My Crafty Life

Guest Posters WantedUpdate

Posted on August 1, 2010, 5:00 pm, by admin and received Comments Off.

I am looking for a few guest posters to help write posts about scrapbooking, knitting and beading. These are areas I have limited knowledge in so I figured I’d open up spots for others to shine!

If you are picked to be a guest poster I will give you a contributor account so you can post (with restrictions of coarse).

You will receive loads of credit and I will post a link to your site if you have one.

If you are interested please email me at admin @ craftylife.net (no spaces) or use my contact form above.

Thanks!

**Update** I also am expanding to artist of all kind…digital, paint,sculpting etc…..

Craft Updates Part 2….

Posted on July 31, 2010, 5:24 pm, by admin and received Comments Off.

My daughter is still playing with the Klutz Book and made a cool new design I wanted to share…..

She did a cute swirly thing!

Hope every one’s having a good weekend!

Tags: crafts, kids crafts, klutz books

Craft Updates

Posted on July 29, 2010, 9:06 pm, by admin and received 1 Comment ».

Camp Pillow!

Didn’t it come out Cute??????

BIGG surprise she picked the peace signs one! LOL

She drew a face on it!

To see what else we were up to check out my Crafty Kitchens Blog

Tags: camp, pillow, updates

Fabulous Friday (one day late..)Go Green-50% off labels at Amy Adele

Posted on July 24, 2010, 8:54 pm, by admin and received 1 Comment ».

One of my favorite sites is having some really cool sales and I thought I’d share. Yes I do advertise for them, but one of the main reasons I do is because I wanted to be able to talk about them legally. (That pretty much goes for most of the sites I advertise for.)

For a limited time only, get 50% off labels at AmyAdele.com. Hurry, offer ends August 3rd.

This is one of my favorites considering girls rule pretty much in my house!

So cute for your little girl to have her own calling card!

Get this cute, personalized FAIRY stationery for your little girl – or the little girl in you! As low as $0.72 each. Shop AmyAdele.com today!

Did I forget to mention that this store prints on recycled paper?? Soo cool.

Hope every one is having a great weekend.

Tags: amy adele, cool stores, fabulous friday, go green, great finds, stationary

Summer Craftiness….

Posted on July 21, 2010, 5:14 pm, by admin and received Comments Off.

Well, so far this summer I have gone to Wisconsin on vacation and did Girl Scout Camp for a week. Action packed, eh? I made it through both remarkably but when my kids wanted to go to Indiana to visit their cousins I didn’t have much left in me so they went with my mom and gram. So I used the opportunity to relax and do some crafting. I know, CraftyMomof3 actually crafting….shock!!! LOL it was to me because I haven’t been able to fit a lot of crafting in this summer. It was weird though because I have never in the 13 years I have been a mom been away from all of my kids this long, nor have I had this much time to my self! It was interesting, but I wish the weather had cooperated more. It was dang humid. Even though the temp was in the 80′s the humidity was in the 90%. Yucko.

Anyways….here’s what I have been up to in the last three days! I will post my daughter’s GS pillow as soon as she gets back from IN.

Ironing a cool decal on a shirt for my daughter.....

The finished product! She is sooo into peace signs right now!

My favorite mindless craft I do when I watch tv....

Coasters! They are so easy and therapeutic.

Hope every is having a good summer!

Tags: craftiness

Camp Bound! No Sew Pillow Tutorial.

Posted on July 11, 2010, 2:39 pm, by admin and received 4 Comments ».

This week my kids and I are Girl Scout camp bound! My son and I will be in charge of the boys camp some of the days, others I will be helping with the Juniors. A great craft the adults came up with this year for the over night is a no sew pillow craft to compliment the “Spa Night” for the Juniors, Cadets and Seniors. In order to fit all the girls and their pillows we decided on a 18×30 pillow.

I recently made a pillow for my 3 year old so she wouldn’t feel left out when her sister got her tent pillow. I started with 3 yards of fabric which I then cut in half. Then you need to mark and measure how long you want your ties. I went with 4 inches.

