One Finished Project the Paper Mache Potted Doll and her Little dog

She came out looking pretty cute, I have finished both the little dog and the doll in this picture. I did the staining will a walnut stain and the little is not stained but just painted with acrylic paints. Miss Totty is not for small children as there are many small parts to her but I made her for us older kids! The little dog is a small clay pot that I just thought would make this more complete and he is sealed I think this set was so much fun! I will be adding them to the store its just next week, there I also will talk a little more on the things I did to make this project. This will be in my store call It's Just Krazy Kute Productions

A Busy Crafting away Weekend!

Well this weekend I decided to get busy with some ideas I have been playing around with and I ended working on 3 projects at one time. The good thing about it, was that they were small projects. The first project is working with a paper mache' planting pot which is going to become a doll. Second in a little wall hanging painting I am doing using a small chalk board.
First I will talk about what I making with the pot, as I mentioned it will be a doll. What I am doing is decoupaging a cotton fabric onto the pot and adding staining to make it all looking aged. Right now I am the first stage; which is cutting the fabric and applying it to the pot. I did put the fabric on upside down just because I wanted to be different; in case everyone is thinking "well she has the fabric on wrong".





Second I began working on a chalkboard wall hanging that I will also paint and stain for an aged look this will be called the Gardener. I am using acrylic paints and a small chalk board to create and then I will sand, and use crackle to age the wood and stain the entire item. This is just the starting stage and as you can see I have good start on it.



The last thing I worked on was one of my many rock cottages and I have finished this one...
I will be adding it to my online blog/store to be purchased. What I like to do is go out and find odd shaped rocks and turn them into little cottages that help keep those doors in a home open..
I use acrylic paints and seal the cottages up with a very nice sealer. In all three of these projects I am doing there are no patterns just ideas from the old noodle! I will add the Rock cottage later this week and I will show the progress of the other 2 projects going on this week later or earlier next week. I hope you all will stop in and see how each project came out in the end.

The 1927 Peanut Butter Bread Idea for the Store

I just love this old recipe for Peanut Butter Bread it comes from 1927.
I am messing around with the idea of packing it like this and selling in the store to all of you and possibly at the market but I am still mulling the idea around. I need find out some things before I even attempt it!
Thinking about shipping costs and how people would order it etc. I am pretty sure I would take an order then do it up and ship it out; but I am still looking into the idea, it nice that my neighbors who I did up some of bread for thought it would be a good idea. I will have to get back to everyone in little bit and let you know what I have decided!

A Nice Day for Walking

You are looking at some pictures of the Lewis and Clark river and the Fort is just a few miles down the river...





There has been some really nice weather on the Oregon coast the last few days; so I decided it was time do do some walking... and take the camera along.


Long ago this is where logs were floated down the Lewis and Clark river and loaded onto trains, and down the road is the Lewis and Clark fort.


A famous landing for Lewis and Clark




Just one of many fallen trees during the big storm a few years back...

Part II of the Paper Mache Journal

This is the finished project back at the top.....





Okay I hope you are ready because here is the second part to putting this cute journal together and decorating for that someone special.....



Start measuring out the paper and deciding how you would like it to look



When you begin this project; you will need to measure out the paper correctly by placing the journal onto the paper and measuring about an inch larger than the journal so that you can cut stilts into the paper that will fold and cover the inside slightly. Begin decoupaging each area. In this case I am covering the back but I have cut a smaller piece of paper because I will be adding the rose colored paper.
I have used the sponge paint brush to spread the glue onto the journal and I will also over the top the paper with the glue to help seal it more



In this case I measure the rose paper larger so that it will cover the front the journal on the bottom top and side. What I am doing here also is seeing where I would like to add my ribbon and little decorations do the arranging first before doing the final gluing with a hot glue gun. I have also added a scrap piece of paper to the inside just to keep the wet covering off the journal pages and this is a good idea so that the pages do not end up sticking to the inside cover.

You can wait a 2 hours and let the journal dry before adding more touches and it is a good idea to stop each time and let the journal dry before adding more to the journal. After a while come back begin adding all your trimming's with your hot glue gun as I am showing in the next picture below...




This is the Journal after I have decided where I want the cute decor to go and have glued for that final touch....




This is the back of the journal where I have glued both half's of the decorative paper on and now I am adding the trim. I will add any little cute decorations because I want the journal to lay flat for the person who will be someday adding things to this cute journal.

Back at the top is the finished project photo of this cute gift idea...

A Craft project; Decorating a paper mache journnal

This is a fun idea to do up for someone you care/love and you can find these Paper Mache Journals in craft stores, this one I found in Michael's.
What you will need:

• Pre-made Journal ( this is a 6 inch journal)
• Scissors
• glue
• sponge paint brush
  
• glue gun
  
• ribbon
• maker
• decoration's of your choice
• two types of color paper

This week I will just show the start of the project and the items that are needed next time we will go step by step in creating this cute project for those we love. This is the paper I picked roses and a good contrasting paper, you can choose whatever you like just be sure there is a contrast. I found this paper while shopping in Joann's fabric store in my town. One can find scrap booking paper I think just about anywhere.




While I was in the Fabric store I found this wonderful decorative rick rack for the journal and this was in the crafting section in the Joann's store.




I like working with Mod podge best for decoupaging things and this also can be found in any craft store in your local area if not regular glue will work.



These are some items I will use to embellish the little journal, but ribbon, buttons, small flowers are some other ideas and as we go along I will show you more...




One last look at all that you will need to create this project.....
Feb 11, 2010 I will start taking you through this project so that it can be completed for those loved ones or as an gift to give any time the feelings arise.

Stepping up and Making Changes in Blogs

Hey everyone, I just wanted to share that I am making some changes in my blog It's Just Krazy Kute Productions.
This will be my store officially where you all can purchase my hand made items. In that blog I will just have a short introduction to an item I am adding and I have given the blog a bit of new look and I think it came out pretty interesting so I hope you will check it out.
I am planning on keeping It's Just Frankly Kute pretty much the same with and intro to a new product into the store blog, hope this is making some sense. I still plan on sharing ideas, crafting, recipes and what ever else that comes along I just wanted to share the great news about the fresh new changes for a new beginning.
I have added a new product to It's Just Krazy Kute Productions
The new product is called "The Strangest Puffy Cat. I created this animal from an old pattern but the pattern was for a very small animal and so I enlarged it and made it my own with various characters. I will be adding some of these that will be designed for smaller children, this one is not for small kids. I used fiber fill, a cotton quilting fabric for the body. I also did some staining to make the animal appeared aged slightly and there is a bit of hand stitching done with the nose and missing eye. Yes he is just like the little bear I have talked about, I just happened to love this fabric and the look one get with it that I had to design another animal out of it.