tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36603225929192793402024-03-18T13:51:13.578-07:00Craftily Ever AfterJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10837233289810338872noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660322592919279340.post-88564771267344832182012-03-21T12:38:00.047-07:002012-03-28T23:33:25.675-07:00Free Spring (Easter!) Printable<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am woefully behind in changing out my holiday decor but having two kids is getting the best of me. Seriously. Things like decorating are a far way down the daily to-do list. It was snowing again this morning (what the???) so I decided it was VERY important to improve my mood with a little spring-y cheeriness. You know, to <em>pretend</em> like it's spring-time outside. I browsed online a bit, having an idea of the look that I wanted (silhouette, bunny, burlap) but not finding it. So I made one myself!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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A nice little spring vignette brightened my mood considerably! You are welcome to it too! You can download it<span style="color: cyan;"> </span><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/86243446/Burlap-Bunny-2" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">HERE</span></a>. :)<br />
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Then I designed the card in Photoshop and had it printed through Costco. <br />
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What do you guys do for Christmas cards?Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10837233289810338872noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660322592919279340.post-18476290156307675742011-12-22T21:13:00.000-08:002011-12-22T21:13:09.023-08:00NOEL<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">You may remember my Pottery-Barn inspired NOEL wall art from last Christmas:</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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(Tutorial <a href="http://craftily-ever-after.blogspot.com/2010/12/pottery-barn-inspired-noel-wall-art.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">HERE</span></a>.)<br />
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This year it got refashioned into a photography prop!<br />
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Photoshop can provide a Christmas miracle! :)<br />
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Our living room AFTER!<br />
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I can assure you he was only there in spirit (and that Annalise might be a bit young to appreciate his visit anyway!) but she will never be the wiser!! What a fun stocking stuffer, or framer to put on the mantle for Christmas morning! :)<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Want Santa to pay a visit to your house too? Click <span style="color: #990000;"><a href="http://craftily-ever-after.blogspot.com/p/featured.html">HERE</a></span>!</span>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10837233289810338872noreply@blogger.com71tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660322592919279340.post-51769218607109241062011-08-29T20:25:00.001-07:002012-03-30T17:25:53.789-07:00Annalise's Rainbow Birthday PartyMy sweetest little munchkin turned 2 and we celebrated by having a rainbow-themed 2nd birthday party! We had about 50 guests so our little home was full and happy. :)<br />
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I made rainbow invitations,<br />
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and she wore her first nail polish! (With which she is now obsessed.)<br />
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The front door had a rainbow welcome wreath (I adapted <a href="http://www.dana-made-it.com/2008/07/tutorial-acorn-wreath.html"><span style="color: #990000;">MADE's acorn wreath</span></a> with kidney beans because that's what they had at the dollar store!)<br />
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There was another rainbow welcome sign to greet the guests as they came in.<br />
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Rainbow letters spelled out 'TWO' to go in the frames I like to switch out for holidays and special occasions. <br />
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There were rainbow paper pom poms for the ceiling and the cat helped a lot with that part. He laid on the tissue paper I was trying to use.<br />
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which also sported a cardstock pennant banner with Annalise's name on it.<br />
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The rainbow pinwheels came in two packs from the dollar store, and poked out of thrifted milk-glass bud vases.<br />
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The treat table had lots of yummy rainbowy goodness.<br />
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There were Rainbow Twizzlers,<br />
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rainbow Otter Pops,<br />
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and a fruits-and-veggies dollar-store tray with that had six compartments which would have been perfect if I'd added the pineapple and blueberries like I'd planned. :)<br />
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The party favors were giant rainbow lollipops from the dollar store that got decorated with a customized rainbowy message I printed on sticker paper. <br />
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Chips and beverages were served in rainbow platters and pitchers we happened to get for our wedding,<br />
