Showing posts with label Crafty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crafty. Show all posts

Saturday, April 26, 2014

New Blog Focus, New Idea, New Name, Same Callie!!

Hey blog world! I know that I am speaking to no one as of yet, as this blog has been deserted for 2 years! Where does time go? I really enjoyed my blogging and was doing well at sticking with it but got kind of lost in what I wanted it to be. Blogging can be so intimidating and I fell into the vicious trap of comparing what I was doing/writing with what others are doing. I have a long list of blogs I follow regularly and really admire and enjoy. All of those blogs are different, different content focus (i.e. Fashion, cooking, baking, hair, makeup, crafting, painting, home decorating, home renovation, raising children, sewing, etc.) and I enjoy the variation in writing style, format, and content of each. So why am I trying to put my blog in a box and make it be one neat and tidy thing. It can be whatever I want it to be. I mean, isn't blogging really kind of like writing in a journal, except others can see it if you so chose anyway?! Missing writing and admiring other blogs has caused me to do a lot of contemplating of what and how to do this....

I find myself saying to anyone I come in contact on a regular basis (including strangers) "I saw the coolest thing on Pinterest...(insert coolest thing of the moment here)" and my house and clothing are basically a 3d life size version of my Pinterest boards. So yesterday, while I was driving down the road and caught myself saying to my hubby "I saw the coolest thing on Pinterest..." it clicked. I would change my blog to be just that. That's not to say I won't write about anything other than Pinterest but that will kind of be my focus....all the things I try, am inspired by and love or maybe even hate! So to the no one who is reading this, here we go again! New posts to come this week!

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Printable: Keep Calm & Stay Classy


Hello long lost friends! I promise I have some fun stuff coming soon but I wanted to post this free printable really quick while I was thinking about it. I am planning to stick this in a frame with a cream mat to put in my craft space! LOVE it! I will be back soon!

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Hi my name is Callie and I am a Pinaholic...

I am bordering needing a 12 step program. I love it!!! If you live under a rock and don't know what pinterest is, it is an online place to keep track of anything and everything you could possibly want. So basically, you know when you see something you really like and want to remember on the internet. Well, before the amazingness that is pinterest, you had to right click and save the pic somewhere on your computer, hoping you would be able to relocate said picture at a later date. And then you had no record of where it came from so if you wanted to reference the site for something you had to try to refind it and good luck with that. Or you could save a bookmark but then half the time the picture would move or your bookmarks would be so out of control you had no idea what you marked or why....

Well pinterest ended all of that. It basically freezes the pic in time so even if the item you want to buy sells out or the picture gets deleted from someone's blog, you can still see it on your pinterest boards. And you can see everyone else's pins too so when you don't feel like being original and looking around the internet for new craft ideas or outfit ideas or home inspirations, you can just look at other people's. It's amazing! Thank God this wasn't around when I was getting married because I would have never done anything else but sat on Pinterest looking for ideas!! Anywho, you have to be invited to be part of it so if anyone would like an invite please let me know. Then we can attend pinaholics anonymous together! Here's a little something to prove my love and devotion!

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Printables: St. Patrick's Day

I am kind of a holiday freak and have been trying to create a holiday wonderland for every holiday under the sun. However, I kind of burnt myself out with Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas being so close together. So, I was a little late decorating for Valentine's this year and I am thinking about skipping St. Patty's all together. We will see....

Anywho, regardless of my decorating laziness, here are a few printables for you to use and share for St. Patty's day, one for the family friendly and one for the college frat house, haha! Enjoy!

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Friday, December 30, 2011

Printables: Valentine's Day!!

Hello there phantom readers!

I am so excited to be getting hits (thank you Pinterest, oh how I love you!) and if you like what you are reading PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE follow me!! I like to see who you are and your support helps me want to keep writing!!

On that note, I have been doing a little graphic design this morning and have a few cute Valentine's printables for you! The first one is just another "Keep Calm" sign, I freaking love them! I think I might make this one into a pillow for us! This is an 8x10 but you should be able to print it in another size and be ok. Let me know if you have trouble and I can resize it to whatever you would like.

