Dyeing Experience

Dear old person couches: You were ugly gray, and slightly embarrassing. You were worn and torn. You were old when you joined our family, you've been moved 5 times with us since my mom paid $100 at a yard sale for you. You have served us well... Here's to you.

OK, that out of the way, on to the good stuff. Katie Foot gave me the idea of dyeing my couches to give them some new life. Here is the messy process. Housing shouldn't be able to charge, I checked and there are no rules about getting leather dye spots on carport cement. Please excuse their blurry-ness, oh, and the holes in my work clothes.
Now that they are completed, they strut their stuff, kinda like someone who gets a new boob job, they stand out a little better. Thanks Katie, never would have thought I could do something like this. They are definitely reincarnated from ugly, yucky, old to something, well, nicer. Are you holding your breath for the final product? Drum roll please!

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My first Vinyl Sign

I've been doing a TON of crafting lately.... my house has suffered and dinner hasn't been too thought out, but hey, Creativity IS Messy. A friend's birthday was yesterday and I decided since they haven't been married long, (a week) that they would appreciate some home decor.

Kevin's sister, Michel, owns a company called Paper Posies, you can check it out at www.paperposies.com. She does scrapbooking/crafting kits. Anyway, she has weekly challenges with prizes and such. This week it was to create a fall/Halloween decor item using items from a kit. This was my take on the challenge.

TuTu Tutorial

Do I have a key board stutter? Naw, its a tutorial of a TUTU! This is my 1st ever tutorial... so if it seems novice, well, it is =) I made this as part of Chloe's Minnie Mouse Halloween cosutme, so I figured it's so easy, why not share? oh, and the pumkin onsie is not part of her costume, just what she happened to be wearing yesterday.

Materials:

• 1-6 yards of Tulle. I used 1 yard of pink and 1/2 yard of white. It all depends on how full you want the tutu, and the size of the child.
• 1 adult headband, the stlye that is like a pony tail elastic. I used the kind that is for sports because it is wider.
• Pair of scissors or roll cutter and mat

1. Figure out how long you want the tutu to hang down on the child. Double it and add 1/4" for thin tulle, 1/2" for thicker tulle. I simply cut mine in half length wise. If you are doing for an older child, you will want to have them longer.
2. Cut into strips to desired thickness. I did approx 2". My white tulle was much heavier, so to do it over, I would have cut the white in thinner strips, but it still turned out great. I used my mat lines and just used my roller. It was fast and easy, probably about 5 min or so. I tried scissors 1st, and that would have taken me forever!

3. Tie pieces one at a time with a knot in the middle around the head band. You can size to a smaller child by folding it the head band over itself an inch or two, and hand sewing it in place. That is what I did for Chloe's tiny waist. Add as many pieces, pushed as close together or as far apart as you'd like to get your desired fullness.

And, you are finished! It's that easy.

All Laughed Out : Anti-Depression Video

enough said.

A Foolish Woman

Who: Me, waiting in line minding my own business

What: 11 Items in my cart

Where: 20 Item or Less Self Checkout: Commissary Case Lot Sale

So, I'm innocently standing in line, my 11 items in my cart.  A woman walks up behind me.  I think to myself,  I wont be rude and interrupt her phone call, but when the next self checkout comes open, I'll wave her around me... she is after all, very pregnant and only has one gallon of milk, while I've got 11 items.  Yes, there are 4 different self checkouts, but that is the polite thing to do.   So, not even two seconds after I think this, she says loudly, to me, more than the person on the other end of her phone call, "You know what I hate?  I hate it when people go to the self check out when they know they have more than 10 items (hello? it's 20 or less) and they just stand there and know I'm behind them with only one thing!"  So, I've decide not to reward bad behavior and I say to my friend Steph, who is already checking out, (loud enough for the rude prego to hear, of course) "Well, I was going to let this lady with one item go ahead of me but since I heard her talking rudely about me on her cell I'm going to just go ahead and she can wait." 

Honestly, that was rude of me, but it is sometimes gratifying to not let someone walk all over oneself.  I suppose I could have let her go 1st.  What would you have done?   

Is There an Etsy Anonymous?

....cause if there is I probably should go to the meetings!  I have become an addict in like 3 days flat, completely dumping Craigslist.  It probably misses my daily visits!  I opened a Etsy.com shop a few days ago.  My shop name is "gonegirly" and I've got a whole 2 things in it so far!  Check them out  (I'm shameless, I know.) 

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=31419908

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=31389600

The onsies I am selling in a craft fair on Oct 3rd and I thought I would try to sell them to a local aviation supply place - Wings. I talked to the lady who would be in charge of buying, and she wants to take a few in on consignment to see how they do, but yet doesn't want me to sell them anywhere else!  Am I ridiculous to think that is ridiculous? I thought a vendor/creators got paid booocoo bucks to have an exclusive on a product, yet she want to keep it that way without even buying any from me! So, I am going to try the Aviation Museum here on post, they have a lot more "female traffic" than Wings does, and there is a graduation there every week with people from all over the country, well probably world with all the forgin nationals here at flight school.  And since it is something to do, when people come visit, they are usually taken to the museum, not a flight school student supply place.  So... keep your fingers crossed for me!  

Destin, Florida

We went to Destin when my mom came down for a visit.  It was raining most of the day, so we went to the nations largest designer outlets to wait out the rain... yes, of course we got stuff =). Kevin has been asking every day if it's cold out yet so he can wear his new leather jacket, silly boy. That evening was nice though, so we watched the waves come in until it got dark.  Chloe enjoyed the water just as much as grandma did.  More pictures from that weekend to come.