Firstly I want to thank you guys for goat loads of super sweet comments last week (I am still working on responding to all of them)!!!! I always get kinda worried about doing such long posts and rambling on and on and you all made me feel loads better about my verbosity.
Sew... MomChops came over yesterday to help me get my Mod Podge act in gear (you can read all about Mod Podge HERE). I was supposed to do all this craft room stuff Saturday and I ended up goofing off all day with RonChops instead (we had a Halloween party to go to that night and I made mummy dogs. I am seriously bummed that I did not get a picture of them cause they were totally cute and GOOD. You can see the recipe HERE).
MomChops basically saved the day and acted as my helper/model/moral support (with some assistance from the GrandDogs of course)!
As I am typing this I am trying to figure out if I am going to share all 42 of the pictures I prepped for this post... or spare you the horror. Oh wait... I did ask you guys last week if all this picture excess AND verbosity thing was ok and you pretty much said it was... sooooooooooooooooYOU ASKED FOR IT!
(WOO HOO!)
Let's get started with a little song first...
(with mad dance moves courtesy of CharlotteChops)
You put your right foot in, you put your right foot out...
You put your right foot in and you shake it all about...
You do the holey pokey and you turn yourself around...
That's what it's all about!!!
LEFT FOOT!
Just kidding...
(I just wanted to see if I could stick that song in your head)
HUG
I am going to be Mod Podging some brown paper craft boxes and shapes today (with fabric and paper).
Since it's kinda hard to completely cover the boxes perfectly with paper - I like to paint them first!
(remember that the parts that are left peeping through are the color of your paint)
The reason I paint the boxes for the fabric application is because the fabric colors will look deeper and more opaque if you start with a lighter painted base...(white works really well)
Get some acrylic craft paint in a color of your choice. I like to use this stuff HERE.
If your hands don't look like this when you have painted 2 coats of paint onto 9 boxes...
...then you need to loosen up a little...
.seriously.
So I started a little bird house last week (you can see it at the bottom of this post HERE)... and decided that I did not like the colors of the bird roof.
So I yanked it off!
As I was yanking - I thought the little grouping of birds all stuck together looked kinda nice so I saved it and took a picture.
I am pretty sure I am going to do something with this... maybe a little framed something... I dunno yet.
I just knew that I had to share it with you guys cause I thought it looked sweet.
(you still singing???)
....you do the hooooh-oh-oh-key pokey...
that's better
Once I had the old bird roof off I decided I wanted to Mod Podge the base of the house with some...
wait for it....
TEAL fabric!!!
(totally not like me at all is it?)
I cut my TEAL fabric into small (fabulously TEAL) strips.
I generously applied some Mod Podge to the house...
...and then laid down a strip of TEAL fabric...
...and generously applied some Mod Podge over it...
(repeat till the whole thing is covered in fabric)
Podger Tips: I snipped slits on the edges when I needed to round a corner or Podge over a bird hole like this one...
I also folded the edges when I was Podging the bottom...
...(it's so tidy I feel a tiny bit proud)...
Once I had the whole house Podged I started punching birds.
I used the Martha Stewart bird punch!
(I looked and I cannot find it anywhere online... but I have seen it at Michaels and Walmart).
That's a WHOLE lotta birds!
Possibly a flock even.
I applied some roller glue (like this stuff HERE) to the back of each bird...
Get your roofing gun and roofing nails out...
Don your super crafty roofing tool belt...
...and you just layer them all over the roof of the house.
It's real real easy!
It's rooftastic!
and rooftacular!
...and full of roofulousness!
(see what I mean about the whole making up words thing)
Bird Roofing Tip: To make it so that the heads of the birds are all facing the front...
You simply punch on the opposite side of the paper.
It took me a while to figured that one out!
YAY for Bird Shingles!
That's what it's all about!
RIGHT FOOT!
...and the Birds Eye View Too... of course!
Note: In case you are wondering why one side is mostly teal and the other side has some color mixed in...
