One Crafty Contest

Round 1:  Paint

This week has been crazy with baseball games, the last week of school, party planning for my son's 7th birthday and my paint project for One Crafty Contest.  All this on top of what a mother of four already has to do.  It took a lot of effort making the time to work on my project.  My husband has been supportive and my kids encouraging.  They are almost as excited as me to be a part of this contest!  I have been working hard on my paint project for one crafty contest and I finally finished!  Go visit One Artsy Mama and vote for your favorites!  Voting is open until Tuesday at noon.

Thank you for your support! -Callie

Dry Erase Marker Teacher Appreciation Gift

School is almost out for summer, less than one week!  I wanted to give our teachers a little something to say thank you ( for putting up with my kids).  Not long ago I pinned on my To Do Board this dry erase marker craft.  I wish I could take full credit for this idea but I found my inspiration at The Happy Scraps. I'm sharing this craft over at Living Better Together.  Be sure to stop by and visit her blog too!

Items Needed:

planting container

easter grass

dry erase markers

floral foam

scrapbook paper

hole punch

Cricket

Cut your foam to fit your container (I use a butter knife).    Push the markers into the foam.

 Place the foam and markers into the container and cover with grass. You may want to use hot glue to secure the foam.  I did not just in case the teachers want to reuse the container.

Using my Cricut, I cut my flowers 2 1/2" and used a hole punch on the center of each flower.

Then place the flower on the top of each marker. 

I hope you enjoyed this craft.  Have a great summer!

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Framed Art Display

Quick announcement!  Callie's Crafts made it into the top 20 at One Artsy Momma's, One Crafty Contest.  Each week a new challenge will be presented.  Head over to One Artsy Momma and follow along with the contest.  Be sure to vote each week for your favorite!  Now, I'm off to brainstorm and do some painting!

I've completed another project in my daughter's room.  I made a place for Paige to display her art work.  By using things I already had I was able to do this project for about $3.  I purchased the butterfly clips and the ribbon.  I collected 3 large picture frames.  I  found one on the curb and got 2 from my mom.  I used fabric (old curtains) and covered cardboard to create the backing.  Keep reading to see the tutorial.

Spray Painted Candle Sconce

 I found this beautiful wall sconce for $2 at a yard sale.  I wasn't sure where I would use it but I love swirls!  I am not crazy about brass but I have the fix for that (spray paint).  

I decided to use it in the master bedroom.  I have light grey, almost white, walls and I am using metallics as my accent colors.  The curtains have a hint of gold.  I used the same color paint as the hardware on the jewelry armoire I put in our bathroom.  I love having having candle wall sconces.  They really add a great deal of light in case of a power outage.  We have a lot of severe weather in the South.

Thanks for reading.  If you like it be sure to follow Callie's Crafts!

Guest Blogger! Rebecca of Living Better Together

I would like to introduce you to my new bloggy friend, Rebecca from Living Better Together.  She has a great no sew project to share today.  I love this technique and I see myself using it in the near future.  

My name is Rebecca and I am so honored to be guest posting for Callie today! I blog over at Living Better Together and my focus is on family, life, and the things that come along with them. I'm a Maine girl that loves pancakes and pure maple syrup, cuddling with my husband and puppy dog, and I watch way to much television! I hope that you will enjoy this project as much as you enjoy all of Callie's, she's quite the talented lady, don't you think? Thanks for having me, Callie, I can't wait to see what you bring over to my blog next week!

I have been struggling to find a pillow that was just the right shade of pink for my spare room makeover, so I decided to make one myself. I had a couple of plain throw pillows in the closet that I had grabbed for a steal at Target almost two years ago. Yeah, I know that was a while ago, and at the time my husband told me "Just because it's cheap doesn't mean you have to buy it". Well, it was something like $2.00 for the pair, so I ignored him and bought them anyway. Hey, and look two years later, I'm glad I did. 

My husband doesn't believe in pillows because he hates digging his way onto the bed or the couch ;)

I decided to pick up some fabric and attempt another no-sew pillow, you can find my first one here. One of these days I will relearn how to sew, I think a sewing machine will actually be on my Christmas list this year. Until then, I have decided that I will master the art of no-sew projects because I know I'm not the only crafty person out there that doesn't have or know how to use a sewing machine. This no-sew pillow was much more time consuming than the other one, but I think it has more character and a flirty feel to add to my spare room.

I decided to attempt to make a rosette pillow. Rosettes have been everywhere, being used  anywhere from Callie's Rosette Headband Tutorial to my Linen and Lace Wreath. I figured it would be that difficult to take that idea and put it on a pillow, I did go through a ton of hot glue though.

You will need the following items to make this:

1 Pillow

1 yard of fabric (You may need more or less depending on the size of the pillow you choose)

Hot glue gun

30 hot glue sticks

Scissors

I cut strips of the fabric that were about an inch or so wide, they don't have to be perfect because once you start twisting a gluing you won't notice. I glued down one end of the strip to secure it and then began twisting the fabric and gluing it down to the pillow while working in a circle. I started down in the low corner of the pillow, but you could start in the center if you wanted. You can see to the right side of the picture how I am twisting the fabric, try to make the colorful side of the fabric the one that will show.

Here is a photo of how the first strip turned out. You could easily just make a rosette this size on a different pillow cover as an accent, but I did an all over rosette. I glued the end of the next strip down where the last one left off and continued on my winding and gluing way. When you get to the edges you will have to twist the fabric around and head back in the other direction, basically going from side to side. 

Here is the finished product! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask! Thanks for stopping by Callie's today and I hope you'll venture over to Living Better Together soon!