tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54672152156289730842023-11-16T04:15:14.506-08:00Copper's Fox and FriendsJoy Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705051969340599432noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467215215628973084.post-77559964952098844052013-10-19T06:56:00.001-07:002013-10-19T06:56:30.568-07:00Running behind... My boy is now 9!I haven't blogged in a full year, geez... What a slacker! Well, it's time to try this again. First of all last summer at that 8th birthday party with the baseball themed cake we gave my son gymnastics lessons as a gift. He started going one hour a week and loving it! Then he started begging to compete, so now we can add "gymnastics mom" to the list of hats I wear.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7U07A1wcRj-zE7AxiRYEL5ek-J5LgOoqM22GX0da0XKtTlGWVAXcSto4cuHVxQMYQ-tRjvArWOKKrfIziySJud3fDF1SBs6B9U07_JdtCp0INsIslO76yli_GFwGwdu-mOP3IAnYLhzY/s640/blogger-image-2124612010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7U07A1wcRj-zE7AxiRYEL5ek-J5LgOoqM22GX0da0XKtTlGWVAXcSto4cuHVxQMYQ-tRjvArWOKKrfIziySJud3fDF1SBs6B9U07_JdtCp0INsIslO76yli_GFwGwdu-mOP3IAnYLhzY/s640/blogger-image-2124612010.jpg"></a></div>Here's a great pick of my little gymnast with his coach (who sadly is moving away this week). He's smiling here but there were definitely some tears too!</div><div><br></div><div>So when that 9th birthday rolled around my son asked for- you guessed it- a boys gymnastics cake! Well I searched every corner of the Internet and found thousands if girl cakes for inspiration but for boys there wasn't much to choose from. No pre-made figures to purchase, nothing! </div><div><br></div><div>I knew from the Scooby Doo cake I did when he was 4 that I definitely did not want to use modeling chocolate again, what a mess!</div><div><br></div><div>So I tried non-edible Polymer Clay. I purchased all the colors I needed and some cheap sculpting tools at Michaels and went for it.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXgdaZTTs0tN0XJ9wVnTOOMMHTxylDwBhhFp439mRZuISGbQT_Thz-EbZ86QW7mU3uiRG8_S5k8NQvWiENmn2Ihwj9alcr1PxU93SUgcRRWi3PJBcBlAgaKdICsFiarMkYgGihMPD7CAs/s640/blogger-image--599830395.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXgdaZTTs0tN0XJ9wVnTOOMMHTxylDwBhhFp439mRZuISGbQT_Thz-EbZ86QW7mU3uiRG8_S5k8NQvWiENmn2Ihwj9alcr1PxU93SUgcRRWi3PJBcBlAgaKdICsFiarMkYgGihMPD7CAs/s640/blogger-image--599830395.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The polymer clay has to be baked after you sculpt it, but I did it a few days before the party so it was ready as soon as the cakes cooled and were iced. The only apparatus I couldn't figure out how to make was rings, so I make a chalk bucket instead. I also sculpted the gymnast to look like my son, right down to the tuft of hair that always sticks up in the back.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibgia_RqwZ2drLkZGFw5Bt8IOXlExvHa-6V54Rgp-CdE5B4lwwdVsKATRTQp-sfXLClFVqHzMRsH7I21JIbjBOk7Ewr2IxiiEwZnSQT362h7RZLQBgF0HboxEC7p42n-JBX2oWvd0ZH28/s640/blogger-image-31675618.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibgia_RqwZ2drLkZGFw5Bt8IOXlExvHa-6V54Rgp-CdE5B4lwwdVsKATRTQp-sfXLClFVqHzMRsH7I21JIbjBOk7Ewr2IxiiEwZnSQT362h7RZLQBgF0HboxEC7p42n-JBX2oWvd0ZH28/s640/blogger-image-31675618.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjbP6u65K071ve2L0hTWHNdPIqdKD6CRCHHUpfSxA9HHWNz33c0iUjIerscICn_6H-MHTgtuJrxgyuX3Uw5yPdg6mz1PA6sy9PMGj8U-pK4nTGW69MRqUmTUlw_1KIy-fwGYrRkspUdGg/s640/blogger-image-99358940.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjbP6u65K071ve2L0hTWHNdPIqdKD6CRCHHUpfSxA9HHWNz33c0iUjIerscICn_6H-MHTgtuJrxgyuX3Uw5yPdg6mz1PA6sy9PMGj8U-pK4nTGW69MRqUmTUlw_1KIy-fwGYrRkspUdGg/s640/blogger-image-99358940.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div><br></div>Joy Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705051969340599432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467215215628973084.post-74848639778863831162012-08-07T06:30:00.000-07:002012-08-07T06:30:01.194-07:00Bleach Pen Art tutorial.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I visit Pinterest on a daily basis and always find such great ideas! One such idea came from <a href="http://www.thenextbird.com/2011/11/new-old-clothes.html" target="_blank">The Next Bird</a>.</div>
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She got a spot of bleach on a pair of pants and instead of throwing them out she grabbed a bleach pen and created a design around the spot! Genius! I went to my local Goodwill second hand store and got this lovely brown GAP t-shirt for $3.00. I bought a bleach pen from Wal-Mart.</div>
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It's hard to tell but I used chalk to sketch my pattern before I went nuts with the bleach pen. you can sort of see the faint chalk lines on the above picture... I also stuck a piece of cardboard inside the shirt and stretched it as snug as I could.</div>