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and you had your choice of plenty of colors of plates and utensils!<br />
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I decorated plain cups with personalized stickers,<br />
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and for those just wanting water, there were customized water bottles! (Water-bottle label tutorial <a href="http://craftily-ever-after.blogspot.com/2011/08/customized-water-bottle-labels.html">HERE</a>)<br />
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I'm a sucker for details- the bottles sported personalized nutrition facts with her name, age, and birthdate too. :)<br />
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Dave barbecued hot dogs and hamburgers and there were other goodies too. (Including rainbow goldfishfish crackers- which actually only come in three colors.)<br />
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And the yummiest part- the cupcakes! <br />
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They were piled up with fluffy white (cloud-like!) frosting and sprinkled with rainbow sprinkles.<br />
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The handmade cupcake toppers on lollipop sticks matched the theme.<br />
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The cake itself was Pillsbury's Rainbow Funfetti.<br />
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Annalise danced and conducted the music as her guests sang to her,<br />
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but was strangely wary of her rainbow candles. She let Daddy do the honors of blowing them out.<br />
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Thanks to all her friends and family, Annalise had a blast at her rainbow party!<br />
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And it ended the way any good party should. :)<br />
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(Please note she cuddled off to sleep with daddy's iPhone like a teddy bear.) :)<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Linking to </span><a href="http://www.tatertotsandjello.com/"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">www.tatertotsandjello.com</span></a>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10837233289810338872noreply@blogger.com99tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660322592919279340.post-47554592660395210482011-08-17T18:12:00.000-07:002011-08-17T18:30:28.614-07:00Customized Water Bottle Labels<div style="text-align: center;">Annalise turned two yesterday! The theme of her birthday party was <span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;">R</span><span style="color: orange;">A</span><span style="color: yellow;">I</span><span style="color: lime;">N</span><span style="color: cyan;">B</span><span style="color: blue;">O</span><span style="color: purple;">W</span><span style="color: magenta;">S</span>!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">One of my favorite things to do for parties is customized water bottle labels. You can buy vinyl waterproof labels to print on that are over a buck apiece, or you can make them for <em><span style="color: #cc0000;">free</span></em> if you have clear packing tape and some paper! I think they add such a cute touch. I designed mine in Photoshop and printed them out, but you could use scrapbook paper and stamps or stickers, or a simpler program like Word too. This time I used Aquafina bottles, but usually I go with the Kirkland brand of water bottles from Costco. Any brand would work and the labels are generally about 8 inches long. I printed out my labels on plain printer paper and sliced them apart.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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In my opinion, the key to making the labels look good on the bottle is having them appear shiny and vinyl-like, the way the real ones are. To achieve that effect, I use a technique I learned years ago- clear packing tape! It is 2 inches thick, so I made my labels a bit thinner than two inches, so the tape can extend beyond them all the way around. I laid out the tape and put each label face-down on top of it.<br />
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Accidental ripples or bubbles can be easily smoothed out with your fingers. You can see that the label is a little less wide than the tape, which allows it to stick to the bottle all the way around.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">More Rainbow Party details to come! :)</div>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10837233289810338872noreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660322592919279340.post-40628742158336221932011-07-27T00:03:00.000-07:002011-07-27T10:16:56.105-07:00Diaper CakeDave's mom called me up a few weeks ago and asked me if I knew of a good idea for a centerpiece for a baby shower she was throwing.<br />
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"DIAPER CAKE!" I shouted into the phone. Because I <em>love</em> them. About two years ago, I threw my friend a baby shower and made my first diaper cake then. The picture I have of it isn't that great.<br />
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(To see the details of the rest of the shower, look <a href="http://theworldaccordingtopixie.blogspot.com/2009/05/nicoles-baby-shower.html"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><strong>HERE</strong></span></a> on our family blog.)<br />
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I've improved my technique a bit since then and Dave's mom Becky and I had fun putting it together on her dining room table. While we worked, Grandpa taught Annalise how to garden.<br />
