Week 6 - 101 Snappy Fashions Giveaway

This Contest is closed!

The Winner is
Ilovetoteach (at) yahoo.com!!

Visit this link to enter the Week 7 contest! :)

available for pre-order - available April 2010

Barnes and Noble - Amazon

I am just a few weeks away from 101 Snappy Fashions release and to celebrate I am giving away a goodie pack each week until the release of the book. The goodies will be themed by chapter and will include a signed advanced copy of the book, a grand prize and a few fun extras! Keep coming back each week and enter to win another set of goodies. Follow my blog, my facebook or my twitter to stay in touch! :)

This giveaway is worth $130!!!

I have 5 weeks of Giveaways after this week!
Check back every Tuesday for the next giveaway

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#51 Team Burp

Week 6 - Chapter 6 - Iron-ons

Have a peek at a few scans from the book featuring some of my favorite designs from Chapter 6. This chapter focuses on using iron-ons and features 10 different techniques and 19 different designs.

# 57 Early Rap

#57 Pretty as a Picture & #58 Altered

#60 Crowned

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Week 6 Loot!

Tons of goodies!!! Paints, Rit fabric dye, iron-ons, scissors and other supplies to get you started altering baby snapsuits.

A signed advanced copy of 101 Snappy Fashions

12 different baby themed iron-ons.

3 bottles of Rit Dye & a baby snapsuit

2 pairs of scissors from Simplicity and a baby snapsuit

Baby Snapsuit, Mod Podge, Foam Stamp

6 fun and festive Iron-ons

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The business stuff....

All items are provided by me (Cathie Filian) and are in accordance with the Blogher Rules.

To enter: Simply leave a comment to THIS specific post by telling me if you have ever altered a baby snapsuit or if you have babies on the way! :)

Your comment MUST link to your particular blog or web site or include your e-mail address. Otherwise, I won't be able to get in touch with you if you win! Any entries that do not include
some way of getting in touch will be disqualified.

Deadline: Comments must be received by midnight EST April 6th, 2010.
Odds of winning will depend on the number of eligible entries received.

Other rules:
1. You must have a mailing address in the United States of America (sorry
international folks!).
2. Only one entry comment per person.

How it works: Each comment will be assigned a sequential number. The winning
number will be selected from a random number generator, so there will be no
favorites, simply a game of chance.

Cozy max

My baby. Old man Max.

Tasty Tuesday: Easy Pasta Salad

Easy Italian Pasta Salad

Ingredients:
Rotini Pasta - 1 box
Italian Salad Dressing - 1/2 cup
Tomato - 2 small
Cucumber - 1 medium
Red Bell Pepper - 1 large
Purple Onion - 1/4 large
Sliced Black Olives - 1 small can

1. Cook, rinse and drain 1 box of pasta.
(I like to use rotini pasta)

2. Toss with 1/2 cup of your favorite Italian salad dressing.

3. Chop and strain 2 small tomatoes. Add to pasta.

4. Chop 1 cucumber into mini bite size pieces. Add to pasta.

5. De-seed and chop 1 red bell pepper. Add to pasta.

6. Chop 1/4 of a large purple onion. Add to pasta.

7. Add 1 small can of drained sliced black olives to the pasta. Salt and pepper to taste. Toss everything togetehr. Chill covered for 6 hours. Serves six.

DIY Easter Basket with Torn Paper Flowers

Use up your scrap papers and create tattered paper flower embellishments. They are perfect for adding pop to a plain Easter basket.

They can used in tons of ways!

- tie on to gift packages
-create placecard holders by attaching a name tag
-add a pin back for a broach
-attach wire stems to make vase style flowers
-hot glue to a headband
-scatter across an entry way table
-glue around spring wreath

Materials:
2782 - FolkArt - Extreme Glitter - Hologram or Mod Podge
5 or 6 different prints of scrapbook paper
Foam paintbrush
Wax paper
Large rhinestone (one for each flower)
Hot glue
Ribbon
Easter Basket

Steps:
1. Tear the papers into random circle shapes in various sizes. The largest should be around 3 inches and the smallest about 1.5 inches. The idea is to tear an organic shape, don't worry about creating perfect circles. You will need about 5 or 6 circles per flower.

2. Place the circles print side up on the wax paper. Coat each circle with 2 layers of extreme glitter.

3. Once dry, hot glue the circles in a graduated layer fashion. Hot glue a gem to the center of each flower.

4. Add ribbon embellishment to the Easter basket with hot glue. Hot glue the flowers across the center front of the basket.

