Pick Your Plum.. Surprise!

Have you heard of the Show Us Your Plum Party..

 hosted by Ashley @ http://www.cherishedbliss.com/ and Jeanette @ http://www.thejohansonjourney.com/

Well, awhile back  they offered to send a free Pick Your Plum surprise in the mail in exchange for some creativity.. well you know me (or if you don't then.. ) I'm always up for a challenge so Of course I joined right in! 

About a week later I got these cute little birdie charms in the mail..

and what did I do?  Well to be perfectly honest.. I PANICKED!  Yup.. I am NOT a jewerly making kind of girl.. so this was totally out of my comfort zone.  So for a while I procrastinated in picking my project.. and the especially daunting task of making not 1 but 3 pieces of jewelry.. YIKES! but I DID eventually do it! 

So want to see what I made?  Of course you do.. so here are my 3 pieces of jewelry.. I hope you are as pleasantly surprised as I was with the results!

Each individual piece is unique and differs from the other in the way that the bird on a wire is used and highlighted.

The first one I made was the sweet little bracelet for my daughter.  She loves jewelry and anything that is turquoise so I made her a "jingle bird" bracelet.

To create this piece I used elastic string, beads, bells and a twist clasp.

The second piece which I made for myself was a beaded necklace in which the bird is placed on top of two washers that were scrapbooked and Mod Podged with dimensional magic. 

To make this necklace I used elastic string, brown beads, scrapbook paper, two washers and Mod Podge dimensional magic.

I started by Mod Podging my washers with scrapbook paper.

Once dry, then I topped them with dimensional magic which gives them some texture and a glazed look.

 

Once everything was dry, then I added the bird to the washers and put them on the string.  Once put together I got busy beading the necklace.  I made this one super long so that I could wear it either long or as a wrapped necklace.

The last necklace I made was a choker made out of a zipper.  I took the less is more approach here.

 

This one was by far the EASIEST to make and only took about 5 minutes total.

To make it I used a zipper, velcro, needle thread and my glue gun.

First I sewed the open end of the zipper closed.  Then I sewed the birdie onto the middle of the zipper.

Last I hot glued the velcro to both ends.

 

Here I am wearing both necklaces together!

 

Love it!.. I am soo going to wear this on my next date night with the Hubs!

So I have to give a BIG BIG thank you to Ashley and Jeanette for letting me participate in this fun party.. and a SUPER BIG thank you to Pick Your Plum for supplying such great products, I know I will be checking my email daily for some fun new product ideas.

Hope you enjoyed this journey outside my comfort zone.. I know I did!

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Love,

Pinkapotamus

Pink Hippo Party #65

Happy Monday Pink Hippos!  We had a super crazy weekend.. starting with our very first Pinewood Derby.. that my middle guy won for Tigers!

  Whoo hoo.. now we move on to district to race other Tigers!  Then it ended with a sleepless night for the same guy who spiked a fever of 102.. Yikes!   Hope you guys had a great weekend!

Here are this week's features from our Short Party last week!

First up is Rikka @ http://ricochetandaway.blogspot.com/ who made this awesome "naughty notions" clutch

which I just adore.. I want one too!

And our Most clicked link this week comes from Lindsay @   http://artsyfartsymama.blogspot.com/who made these adorable V-day apothecary jars.

Sooo stinking cute, right?

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Love,

Pinkapotamus

Conversation Heart Gumball Machine

Valentine's Day could never be complete without some conversation hearts, right?  So here is my Sweet creation without the calories!

Want to make one?  Well you're in luck.. here's the tutorial!

Ingredients

Clay pot

Clay lid

glass bowl

wood hearts

scrapbook paper

acrylic paint (spray paint too!)

ribbon

hot glue gun

Mod Podge

Start by painting your clay pot.. I used spray paint but forgot to take a picture.. whoops!

Then paint your cute little wood hearts.  I used red and white.