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This is what the shirt looks like with the bleach on it - working its magic. I left in on for about 30 minutes. My drawing did not turn out completely symetrical. The beach pen flowed faster than I thought and so my first few lines were a little crazy but with a few deep meditative calming breaths I was able to still create a whimsical fun pattern.</div>
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After 30 minutes it still looks about the same, but you can tell that its working. I rinsed it and washed it and I'm wearing it right now... as I type this... and I'm not posting a photo because when I ate dinner I spilt salsa on the front of it... true story! Once the bleach is washed off the lines are a soft brownish pink color, not a white color like they are in the photos. If you happen to be cruising your local thrift store and see a forlorn plain old t-shirt without a closet to call its own... give it a forever home and a new look with a bleach pen!</div>Joy Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705051969340599432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467215215628973084.post-82425029599308431302012-08-06T06:30:00.000-07:002012-08-06T15:02:52.894-07:00Baseball Birthday CakeMy son turned 8-years-old last week! Every year he picks a theme and I always make a cake for him. This year the theme was baseball and more specifically the Texas Rangers. I did not take pictures of the process on this project (I really don't want anyone to see what a messy state my kitchen is in when I'm in the midst of the creative process!). <br />
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The cake was made from two box mixes cooked in two 11x9 cake pans. I used <a href="http://www.bronzebudgetbride.com//magazine/read/recipe-for-making-a-box-cake-taste-homemade_2715.html" target="_blank">this blog's</a> suggestion for making box mix cakes taste like they are scratch made and ended up with a beautifully rich moist cake!<br />
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Below are pictures of cakes from previous years - Just as a Bonus!</div>
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I have to get something off my chest! I did not come up with this idea! I'm not even really going to give any kind of tutorial here... But I will link you to the genius whom I chose to imitate for this masterpiece.</div>
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She had this brilliant idea to use 3 Ring Binders to make a doll house that can be stored on a shelf when not in use. I used her tutorial for the kitchen chairs and loosely adapted her bed and living room furniture tutorials as well.</div>
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I know, friends and family, you are wondering, "Why in heaven's name would Joy endeavor to make a travel dollhouse!?!? Surely not for her 8 year old BOY!!!"</div>
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My answer is, "Of course not!" It's for a dear family friend's little 7-year-old Barbie lovin' daughter!" </div>
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So here is a room by room breakdown of what I did:</div>
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In each room I created a "curtain" to hang on the three ring binder rings to conceal them. I also only made focal furniture, anything else I created by putting pictures on the walls of the room. Like end table, lamps and the fireplace. I found a template for a picture frame and used those along with a family photo that I <strike>stole</strike> uh, borrowed, off of my friend's facebook. The family photos on the wall made her daughter squeal with glee (literally! She squealed!!) The only place I deviated from the tutorial is that I made an ottoman instead of a coffee table and I hand stiched the furniture instead of using fabric glue or a hot glue gun (mainly because I couldn't find my hot glue gun!)</div>
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The bed was just a piece of foam matress pad that I cut into a rectangle I sewed a cover for the foam and a comforter. The "two" pillows are really just one, that I sewed a line down the middle of, to make it look like two. The bed sits on a black cardboard box. Google Images is the source for the furniture on the walls.</div>
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Once again I used a family photo of the little girl and Tinkerbell from a recent Disney trip.</div>
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The bathroom provides everything Barbie needs to look her best! Sink, Bathtub and mirror... No toilet... she'll have to take care of that need somewhere else! The sink is a little prep-bowl from Tuesday Morning and an awesome gravy boat (once again from Tuesday Morning - on clearance) makes a prett good bathtub.</div>
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Throughout the house there are several impressionistic paintings on the walls. I got those from <a href="http://dollhousedecorating.blogspot.com/search/label/dollhouse%20bathroom" target="_blank">Dollhouse Decorating</a> who got them from <a href="http://www.benjaminartdesign.com/">www.benjaminartdesign.com</a></div>