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xoxoxo

Cathie and Steve

Week 5 - 101 Snappy Fashions Giveaway

This contest is closed!

The winner is:
Heather
http://feathertysews.blogspot.com

woo hoo!!

Week 6 contest just got started!

ENTER TO WIN!!!

Follow this link!

available for pre-order - available April 2010

Barnes and Noble - Amazon

I am just a few weeks away from 101 Snappy Fashions release and to celebrate I am giving away a goodie pack each week until the release of the book. The goodies will be themed by chapter and will include a signed advanced copy of the book, a grand prize and a few fun extras! Keep coming back each week and enter to win another set of goodies. Follow my blog, my facebook or my twitter to stay in touch! :)

I have 5 weeks of Giveaways after this week!
Check back every Tuesday for the next giveaway

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Week 5 - Chapter 5 - Ribbons & Trims

Have a peek at a few scans from the book featuring some of my favorite designs from Chapter 5. This chapter focuses on adding ribbons and trims and features 10 different techniques and 14 different designs.

# 43 Darling & # Cirque du Bow

#44 Jr. Prom

#46 Beachy

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Week 5 Loot!

Tons of goodies!!! Paints, Rit fabric dye, iron-ons, scissors and other supplies to get you started altering baby snapsuits.

A signed advanced copy of 101 Snappy Fashions

3 bottles of Rit Dye & a baby snapsuit

2 pairs of scissors from Simplicity and a baby snapsuit

Baby Snapsuit, Fabric Paint, Mod Podge, Foam Stamp

4 fun and festive Iron-ons

Crafter's Pick - Batik-EZ

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The business stuff....

All items are provided by me (Cathie Filian) and are in accordance with the Blogher Rules.

To enter: Simply leave a comment to THIS specific post by telling me if you have ever altered a baby snapsuit or if you have babies on the way! :)

Your comment MUST link to your particular blog or web site or include your e-mail address. Otherwise, I won't be able to get in touch with you if you win! Any entries that do not include
some way of getting in touch will be disqualified.

Deadline: Comments must be received by midnight EST March 30 st, 2010.
Odds of winning will depend on the number of eligible entries received.

Other rules:
1. You must have a mailing address in the United States of America (sorry
international folks!).
2. Only one entry comment per person.

How it works: Each comment will be assigned a sequential number. The winning
number will be selected from a random number generator, so there will be no
favorites, simply a game of chance.

Easter Basket #2 - Dollar Store Revamp!

This vintage inspired Easter basket was made from a thrift shop book, a dollar store plastic bowl and a recycled fed ex envelope.

Materials:
Mod Podge - Gloss, 8 oz.
Large plastic bowl
Old romance novel
Foam Paintbrush
Scissors
Post card images
Rick Rack trim
Buttons
Hot glue
Tinsel
Cardboard scraps (I used a fed ex envelope)

Steps:
1. Remove pages from the book. Trim into small sections for the rim and base of the bowl and large sections for the middle of the bowl.

2. Working on the inside lip and edge of the bowl, apply Mod Podge to the bowl, position the small papers into the Mod Podge, press with your finger and secure with a topcoat of Mod Podge. Repeat this step working on the base of the bowl.

3. Continue covering the bowl with the larger pieces until the entire bowl is covered. Add additional design elements like post card images, magazine clippings or clipart to the front of the bowl.

4. Once dry, hot glue trim and buttons around the post cards. Hot glue tinsel around the edge of the bowl.

5. Fashion a handle by cutting cardboard into a long strip. You may need to piece the cardboard together. Wrap the strip with tinsel and secure with hot glue. Hot glue the handles to the inside of the bowl.

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xoxoxo

Cathie and Steve

.99 cent ebay yard sale

Rethought and Reorganized

I guess I did not really know what kind of space all the jars of glitter and gems would take up. I thought my guest bedroom closet would hold it all. Well - not so fast! After just 1 month, I have out grown my space. I had to clean out, rearrange and restructure to make room for all the crafty goodness, glitter, ribbons, gems and goodies. (They will all be available soon at my etsy shoppe)

My sister got 3 boxes of goodies for a charity yard sale to help shelter a dog for a month and the rest of the goodies I posted at a .99 cent ebay yard sale. I am planning to donate the funds from the sale to The Boys and Girls Club of Los Angeles. (- shipping, pay pal and ebay fees)

I have lots of goodies!! All starting at .99!