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(In the end he said she did very well, except that she didn't quite understand the concept of leaving the flowers IN the ground after they were planted there, and also apparently thought it might be helpful to stomp on them after the planting was through to make sure they were really securely nailed down.)<br />
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Inside the house, Becky had assembled the list of dollar-store goods I'd suggested. The shower was for boy/girl twins (like Dave and his sis!) so the colors were pink and blue.<br />
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We used an entire jumbo box of Costco's smallest-sized diapers- all 216 of them. We started rolling,<br />
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and put a tiny rubber band around each to hold them together. It didn't matter that all they had were black rubber bands (or that the diapers weren't the right colors) because they got covered up later.<br />
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For the base, we tied six rolled diapers in a circle with curling ribbon. Then we added another layer of rolled diapers around that and tied it again. We did that a bunch of times until we had a huge circle.<br />
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We made the smaller layers the same way and plopped them on top.<br />
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We wrapped wide blue and pink sheer ribbon around the outside of the layers (NOT-sheer would have been better but the dollar store only has what it has!) and used the crinkly paper to look like frosting. Becky had only bought one bag of it though and it wasn't enough because we wound up making the cake so big, so we made do with putting plain white paper through the paper shredder and it worked great! We did that with some pink crepe paper too, arranged the baby blocks, and put some cute stuffed animals on top. Yay!<br />
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The little hugging bunny and monkey were so sweet. :)<br />
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I heard it was quite a hit! To transport it, they slid it onto some sturdy cardboard and carefully drove it away. :)Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10837233289810338872noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660322592919279340.post-53415091259576904182011-07-25T00:02:00.000-07:002011-07-26T08:53:42.739-07:00A Homemade Toddler GiftIn late May, I had not done or thought about any crafts in months. Dave's mom's birthday was approaching though and for the first time in what felt like forever, my nausea, fatigue, and general weariness and misery gave way to a tiny crumb of crafty interest. Annalise had never done a craft before but I thought perhaps it was worth attempting. I baked some sugar cookies and made some icing in colors that wouldn't look bad if combined and set up a little cookie station for her.<br />
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She had never used a paintbrush before and became very grumpy when I tried to guide her hand. So we stared at her would-be project for a few minutes and I thought perhaps she would reject the whole idea. But then she picked up a brush and started off tentatively.<br />
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After a tiny swipe she took a cookie break.<br />
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Newly replenished, she forged on with gusto.<br />
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And what is a birthday without a bouquet of flowers? My original idea was to trace Annalise's hands a bunch of times on a paper, have her color them, and then cut them out to make a bouquet of handprint flowers. Unfortunately she screeched and resisted so intensely upon the first tracing attempt that we settled for one handprint flower and several others that didn't require tracing or in any other way bothering her highly headstrong self.<br />
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I stabbed pipe cleaners through her flowers, tied them together and paired them with the cookies and her homemade card. Her first little art project was a success! Grandma loved it. :)<br />
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2. My husband turned off the computer in the middle of the "system" I had going for emailing people the Valentine Subway Art listing so I know a few people who posted about it still don't have it yet (but I don't know who)! Please email me at <a href="mailto:craftilyeverafter@gmail.com">craftilyeverafter@gmail.com</a> and I will send it to you.<br />
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3. A lot of people asked if they could still have the Subway Art even if they didn't have a blog and the answer is YES! It's available in my Etsy shop- just select the 'Personalized Subway Art' listing and tell me in the notes you would like the Valentine version. <br />
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4. I am pregnant! Which I write with an exclamation point to try to feel excited about it but really all I feel is ridiculously miserably incapacitatingly nauseous. Like <em>out-of-this-world</em> sick day and night and even in the middle of the night so I haven't been near the computer which is why my responses have been slow or non-existent. I'm sorry! Please bear with me and hopefully I will feel human again soon. My poor husband has been having to take off work to take care of Annalise while I spend my days writhing about on the couch and crying. Prayers/good-wishes/loads-of-pity gratefully accepted. :)Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10837233289810338872noreply@blogger.com64tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660322592919279340.post-46260710231719294322011-01-19T14:09:00.000-08:002011-01-20T08:25:10.383-08:00Free Valentine's Day Subway Art PrintableI have been sick sick sick but I managed to carve out some time from my busy schedule of moaning on the couch to design some printable Valentine Subway Art!<br />
