny Noses

and more noses

The noses were a big hit..hehehe!

Check out hte fun snow men

Here is my original snowman

I just love him lots

Gave as a gift to my

friend Danna

Here is the secret to the fun snowman texture you will need

1 can white spray paint

Small amount of sugar

You also will need to be in a place you can spray paint

And have a tub to sprinkle sugar

You see you spray paint the bulb, while still wet,

drizzle the sugar

all over the surface

Let dry then totally coat with spray paint again

Let dry..

and you have this wonderful snow effect.

The sugar is sealed in so no rodents will come for it

Can be used on all kinds of surfaces too

Try it out for yourself and see

Then come back and share it with me

Happy Christmas in July

DeeDee

Blessed with Beauty

2011-07-01T01:00:00.002-05:00

My eyes are so blessed with the beauty of some

special small flowers...

given to me for

Mother's Day

When my daughter was 5 years old....

She is gonna be 28 years old this year.

Every year it brings me blooms between

Mothers day and Fathers day.

I am late posting this.. as you can tell

but it is still blooming.

My 23 year old African Violet

It has some freinds added thru the years

But the original

Still remains in a pot of its own

With these small lovely blooms.

She lives in my bathroom and loves the atmosphere

In there and prospers

I have a Mothers day gift that

Keeps on giving

Thanks to my Girl

As you can tell I hold things close to my heart

This little plant has traveled everywhere I have lived

In the last 23 years

Over several states, in many different homes

She still survives, in my poor times

In my rich times, I still have her

A gift from my little girls heart

I am blessed with beauty indeed

DeeDee

Hot Pink and Zebra Strips

2011-06-30T01:00:00.006-05:00

Thats the new colors of my neice Hannah's room..

I love this combination and it was so fun to work with...

Her birthday is coming up so I rambled thru my stash

and found some things to make for her...

check it out

I made her a awesome jewelry box

Every little girl loves Jewelry ?

Matched all the way around

Inside and out

This little clip board will also have a mirror clipped on it

And a huge clothes pin to hold a special picture

This is what I will wrap it all in

I was so happy to find this box

I have to mail all of this to her

Stay tuned for the cute card I also made her

It is crazy to me how it worked out

Happy Birthday Miss Hannah

Aunt DeeDee

Linked to

Breast Cancer

2011-06-28T10:53:00.001-05:00

I have a freind who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer...

As have many of my freinds.

Scares me a bit every year when I go for my own mammogram...

I go because I do believe early detection is the key to survival.

I highly encourage all my friends, including you all

To go have have your yearly scan..

I wanted to make her a quillo but our other friend did that...

Then my friend Sandy come over with this

little locket charm and here is what we created with it..

I made her this cute card with

Suzie Toronto graphics

at PcCrafter

Then Sandy beaded these little charms

and the locket

Inside the lock we rolled up a small message

Just for our friend

Signed DeeDee, Gayle and Sandy

I also made her a gift I have given many

Of my friends

Who fall ill.. a place to release it

A Journal

With a special book marker

And a pen to write her thoughts

I would love to show the front of this

But I made it personally for her and

She didn't want me to post her picture

She is a beautiful Lady

Inside and Out

But I respect her wishes.

Please say a prayer for my friend

And all the people of the world

Dealing will illness

And please for me

Schedule your yearly

Mammogram

I had mine , will you have yours

Notice the link on my side bar

The pink one with a ribbon

On it>>>

Click it to help fund Breast Cancer Research

Thanks

DeeDee

COH DYOB #3

2011-06-21T01:00:00.000-05:00

I joined in with the Yahoo! group

Chain of Hearts

to make another Crazy Quilt block...

I wanted this to match my last one so

I can apply them to a muslin bag

One block to swap

One block for me

I tried hard to make them match...

They are similar

So will be easier to stitch

I am ready for our first assigned stitch

Stay with me and

Watch as this progresses

Happy Stitchin

DeeDee