Measure and mark your ties....

Make sure you cut an even square off each end of the fabric so the ties will come out even and tie nicely.

Cut an even square corner.

Then cut your ties every two inches all the way around the fabric. You can do one inch but be careful when you are tying them because they will rip when you tug. I suggest using fiskar spring loaded scissors because the make the most even cut.

Spring Loaded Scissors.

Then tie the fabric carefully, making sure you match each tie. Double knot each piece. Leave a 5 inch section and stuff your pillow with fiber fill. Finish tying the rest of the fabric.

The finish product!

This one is a little overstuffed because my 3 year old decided she wanted to use it as a floor pillow, so in that case you need to over stuff it at first or over time it will lose it’s shape and cushion.

When my daughter makes hers at camp I will post a pic of her finished product. The camp pillow follows the same directions, just different dimensions.

Have fun and send me pics if you make them! I love to post pics of my readers finished products!

admin @ craftylife.net (no spaces)

Tags: crafts, kids crafts

Klutz Glossy Bands Book Winners!

Posted on July 10, 2010, 5:04 pm, by admin and received Comments Off.

Klutz Glossy Bands

Drawing
#2,635
PUBLIC

Klutz Book Giveaway
1st drawing held by CraftyMomof3 Network
Completed on Saturday, 10 July 2010 at 21:53:24 UTC
36 entrants, 3 winners

Winners (3)

1st: Linda #8
2nd: Noreen #30
3rd: Linda #36

I have Winners! Thank you for all that entered. This was really fun to do and such a great product! I will have your product shipped to you as soon as possible!

Linda scored so many entries from spreading the word that she won TWO books. Thanks!

To see the drawing visit this link

To view the entry list read on…..

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Klutz Book Giveaway! Glossy Bands. June 28th-July 9th.

Posted on June 28, 2010, 11:12 am, by admin and received 20 Comments ».

Klutz Glossy Bands

First off I want to say Klutz Books have been a favorite in our house for a while now. My 10 yr old has quite a few of their books. She discovered them at Target about 2 years ago. They have given her quite a few hours of enjoyment! I love how they generate the creative side of kids, actually teach them things with out them knowing! That’s always a bonus. So I was very happy when I was given the chance to offer a giveaway on my blog for three Klutz Glossy Bands books. They sent me a book for my daughter to try out. The instructions are very clear. The products are very easy to use and the mess was very minimal. My daughter and I both agree that kindergarten and up would probably be the recommended age unless there is an adult right there helping.

Materials that come with the book

You receive with the book four paint gels, four toothpicks to swirl the paint and four plastic strips to work on.

Starting your project...

Move on to the next color....

Swirl the color.....

Set to dry...

The book recommends that you wait 24 hours for the paint to dry and then whala! You have very pretty bracelets!

The finished product.

My daughter had a blast making these and went on to make two ten more. My 3 year old has been playing with them all morning and they have yet to break. She’s rough on stuff so it is a testimate to their durability!

Here are links to view more information:

Glossy Bands YouTube Demo

Glossy Bands Product Page

On to the giveaway part……

The giveaway will run from June 28th- July 9th.

You receive one entry for each action. Please leave a separate comment for each action as your comment number will be your entry:

*Leave a comment(comment link is under the title)
*Tweet about it and leave me a comment with a link to your tweet. (hint: hit the retweet button on top of post)
*Sign up for Rss feed .
*Sign up for email updates.
*Link to this post.
*Follow Me on Twitter(@craftymomof3)

Remember to leave a separate comment for each action.

Follow the Gosselin Family Site, My Semblance of Sanity, FreebiesnDeals and Imperfect Women and get 2 extra entries for each site! (please leave your screen name in your comment)

The winners (3) will be pick on July 10th by Random.org and will be notified by email and posted. I will then have your prize shipped to you!

Good luck!

* Disclosure: I received a copy of the book from Klutz for review*