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(Felt Rosette Decor Balls tutorial <a href="http://craftily-ever-after.blogspot.com/2011/01/felt-rosette-decor-balls.html"><span style="color: #990000;">HERE</span></a>)<br />
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This 8x10 printable is available in my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/CraftilyEvAfter">Etsy shop</a>, or if you would like to have it for <span style="color: #990000;">free </span>(!) please write a post about it on your blog, linking back here so that your friends can know about it too! In the comments, leave me your email address and the link to your blog post and I'll email you the image! <br />
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(You might notice that my version is personalized with 'Dave &Jessica' which will be substituted with 'red & white' for everyone else!)Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10837233289810338872noreply@blogger.com239tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660322592919279340.post-12965118815774750322011-01-16T18:03:00.000-08:002011-01-19T13:37:15.084-08:00Felt Rosette Decor BallsI love candlesticks, but I hate putting candles on them- too boring. So inspired by Eighteen25 who was inspired by The Idea Room who was inspired by Design Sponge who was inspired by a <a href="http://www.etsy.com/storque/how-to/how-tuesday-pillow-with-rosette-clusters-from-felt-furnishin-5095/"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">designer on Etsy</span></strong></a> (see how inspiration spreads?!), I decided to make some rosette decor balls to adorn the tops of my candlesticks for Valentine's Day!<br />
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I traced one of those kid's cups from Ikea (I LOVE those cups!) that is approximately three inches across onto the felt about thirty times per ball...<br />
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...and cut them out just inside the lines so the ink wouldn't show.<br />
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I folded the circles in half,<br />
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and in half again so they looked like triangles. <br />
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I stuck a pin through the tip of the triangle, making sure to pierce through all the layers.<br />
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Then I stabbed it into the ball!<br />
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I continued pinning the circles into each ball,<br />
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Tracing and cutting the circles was tedious, but pinning them- wow! <em>So much fun! </em>That part was strangely satisfying. :) I have absolutely no other Valentine decorations so I really have to get to work!<br />
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Which leads to a great giveaway for you so bear with me!<br />
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Now, who doesn't love makeup? I<em> luuuuuuhve</em> make-up but have always been just average when it comes to my application techniques. A couple of years ago, an old roommate of mine posted a link to her friend's make-up tips blog, <a href="http://classycosmetics.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #741b47;">Classy Cosmetics</span></a>. She really raved about it so I clicked on over. <em>AND FELL IN LOVE</em>. Jenni was adorable, stylish, perky, and a GENIUS when it came to make-up. And her blog had advice and tips and video tutorials for every kind of look you could ever imagine. It was like nothing I'd ever seen. Finally I was grasping why the professionals looked so much better than I did! You can spend all the money you want on product (and I had) but if you don't know how to put it on right, what's the point?<br />
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I was in heaven. I took studious notes in a tiny notebook. I wrote down all the brushes Jenni recommended and what they were used for. I made shopping lists for the best basic colors in eye shadows and lip liners. I watched the tutorials intently (a few every day) trying to sear the knowledge into my brain. Of course I called my friends and told them all about the fabulous new blog I'd found. They were all excited. A group of us decided to get together the following weekend to have a <a href="http://classycosmetics.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #741b47;">"Classy-Cosmetics"</span></a> party, where we would bring our make-up and watch the blog-tutorials and learn how to transform ourselves into make-up artists and beauty-queens.<br />
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You might imagine my shock when in church the next day, a new girl stood up to introduce herself. IT WAS JENNI FROM CLASSY COSMETICS. I'm not kidding. This story is true and it was astounding. (And she came to our party and not only did we get to see the tutorials IN REAL LIFE but she gave us all makeovers!!!) Jenni and I became good friends and this is where it gets good for you. In addition to your good luck that I am pointing you in the direction of <a href="http://classycosmetics.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #741b47;">this blog</span></a>, Jenni is also offering Craftily Ever After followers a free ULTA-brand 108-piece makeup set! Sold individually the contents of this kit are valued at $200! <br />
