And the Winner is...

I recently entered my daughters bed into

The CSI Challenge

'Roadkill Rescue/Things i got for Free'

There Were Many Many worthy Entries

Some of my favorites included

Beautiful wall art created from Scrap wood

BY: Lemon tree creations

(they won top ten)

Apple green Chalk board desk

Perfect for kids

By: Twice Lovely

The Top Project in the Challenge was

This beautiful dresser, that was missing a drawer

BY: Sixty-Fifth Avenue

All Wonderful and inspiring entries...

But the winner was..

ME!!

The bed used to look like this

and i hand painted it

now it looks like this

Check out my original posts

1, 2

I am so honored to have even been considered.. but to be chosen..WOW!!

I'm almost speechless ( obviously not completely because i cant stop saying wow!! lol)

And a HUGE Thank You to THE NESTER 

 who was the guest judge this week

 The Prize is a 50$ gift certificate to Dimple Prints

 Dimple prints offers  beautiful digital party packages, invitations and card designs

Check out their Website

They also Have an Etsy Shop

If you would like to enter one of your own projects

Check out

The CSI Project!!

THANK YOU!!!

Origami me

My husband has gotten me in the mood for origami.

i found  really cool looking flower, called a Kusudama, online and

 he learned how to make me one

( its huge!!)

but so pretty!!

anyways, while watching him make it, i realized it wasn't to hard and decided to try it myself

I started by cutting 6 pieces of 1x1 pieces of paper

( mines a mini version)

Fold one corner to the opposite corner to create a triangle

Next fold the left and right corners up to the top point

this will form a square

 

Fold that same point down

line up the inner crease to the outter part of your square

Next open up the flaps you just created and flatten them

next fold down the top corners

i tucked mine into the inside

Now fold the triangle flaps in half

do this with both sides

Next add a dab of glue

add where pencil is pointing

clip closed until the glue is dry

do not crease the outer part.

this forms one petal

Fold 4-5 more of these.

( amount of petals can vary depending of the fullness of the flower you want)

to connect all of the petals,

glue outer sides together in circle

hold until dry and

voila!!

a  beautiful Kusudama

keep an eye out later to find out what i do with these

If my 'tutorial' didnt work for you, check out these other sites

Folding Trees

Wikihow

Unique Twist

Looking for a unique way to display your earrings?

Ive got one idea here....

recently while surfing craft blogs, i came across

Mich L. in LA

Well while in Spain she found a clever display idea

and used it.

here is my take on her project

Supplies:

1-2 liter soda bottle

Wide ribbon

dry erase marker

Box cutter

Scissors

Tack

Key ring

Optional:

mod podge

decorative paper

paint brush

Start by removing the label from your bottle

Next i wrapped my wide ribbon around the bottle

( mine is actually blanket binding)

this is so i could get the cut even

using the dry erase marker draw a line following your ribbon

after the first few rounds

you can just line up your ribbon and trace it

this is how it should look after your lines are done

Next use your box cutter to remove the bottom of the bottle

(on my bottle there was a slightly visible 'seal' line)

next use your scissors to cut your bottle along the lines

you can cut all the way to the top if you so choose.

 i stopped where the bottle started the upward curve

this is my top ending

Here is what it looks like hanging

The next step depends on whether you are going to leave your display clear or decorate it.

If you choose to leave it Clear:

Gather your tack and keyring

(I'm using a piece of a foam place mat underneath)

poke your tack into the top to

create a hole to loop your key ring through

this is how you will hang your display

next step is to poke the holes in which you will hang your earrings from

to keep mine evenly spaced (well, kinda)

i like to used holes poked in my mat

to line up with

Do this through your whole 'twist'

If you choose to decorate your twist:

gather your materials

i cut my paper into strips then cut those strips in half

 to make it easier to decoupage onto the twists

start on one end and work you way to the other

i added modge podge on the back of the paper the placed it onto the plastic.

after adding on all of the paper, i then added a layer of Mod podge

 to the outside and used my fingers to try and

smooth the wrinkles ( there will be a few)

I continued to decoupage the outside and inside of my twist

next make a small hole in the top and add your keyring

poke holes along the outer edge to hold your earrings

i added a bead to the bottom to help weigh down the twists and open them up a bit

here it is hanging

And now you have a unique 'TWIST' on displaying your earrings

This one is a smaller version.

i used the same size bottle but used most of the bottle and created a larger one for my craft area

it hangs a little over 3 feet

I left it clear

and because of the length there was no need to add the bead to the bottom

Thanks for looking and have fun crafting!!

On a Side note-

Ive entered this into

The CSI Project Challenge

Mod Podge Rocks