1ST TRY AT NEEDLE FELTING

HERES A FEW ITEMS IVE TRYED SO FAR AT MY ATTEMPT TO LEARN NEEDLE FELTIN...SO I REASERACHED ON IT A BIT, TOOK A TRIP TO A LOCAL ALPACHA FARM...(EARLIER POST ABOUT IT!) AND HERES MY 1ST ATTEMPTS..CAT TOYS, WHICH THEY LOVE (OUR CAT MIKOIN THE PIC)!!! AND THEN THERES A DAINTY LITTLE FLOWER THAT I WILL ATTACH TO HAIR CLIPS FOR THE GIRLS! SO WHATCHA ALL THINK?? IT THINK ITS PRETTY COOL!! I REALLY WANT TO GET MORE CREATIVE AND MAKE SOME MINITURE ANIMAL FIGURES..OMG! LOOK THEM UP SOME TIME ON ETSY..PEOPLE OUT THEIR MAKE THE COOLEST REALIST CREATURES

Happy Easter 2010!

here is some pictures of our easter adventures! we colored our eggs with a glitter kit this year instead of homemade dye (messy but cute!) this was kys 2nd easter and she had so much fun throwing her ehggs in the cups of dye! lol she was tye dyed! jersey was such a big girl and did it all by her self! then of course the easter bunny came! jersey found all the eggs kylie didnt want to do nothing buit eat peeps! then they got to dress up in there dresses i made em and dance around in them all day! it was a nice quiet easter and managed not to snow..well at least that day.

busy days..not enough craft time!

i havent had much time lately for all the crafts i have ideas for..but ill post pics of the needle felting soon! i did manage to make the girls easter dresses and my dads birthday sign.. heres some pics..this weekend hopefully i can get my huge laundry piles done (or at least a dent in it) and turn out some nifty craft ideas!..we'll see fingers crossed!

                                                                 girls easter dresses!

                                                                   dads birthday sign!

KOOL AID--NOT JUST FOR DRINKS!

I TRYED MY HAND AT DYING MY ALPACA ROVING SO I COULD HAVE OTHER COLORS TO WORK WITH IN MY NEEDLE FELTING I RESEARCHED AND CAME UP WITH A SOLUTION..KOOL-AID, MICROWAVE, WATER, AND VINAGER. tHE RESULTS ARE GREAT! AND IT TOOK ONLY ABOUT 3 MINUTES PER BATCH OR COLOR SCHEME. HERES SOME PICS!! AND THE STEPS TO DYING!

STEP1) -----SOAK PULLED PIECES OF ROVING IN 1/2C. VINAGAR AND 1 QT WARM TAP WATER

STEP2)-----CRADLE ROVING GENTLY (SO U DONT FELT IT!!)AND REMOVE FROM BOWL (SAVE WATER MIX), PAT DRY WITH TOWEL AND PLACE IN MICROWAVE SAFE BOWL

STEP 3)--- POUR SMALL AMOUNT SAVED WATER MIX ON TOP, JUST ENOUGH TO COVER BOTTON AND ROVING, ADD KOOLAID PACKET(S), OR TRY WILTON FOOD GEL COLORS OR FOOD COLORING

STEP4)--- MICROWAVE THIS BOWL FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTED..DONT LET BOIL AND THEN TAKE IT OUT, LET COOL IN BOWL, REMOVE VERY GENTLY AND PAT DRY LET ROVING LAY ON TOWELS TO DRY OVER NIGHT

STEP5)---- ENJOY YOUR COLOERED ROVING!