Dino Days Are Over

I got a chance to sit and paint a little bit yesterday, a much needed break from my computer slaved days writing copy for my marketing job. 

I'm making a series of dinosaur paintings ad creating a mini prehistoric gallery at my place. Here's one of my derpy dinosaurs I painted just yesterday. What do you think? 

Hello Kitty Headband

Annd my first project back is a Hello Kitty headband.

Big surprise!

I came across this adorbz costume but it's like $50 and I figured I'd try making it.

At the least I could make the headband.

I remembered to take photos during the process this time so I can actually post a quick and easy tutorial. Character headbands like this are great for when you don't want to wear a full out costume to work or to school. Or just for fun I guess. 

If you're feeling REAL ambitious you can always go for this costume 

And I also think I'll definitely be making Optimus this little number :D

Wedding Wreaths

After consulting with my mom and her flower friend while in Michigan- the final wedding wreath design was decided on. I am pretty happy with it if I do say so myself. 

The felt flower pattern I used is from purl bee's rose barrette pattern,

and I purchased 12 styrofoam wreath bases for only like $30 with shipping from save on crafts. Great site if you are making bulk crafts- The wreaths were like $3.50 each at the craft store. Yay online shopping win! 

Yap Wrap

So I was in a little boutique-y pet store the other day and came across these yap wraps.

And I thought they were so cute- but Chevy Chase (my fur baby Rat Terrier) is so broad chested they wouldn't fit him and I was sad.

But then I realized I could make one for him.

I made a prototype last night,

and am working on the finished product but it is pretty spot on.

I can't post a tutorial though, because I'm pretty sure that's infringing on yap's copyright,

but I will say it's pretty easy if you can just take measurements of your doggle where the little velcro straps are. Chevy is HUGE around his tummy and has a tiny little lemon head!

Dinosaurs!

Hi there!

I'm a baby dinosaur!

Don't you like my bow?

Here I am with Daddy Dinosaur.

YO

Aren't I so sweet?

Creature part 2

Ok do you know what he is now?

How about now? 

Annnnnnd now..

Creatures

I'm trying something new and making felt plushies. It's different than crocheting that's fasho.

Here's a little preview of one of my new guys- who I have great plans for.

legs!!!

Can you guess what this guy is?

Lotta Jansdotter Checkbook Cover

I've gotten re-acquainted with my sewing machine lately, and took the long holiday weekend to make a few things, including this checkbook cover!! It was my first time making bias tape- and I'm pretty proud of how it turned out.

 

Overexposed- sorry!

I got the pattern from Lotta Jansdotter's book: Simple Sewing

which has some really easy and great patterns for things around the home.

Next project I want to try from the book is the oven mitts. We burnt through ours. Womp!

Crochet Coasters

I saw these cuties on the Yvestown Blog and couldn't wait to try it out, given my renewed love of crochet.

Here are mine!!

Cute huh? Little flower coasters! Love them! They are super easy and fun to make too!

Wedding Wreath number 2!

Updated wedding wreath.

This time it's a more circular circle and the yarn is a little tidier.

A vast improvement if I do say so myself!!

Do you recognize those little hearts? :)

Now only like 20 more to go. WooHoo!!!

Wedding Hearts

Another little project I'm working on for the wedding.

I'm crocheting tiny hearts in our wedding colors to throw on the reception tables.

They are super fast to whip up, but I have to make A LOT of them.

I figure if I make a few everyday I'll have enough in time for THE BIG DAY. 

What do you think? How many do you think I will need?

Wedding Wreath

Here's a prototype of one of our wedding decorations.

Clearly it's uneven and not really perfect like I wanted, but I was just practicing ok- don't judge!

I'm thinking of hanging these from each pew- what do you think?

Felted mat!

Haven't done any knitting in a long time, and now that we have a washer and dryer I could finally felt a project I've had for awhile!
Its my first time felting believe it or not and it was super fun watching the circles shrink.
Yay!

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Crochet heart clip! Adding some to the shop soon,

what do you think?

So Many Bows

So Many Bows
Originally uploaded by Betty_Rockit

I got a ton of snap clippies in the mail yesterday so I started on my many many bows! They will be up in the shop once I've finished with photos and deciding on pricing and what not. :)

Makeovers

Going to do a blog and shop makeover because I'm BORED.

on a different note, I'm adding like a bajillion hair bows to my shop. Yayz.

Homemade Mini

I'm back!

I needed to catch up on a lot of things, so I took a mini break from the blog- but I am back!

First thing to update is that I'm completely bored with my wardrobe!

So I decided I'm going to start making my own clothes. 

Last night I decided to whip up this little mini- which was super easy and fast. 

I had a coworker take these photos.

 

and then I tried to take a close up of myself and it turned out funny- but I still like it.

I plan on making many more of these skirts- and will post a tutorial of it also.

What do you think?

Giveaway?

I think I'll do another giveaway, because I feel like it. I need your help though- feedback on what you think I should offer! So what do you think? A little mushroom? A ninja? Or a dinosaur? Do tell!

2 new items in the shop!

$5

$6

Check it out!

My DIY Pocketfold Invitations

If you haven't seen me mention that I have a strict, self imposed wedding budget- then here it is. I have a strict, self imposed wedding budget. I refuse to spend a ridiculous amount of money on one day- and so I've been planning lots of DIY projects. 

I've been hitting up all the wedding blogs and trying to keep up but ultimately the wedding is going to be our own and so it's up to us to set the tone. We're both creative people so we're trying to do as much ourselves as we can.

So that brings me to invitations which, are surprisingly easy to do yourself. Mr. Rockit is an Illustrator/Photoshop Genius so we are creating our own templates and printing them out on cardstock bought at the craft store. I received a $100 gift card to Joann Fabrics which was the perfect gift- because that's $100 less I have to spend supplies. We spend about $50 of my gift card on the supplies and paper so far. Not bad.

1: project wedding 2: martha stewart

I found a ton of tutorials online about how to do pocketfold invites on the cheap, and decided to do the first photo which you can do with 8.5 x 11 cardstock. Disregard that color and typeface- we're doing something different, but the template is great and cute. The card folds up to be about 5 x 7 which fits a regular greeting card envelope. The second image is my inspiration for the yarn added onto the paper. So here are some pictures below of my progress. 

Just gettin' started on these babies. 

. We're making it our own by adding personal touches like the button closures and the yarn across the top of the inserts. I got some supplies- like my fiskars paper trimmer thing which helps me cut straight lines- and a little edge rounder punch, and a paper scorer thing. 

The sweet little button closures were Mr. Rockit's idea- they are going to take a really long time to put on so I'm still debating them but they're just so adorable I think I may just have to do it.

If I don't do the button closures I'm considering just tying a little yarn bow around the invite.. what do you think?

Anyway, I'm pretty proud of them so far- I have a hundred and some more to make, but I'm starting super early so hopefully a little bit here and there will be enough to get the job done.