tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13822236171069668262024-03-05T05:07:48.085+01:00Muffins and MoreMs Muffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419580728085716299noreply@blogger.comBlogger374125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382223617106966826.post-63721152171170743692012-12-17T21:51:00.000+01:002012-12-21T21:40:04.177+01:00IMPORTANT<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I am not updating this blog anymore. (Wohooo, after almost a year of silence THAT was a big surprise, right?!)<br />
If you would like to catch up with me I would be totally thrilled if you visit my new site <a href="http://ursulamarkgraf.com/">ursulamarkgraf.com</a><br />
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There is a blog section, too *YEAH* And today I have a little pre-Christmas-present for all chrochet fans out there: a free tutorial/ pattern on how to make these <a href="http://ursulamarkgraf.com/crochet/how-to-make-your-own-gingerbread-house-tags-free-pattern"><b>crocheted gingerbread-house tags:</b></a><br />
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So come on over and say "hi" - I am so happy to have you!!!</div>
Ms Muffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419580728085716299noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382223617106966826.post-45590162033123218522012-11-16T13:35:00.002+01:002012-11-16T13:50:29.887+01:00Calling US-crafters <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It has been so quiet here in so long. I have some big news to share ... will do so next week and let you all know.<br />
Even though I did not write here in months *shame-on-me* I do still get lovely comments and emails from amazing people. And recently someone asked me whether I could tell her where to order straw for crafting online to make the <b><a href="http://muffinsnmore.blogspot.de/2010/12/strawstar-tutorial.html">straw stars</a></b> for Christmas with this <a href="http://muffinsnmore.blogspot.de/2010/12/strawstar-tutorial.html"><b>tutorial</b></a>. <br />
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Unfortunately - as I live in Germany I could not tell her where to get crafting straw - or whatever it might be called - in the US.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>So this is a call to all of you based in the US - anyone know where to order straw for crafting online?</b></span><br />
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Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!</div>
Ms Muffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419580728085716299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382223617106966826.post-85172711478346454662011-10-25T14:06:00.000+02:002011-10-25T14:06:30.711+02:00My very first quilt *wow*<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Maybe some people remember that I shared some </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">a LONG time ago.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">When I say long, I REALLY mean long! ;-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">The blocks were supposed to be for a blanket for my little boy and I actually intended to give it to him for his <a href="http://muffinsnmore.blogspot.com/2010/10/another-block-finished-and-panic.html">first birthday. </a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Which was last year!</div><div style="text-align: center;">So this year when his second birthday came up I had just gotten a new sewing machine - which I had to test so I would know whether I want to keep it. And really really wanted to get this whole thing finished. <br />
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So I did!<br />
YEAH!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, not quite yet. I could not quilt the blue squares yet, because some little <strike>bugger </strike>sweet boy ;-) stole and hid my blue quilting thread. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>He really seems to like all my crafty tools and material ... maybe I should just give that to him instead of a quilt ...</i><br />
<i> </i> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Now I gotta order new one - cause he does not tell me where he put it - to get everything done. *sigh*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Also I do not yet have a real clue how to finish the binding. I was thinking to just use bias tape - the slightly wider variety.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Can anyone tell me whether this is a really stupid idea?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">To be honest, I really have no idea what I am doing here. I have read quite a bit about it ... but everone seems to do the binding differently somehow ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">* </span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">And I wanna add a big thanks to </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://obsessivelystitching.blogspot.com/">CARE from Obsessively Stitching</a>! </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Without you, I surely would have never ever even thought about making a quilt. </div><div style="text-align: center;">So that I made this - and I am freakishly proud of myself that I did! - is pretty much thanks to you. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I know, it is not an I-spy-quilt. But now I know I can do it. And the I-spy-squares are still waiting to be used. ;-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div></div>Ms Muffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419580728085716299noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382223617106966826.post-25330195363468404962011-10-12T17:43:00.000+02:002011-10-12T17:43:49.593+02:00Enough of the quietness - and Fairy birthday inspiration<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;">I have not posted in soooooo long!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And to be honest - there was not really a good enough reason for such quietness on my part. After the last post things got busy. But not more than usually. And I was used to going back and forth between times of business and times of more quietness ... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So I waited for the more "quiet" time to start. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And waited ... and waited ... and waited ... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Weeks passed and I realized that this is not a busy phase ... this is it! It kinda freaked me. I missed posting here. But I hardly managed the German blog ... and everything else. I kept telling myself ... oh, I will write something next week. But that never happened as there were new things always going on ....