It's cause I decided the totally teal side was just too totally teal.
Shocking as it may seem there is such a thing as too much teal (maybe).
To decorate the house I used a few things I had in my craft stash
(everything I used was in teal cause I was feeling bad about adding other colors into the roof).
It's called roofers regret.
I love you teal.
(please forgive me for doubting your coolness)
I turned my mega strip of TEAL ric rac into a sticker using my Xyron thingy and wrapped it around the base of the house.
I also added some teal and (shhhhhh...don't tell the teal) green flowers I made.
I placed these on the sides and back of the house.
I started to paint the eaves of the roof with glitter and paint.
I am not loving it.
Yet.
I am not done with the house but he's pretty close.
I'll share another pic of him as soon as he's completely done up!
Sometimes the decorating genes shut down and I have to move on to something else.
Does that ever happen to you guys???
So a little break before the next Podgy Project...
I decided to reorganize my inspiration/cool stuff/favorite stuff cork board on Saturday
(which is yet another reason I did not get any crafts done)
This is what it looked like before.
I think there were about 4 - 5 layers of stuff on it.
As I was unearthing things...
I was ohh-ing and ahh-ing over stuff I had forgotten about!
There was so much stuff...
I could not even lay it all out in one layer on my mega huge table....
Ahhhh.... MUCH better.
I filed loads of things away in my binders
(I have inspiration binders I'll have to show you guys some day)
...I hung up some new stuff and re-exposed some old stuff!
These are some HUGS from my friend Leigh!
(thanks again Leigh!!!)
Thus ends that break... let's get back to crafts!!
This paper Podging demonstration is brought to you with the help of my MomChops!
Since your sides are all painted...
You do not need to perfectly measure the paper pieces to fit over the sides of your boxes.
I kinda like the paint showing through the edges.
This is MomChops measuring the box.
She has mad measuring skillz!
Goooo MomChops!
Here are the 4 colors we picked for our first box.
You have a large piece for the sides and a smaller piece for the sides of the lid.
I forgot to include a pic of the paper we chose for the top.
You do the same thing as you would do for the fabric.
Podge the painted box generously....
Stick the TEAL paper to the newly Podged section...
smooth it down
...and PODGE right over it!
Dog Cuteness Break
(just cause)
CharlotteChops was minding her Crafty P's and Q's and DogChops came in to give her a little kiss.
Schmooooooooooch
..and then DogChops proceeded to sit on CharlotteChops leg...
...just cause...
Back to Podging!
RonChops brought us some snacks for craft room fortification.
(I loves me some RonChops)
I would have given him a little kiss but MomChops was cracking the Mod Podge whip!
I am telling you folks.
MomChops was on a Mod Podge Mission!
Behold the SPEED!
wrrrrrrrrrrr!
I know I have shared this one before...
But it got dark before I could get pics of the finished boxes!
(daylight savings time crept up on me)
(can you believe it... after all that and she's not going to show the finished boxes)
Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Lolly!
I just wanted to share one last thing (as idea of what you can do with this box)!
I know this is typically a wine box.
But I thought it would be cute to make it into a gift box sans wine.
My thought is that you can put a couple of skeins of yarn in there...
With a crochet needle and a simple 1 - 2 skein pattern (printed up cute - of course)...
and VOLIA...you have a little present you can give to someone crafty!!
You can see a few 1 - 2 skein yarn patterns HERE, HERE and HERE.
I'll share a picture of the finished boxes next Monday AND...
I have a little craft room mobile project for next next week that I seriously cannot wait to share (I cannot even share any sneaky peaks cause it's just too exciting)!!
That's all I gots for today!
I hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween! I'll be back later this week (so keep your eyeballs peeled)! I am redesigning my blog right now and I am going to start posting some of the new elements (picture treatments, backgrounds and header options)! I need you guys to help me pick everything out!
P.S.S.T. You do the hooooh-oh-oh-key pokey! ...and that's what it's all about!
(so were you singing along with me this whole time or did I lose you in the fray???)