32 paper punches - Marvy McGill Fiskars scrapbbook LOT

31 faux wax sealing sticks Lot of Colors Glue Gun Style

17 Wax sealing sticks LOT of colors 7 gypsies

18 decorative edge scissors Provo Craft Fiskars

10 decorative hand paper punches Fiskars Provo Craft

64 Colors - COLOR BOX ink pads ANCIENT PAGE CHALK PAD

10 Fiber Scraps - Walnut Ink TintZ LOTS OF COLORS

24 colors Blending Chalks 18 Dye Inks NEW All Night Med

7 craft mates bead and craft storage boxes NEW ez lock

inkssentials RANGER 3 packs pen nibs 3 stamp cleaners

Fiskars Eyelet Setter - 3 sizes NEW Spring Hammer

tandy Leather Stamping kit stamps alphabet 1/4" NEW

12 Colors - Tandy Leather paints Leather Cova Color

Leather Branding Kit 10 tips stamps Walnut Hollow

Easter Basket #1 - Recyled Soup Can Easter Basket

This is made from a recycled soup can. 

Perfect for a co-worker, neighbor or friend.

Materials:
Mod Podge - Matte, 4 oz.
Large soup can
Paper
Scissors
Foam paintbrush
Ribbon
Hot Glue
Moss
Glitter butterflies

Steps:
1. Thoroughly clean the soup can and remove the label. Using the label as a template, cut the same shape from decorative paper.

2. Apply Mod Podge to the backside of the paper. Position around the soup can. Topcoat with a layer of Mod Podge. Allow to dry.

3. Hot glue a strip of ribbon around the top edge and moss to the bottom edge. Attach a few silk butterflies with hot glue.

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xoxoxo

Cathie and Steve

crafty Links from crafty friends

About Family Crafts
Celebrate spring with Sherri and these fun craft projects!

Cathie Filian
Check out Cathie's silk screen projects for Better Homes and Gardens. She has something for everyone.

Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at a crafty world
This week at Craftside there is a fun Steampunk style socket set bracelet, how to repurpose a canvas tote with applique and make faux patches, a peek into some cool art from the book Digital Illustration, a hot water bottle gets Re-Bound and a how to and tips on vampire drawing.

Crafty Princess Diaries
The Crafty Princess has done some house cleaning, at least she's been cleaning up her blog that is.

Farm Girl Roots, City Girl Style
Looking for an easy way to paint coloring-book art on the walls in a kid's room? Linda walks you through how she did it.

Margot Potter The Impatient Crafter
Where do you find inspiration? Madge wants to know! Share her process from inspiration to design in this inspired post!

Mixed Media Artist
See how you can achieve the look of a hand-tinted print with Photoshop!

Stefanie Girard's Sweater Surgery
How to make recycled plastic bunny ears inspired by the techniques in the book Upcycled Accessories

The Artful Crafter
Have you seen Xyron�s Creatopia? Prepare to be amazed by the baby booties going through a Creatopia in the video!

Garden is Growing!

You may remember back to this post where Eddie and I built our new raised garden bed. We were a little late in the season for planting, so we had to wait till this spring to get our little plant babies into the soil.

So far our little plants are taking quite well.

The radishes are showing their leaves. I'll have to thin the weakest.

The baby bib is so tasty!!

I love the kick of arugula in a salad.

A pop of color from the bougainvillea.

First year for action on our Mexican Dwarf Lime.

A pop of pink.
I just love Geranium flowers, they are so hearty and full of color.

Roma Tomatoes!! I use them for freezing sauces.

Still waiting on carrots!

A few strawberries are fruiting. Yummy for breakfast.

For Other GROW projects Go here>

Simply Screen for Better Homes and Gardens

I recently made a slew of projects for Better Homes and Gardens using Simply Screen silk screens made by Plaid. The screens are perfect for decorating t-shirts and other items. Click the links to be directed to BH&G for the instructions.

Vintage Style Apron with Appliques

Faux Suede Royal Throw

Birthday Girl Place Setting

Recycled T-Shirt Tote Bag and Key Finder

Altered Photo Album

Screened Lampshade


Tie-dyed and Appliqued Kids Tee

Pop Art - Love

Doodle Pillowcase