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So, there you have it! This was a really fun project, however it was time consuming... and truthfully... I'm thankful I have a boy!</div>
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As a kid my mom would make fried Spam sandwiches, and anytime there was 'ham salad' guess what the secret ingredient was? Yep! Spam!</div>
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When I met my husband I confessed that I am a food snob - It's TRUE! </div>
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For example - I will NEVER eat a generic Pop-Tart! Toast-Ums are just NOT the same!</div>
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(This is how we knew it must be real love!)</div>
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But then we both admitted the truth. Despites the fact that we are both "foodies" we will not ever disrespect or shun the canned goodness that is Spam... It's just too wonderful to scorn!</div>
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There are two ways to make this delectable treasure. The pictures below are the "baked potato" version but I'll briefly explain at the end how to modify this for the 'skillet potato' version.</div>
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1 can of Spam</div>
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1 Bell Pepper</div>
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1 Yellow Onion</div>
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Salt and Pepper to Taste</div>
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Dice Spam, bell pepper and onion into cubes. You can go larger or smaller on the cubes, a larger cube is obviously easier and faster, but be consistent so that everything cooks evenly.</div>
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When the bell peppers are about halfway cooked add your onions.</div>
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Once the Onions are translucent add the Spam and heat for a few more minutes to cook Spam.</div>
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Baked Potatoes! For years we wrapped our Baked Potatoes in plastic wrap before placing them in the microwave and then my husband discovered that if you wet the potato thoroughly before putting it in you don't need to wrap it. Just wet it and then nuke it for 3-4 minutes. Re-wet it and then flip it and nuke for 3-4 more minutes.</div>
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Top your baked potato with Spam and Veggies and you can add cheese (as I did below) if you want to. My husband also added Cholula Hot Sauce and Sour Cream to his as well! Yum!</div>
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Now: If you want skillet potatoes then you will need to dice your potatoes (around the same size as everything else). Put them in the skillet with butter (or cooking oil if you prefer) and saute them until they are tender. Season with salt and pepper. (We also sometimes use season salt and garlic powder as well.)</div>
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Once the potatoes are cooked set them aside in a bowl while you cook the veggies and spam as directed above. Once the spam is cooked with the veggies add the potates back in and let them heat back up.</div>
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If you want a healthier dish you can use Spam Lite or Turkey Spam (both are pretty tasty). You can also cook everything in olive or canola oil both of which are heart healthy oils.</div>
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I tried this today... its pretty good... It's not any starbucks copy cat, its just a yummy goodness all its own.</div>
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I'm not a slave to the local starbucks, I just like sweet and yummy coffee drinks, so I didn't try to copy anyone else's drinks.. I just made my own. </div>
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As I try it again in the future I'll post updates to let you know how I've improved or varied it.</div>
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Here's the official recipe:</div>
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3/4 c coffee</div>
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3/4 c milk</div>
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1/4 c sugar</div>
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2 Tbs. vanilla syrup</div>
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3-4 Tbs Hershey Chocolate Syrup</div>
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12 cubes of ice (about 1 and 1/2 cups)</div>
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Place all ingredients in blender and blend until ice is crushed smooth.</div>
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This recipe filled my glass twice.</div>
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Variations: </div>
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White Mocha: melt white chocolate chips (1/2 c) in the microwave and mix them in (let them cool a little) in stead of Chocolate Syrup</div>
