Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Repurposed Pig Cutting Board


 Whenever I find one of these homemade cutting boards of a pig cutout at thrift stores, I snatch it up!  This one only cost $2!  The last one I did, I gave it to one of our pig buyers along with a plate of homemade cookies.  I thought it was a fun touch. 

Here’s the supplies I used:
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Sunday, October 10, 2021

Ponytail Baseball Caps - ink how to

 

This was such a fast and easy project!  I got the hats at Hobby Lobby.  You can get the ink, transfers and sqeegee HERE.  Literally, this took only a few minutes to make, but is so cute!!  I just love this project!


Purchasing the materials from My website helps support my small business.  If you’d like me to make one for you, or would like to purchase one of these, please contact me at: doristowell@yahoo.com.  I’d love to hear what you think!

Monday, October 4, 2021

Girl’s Weekend T-shirts


My family treated me to a girl’s trip this last weekend for my 50th birthday.  I decided that it would be fun for us to have matching t-shirts, so I made 4 of these this last weekend.  It was so fun to make, and also so much fun to wear them!

 This is the October Club Couture Transfer and the Ink colors are bright white, papaya and candy apple.  The fact that I was able to make 4 t-shirts just the same, was amazing.  If you’d like to join my club and get a transfer with 3 chalks (won’t stay on a t-shirt - ink will need to be purchased) this is the best deal around - just $19.99 a month.

Inked onesies and a mask


I’m going to be a grandma!  I found these onesies on Amazon for about $1.25 a piece in a 5 pack.  I decided to buy a bunch of them and ink them with some of the mini transfers I have on hand.  
I think they turned out quite cute!
This is a mask that my daughter made, so we decided to it it as well!


Here’s where you can eat the supplies to ink on fabric: My website

Sunday, September 5, 2021

The “New” Crafting She Shed - aka The Craft Clipper


 I’ve been pondering using our 1953 Airstream Clipper for a craft she shed instead of using it as storage.  It’s too small right now for us to camp in, so we move it back and forth in the back yard to mow under it and everything that we can’t decide what to do with it, we put in there to store it!  Well, I decided to actually use it to make my crafts and hopefully get all my craft items stored in there too!  

One of the issues I do have is that I have everything stored everywhere - in the house, in my laundry, in storage, you name it!  I’ve stashed craft projects everywhere!  It will be so nice to have a place to go and create and also be able to know where everything is and be inspired by all of that.

I convinced my husband to bring it up to my driveway near the house and help me clean it out.  While it was cleaned out, I did a video tour of it so you could see what it looks like before I get my creating in there!


My pipe dream is to have a pop craft show in it too!  We’ll see!

Saturday, August 14, 2021

Fall Decor from the Dollar Tree

I was pretty excited to see the fall chipboard signs at Dollar Tree this week.  I went a little crazy, but at least I have a medium to use for all my fall transfers.    These leaves were so fun, we did a Facebook Live while we made these.

Here’s what we used to make these:

 I used the Waverly paints to cover the the chipboard leaves.  Before chalking the transfers on the leaves, I put a light coat of wax on it.  Then the fun part of chalking the transfers!  Check out the videos to see how we made these!

Sunday, July 18, 2021

Hello Kit - Almost a disaster!

When this kit came out, I will say, I was so excited about how fun it was going to be for my customers!  Plus, I just had to have one for myself.  Little did I know that it would sell out so quickly!  It was quite a hit!  All of our kits are so well thought out and include everything to complete it from start to finish.
I had a ton of extra chalk paste left when I finished the Hello Kit, so I made a couple of extra projects while I had the black chalk paste single open!  
Here’s what the kit looked like when I opened it!
This goes to show you that anyone can do this!  I accidentally put the “hello” on upside down!  See that whole in the bottoms?  Thankfully, everything is fixable with chalk!  I washed the entire white section off with a board eraser and water and started again!
Here’s what it looked like after erasing the entire thing!    

 Whew!  I saved it and I love it!  Be sure to check out our newest kits HERE!

Life is a Bowl of Cherries - July Couture Club

 

I’m so excited about the beautiful detail in this month’s Club Couture.  It looks so beautiful in just a few minutes of spreading chalk paste on it.  This project, I made from a Dollar Tree Fourth of July tag (you can check it out in my live).  I didn’t even cover anything from that side of the tag.


Here are the items that I used for this project:

  • Dollar Tree Fourth of July Tag 
  • Waverly White Chalk Paint - Walmart
  • Paint brush
  • Waverly Clear Paste - Walmart
  • July  Club Couture  Life is a Bowl of Cherries Transfer
  • Squeegee
  • Cart Link  - this has the colors that I used, a squeegee, and a tag - everything you need to make this project along with the Club Couture Transfer.  
  • 2 1/2 wide coordinating ribbon

What do you think?  This project doesn’t take that long to make (I do a lot of chatting in the video). It really takes longer to wait for it to dry, than to do!  So much fun!

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

May Club Couture DIY - Sweet Lemon Grove

Receiving snail mail these days is a pretty amazing thing!  It seems lost by the wayside.  To receive an actual gift or package is even more exciting!!  I love getting mail, I love getting gifts!  I also love to craft - so this is the perfect mix: Club Couture!  For just $19.95 each month, you can get a reusable transfer and three coordinating pastes in the mail to make any project you can dream of!  So fun!
 

Here’s what the transfer looks like in it’s fun envelop.  The things I used to make this project are:
  • Cutting board (found at a thrift sale for $1)
  • Club Couture Transfer - this one is the May, 2021 called Sweet Lemon Grove
  • Chalk Paste - I used Sage & Bumblebee
  • Chalk Couture scrapers
  • Chalk Couture round mini
  • Ribbon
  • Scissors
  • Baby wipes (for my messes)
I made a little video on how I made it - I would love for you to check it out:

This is such a fun and easy way to get a little crafting done each month!  For under $21, I was able to make this fun little project, and that transfer can make at least 7-10 more projects!  What a value for your money.  Also, if you’re using those samples, I try to line up several things to chalk with those colors when I open them, because the samples will go a long way!  (I was able to complete 5 projects with my last sample packet!)


Here’s that finished project - so easy!  Please let me know what you think!  Also, I do make a small amount from the ads on this page, and my small business at: www.chalkcouture.com/Dori.  (Any you can join Club HERE!)

Monday, April 12, 2021

Diaper Cake DIY


 I’m going to be a Grandma!  So I’m throwing a shower to celebrate the new baby girl that my daughter is going to be having!  I picked the theme of llamas and cactus.  I’ve always been fascinated with making a diaper cake for a decoration and gift for the new mama!  Don’t ask me why, maybe it just embodies everything crafty with having a baby!

My biggest thing about this project, is that I want it to look pretty and help with our theme of the shower and I want the Mama-to-be to be able to use all those diapers.  So - I resisted using a glue gun!

Here are the things that I used in this project:

  • 1/3 a Box of Kirkland Size 1 Diapers  - Costco $12 (it’s full price was $35, but I only used 1 of the 3  packages in the box)
  • 14” Wilton Cake Tray -Walmart $4 for 4 (I used 1)
  • 2” wide Burlap/lace ribbon - Walmart $4.63
  • Jute String - Dollar Tree $1
  • Cactus picks - Dollar Tree 3 for $1 each
  • Pack of tiny rubber band hair ties - Dollar Tree $1
  • Toy for top - Walmart $8
  • Stick pins - on hand
Total: Just under $30

Here’s a little video I did if you want more about how I put this together:

What do you think?   Thanks for checking it out, I love to hear your comments and thoughts!