Once the paint dried then I cut hearts out of glitter scrapbook paper and glued them to the hearts with a glue stick.  In this situation it works better than the Mod Podge.   Then I Mod Podged the words onto the glittered hearts.

Here's what all my little hearts had to say!

Next I glued half of a styrofoam ball to the top of my clay pot.  I had to fudge it a little since I didn't have quite enough hearts.  So I added this to take up a little extra space.

Then I put my little hearts into the glass bowl, trying to make the glittery words face out.  Then I put it on top of the clay pot.  Then glued the lid onto the top of the bowl.  Then I added some little embellishments to the front and top.

Last I added a ribbon and placed it on the mantle!

Can't wait to see what you have to share tomorrow on the Pink Hippo Party!

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Love,

Pinkapotamus

US, WE Blocks for V-day!

Yay! It's less than a month away now!  So here is a quick project I made to add to the V-day decor (what little has been created)!

US, WE Photo blocks of me and the hubs through the years.. I know .. so awww, right?

I started with these blocks that I had in my stash.

I painted them brown and left them kind of lightly painted with red undertones on the bottom.

 Then I Mod Podged them with some $1.97 scrapbook paper from AC Moore.

 And I painted the "We" and "Us" brown and glued onto the blocks.

Then I found some cute pics of US from our premarriage days.. back when we were sexy(er) and young(er).. and I photcoppied them in black and white on my printer.

Then I cut some sparkly hearts and glued the pics onto them.  Then I Mod Podged them onto the cubes.

Last I added our first picture together to a wood heart the top.

And here "WE" are!

Thanks for taking this crafty stroll down memory lane wtih me!

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Love,

Pinkapotamus

What's In a Name?

Not much crafting going on around here, except for orders and the occasional birthday gift.  I find that for gifts for the kids friends I just LOVE giving name signs.  I think it stems from being named Amie with the IE.. you know as a kid I was unable to get anything from the store with my name on it, which of course always made me feel bad about my name.  So I think it's just fun to give a gift that is personal. 

So here is the newest gift I made for my daughter's friend Maya.

The best part is my daughter got to help.  She picked out all of the paper, designed the layout and decided on all of the colors.  I think she did a GREAT job!

Love,

Pinkapotamus

Pink Hippo Party #64!

Okay.. let's just say.. Better LATE than NEVER!  That's the story of my life these days.. 3 kids, multiple activities for each, plus all of my voluteer jobs including boy and girl scout leader, sunday school coordinator, tic toc docent, wife, housekeeper, laundry fairy, small business owner.. etc, etc, etc .. so sometimes I FALL behind.. this week is just one of those weeks!  So thanks to all of you who have stuck around.. and to all of you who have just joined us.. I hope that I don't disappoint you!  Now enough babbling.. let's get on with this week's features!

First up is this beautifully rustic kids table

from Melissa @ http://vintagemellie.blogspot.com/

Next up is Marissa from  http://raegunwear.blogspot.com/ who made this stinking adorable outfit and coat for an American girl doll

that my daughter would just adore!

And our most clicked link this week came from Andrea @ http://jadaroo.blogspot.com/ who made this awesome big boy bed

from wood pallets!

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Pinkapotamus

Pink Hippo Party #63!

Happy Monday Pink Hippos!  Thanks so much for stopping by and sharing what you do.. Mondays just wouldn't be as fun without you! 

Here are this week's most clicked links!

First up is Lindsay @ http://artsyfartsymama.blogspot.com/ who was generous enough to share some organizational genius with us in the form of a weekly printable!  (She's also hosting a fun giveaway today!)

Next up is Jessica @ http://acoupleofcraftaddicts.blogspot.com/ who took an ordinary pair of knee socks and made them awesome with some lace and buttons

 for alot less than buying boot socks!

And our MOST clicked link this week was from Randee @ http://randeesorganizedchaos.blogspot.com/ who made this oh sooo yummy looking  Gorilla bread! 

I think I gained 10lbs just reading her post .. it looks so decadent!

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Love,

Pinkapotamus