Dog Collars, Made Completely by Hand!

Welcome back! I thought I might share a project that I have found success in. Welcome to my line of handmade, sturdy dog collars!

They are made completely by hand. Heavy duty buckles, medal D rings, adjustable for bigger or smaller pups. The whole deal!

They were extremely fun to make and I was able to sell a few to people who were interested!

During the photo shoot, my Puppy was interested in the treats... so she let her self have a one, or three!

Hope you enjoyed. More projects to come. If you want tutorials of how to make these beauties let me know if your interested. Also if you like what you see on here, Like us on Facebook!

Introducing the adventures of Gumby!

So I have decided to start a new and funny project. I have official called it the "Adventures of College Gumby!" This post includes Gumby doing some Yoga poses.... ooohh gooo Gumby!

Look, even Gumby can do Half Moon, Ardha Chandrasana!

Warrior 2, Virabradrasana! Do you see something funny about this picture?

and last but not least, good old Down Dog, Adho Mukha Svanasana!

Thanks for looking! More will be coming... Namaste!

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Hot Off The Press, Ceramic Cupcake!

Photo Credit to Melanie Frakes

Here and now I introduce my very first official ceramics project! I call it the super delish in-edible cupcake. It is complete with rainbow sprinkles and a cherry on top!

As of recent I have decided to take up a ceramics class at my local community college. With all my other classes consuming my time, I found it essential to who I was to take a creative art class. So here I am posting my ceramic projects. 

The first assignment was to make an object using the solid technique. I feel my project turned out pretty damn awesome!

Expect more to come!

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Hand Made Travel Journal!

There is nothing better than handmade, right? That's exactly what I think. And so my best friend just graduated from high school I found it only appropriate to craft her something amazing as a graduation gift. I knew she was on the road to traveling the whole world and thought she would need something to write in. And so now I present the ultimately and completely handmade travel journal!

The design for the journal came from this website. The journal is made from folded typing paper, water colored paper, cardboard, an overly labored over weathered map and some handmade country maps!

To prepare the cover paper I figured the map must look weathered, right? Right, so after some coffee soaking, I tried to lift the wet map out of the baking sheet and like a little kid with a fragile object the beautifully weathered map fell apart along the folded edges! Fortunately after some hair-drying and taping it was almost as good as new. I also finished it off with some gold watercolor for a rich look.

The cool flag and earth charms were made out of fused bubble wrap and melted crayon. The bookmark tassel is simply an old chain from a broken necklace with ribbon weaved in and out of it.

And now this leads me to the inside of the journal. I put a nice pocket for loose papers in the back of the journal and decorated it!

The front page of the journal I also decorated and personalized for my friend. P.S. she makes amazing cupcakes!

She really did love the journal and frankly I really enjoyed making a journal completely by hand! From this moment on I'll never buy a journal from the store again!

Thanks for looking!

Steampunk'n Matchbox

A little while ago I participated in a swap on craftster.org. We were supposed to craft matchboxes into master pieces of our partners interest. Before I did this swap I didn't really know what "steampunk" was. It was really cool to create art that was outside of my comfort level. Here is the link to the Steampunk'd out Matchbox. I reused a broken zipper and wrapped it around the box to create a punk-ish feel.

I also crafted the key pendant hanging on the front.

Here is the box open. I thought it would be cool to make the box like an envelope.

Some more details.

Thanks for looking!

Octopus and its Treasure - Matchbox Swap

Recently I was part of this matchbox swap on one of my favorite crafting websites Craftster. You can see the ACTUALLY swap here. It was my first swap ever, so I was slightly skeptical on the idea of making someone else a wonderful creation, sending through the mail (yikes?) and then them receiving. But I figured that I would trust in the system and boy, I am glad I did! The Matchbox I got from my partner was WONDERFUL and funnily enough we both made each other the same sort of idea! So here is the matchbox I made for her. I'm so happy it is her treasure forever!

This is the actually Matchbox. Doesn't look like a matchbox anymore I know?!

And here is the inside of the matchbox drawer, my swapper liked Jane Austen so in involved some Austen'y elements.

The teapot earrings were inspired by Jane Austen as well, I made them from a plastic lid from a container and paint.

The matchbox all packed up!

I made the suction cups out of a book page, sequins and seed beads!

Thanks for looking!

Yarn Made From a T-Shirt

Well here I am, doing yet more recycling! So I got some quick inspiration today to do what I have always wanted to, make yarn out of a T-Shirt! I Stumbled Upon this great tutorial a while ago showing clear instructions of just how to do this. You can look at it here Recycling A T-Shirt - Tutorial. It does say that you should use a continuous shirt without seams, but I didn't. It turned out just fine though!

Here is a picture after the cutting.

My pup seems to like the yarn... NOOOOOO don't destroy that!

Oh okay, so now you think your a cat? I must admit my dog has a fixation for yarn!

Thanks for looking, and enjoy!

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