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Black Friday....I've never been one for standing in line in the wee hours of the morning just to get a good deal on something. I'm more of a coupon person. There's times that I can get a good price on an item using a coupon than you could waiting in that long line in the freezing cold for the store to open. Don't fight the crowds this holiday season. Buy your friends and family something more one-of-a-kind.

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This Art Cray!

Day 18 was Cray! Crazy with crayons that is. I've been seeing a lot of the melted crayon art on Pinterest. It's very popular on Etsy as well. I wasn't really impressed by the ones that just hot glue the crayons to the top of the canvas melting them with the hairdryer causing a drippy mess. But this pin sparked my interest causing me to go running to get my blow dryer!

Source: jennaleighbrown.blogspot.com via B on Pinterest

I had a bad day yesterday. However, when I started splattering melted wax all over this canvas my spirits immediately lifted. Nothing like a little controlled chaos that looks beautiful.

I think this art was just the pop of color that my studio walls needed. It looks a little like rising flames to me. What do you think?

It's like a bright Rorschach inkblot test. Tell me what do you see?

Day 17- Feather Pen

After three days of craft flops I carefully selected the Pinterest project for August 17th. I'm very pleased to announce that my curse of selecting failure pins has finally been lifted!

"There is no failure except in no longer trying."  ~Elbert Hubbard

Good quote to remember. I'm over halfway through this pin-it-and-do-it challenge and not everything is going my way. But then again, if it did, it wouldn't be a challenge!

Yesterday, I made this feather pen. View the tutorial here. I truly love how it turned out! I've used embellished pens for years! The joy of them came from when my mother surprised me with a silk flower bouquet for my office one day. Except it wasn't just a bouquet. Those stems were really pens! Everyone in the office kept taking and using my floral writing instruments. I loved them so much that I made quill pens for guests to sign the wishing tree notes at my wedding. My mother and I only used floral wrapping tape to wrap our writing stems. This is the first time that I've used embroidery floss to knot around my pen.

I also did this differently from the tutorial. Instead of gluing the feather stem into the gel ink refill, I used the floral tape to hold it against the outside of the pen. I'm sure either way works (I just couldn't get that stupid cap off the pen to expose the top of the refill.)

Now, If I could only write this blog post with my pen instead... :o)

Pinterest Flops

Everything that I see on Pinterest seems so interesting and looks awesome in the photo. It's almost hard trying to select which craft I really want to try next. Things have been going well. Sure, I've made a few mistakes along the way. And maybe my finished product looks like there's room for improvement the next time I make it. I've been rather pleased with how each craft has been turning out.

I guess throughout this challenge I expected some epic fails. I just wasn't expecting three in a row!

Day 14- Dress made out of Men's Shirt

Sure this looked cute in the pin, and it was very popular on Pinterest.

Source: polyvore.com via Britney on Pinterest

I will spare you the photos from my dress disaster. Let me just say that no one would actually go into public wearing this ensemble. This look just screams "walk of shame" like you had to suddenly get dressed and couldn't find your own clothing. There's really no other reason someone would sanely wear this outfit. Ladies, there's a reason why clothing designers have created women's attire that mock the appearance of men's clothing. Save yourself the embarrassment and buy one of those outfits instead!

Day 15- The Fringed Scarf

This was another pin that looked better on the model. Perhaps it was the fact that the only t-shirt I had was a fitted size small or maybe that I chose the color white. But this fringe scarf looks like I need to put it back in the 1970's time vault.

Another failure.

Well on the positive side my cat, Halo just got a new toy. He loves those dangling strings!

Day 16- Cheerios Treat Bar

I had some marshmallows left over from the Baked S'mores recipe that I made last week. This got me thinking of Rice Krispy treats. Then I realized, I haven't bought Rice Krispies in years! But I did have plenty of Cheerio's on hand. A quick look on Pinterest and I found this recipe.

Now I can't blame the recipe. I think this failure was more due to user error. It would be much easier if I could actually melt the butter & marshmallows in the microwave. (You see my landlord has yet to replace our broken above the stove microwave!) I had to melt it on the stove and it was just a difficult sticky blob to work with. Perhaps I should try this again someday instead of giving up on it completely. We'll see...or perhaps I'll just go buy some Rice Krispies!

Here's hoping that my three day stint of Pinterest failures is over.

--to be continued...

Made My Book & Ready to Smash

Thanks to my Zutter Bind-it-All I've made my own Smash Book!

When I first saw the Smash Product line at Michael's Craft Store I was instantly curious about the journaling opportunities. I tried my hand at the whole art journaling thing and really enjoyed it. But I couldn't keep up with it. Painting all the backgrounds and waiting for all the gesso, acrylic & gel medium to dry was a long process. The thing I like most about the Smash books are the colorful papers inside. The books come in themes (which I don't really care for), but they reminded me of all the colorful scrapbook papers I'm addicted to buying. So I thought I'd make my own!

This was the first project using my Zutter Bind-it-All. I think I might draw a tangle pattern on my journal cover. I've made a few die cuts using my Slice cutter machine for extra journaling tags, got my stamps, and now I'm ready to "smash" in my thoughts. I do like the Smash Pen (hubby bought me one of those)- Glue stick & pen all in one (genius!)

The next book I make I think I will add pockets like on this Pinterest Pin:

Source: wendolonia.com via Friskywink on Pinterest