Paper Wristlets

A bit ago I got a request on my etsy site to make a wristlet out of taco bell items! this was a challenge since the wrappers were paper and they only had one style plastic bag~not to mention I didn't care for taco bell all that much but seems I was just fooling myself! so I figured out a way to water proof the paper and whipped it up in less than a week from the request~Now I have a whole new world open up to me not just upcycling plastic but now paper trash! Here are two new versions a Long John Silver's wristlet and a Happy meal Wristlet! Both are lined with Eco Felt which is felt made from plastic bottles, you can find it over at Felt o Rama.

 

 

Meat Tray Garland How To!

I wasn't the one to come up with this but I saw a picture of it somewhere but not sure where to give credit were credit is due so sorry about that~ It was just a picture not a how to if that means anything!

What to do with those handy little meat trays? you could use them for paints but I don't paint very often and they just seem like they could have some other helpful use besides holding Meat but I have yet to find one until now! MEAT TRAY GARLAND!! I believe garland is not just for the holidays but to make every day a festive day!

1)Gather your meat trays ~ they do come in an array of colors but I used white for my first go at it.
2)Now tear the tray up in to pieces, no need to be perfect just tear away, I used 3 meat trays for this one and it fit across my front 2 windows.
3)Now that you have all these pieces floating around time to wrangle them in! thread a sewing needle and start threading the pieces on.


4) once you have them all threaded on you could stop and be done but I wanted mine to have some sparkle so I sprayed the garland with acrylic spray and sprinkled with glass glitter~ I then coated with acrylic again to make sure the glass glitter stuck and was sealed on!

Ta-Da~~


You can use egg cartons, lg McDonald's cups are Styrofoam, etc..
xoxo
Tracie

Afghan Completed

I finished an Afghan this weekend~ my daughter wanted to use it before it was finished so that inspired me to hurry up and finish it so I could cover her up with it while she was sleeping! it turned out so cute. I like this pattern because it's quick and thick, it uses that big chunky yarn. It takes 7 skeins and you can get them on sale for $5 so it only cost $35! here's the link for the free pattern;
http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/60751A.html?noImages=
If the link doesn't work you can find it at www.Lionbrand.com pattern number 60751A





My daughter and I did some needle felting this weekend~ she's only 11 but good at it and hasn't injured herself to badly yet! I was making felted Mushrooms and she was working on a blueberry but when I got up the next morning the Blueberry was not yet done but this was waiting for me! she made me an egg for breakfast! She sure is a crafty one!