Explosion Box + Tutorial

I made this explosion box for my mother in law for Mother's Day a few weeks ago and a few friends that saw the pictures on facebook asked if I would make a video on how to make one. It took me a while to get the video made and posted but its finally up (in 2 parts lol)... I guess I blabber too much so I always go over the time allotment. Bleh! Below are the videos, you can watch them on my youtube channel as well. Either way please let me know what you think and if you try out the tutorial! I would love to see what you can come up with it as well! I am going to be working on the box I made in the tutorial and will hopefully have it finished soon to share. I'm adding some new things to it that I didn't do in the original box (like pockets!) So that will be fun!

Each layer was distressed a ton to give it that vintage vibe.
I used alot of embellies and larger photos of her and her sons
to make it special for her as a mom =)

Here are the vid's: 

Kanzashi Flowers

I love youtube! Especially when it comes to learning stuff! Like I mentioned in my last vlog, its my best friend when it comes to learning new crafts lol. Last night I found a video tuturial on how to make Kanzashi Flowers by DreamBigLover. The flowers are sooooo adorable and she explained it so well that I just HAD to try it. So between late last night and this morning I made these kanzashi flowers using her tutorial. I think it took me about 2 hours to make all of these. Not bad, and its VERY addicting! I just wanted to share the link to the tutorial and also what I have put together. I plan on using these flowers in various projects whether it be scrapbook pages, mini albums, altered frames etc. a few of them I already have plans for LOL.

My first flower...

This one would be so pretty for a girls
 scrapbook page, a hair clip or even a frame! 

This one is the largest of the set I have made.
 I like how the fabric folded with this one. 

This one is actually made from vintage fabric that I snagged from my grandma's fabric stash way back in junior high! I used to go into her closet all the time and find different fabric remnants that I liked and use them for crafts. I can't believe I found this! I am definately planning on using this one for a mini album or scrapbook page pertaining to my grandma... this one is special to me!

I made this one for my graduation scrapbook page. Shout out to CCHS! GO VIKS! haha! Our school colors were green and gold, so these will be perfect to add! I'm not sure how I will add them but I think I will be able to figure it out! BTW... remember the tarn from a previous post... these flowers were made from the left over sleeves of the t-shirts I used to make the tarn. So now I am definitely recycling almost the entire shirt into something else =) Yay me! {go green! =D}

This happens to be my favorite from the set. I really love how simple but elegant it looks. The versatility of using white fabric is great too. I was thinking that with the white fabric it would be possible to take versamark ink (because its waterproof) and stamp designs on it. You could even take ranger inks and dye the fabric. Or what about glimmer mists... or better yet, edging the petals in stickles! That would be AWESOME! This flower would be PERFECT for a wedding, or christening or some sort of special occassion. Even using this flower when altering a frame for a wedding gift would be cool! The possibilities are endless. I found the button in a bag of buttons I bought from Michaels. You can get a ton of buttons for a reasonable price at either Michaels or Walmart, and I'm sure plenty of other places. I think I lucked out finding that one in my bag lol. 

Those are just a few of my flowers that I thought I would share! A BIIIIG thank you for the AWESOME video tutorial on making these! If you are interested in trying this out please visit DreamBigLover's YouTube Channel or Click HERE to go directly to the video! Thanks for visiting! 

A Drop Spindle Tutorial

I thought this was a really cool tutorial on how to use a drop spindle to spin yarn and I wanted to share :) I made my own drop spindle today and can not wait to dye and spin my first skein of yarn. Now I just need to find some really decent priced roving ;)

Background Tutorial

Over at Paper Arts Mingles and Challenges I posted a background tutorial tonight. Stop by and check it out.

Hope everyone is having a great night!

Off to watch idol! (GO Adam & Danny!)