MAKING - kindle cover - create

I won a kindle at my work party! I wanted to make it a nice pocket for it to live in. This is what I made today.

This picture is more true to the real colors.

The back view of the pocket.

open it up

and the ereader fits right in there.Right now I am reading War of the Worlds, for free!

 

The next time I make another one, I will step by step document the process. I just completely forgot to do that today. 

The materials for this project are great. The pink loopie trim is from a thrift store in Fargo, the outer fabric is from the Goodwill in Fergus Falls (love), and the gingham and pale green bias tape is from a fabric store in San Francisco. The velcro and sturdy canvas liner are from SR Harris. 

It was nice to make something with all these great materials and still have extras left over.

MAKING - little acorn friends - craft time

I like acorns. I also like putting faces on things. This could only naturally lead to putting faces on acorns.

Here's how I do it.

Start with some clean acorns.

Their hats tend to fall off, if the hats aren't loose, I like to twist/tilt them loose. It seems like they are going to fall off anyways, so why not beat them to it.

You can use glue to put the hats back on, I chose to use black puff paint. The acorns had some black discoloration and this blended right in.

I used nail polish to give them rosy cheeks.

I used a small tipped pen with waterproof ink to draw on their cute little eyes and mouths.

Here are a few with their dry cheeks and happy smiles.

To help preserve their faces and make them all shiny and nice, I painted a liberal coat of clear nail polish on the nuts.

Here they are all glossy and happy and done.

Lately I have been into painting the stems gold. I use Testers enamel paint (the kind for model cars etc...).