</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, all I can say - I have missed you guys! Seriously! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I am sorry for being so quiet for so long!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And especially thanks to some of you who checked in ... will get back to you!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I will try to start up again and write here. I love this blog of mine and I love hearing from you guys! I miss sharing things I make with you. And I also miss reading all your blogs. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I will not be able to write as often as before and to be honest I still have no real plan yet how I will do it - maybe I try a "once the week" post or something. Not sure yet. I will have to figure it out along the way. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I just realized if I wait until I have a plan ... it will never happen! *laugh*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So today I will start off and share a few of the things I made for the fairy birthday party of little bear (which was in summer).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">First of course there was a huge </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">fairy castle cake</span>. :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And for the kids party there where </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">toadstool mega-muffins </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I had acutally sewn </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">leaf shaped pillows</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> to sit on!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Talk about crazy and having no time! :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">My daughter had wished for a </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> So I made her one out of felt ... decorated with some handmade heart-buttons:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-dv1jNryLCnQ5sn9nr6wWrfg9iVP9lT99RLdg62str-F0d7z-dToE5D7oZ-C8e4gH5-EqosmjuoWgr0-Lb57JODZ7KNprttNNXAKgH1EeSDP6avtEMxNV1ORutXVMKJzGHuGVfz8EzQa/s1600/krone3-DSCF2999.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">"Feenkrone" is fairy crown in German. :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">One of the buttons:</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5eAUoLkFfCeF6_P4tHo4XyqbDH1td3K_HKPBY5jCSv0mWFEzRp-fgdqaZkfjevu2MXQPEiqW0ccSkzmCg16iCcGXr76Y3c_zCzXc2P6ViSmCWbJRZ9LbH5cY3YeMJyGXYyf8qd-zoSHRn/s1600/krone-DSCF3000.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5eAUoLkFfCeF6_P4tHo4XyqbDH1td3K_HKPBY5jCSv0mWFEzRp-fgdqaZkfjevu2MXQPEiqW0ccSkzmCg16iCcGXr76Y3c_zCzXc2P6ViSmCWbJRZ9LbH5cY3YeMJyGXYyf8qd-zoSHRn/s1600/krone-DSCF3000.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And last - but not least - there was a </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">fairy! ;-)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I made her the </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> according to her instructions! </div><div style="text-align: center;">And believe me - a six year old can have surprisingly precise ideas about how her fairy dress has to look!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love her so much!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">And huge thanks to <a href="http://www.ikatbag.com/">Lorraine </a>for helping me with making the dress!!!! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Your input was unbelievably helpful!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Ms Muffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419580728085716299noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382223617106966826.post-41065275920017149222011-05-28T23:55:00.003+02:002011-05-29T12:38:46.270+02:00WINNERS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;">It is already very late so I am going to make this very quick. The two winners of the <a href="http://muffinsnmore.blogspot.com/2011/05/sew-mama-sew-giveaway-day.html">Sew Mama Sew Giveaway </a>are</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kelly</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and Laura</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJQsXrB2I0TNLdPuWt3Ry25-caqxBk7ZDtLIX7cucfMELMMZ_2AVi5MqicqXevLtXuQPmYI2d4gKHFhwG_xfHKfa9K23Y2o4TjvJAa6pu9YVgG4zqvlzABPAulNxZYjiNCpVc1QYElsI/s1600/random2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJQsXrB2I0TNLdPuWt3Ry25-caqxBk7ZDtLIX7cucfMELMMZ_2AVi5MqicqXevLtXuQPmYI2d4gKHFhwG_xfHKfa9K23Y2o4TjvJAa6pu9YVgG4zqvlzABPAulNxZYjiNCpVc1QYElsI/s1600/random2.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Congratulations!!!! </span><br />
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I have emailed both to let them know that they won.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">There were so many comments ... I appreciated each and every single one of them!</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">And for all others that might be interested in my buttons:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">To all orders that are placed until the 15th of June I will add a free toadstool button or toadstool sewing pin - your choice.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">You can order buttons via my store <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://en.dawanda.com/shop/Cutelicious">Cutelicious </a></span>- just send me a message and tell me what you like if it is not in the store right now. </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Or by emailing me directly </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">cutelicious-shop [at] web [dot] de<br />
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<i>I do realize the postage is quite high just to order some buttons. I am already only charging the actual postage price - nothing for wrapping or anything. If you like you can combine orders - maybe in your sewing groups people are interested? I can mail ALOT of buttons for that prize. :-) </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks again for playing along! :-) </div></div>Ms Muffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419580728085716299noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382223617106966826.post-46808122385758834102011-05-22T21:26:00.002+02:002011-05-23T12:29:17.510+02:00Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>I know I am posting this early ... but I figured rather too early than too late ... :-) </i></span><br />
