Monday, March 29, 2010

MONDAY LOVE

em loves...

her art easel from grammie and papa:

[SOURCE: google images]

bean sprouts-- strange I know, but she loves them:


[VIA google images]

jo loves...

matching shirts from american apparel:


we love tri-blend

anything from japan-- style, clothing, makeup, hair, stationery, cute stuff, etc.:

[SOURCE: we heart it]

red riding hood:

[SOURCE: we heart it]

made for em jay's room


Thursday, March 25, 2010

TINY MOBILE TUTORIAL


a teeny tiny hanging mobile featuring an upcycled water bottle cap:



MATERIALS:
  • water bottle cap (white)
  • drill (1/16" drill bit)
  • crop-a-dile tool
  • 3 pieces of twine, string, or ribbon (about 6 inches long each) -- to hang the mobile
  • 2 strands of 6 lb. monofilament (about a foot and a half each) -- to thread your mobile objects
  • materials to hang (round sequins, leaf shaped sequins, flat rhinestones, pom poms, mirrrors)
  • ribbon to wrap around the cap (optional)
  • glue (jewel glue or hot glue gun) 

step 1: take your bottle cap and drill 4 small holes like this:


step 2:  glue a ribbon around the cap and punch 3 equal spaced holes around the cap with a crop-a-dile:


step 3: thread the 2 pieces of monofilament in a "x" pattern (used a pen to illustrate since it's hard to see the clear monofilament in a photo):


step 4: after threading the 2 monofilament pieces cover your "x" by gluing a button (holds down your thread):


step 5: take your 3 pieces of string/twine/or ribbon and knot each piece through the 3 holes on the sides of the cap and tie all three together in a knot:


step 6: (the fun part) you should have 4 thread pieces hanging from the bottle cap. start gluing your rhinestones, sequins, mirrors back to back along the four strips of thread (try to keep each thread even in weight). vary your thread lengths and trim thread to your desired length.


FINISHED:


and a photo of my little em jay today...


INSPIRATION THURSDAY


mobiles...

[VIA: weheartit.com]

[VIA: weheartit.com]

[VIA: weheartit.com]

[VIA: weheartit.com]

hanging mobile project coming later today...



Wednesday, March 24, 2010

EARTH HOUR



this saturday, 8:30--9:30 pm (your local time)

[SOURCE: we heart it]

learn how to participate, and who's participating HERE

and go to the rikrakstudio for more inspiration

ANTHROPOLOGIE INSPIRATION

being that we have no anthropologie store in hawaii, I am late to jump on this bandwagon.

love, love, love their spring window display:

 [SOURCE: 1.google images, 2.&3. dailydanny.com by danny seo]

by the way danny seo is the author of this wonderful book:


found here

MAGIC CRYSTAL PAINT...NOT SO MAGIC


I've been wanting to make "magic crystal paint" for awhile now after seeing the recipe in this book.

I tried 1/2 cup hot water, 1/2 cup epsom salt, stirred, and added food coloring.

em jay painted away,


then we set it on the side to dry.  and a few hours later...


pretty, but not what I thought it would be like.  I've seen other pictures of paintings using kid's crystal paint and they are totally crystallized with salt.

so I pretty much failed at making magic crystal paint, but the main thing is--em had fun.

HELP! does anyone know how to do this???



Sunday, March 21, 2010

MONDAY LOVE

EM LOVES...

SINGLE LADIES:




she wants to hear it over, and over, and over...

HER SPARKLY SLIPPERS FROM HER CRAFTY AUNTY TAMI:


PAJAMAS WITH INSPIRING MESSAGES:



JO LOVES...

  HAPPY NOTES LEFT FOR STRANGERS


mine was featured HERE

LEMONTREE77 ETSY SHOP
so many cute and pretty things...lemontree77

READING...I'm a Bookworm:


[SOURCE: we heart it]


last book I read:
 


book I'm reading now:


both found at amazon

COMING SOON... a post about a "FAILED" project! oh no!




DANITA AND ME KIT

Last "Monday Love", I posted about this kit:


I had some time this weekend to work on the project and came up with this:


It has all the basics--a blank image of the girl, a canvas, a sheet of music paper, a pencil...and you go from there.  It was very therapeutic and as the instruction sheet says, "a very empowering project, because you can't go wrong."

See the crescendoh shop for more info, or to order your own!


Friday, March 19, 2010

HANGING EGG PLANTER TUTORIAL


It's almost time for Easter!  Here's a way to upcycle those plastic Easter eggs...

MINI HANGING PLANTER



Materials:
  • medium to large size plastic egg -- choose ones that have holes in them for child safety (any color you choose)
  • rub-ons, stick on jewels (or acrylic paint, paper scraps, mod podge, etc.)
  • 24 gauge soft wire (I found this size to be soft enough to twist easily, but strong enough to hold)
  • soil
  • cinder
  • small plant

Take the larger half of your plastic egg and mark 3 equal spaced dots (this is where your holes will be punched out) along the inside edge. 

Get out your crop-a-dile (or drill) and punch out three holes using the three dots you have drawn as a guide.

Decorate your egg with rubs-ons, paints or other embellishments.  I used THESE.

Cut 3 pieces of wire about 7 to 8 inches long-- One wire for each hole.

Thread first wire through one of the holes and twist like this:


Repeat with other two holes.

After all three wires are threaded and twisted, pull them together and twist all three about  2 or 3 inches from the top like this:


Cut off excess wire at the top.

Finally, add cinder at the bottom for drainage (your eggs already have holes for water to drain through), add your soil on top of the cinder, and then your small plant.


Wish I took better "how to" pictures. I will next time. If you have questions leave me a comment and I'll get back to you!