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Caramel: use 3-4 Tbs of Caramel Sauce instead of Chocolate Syrup</div>
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Vanilla: omit Chocolate Syrup and increase vanilla syrup by 1-2 Tbs.</div>
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If it sits for awhile it will separate. I read online somewhere that Starbucks uses a little bit of xantham gum to prevent the separation. I didn't worry about it because I drank it fast enough it didn't have time to separate.</div>
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Let me know if you try it and if you have any suggestions for improvement...</div>Joy Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705051969340599432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467215215628973084.post-20944884910262352862012-07-20T12:36:00.000-07:002012-07-20T12:36:03.890-07:00You Might Be a Cop If...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Dedicated to my dearest husband, who laughed at every last one of these...</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"></span></div>
<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Disclaimer: I did not create this list... I don't necessarily agree with the points of view presented in this list... This list is for entertainment purposes.... Lighten up, everyone!</span><br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">You might be a cop if...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">•You have the bladder capacity of five people. </span><br /><span style="color: #000066; font-family: trebuchet ms;">•You believe that 50% of people are a waste of good air. </span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">•Your idea of a good time is an armed robbery and a car chase.</span><br /><span style="color: #000066; font-family: trebuchet ms;">•You conduct a <a href="http://coppersfox.blogspot.com/#" id="_GPLITA_0" in_rurl="http://www.textsrv.com/click?v=VVM6MjMwNzg6MTMyOmNyaW1pbmFsOjQ4OWQ2ODlmZmFmNDA4YzcyOThmMWViZTgwMGMyYWZlOnotMTE0NS0zNDc4Njpjb3BwZXJzZm94LmJsb2dzcG90LmNvbQ" title="Powered by Text-Enhance"><span style="color: #d52a33;">criminal</span></a> record check on anyone who seems friendly towards you.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">•Discussing dismemberment over a meal seems perfectly normal to you. </span><br /><span style="color: #000066; font-family: trebuchet ms;">•You find humor in other people's stupidity. </span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">•You believe in the aerial spraying of Prozac and <a href="http://coppersfox.blogspot.com/#" id="_GPLITA_2" in_rurl="http://www.textsrv.com/click?v=VVM6MjI4NzY6MTc0NzpiaXJ0aCBjb250cm9sIHBpbGxzOjBhODBlZGIwMDQyN2UxZGM0YzM3NDQ5YzNkZGJjMzEwOnotMTE0NS0zNDc4Njpjb3BwZXJzZm94LmJsb2dzcG90LmNvbQ" title="Powered by Text-Enhance"><span style="color: #d52a33;">birth control pills</span></a>. </span><br /><span style="color: #000066; font-family: trebuchet ms;">•You disbelieve 90% of what you hear and 75% of what you see. </span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">•You have your weekends off planned for a year. </span><br /><span style="color: #000066; font-family: trebuchet ms;">•You believe the government should require a permit to reproduce.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">•You believe that unspeakable evils will befall you if anyone says, "Boy, it sure is quiet tonight."</span><br /><span style="color: #000066; font-family: trebuchet ms;">•A little "stick time" has nothing to do with baseball.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">•(Can you say "TAZER"???) </span><br /><span style="color: #000066; font-family: trebuchet ms;">•You refer to your favorite restaurant by the intersection at which its located.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">•You have ever wanted to hold a seminar entitled: "Suicide...getting it right the first time."</span><br /><span style="color: #000066; font-family: trebuchet ms;">•You have ever had to put the phone on hold before you begin laughing uncontrollably.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">•You believe the Watch Sgt. is a crap magnet possessed by a demon.</span><br /><span style="color: #000066; font-family: trebuchet ms;">•Your favorite hallucinogen is exhaustion.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">•You think caffeine should be available in IV form.</span><br /><span style="color: #000066; font-family: trebuchet ms;">•The person you're speaking with states, "That's not mine. I have no idea how that got there."</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">•You believe anyone who says, "I only had two beers" is going to blow more than a .15</span><br /><span style="color: #000066; font-family: trebuchet ms;">•You find out a lot about paranoia just by following people around.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">•People flag you down on the street and ask you directions to strange places.</span><br /><span style="color: #000066; font-family: trebuchet ms;">•You can discuss where you are going to eat with your partner while standing over a dead body.