2/10/2015 0 Comments Dr who party: wall art fezThe inspiration for this came from this with the discovery that a few of my frames had their glass broken in the move. Now, I think that you can never have too many frames, and despite having a full box of non broken frames remaining, I felt it had to be put to use. (My husband would disagree). So for your viewing and nerding pleasure, I present to you one of my only original ideas, the three dimensional fez wall art: How gorgeous. How dashing. Can't you just picture having one of your own? You may "ooo" and "ahhh" now. So without further ado, and to the best of my ability, I shall attempt to describe how you can create your own lovely little thing. I started with a square of muslin, or any fabric will do. I used a trapezoid of red felt and two thin elongated half circle type pieces. I also had red regular thread. And gold embroidery floss for the tassel. You'd also need an oz of batting or other filling. From here on out I'll attempt the instructions in a doodle. Good luck.
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2/10/2015 0 Comments Dr Who party: doodle artOriginals Followed by My versions I had fun re copying whoevers artwork. Thank you, mystery people. It was nice to get some doodles in. P.s. I'm not sure how I managed to get blurry pictures, but it doesn't seem worth going back and fixing. You get the gist of it. (I can even take them out of the frames and get proper pictures if anyone cares. I'll assume not). 2/9/2015 0 Comments Pillow slipcoverThis xmas I wanted my whole house festive, and one way I thought to add some xmas fabrics around the house was on a throw pillow. But I'm already flush will pillows and I didn't want to worry about storing anything. Solution? SLIP COVER. I picked two fabrics for front and back. From this point on I started to get lazy and made some choices based on that. I had originally wanted to include a green trim. I also wanted buttons on the open side. Then I ended up stuffing it with a different pillow than I cut the fabric for in the first place, which was slightly bigger. So the coolness of this project was cut down a few notches by me rushing to get it done, but hey, at least it's not a pile of good intentions in a box. 2/9/2015 0 Comments Bacon fatThis may seem like something of our grandparents generation, but I absolutely recommend storing leftover bacon drippings. It's denser than oils and cooks differently than that or butter. And shortening is rubbish (partially hydrogenated no.) plus it contains the savory delicious essence of bacon, adding a subtle flavor to whatever you cook with it. Grease your pan with it before cooking scrambled eggs, I dare you. |
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