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And here is the second one! I have seen variations of this all over Etsy. I knew it was part of a song and just love the lyrics but was not familiar with the band (The Pixies) or the song at all so I finally decided to look it up on You Tube today. I have to say, I am not a fan. Very indie and lots of music and muted singing....not my thing. BUT I still love the lyrics so I made my own slightly different version of the printable. Here ya go! Again, this is an 8x10 and I did do it with a white border.

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And now I would love to stay and keep writing but I have many Kitchen Nightmares to catch up on so I will bid you ado for the day! See you next year! HA!

Thursday, December 29, 2011

DIY: Chalkboard Wine Glasses

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Hello friends!

Let me first say that if you have a birthday any time soon you should not read this post unless you want a spoiler to what you are probably getting as a present! Now, on with it...

I have a crazy story for you. Every time my mom comes to visit she breaks one of my beautiful and delicate wine glasses we got as wedding gifts. I love them and they are gorgeous but now everyone is afraid to use them when they come over because I always make such a big deal about my mom breaking them all the time. She seriously has broken like 5...out of 16....that's like....30 percent or something.....not good odds. So the other day I was at the Dollar Tree and they had some pretty good looking large balloon wine glasses for, drum roll please......$1 each! (I know, shocker that something was a dollar at the Dollar Tree.) They were quite heavy and sturdy which is a good thing when Hurricane Eliza (i.e. my mom) wants a glass of wine. But I didn't just want to get one for her and I didn't like them enough to use them as my all the time wine glasses.....that is unless they were somehow made fancy.

A few months ago I saw some really cute wine glasses at World Market that had chalkboard bottoms. I think they were like $8 a piece. Well, being the crafty woman that I am I have chalkboard paint in just about every form it comes in. I saw this below on Pinterest and decided that would be perfect.


But upon closer inspection of the blog post it sounded a little sloppy and not very precise, neither of which are traits I associate with myself. Well after a quick minute of brainstorming I decided my spray paint chalk board paint would be the better option for these. Here we go!

What You Will Need:

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  • Chalkboard Spray Paint (I got mine at Home Depot but you can get it at Hobby Lobby and Michael's too)
  • Painter's tape (I love Frog Tape, the stuff is amazing!)
  • Wax Paper
  • Wine Glasses (as I said, I got mine at the Dollar Tree..apparently IKEA has a good selection for cheap too)


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    Tear pieces of wax paper that are large enough to wrap generously around your wine glasses. I went ahead and tore all 8 pieces at once.

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    Tear pieces of your painters tape with plenty to go around the stem.

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    Again, I tore 8 pieces out all at once so I wouldn't have to go back. Wrap your wax paper starting at the stem a little lower than where you want the paint line to be.

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    Then stick the tape on and work it around the stem evenly where you want your paint line.

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    Then twist the wax paper around the glass and stick it inside the glass.

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    Make sure the glass is well covered like so.

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    Keep doing that until they are all done.

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    Then take them outside and get ready to spray paint. I put a few pieces of wax paper down to work on. Make sure you shake the crud out of the spray paint and shake frequently while working too or it doesn't come out smoothly. Work in quick, light, even coats.

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    Spray the base top first then flip it over and spray the bottom.

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    Then wait 5 to 10 minutes.

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    Then spray another light coat on the top and then bottom. Let sit for a few minutes until dry to the touch and move somewhere safe and out of the way. Let sit for 24 hours before using. The back of the chalk board paint says to cure the chalkboard before using it (fancy way of saying rubbing chalk over it and wiping it off) but I didn't and mine are working just fine. Make sure to hand wash them.

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    How much fun is that?! Happy New Year's eve eve eve.....

    DIY: Puffer Vest from Puffer Jacket

    Hello world!