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">•You are the only person introduced at social gatherings by profession.</span><br /><span style="color: #000066; font-family: trebuchet ms;">•You walk into places and people think it's high comedy to seize their buddy and shout, "They've come to get you, Bill."</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">•You do not see daylight from November until May.</span><br /><span style="color: #000066; font-family: trebuchet ms;">•People shout, "I didn't do it!" when you walk into a room and think they're being hugely funny and original.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">•You've ever started a sentence with the phrase "We had this awesome dead body earlier. You should have seen it." </span><br /><span style="color: #000066; font-family: trebuchet ms;">•A week's worth of laundry consists of 5 T-shirts, 5 pairs of socks, and 5 pairs of underwear. </span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">•You've ever referred to Thursday as "My Monday".</span><br /><span style="color: #000066; font-family: trebuchet ms;">•You've ever written off guns and ammunition as a business deduction.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">•Anyone has ever said, "There are people killing other people out there and you are here messing with me."</span></div>Joy Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705051969340599432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467215215628973084.post-40247146226290709702012-07-19T18:35:00.002-07:002012-07-19T18:35:54.950-07:00Scraps and Leftovers and Free Time, Oh My!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Well as I said Tuesday, Sasha had surgery today to be spayed. </div>
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We woke up at what I would call an "un-godly" hour to drop her off at the clinic this morning and she wasn't ready to be picked up until 4:00. So I had a whole day of trying not to think about her or worry ahead of me and needed to keep my hands and mind busy. </div>
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I also had scrap corners that I cut out of her dog bed that I made on Tuesday. Waste not, want not, right?</div>
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I chose to sew by hand because it takes longer and requires concentration. Since I needed a distraction that would last several hours (and didn't much feel like cleaning house) this fit for me. Usually I'd knock this kind of project out on the sewing machine.</div>
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I was also curious if the feeble stitching skills I learned as an 8th grader in Life Management Skills were still rattling around up in my brain. Sure enough, they were!</div>
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I sewed four of the eight squares into a bigger square and then did the same with the other four.</div>
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I then pinned the two larger squares together pinning right side to right side.</div>
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I stitched all the way around the edge except for a 3 or 4 inch gap in one side and then turned this little toy pillow right-side out.</div>
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And then stuffed it with some left over fiber-fill from a project I did so long ago I can't remember what I used it for!</div>
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I sewed the gap closed and there you have it... a tiny little pillow...</div>
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It accomplished its goal - I was distracted from thinking about my girl while I sewed it. I figure I'll let her have it. If she chews it to pieces its no big deal... it was all scraps and leftovers anyway.</div>
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<br /></div>Joy Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705051969340599432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467215215628973084.post-7055077013751459322012-07-17T20:48:00.001-07:002012-07-17T20:48:14.657-07:00Extra Large Dog Bed. No sewing!I created this dog bed for our very large German Shepherd, Sasha. It cost $17 to make and took about 3 hours. (It took about another 3 hours to post it on my blog!)<br />
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This is Sasha. We adopted her about 2 weeks ago. The lady that had her was very nice but had too many dogs. Sasha lived in an outdoor kennel and slept on hard dirt or the hard bottom of her dog house. No soft blankets or pillows. At some point in her life she was a baby-mamma in a puppy mill operation, so she's had a rough life so far. Later this week she will be spayed. That's right, her baby-making days are over, now she's just going to be a spoiled-rotten fur-child.</div>
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So far she has rejected any blanket or towel I've laid down for her to sleep on, but I'm thinking she'll like a little extra cushion when she's recuperating from her surgery. So here we go!</div>