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There are GrEaT colors in it and all are highly pigmented. All you have to do is be a public follower of Craftily Ever After (click the 'Follow' button in the upper right sidebar if you aren't already) and leave a comment telling me you are. For another entry, visit <a href="http://classycosmetics.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #741b47;">Classy Cosmetics</span></a>, become a follower over there, and leave me another comment telling me you did. This collection includes:<br />
60 eye shadows <br />
24 baked eye shadows*<br />
8 eye liner pencils<br />
6 cosmetics brushes<br />
5 cream eye liners<br />
4 liquid eyeliners<br />
Mirror and Makeup artist travel case<br />
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*Baked shadows are pressed and are literally baked. It can go on both wet and dry and is more dramatic wet. It usually has more than one color swirled into one and you can create lots of different effects.<br />
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This giveaway will be open for a week, at which time I will pick a winner via random.org! A note from Jenni: Good luck and remember makeup is supposed to be fun, inspiring, creative and <em>you</em>! It doesn't come overnight so practice and enjoy the journey!!!<br />
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*** For something really hilarious, go to<a href="http://classycosmetics.blogspot.com/2008/11/hair-removal.html"> <strong><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">this post</span></strong></a> on Jenni's blog and see a little hair-removal video tutorial I did for her blog 2 years ago! Very embarrassing and yet... the product is rad. :) ****Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10837233289810338872noreply@blogger.com352tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660322592919279340.post-67475164320054848882011-01-05T23:51:00.000-08:002011-01-07T23:30:01.915-08:00Mod-Podged Baby Plaque<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">My good friend is in the hospital TONIGHT having her sweet baby girl (!!!) and I recently had the pleasure of window-shopping through expensive baby stores with her where I got to see what she liked. Turns out she loves plaques and wooden signs that say 'Always Kiss Me Goodnight'. This was her favorite version:</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The problem though, was that it was pink and brown and vintage-y, and her nursery is red and sky-blue and modern. Also you might notice the $48.00 price tag stuck to it (also a problem). I was secretly giddy with excitement because I knew I could come up with something perfect for her!!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">This is my version!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">I started with an 11x11 plaque from Michaels, regularly $8.99, but $4.49 with my coupon. (A certain grabby gal wanted to hold it once I laid it down to take a picture of it.)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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trimmed off the photo's excess,<br />
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and Mod Podged it on!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I wouldn't have thought I'd like red and sky-blue so much for a girl but I think it turned out lovely! If you would like to make one for yourself, feel free to download the image! (And if you'd like it in a different color or with a different quote, feel free to check out my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/CraftilyEvAfter"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">Etsy site</span></a><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">!)</span> :)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10837233289810338872noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660322592919279340.post-82122407118112241772010-12-30T22:38:00.000-08:002010-12-30T22:38:27.502-08:002nd version of New Year's 'Keep Calm' printableHere is printable #2. I am going for a winter/icy color scheme. :) For printable #1 in the New Year's set, go <a href="http://craftily-ever-after.blogspot.com/2010/12/free-new-years-keep-calm-printable.html">HERE</a>.<br />
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</div>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10837233289810338872noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660322592919279340.post-6631117641402595212010-12-29T19:10:00.000-08:002010-12-30T22:39:31.489-08:00Free New Year's 'Keep Calm' PrintableI'm getting ready to take down my Christmas versions of the 'Keep Calm' prints *sniff sniff* and so some New Year's ones are in order! Here is the first of the three! :)<br />
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Feel free to download it for yourself as well! It's an 8x10 image and if you click on it twice you'll get it at full-resolution. Then right-click and save and it's yours! It will be available for free for a week, and then afterwards for purchase in <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/CraftilyEvAfter"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">my etsy shop</span></a>! Click on over there if you're interested in personalized versions of the 'Keep Calm' signs as well! :)<br />
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</div>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10837233289810338872noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660322592919279340.post-548600261430465042010-12-28T00:42:00.000-08:002010-12-28T00:42:25.347-08:00Side-Table Building Tutorial by Not JUST a HousewifePlease welcome a guest-poster for today... STACY!<br />
