Talking about the latest issue; My Heart

Big hello to all;
as you may have noticed I have not been posting my blogs lately or not as often as I used to do in the past couple of years. Well I have had some serious battles with my health and the most recent was I was in the hospital for a few days as I thought I was having a heart attack.
Thank heavens it was not but I do have some serious problems one is the heart is misfiring electrically quite often and the other is the old heart will not slow down even when I am just sitting it goes 90-100 beats and that is not good for me. I am now on a beta block twice daily to get the heart under control and later in a month I will find out what the next steps are to help this heart of mine.

I am thinking of changing the name a bit on both blogs, I had a wonderful talk with someone who explained that maybe one of the reasons I don't have any sales lately is because of the names of the blogs, they do not really tell people what I do make and I think that might be correct so I am thinking and would also like to hear from you all what might be added to or names that might be interesting.
No I have not been crafting much these past weeks more trying to get that heart to slow down for me but I will be and I will be going head strong into it again. If you have ideas for me on what to do change or make the blog names better just add your comments and I will look I may even have a contest for the best name and a free give away.

Crafting Up more Ideas, a doll from a Paper mache plant pot, aged and sealed Moth wall hanging, another Rock Cottage

I was once again busy crafting away again last weekend and I was working on a couple of things; this is one of them. A doll created out of another paper mache plant pot.
The base is the dress again accept this time I used scrapbook paper and I wadded it up and stained it so that her dress looks all tattered and wrinkled, that old worn out look. I decoupaged the head out of a small ball and some muslin which I stained with my own staining recipe. The arms and hands are cotton fabrics, along with her scarf hat and collar. Mrs. Wiggles is holding a small clay pot for adding a start of a plant. The little clay pot has been stain and sealed with a good sealer. I guess one could also add a little soil and seed and start a plant either way she turned out pretty cute for just a idea running loose in my head.



This is another rock cottage I am also working on and I am close to having it completed by this weekend. I am using acrylic paints and I will seal when I am finished. I no patterns as I am painting just ideas how I want to look or how a little might look, I am going to add some birds and maybe some clothes on the line in the back and on the sides. The last little project is a small decoupaged wooden wall hanging. I found this wonderful vintage graphic at the Graphics Fairy and just had to use it on a small wall hanging or maybe for placing by a stove and using to put those spoons and etc on. I sanded down the wooden wall hanging first and use a bit of crackle on it before adding the moth and stain and I sealed it with a flat sealer.
This weekend I plan to finish up and add these items to my store its just krazy kute productions so be on the lookout I will be adding them next week some time.

Just doing a bit of Drawing with pen and ink and Oil Pastles

A few weeks back I was just sitting watching a good movie and decided to do some drawing and this is what I drew in pen and ink using just some ideas that were running around in the old head.
I was getting back to a bit of my roots, my first love drawing, and the drawings did not come out too awful bad just using a blue ink pen. It was then I decided to go and try some oil pastels and so the last item here is what I am working on now a oil pastel of a small dog. I should have it done shortly.
It was lots of fun going back to my roots of how I first got started in crafting, I once long ago showed art work in Montana and had lots of fun attending all kinds of shows.

A New Rock Cottage Door Stop

Well I had lots of fun finishing up this newest rock cottage;I love using the acrylic paints and designing these rock cottage door stops. I think the make a room more lively as I try to create them with imagination alone. Each cottage has those famous cobwebs and spider webs; with either a person or animal peeking out of a window or if I let my thinking get a little wild who knows what else might be peeking out a window!
I try to make each one different, no patterns just what might first come to mind to create them. Each rock is washed and cleaned quite well before painting with acrylic paints and I use various sizes of brushes for the details of each cottage and a very good sealer.
A nice thing about these rock cottage door stops is they are heavy to keep a door ajar; but I also make sure to pick out those rocks that are unusual and shaped like a small cottage would be each one is never the same and I feel that is the fun of making these cute cottages.

I will be adding this new rock cottage to my store its just krazy kute Productions in a few days so that it can be purchased.

Simple Recipe for Blonde Brownies

These are homemade blonde brownies, and they came out yummy and cake like; they also did not last long in my house.
So this is what you will need:
4 large eggs
2 1/2 brown sugar
2 1/2 cups of flour
2 Teaspoons of baking soda
1 Teaspoon of salt
1 1/2 Teaspoon of Vanilla
1 cup of real butter

In a sauce pan melt the the butter and the brown sugar; the add all the other ingredients adding the melted butter and sugar lastly. Pour into a well grease 13x9 baking dish and bake at 325 degrees or until took pick comes out clean serve with whip cream or ice cream. These came just nice and fluffy I think its the four large eggs and the baking soda that make these so cake like.

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.