    I hate the grocery store. I swear that I no joke went to the grocery store at least 25 days in the month of December. It was ridiculous. I am so over it. However, I have a confession to make. I love to check out other chicks....not that I think I have any male readers but if there are any of you, get your heads out of the gutter. I like to check other chicks out because I like to outfit shop other people's clothes. The other day I was at the *((*^&*^& grocery store and I saw like 4 chicks wearing cream colored puffer vests with leggings and/or skinny jeans. SUPER cute! I have never cared for puffer vests, have never wanted one. But I was seriously kicking myself for ignoring all the texts I have gotten from Old Navy about their sickeningly cheap frost free puffer vests. So the next morning I got up and booked it to Old Navy hoping for the best. No luck....not a single vest left except some black ones that looked like they had been sewn out of a Hefty bag. So I got on the trusty internet and looked all over. I knew exactly what I wanted....cream, with pockets and a removable hood with fur. I didn't know where I got such a specific idea in my head from but that was what I wanted. I found a few that were ok. J. Crew had some nice ones but no hood. Juicy had an amazing one but it was not cheap and had kind of a weird shirred waist. I was getting quite frustrated and was about to give up when Deuce (our 70 lb. boxer who thinks he is a lap dog) started whining to go out. So I reach in the closet to grab my jacket and shoes and notice poking out between all of the drab black coats in our coat closet a fluffy fur hood in the perfect shade of winter white. "OH MY GOSH" I think to myself "that is where I got that exact idea of what I wanted in my head." I pull the winter white hood out and uncover a hidden treasure, my cream colored down Gap puffer jacket I got the year I went to Steamboat music fest. I haven't worn it in years because it is so warm. But if it didn't have sleeves I might be able to wear it more often! Don't worry, I didn't make Deuce wait to go potty, no animals were harmed in the making of this post. I walked around aimlessly in the court yard waiting for him to pee planning my perfect puffer vest and all the great outfits I was going to make out of it.

    So I got back upstairs and went to work. Here are the details.

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    Here is the jacket before, with the sleeves still attached. Isn't it cute? I need to have it dry cleaned though, it has a few little dingys on the front.

    I got my seam ripper out and started working my way around the arm hole. Then I had to rip the seams out of the inner lining.

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    I was afraid the down would start leaking out of the exposed seam but luckily Gap did a nice little basting stitch. So I rolled the hem all around the arm hole and pinned it.

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    Then I just stictched around the arm holes with cream thread and VOILA! now I don't have to go buy anything new! Love repurposing things!! Here is the finished product. I am still in my PJs or I would have modeled it for you. Have a great day!

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    Wednesday, November 30, 2011

    Oops! And a t-shirt quilt!!

    Yeah, so I missed two posts last week. Oops....

    I am not going to beat myself up too bad about it though because I have been a busy girl! We house and dog sat for my sis in law last week for Thanksgiving and between making sure my family had everything they needed to live for 5 days at someone else's house and preparing for Thanksgiving at my Aunt & Uncle's (and not to mention filling A LOT of Goose Goose Couture orders as well) I didn't have much free time.

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    Us at my Aunt and Uncle's trying to get a decent pic!!

    I also started on my sorority t-shirt quilt! I got the entire front done yesterday. I have never made any kind of quilt before so I have to admit I was quite nervous about it. So far it is going pretty well. I did the Too Cool method seen here. It was a lot more work than just doing the same size rectangles like many do but I will have this thing forever and knew if I took the easy way out it would irritate me so I am glad I did it the way I did. Here is a pic!

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    Jonesie has already claimed the quilt as his own so he wanted to be in the pic.

    And I am a total sheet snob so I decided since the underside will be touching my skin I wanted to find a pretty patterned sheet to use rather than just getting that scratchy solid quilting fabric. So I originally really wanted leopard print and scoured Ross and Marshall's for a single flat sheet I could use. Well apparently people don't sell individual sheets much any more. I always remember when I was a kid going with my mom to the Wamsutta outlet store in New Braunfels and there being a vast array of individual sheets. I was so bummed! But, as quick as I got bummed I became unbummed and I dare to say even giddy when I dug in the back of a shelf at Ross to uncover a hidden treasure! AMY BUTLER MAKES SHEETS! Who knew??? If you are not familiar with Amy Butler don't look her up because you will soon be obsessed with her gorgeous (and slightly pricey and hard to find) fabric. I am obsessed with her print collections and could go absolutely crazy buying her fabric. So it took everything I had not to do a little white girl dance in the middle of the aisle. I got a full sheet set for $19.99. I am doing a large throw blanket so I will have a ton of sheet left so already have plans to make pillowcase dresses for a few of my fave little girls very soon! Here is the flat sheet!