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Hi! I am Stacy from <a href="http://www.happyhappyhousewife.blogspot.com/">Not JUST A Housewife</a> and I am so happy to be here guest-posting on Craftily Ever After :) One of the things I love to do is build furniture. Today I am going to show you how to build a simple side table.<br />
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I bought a board that measured 18" by 36". I measured and then drew a line down the middle so I would have 2 table tops measuring 18" by 18". You obviously only need one, but I was planning on making a bunch for my esty store. I used a jig saw to cut the wood.<br />
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Then I used 1"x4" boards for the front. I wanted there to be a 1 inch lip or overhang so I measured and cut 2 boards 16 inches long. That is one inch taken off for each side.<br />
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Then, since 2 of the boards will go inside the other two boards to form a box, you need to subtract the width of 2 boards together. In this case, 1 1/2 inches. So the second 2 boards I cut were 14 1/2 inches.<br />
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Do you see how 2 of the 1x4s fit inside the other 2? That is why 2 needed to be shorter.<br />
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Add a little wood glue and then use a brad nail gun.<br />
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The next step is to determine how high you want your table. I wanted mine 2 feet tall. I cut some 2"x2"s for the legs. Add some wood glue and then nail them into the corners of your box. It is very important to make sure it is flat before nailing on the legs. If the legs are not flush with the top of the box then your table top will not lay flat on your base.<br />
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Your base is almost done :) You just need to add some 1"x1" to help hold the top on. Measure in between the legs and then cut your 1x1 that size.<br />
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Add some glue and nails. Do this all the way around the base - all four sides.<br />
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Then add glue to the top of the base, flip it over onto the table top, and nail through the 1x1. This will attach the top to the base.<br />
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You will need to fill the nail holes with putty. Pick one that is sandable so you can sand it smooth when it dries. I HIGHLY recommend Elmers stainable, paintable and sandable wood putty. Not only do I sand where I added putty, but I sand the whole thing. Especially the edges and corners. I try to round them a little. Use a fine grit sand paper or you will end up with lines (scratch marks) in your wood.<br />
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I painted mine and then (this is optional) sanded it to give it that shabby chic look. I love that! You can see it a little in the close-up shots. It looks better in person, but you get the idea :)<br />
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You could use it as a bedside table, in a kid's room, next to a sofa, as a plant stand, or pretty much anywhere! Thank you Jessica for letting me share this today! Come visit me at <a href="http://www.happyhappyhousewife.blogspot.com/">my blog</a> anytime for more ideas.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am VERY impressed at this furniture-making business! Cutting wood, nail guns, putty- all of that is out of my comfort zone but this tutorial makes me think maybe I should try it! I could use some extra cute (and cheap!) tables around my house! (And don't you love the color she painted hers?!) Thanks for the tutorial Stacy! :)</div>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10837233289810338872noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660322592919279340.post-2043191440131089842010-12-25T08:24:00.000-08:002010-12-25T08:24:25.246-08:00Merry Christmas!I hope everyone is enjoying this wonderful day with family and friends! From our home to yours, Merry Christmas!<br />
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I love the idea of making wall-art from your Christmas cards. Since all of mine were sitting in a stack not being admired, I decided to try my hand at displaying them. I saw this picture from Pottery Barn a while back and liked it.<br />
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I started with some old unwanted art of my husband's. The frame was ugly and the picture inside didn't lay flat. (I can not do one thing without Annalise hovering over me- she is quite the busybody. Hence, she is in my picture, in pajamas, one church shoe, and blowing a snot bubble.) <br />
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Soon enough, it looked great though!<br />
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and hot-glued dollar-store twine across the back of it. I swiped some dollar-store poinsettias and a little dollar-store bird off my Christmas tree and attached them with pop-dots to the frame to make it look Christmas-y.<br />
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As I was looking for my box of clothes-pins to spray paint silver and hang the pictures with, I ran across my box of silver clips I use to make Annalise's hair bows. Even better! So I used those instead. This project cost me a grand total of NOTHING! I had it all around the house. :)<br />