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Supplies:</div>
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3 yards of fleece fabric</div>
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(1 1/2 yards of two coordinating colors if you want the top and bottom of the dog bed to be different).</div>
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fiber-fill stuffing or pillow form</div>
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scissors or rotary cutter and cutting mat</div>
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straight edge or ruler</div>
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I went to my local discount store and purchased a brown fleece twin/full sized blanket for $7. My local craft/fabric store was charging a very proud $10+ for their cute patterned fleece, so I sacrified cuteness and went with this more economical brown that matches our living room furniture. If Sasha refuses to lay on it I can always let my son use it as a floor pillow while watching tv.</div>
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My first step was to cut off the satin trim on the blanket. If you buy your fabric at the fabric store you can skip this step, but you will still want to square up and trim your fabric so that the top and bottom line up. I also had to cut my blanket in half to get the top and bottom pieces of the bed. If you used two different fabrics you can skip this step.</div>
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Sasha is a big dog, so this is a very big bed. In the picture below its folded in half, so that's only half the size of the bed! I pinned the two layers together while I worked with it so that it would stay lined up, if you have a normal size dog and thus a smaller rectangle of fabric this step may not be necessary for you.</div>
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I used my straight edge which is 5 inches wide to lay a strip of tape five inches from the edge. </div>
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I've seen some tutorials that used masking tape but I used scotch tape, because its what I had and it worked fine.</div>
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Before you start cutting the fabric remove any pins from the area you are about to cut. You don't want to knick your rotary blade! That's why I used the tape too - it gives you a visual stopping place, without a sharp edge that can knick your blade.</div>
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First you will need to cut the corner squares out. I recommend cutting them out with scissors rather than a rotary cutter. This will ensure that you don't go past the edge of the tape cutting into the area that is going to be cut into strips.</div>
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Next you cut 1 inch wide strips that are 5 inches long. You can lay a ruler down and eyeball it or use a straight edge like I did. If your strips aren't exactly 1 inch each it doesn't matter... close enough counts in this game... eyeball the end of each row as you near it so that you don't end up with a super fat or super skinny last strip.</div>
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At this point you can pick up the matching strips from the top and the bottom and just double knot them together. That's what most fleece blanket tutorials say to do. I wanted my knots to look neater and more uniform than that, so I looped the two pieces together and tied a knot. The pictures above should give a good demonstration of how I did it.</div>
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See... nice even knots... pretty knots... I love order... A place for everything and everything in its place!</div>
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Continue tying knots on three of the four sides. After you've stuffed the dog bed you'll tie the fourth side closed.</div>
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Look at that - she's huge, she's a horse! Now you see why I had to make such a big dog bed!</div>
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I purchased a twin pack of standard pillows from my local discount store for $5. My local craft store was selling bags of fiber-fill stuffing for $3 each so this seemed like a better deal to me. My plan was to rip these babies open and stuff the dog bed with the guts. However, my dear husband brought up a valid point that if she accidentally (or purposely) rips into the fleece the stuffing will be everywhere and the whole bed will be ruined. Instead I decided to stick the intact pillows into the bed so that I can rescue them if the fleece gets mutilated.</div>
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Yep! I stuffed all four of those puppies in there. </div>
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And knotted the final side closed.</div>
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Now all I have left to do is to take pictures of it... there it is!</div>
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