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So finally it is here again - the Giveaway Day! </div><div style="text-align: center;">As you read this I am probably sitting comfortably and checking out all the other awesome blogs and giveaways. :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have been waiting and looking forward to this for quite some time. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So ... as I know that you have many more blogs to visit I make it really short and easy this time. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">What can you win?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A set of costum-made buttons made with love by ... ME. Of course. :-) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">You choose the design or color or whatever you wanna choose. And I make them.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The set will include four buttons.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">They could look like these ....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">but they could also look totally different. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Up to you!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Well, and me of course ... ;-)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you are curious and wanna see more buttons I have made - or even wanna place an order - you can </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">check out my store <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://en.dawanda.com/shop/Cutelicious">CUTELICIOUS</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">check out the <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://muffinsnmore.blogspot.com/search/label/polymer%20clay">button pics on my blog </a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">you can look at my <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35379858@N08/sets/72157626344934573/">BUTTON PHOTOS</a></span> on flickr</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">or you can just email me: cutelicious-shop [at] web [dot] de</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">What do you have to do to win?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Easy - just leave a comment telling me what buttons you would like to have. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<i>I did not want to add this at first ... but here it goes:</i><br />
<i> If you just tell me "the buttons are nice" or "I wanna win them" it will not count for the giveaway! </i><br />
<i>I think it is only fair to those people that actually read the post and entered! If it makes you feel any better of course you can change your mind if you actually win. I just would like you to think just for a minute about what buttons you would really love to have ... and maybe I get some new ideas out of this, too! ;-)</i><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Could be some you saw in my shop or on my blog ... or just any other that come to mind ... maybe something you have been looking for but could never find ...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I will draw a winner with the help of random.org.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">One entry per person! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If there are more than 100 comments I will draw a second winner.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I leave the giveaway open until the 26th of May (German time). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">EVERYONE around the world can enter! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">You do not have to be a follower of my blog - but of course if you like what you see you are more than welcome to become one! :-)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And when you are done commenting hop on over to </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sew Mama Sew</span> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">to check out all the other giveaway goodness!!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Good luck and have fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Oh, and if by any chance you are German ... check out my <a href="http://cutelicious-shop.blogspot.com/">German blog Cutelicious</a> ... :-) </span></div><br />
</div>Ms Muffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419580728085716299noreply@blogger.com292tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382223617106966826.post-82634441365121243042011-05-06T12:19:00.002+02:002011-05-10T20:32:22.970+02:00How to crochet a portable doll crib<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">After the post on the </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://muffinsnmore.blogspot.com/2011/04/information-and-tutorials-on-fabric.html">fabric yarn</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have been asked whether I could give some guidelines on how to make the </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://muffinsnmore.blogspot.com/2009/01/crochet-baby-doll-crib.html">crocheted doll crib thingy</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">above. </div><div style="text-align: center;">So here are some of my thoughts on it. </div><div style="text-align: center;">This is not going to be a tutorial or pattern as I have made the thing quite some time ago and do not have enough time right now to try to recreate it. These are just some basic guidelines how I went about - you will have to figure the rest out for yourself. :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope this helps a bit though. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">1. I worked the whole thing in single crochet. I like to do it that way as it will give the "stiffest" result. I am not sure whether double crochet might also work though.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">2. For the base of the doll crib I just crocheted a rectangle. I basically started at one of the shorter sides. I crocheted a chain as long as I wanted this side to be. (Get the doll that is supposed to sleep in there and use that as a "measure".) Then I just added rows to this until the rectangle was slightly "longer" than the doll supposed to be in there.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">3. Then I added the sides of the crib. I simply did it by starting to crochet the sides directly to the rectangle base. I just started to single crochet into the upper loop of every single crochet around the whole rectangle.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Does that make any sense to you?)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Make sure that you do not increase at the corners - or anywhere else for that matter - as you want your sides to go "straight up". </div><div style="text-align: center;">You could probably also just crochet rectangles again to make up the sides and join everything by sewing it together. I suppose that would work as well.