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My partner had been given a gift of a nativity made from simple clay pots and wooden beads so we used that for an inspiration. We went from this...<br />
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...to this!<br />
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First we painted the heads and pots,<br />
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and then painted (and re-painted) on the little faces and hot-glued the heads on the Mary and Joseph bodies. I used the wrong end of my paintbrush to dot the eyes on. I had to re-do it a few times until I was satisfied. This picture shows one of the very UN-satisfying versions.<br />
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I hot-glued scraps of burlap to their heads,<br />
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and now possess my very-first Nativity! <br />
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Isn't the little Jesus-bead so cute?!? He's plopped in his manger atop some of that crinkly paper from the dollar store.<br />
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So cheap and easy! (I think I say that at the end of every post!) :)<br />
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I plopped one on the tree and paired the other with a piece of scrapbook paper and a frame. Who doesn't have that around the house?? And I got some cute little $0.50 ornament art!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I put the paper inside the frame, but attached the reindeer to the outside of the glass with two tiny dots of hot glue. When the season is over I'll be able to easily pluck him off the glass and re-use the frame. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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For our wedding, Dave and I received a beautiful gift from his sister of our last name spelled out with photography. It was the first time I'd seen this kind of artwork and I was immediately a huge fan. Since then I have put my own "alphabet" together and I decided our home needed some holiday cheer, spelled out!<br />
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If you would like some JOY in your home, feel free to download my letters! And if you are interested in personalized words or more letters, visit my <strong><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/CraftilyEvAfter">etsy shop</a></span></strong>!<br />
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I knew I would have to make some. So I did. <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I made them before Thanksgiving and since then have seen a few tutorials for making pine tree topiaries that are much more complicated. Mine are disposable but super-easy and practically free! In Oregon there are ten million pine trees per neighborhood block (approximately) and therefore I certainly couldn't see actually buying pine (or fake-pine) from a store. Besides, haven't you noticed how the tips of pine tree branches are shaped just like the tops? There's a mini-tree waiting to be cut from the edge of every branch! </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Step one: snip off some tree-branch tips. Step two: Make sure to keep them high above the realm of grabby reach-y chubby one-year-old hands. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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I bought tiny terra cotta pots for less than a dollar, and to keep them natural-looking but a bit more interesting I lightly dusted them with white spray paint. If you hold the paint nozzle down gently, slightly bigger blobs of paint come out than the regular fine mist.<br />
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I hot-glued some dollar-store twine just under the lip and affixed a twine bow. Then I stuffed some floral foam inside (Four chunks for a dollar from The Dollar Tree). <br />
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I stripped off the shoots and needles from the bottom part of the branch,<br />
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and stuffed it in the foam!<br />
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With a little dollar-store Spanish moss to hide the foam, it was complete. So cheap. So easy. Just the kind of project I like. :)<br />
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If you're anything like me, you have Pottery-Barn taste on a garage-sale budget. So when I saw this <em>fabulous</em> bit of word art a few weeks back, I immediately knew I would have to recreate it.<br />
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Here is Pottery Barn's version, for, like, a million dollars:<br />
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Here is my version, almost twice as big, and for less than $20!<br />
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First I gathered my letters. These ones are from Joann's. I got the huge paper mache ones they sell because I knew I was putting it in our living room with the vaulted ceiling. They're about two feet tall each.<br />
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Next is my favorite part- the spray paint. Pottery Barn's wall art has a hand-pounded bronze finish. To mimic that, I used Rust-oleum's Hammered Finish Bronze.<br />
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It gives it a cool metal-y looking sheen and texture. And the texture hides imperfections, like in the top of my 'N'. <br />
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All done! As soon as the paint dried I plopped it up on the shelf and the glue cured as it was displayed. Multi-tasking decoration!<br />
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