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    I am also going to make thick bias tape out of the fabric to finish out the edges. It is going to be gorgeous and I will post more pics as I get it finished!

    Anywho, we went to the Chuy's Children Helping Children Blue Santa parade last Saturday and had so much fun! It was rainy and cold but as soon as the parade started the sky cleared and we really enjoyed it! Here are a few pics. (Please excuse my lack of makeup!)

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    Gig em!!

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    I am actually going to do another post in a bit of UGG outfit ideas because Mr. Goat hit it out of the park for our anniversary and got me these!


    I pretty much have not taken them off so I did a few outfits on Polyvore and will post them later today. Have a great day!!

    Sunday, November 20, 2011

    Thankful Tree

    Hello all! We had a very hectic and busy (but great) week so I had a few potential blog posts I wanted to write but didn't make the time. However, I am sticking to my two a week so I am writing this quick one to tell about my fave craft decorating project I did for Thanksgiving! It's a......

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    THANKFUL TREE!!!

    And I absolutely love it and love how it looks! Here is what I did!

    I got the idea from Honey We're Home. She did a thankful tree and cut out circles to use.


    I thought about doing that but with 2 1/2" scallop circles because I have a paper punch I could have used which would have been SO easy. BUT I seldom take the easy route and when I get an idea in my head nothing else will do. So one evening when Mr. Goat was out of town I sat in bed and watched Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and cut out leaves. Here are some pics and more detailed instructions.

    I bought my paper at Michael's.

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    The only paper they had that I liked were 12 x 12 sheets so I trimmed the annoying edges off and then cut them down to 8 1/2" x 11" (a normal sheet of paper) because I wanted to be able to stick them in the printer.

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    Then I found a leaf shape I liked and made a sheet of them in photoshop. Here is the JPG version you can use!

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    Then I stuck my paper in the printer so that the leaves would print on the white side of the scrapbook paper. You should have a little notifier on your printer that looks like the pic to show which side to face down if you want to print on a specific side.

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    I used the borderless setting to make sure that none of the leaves got cut off.

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    Here's a pic of both sides of the sheets.

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    So then I trimmed the leaves out so they would be a little more manageable.

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    And then I cut them out!!

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    Aren't they so cute?!

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    Then I punched a hole in the top with a regular hole puncher.

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    Then I used some jute rope that I bought at Hobby Lobby for $2.99 and cut about 6" to 7" pieces to tie through.

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    Then once I had a big bag of those hubby and I sat down and thought of things we were thankful for. It was a bit of a challenge but it was so fun and special! We have decided we are going to do it every year and when baby Goat gets older he will get to say things he is thankful for too!

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    Once I got done with the precious (and super drama) leaves I went and tromped around outside and found a bunch of tree branches. I just loved Aunt Ruthie's Sugar Pie Farmhouse's arrangement, shown below and knew I wanted to create something similar but make it into a thankful tree. 

    Source: google.com via Callie on Pinterest

    I found my lit branches at TJ Maxx and they actually only had a set with this really ugly cherry blossom flowers on them but they were on clearance for $7, a deal I just couldn't pass up. So I pulled the flowers off and they looked just like what I had originally seen at Michael's. These are pretty common now, I see them at Ross, Marshall's, TJ Maxx, Target, etc. so you shouldn't have any trouble finding them. I also made sure I got some that plugged into the wall, not ones that took batteries because I wanted to be able to leave them on and using batteries would have gotten expensive! I bought my galvanized vase at JoAnn. It was $12.99 and I used a 50% off coupon so I got it for $6.50! I LOVE it! I plan to use it for lots of holidays!

    Then I hung them all on the tree!

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    I tied a piece of jute rope around the vase and made a bow and voila!!

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    Don't you love it?!

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    Hope everyone is having a fab weekend! We are off to Pfluggerville to do mini-Thanksgiving with my in laws because they are going to be out of town for actual Thanksgiving. Happy Sunday!!