Crayon Roll!

Well this is our second challenge to our pinterest group challenge that I am apart of! So My son's birthday was all about handmade! Why not, right? I mean everything was made with love and was ten times better then any store bought cheap toys in my opinion. So My mom and I were sticking to handmade all around! Like I said almost 100%

Pinterest is GREAT for inspiration or just seeing something and just do it! Well we did just that! We took inspiration made it our own and it was AWESOME! MY son had an AWESOME time! I would do it all over in a heart beat!! So here is our inspiration that we did for my sons birthday!


I did CRAYON ROLLS!!!! I Loved how they turned out!! Of course I had to get Mickey Mouse Fabric! It was badly priced when you paired it with a Joanns 40% off coupon!! Oh ya baby!! Oh and the crayons 40 cents at Wal-mart for 24 pack- SCORE!! So ya easy peasy I loved it! The kids loved it!! Woot Woot!!

Here is the Pinterest inspiration tut that I used http://www.aprettycoollife.com/2010/11/what-was-i-thinking-crayon-roll.html it was a tad confusing but I managed to do it and they came out GREAT!


Now time to dress up out water bottles! I am telling you we went all homemade on this! My mom actually did this. I will post up her tutorial on how to do this if you are interested in doing your own for your own party! But these were a HIT! Oh and they came out ABSOLUTELY cute!!!

Here is the pinterest inspiration that we took it from http://pinterest.com/pin/92156319/ We didnt pay for these to be made. All we used was a cricut cartridge, paper and contact paper and WAHLA Beautifulness!!

Next on the inspiration of tons of things that we got from Pinterest! Now we have GOODY Bags! Oh ya!! Can you tell that I am very proud at how the party turned out?

These came out better then we had imagined! My niece helped my mom out with the stamping idea! We needed some fresh eye and that's what we got!! Our pinterest pin for this idea came from here http://pinterest.com/pin/92153580/

This is everything that we had done! Doesn't it just look great? I loved how it all turned out! My cousin over at Stellar Cupcakes and Cakes did the cake and we got that idea from this pin http://pinterest.com/pin/50323068/. My sister over at Vixen Ware screen printed the shirts for us! Idea for the pin came from here http://pinterest.com/pin/92152586/ So pinterest helped us with Ideas. I swear if you don't have an account go get one. So much inspiration! Also stop by my cousins page here and stop over at my sisters page here.

Pinterest I love you. Thank you for the inspiration. Now its time to do my little monsters first birthday! Please keep and eye out for the tut on the water bottle!



Pinterest Link Up:
www.alaynascreations.blogspot.com

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!!

Soooo.....a group of friends decided we would challenge each other with crafty 2 week challenges. We Pin items we want to make or are inspired from off of Pinterest.com and then we have 2 weeks to make the item and then post it on our blogs! I thought this was a awesome idea so of course I jumped on the wagon!!

Mickey Mouse? You ask? What the heck, huh? Well my sons 4th birthday is just right around the corner and he wanted Mickey Mouse club house birthday party. So being that pinterest is just FULL of awesomeness and inpiration I went to pinning!There were SO Many awesome things that were Mickey Mouse related! So of course when this challenge came a bunch of thoughts went through my head! This could help me get the things needed for his party done sooner or I could also make things for the SHOP!

Here is what I pinned . This is not my work nor is it my picture. The work is hyperlinked so if you want to you can click the picture and go to the owners page. So mickey mouse is copy right. i was inspired to do something like this. It would look absolutely adorable on a new born baby! So this is where I got my inspiration from!

So here is my master Piece! This is my inspired mickey mouse. The hat pattern I made on my own (I am venturing into pattern making :-)) the diaper cover is a pattern from Inner Hooker! I am very please out how cute this came out. I will be adding to this set! I am going to add YELLOW shoes!! Wouldnt that just be the cutest?

I'll be back in two weeks to show you what other challenges/pinned items that I made that inspired me! If you have any questions please let me know!

Hello Cutie Blog

Hey Fans!! So I wanted to tell you something that I have been super excited about and wasn't able to tell anyone until the big reveal. Well the reveal was made but I was dealing with sick little ones so now I am about to tell you what the excitement is all about!!

So my friend Lizzie from "Oh Snap" contacted me a few weeks ago about a blog challenged and asked for me to be a DT!! I was super honored and of course I said YES!! How could I not? I knew that she would challenge me and I would be set outside my norm bubble. Well I will say that I was challenge and I was very much happy about it!!

The Hello Cutie Challenges will feature TWO awesome challenges a month. There will be a color challenge and a Photo inspiration challenge. Now how fun does that sound? The challenges can be ANYTHING that YOU MAKE! So if its sewing, baking, scrapbooking, cardmaking crochet.....anything that you make will do as long as it goes with the challenge. These challenges will be available on the FIRST and THIRD Saturday of the month!

So our Reveal Challenge consisted of a COLOR CHALLENGE. I am very much scared of choosing colors outside of the normal color matching....if that makes sense. I was scared but excited.

I was very excited yet so very scared with this challenge. This TOTALLY took me out of my comfort zone and made me think and figure out how to use the colors and in what order. So for this Challenge I made two crocheted items, Why not, right?? 1- I am ALWAYS looking for color combos that are out of my norm and will challenge me= this did. 2- I need new bright items for my shop!

So to stay in my comfort zone I crocheted this hat. The main color was pink (safe) then I had to figure out how to incorporate the rest of the colors of the challenge. Its very pretty but it works :) I was still determined to use these colors again. I knew I didn't have enough yarn to make another hat so I had to rack my brain to figure out what to make. This is what I did for the challenge as well

It's my super cute Headband!! I love the way it came out! What do you all thing? So the color challenge really do just that, it challenged me to think outside of my comfort zone. I will say that I love all of these colors together!

So head on over to Hello Cutie Challenges to see what my fellow DT members did with this color challenge. this challenge is due on March 26, 2011 at 11:59est...you can find the details on the blog. So head on over and start this challenge. Its a great way to kick your mojo back up!! Oh ya don't forget to follow the Hello Cutie Challenge blog!!

400 Fan Giveaway Winners!!

Thank you to all of my fans for all of the great support that you all give me. Thank you to all of you all who entered into the giveaway!! We now have our 3 LUCK winners!!! So here they are:

Winner #1

is #20 and that is Gretchen, yahooo!!!! You get to choose a hat of your choice!!! Woohooo, btw I love your little yoda in your picture, my oldest was yoda 2yrs ago.

Winner #2

is #12 and that would be Jane!! Wooohooo!!!! You get to pick your fabric choice for a Coffee Cozy!!! Thank you for hosting the gift away.

AND winner #3

#17 and that is Melissa!! You can pick out what color you would like your chapstick holder to be!!

Thank you all for spreading the word and entering into the giveaway. If you all have any suggestions about how to do another giveaway PLEASE, PLEASE let me know! Thank you all!!

400 Fan Giveaway!

Well Fans it is time to do a giveaway! Well when we get to 400 fans that is. We are soooooo close I can almost touch it. So how does a giveaway sound? What about 3 prizes? Does that motivate you more? Of course it will be to 3 different winners! This is how it will work for entries:

1. Post on facebook about the giveaway, have them become a fan of Crafty Jones Creations tag crafty jones creations

2.Have those who you sent comment on this blog that they were sent by you(name)

3. Twitter about it and post the link

4. Blog about it and post the link

5. Just comment something nice!

Now for each entry thats one point to get your name into the drawing. So the more you have the better chance at winning. How does that sound?

So what are the prizes you ask? Well how about the first prize with be a choice of hat

Second will be:

a coffee cozy and you get to pick what fabric! If you are not a coffee drinker then you can pick a can cozy.

And for the third prize we will do a Chapstick Holder

Of course with each item you can customize it to what you want it. So how does this all sound? Lets get to 400 fans. Remember too that all our new fans can get in on this as well!!

So lets spread the word about the giveaway! Can't wait to get this and pick the lucky winners!

This Giveaway will end on Sunday the 30th!

Just added one more way to get an entry!

Day 12 ~ Organizing the Spice Cabinet!

Ya the spice cabinet was kind of out of control. It didn't take to long to have it all cleaned and organized. I have been doing my challenges late at night when the boys are either asleep or just relaxed and daddy is home so I don't have my 3yr old trying to help me out.

So here is my before:

and after:

ta-da!! Not to bad, eh? I think it came out great! My tea bags are up on the top shelf, my baking is on the second shelf along with my packets of seasons, and my spices are on the bottom. Yay!! Todays mission has been accomplished!

Day~11: The Freezer!!!

So todays task was to organize the freezer,brrrr....so was not looking forward to messing in there, lol. I will say it didnt take me long to do it. Very quick indeed! So here are my pictures.

Before:

It wasnt to bad but it was bad enough. Here is the after:

It took about 10min to do, lol. Its organized enough for me.