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">4. The handles - well, I made them with a certain technique that I had read about. I have no idea what it is called. Basically I crocheted a chain as long as I wanted the handle to be. Then I turned the chain a bit and crocheted single crochets into the BASE loop of each chain. (You usually do not crochet into that loop.) You can add a second regular row - or as many until your handles are "wide" enough. By doing it that way your handle will not be just a narrow rectangle but it will curve slightly - which I liked. </div><div style="text-align: center;">But if that description does not make any sense to you, you could also just crochet narrow rectangles and use these as handles. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I just sewed the handles to the sides. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And that was it!</div><div style="text-align: center;">It cost me the most time to fiddle around to get the base rectangle to the correct size ... the rest worked up quite quickly. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope this helps anyone a bit.</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you are making a doll crib - please let me know. Would make my day! :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And if there are any other questions just ask! I am happy to answer.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And if it takes a bit - I am sorry. I try my best to not take TOO long ...</i></div></div>Ms Muffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419580728085716299noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382223617106966826.post-91028167240696486432011-05-05T12:33:00.006+02:002011-05-11T23:34:14.755+02:00Custom order of buttons<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Just wanted to share a custom order of buttons I did before Easter.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>(This has already been sitting in my draft folder for days ... almost forgot about it ...)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>EDITED: After the first lovely comment I realized that I did not bother taking any pictures with a coin or something to show how big these are. These are actually not tiny at all. They are quite big ... I think about 3,5cm in diameter. Is that about 1,5inch?) </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The first button is my favourite. I almost "forgot" to package it up when I got the order ready to send ... ;-)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Unfortunately one can not really tell from the photo.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;">These are the other big buttons I made.<br />
They are for decorative purposes only and are gonna be sewn to the fabric at the side.</div></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">A soccer button.</div></div></div><br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;">And another one ... this time it glows in the dark. :-)</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;">A pirate button. Also glow-in-the-dark.</div></div><br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;">And another horse - in pink and with glow-in-the-dark mane.</div></div><br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;">Some ghost buttons ... </div></div><br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;">and some birdhouse/ cuckoo clock buttons.</div></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;">Cause little bear had seen the horse buttons, I will have to make some more. She already wanted to keep these and when I explained to her that these are going to be sold she said<br />
"You can sell all the other ones. These are mine."<br />
Well ...<br />
I did have some explaining to do until she understood that this is not how custom orders work. ;-)<br />
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<i>Sharing this with these fun parties</i> <br />
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</div></div></span></div></div>Ms Muffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419580728085716299noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382223617106966826.post-39737899812842123222011-04-26T22:22:00.011+02:002011-05-11T23:34:43.376+02:00Sewing an Unicorn<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;">Or how to make a 5year old happy! ;-) <br />
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When I asked my daughter a few weeks ago what she wanted for Easter, she said</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"An unicorn. A white one with a pink horn and a green saddle."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well ...</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">I actually already had other plans ... but why had I asked?!<br />
My own fault!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
So I ended up ditching my plans and making a unicorn:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;">I used the pattern for a stuffed horse and added the horn.<br />
I am really happy with how it turned out.<br />
And considering that I have never made a stuffed toy with a sewing machine before I was quite impressed with my own work. :-)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuhzvQQWkAMjhhvEFd1vJN92JPTm4fjBshInIl0x8vfchNV4mM2rKlTr54wJezlI14KUPWyazZCNqh8U-60u4xh24HGVWNjKLb4i3KCryzba3kCmzgVRisalaYuyd7mdY3VS5aF618Ne2I/s1600/einhorn-DSCF0936.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuhzvQQWkAMjhhvEFd1vJN92JPTm4fjBshInIl0x8vfchNV4mM2rKlTr54wJezlI14KUPWyazZCNqh8U-60u4xh24HGVWNjKLb4i3KCryzba3kCmzgVRisalaYuyd7mdY3VS5aF618Ne2I/s1600/einhorn-DSCF0936.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I made the unicorn out of white corduroy-velvet and used pink cotton velvet for the ears and the horn.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The bridle is made out of beautiful ribbon. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And of course it can be taken off. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The nostrils are embroidered pink flowers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I made the eyes out of polymer clay. Kinda like buttons.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Instead of white dots I made tiny pink hearts and added them to the pupils.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After all it is a very special magic unicorn. ;-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The saddle is made out of thick green felt with some ruffles around it.<br />
I actually had planned to add some flower-heart-garland kinda embroidery to it as well ... but simply ran out of time.<br />
But maybe it was for the better. I quite like how it looks now ... maybe it would just have been too much. Or I would have messed it up after all. ;-)</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The saddle of course can be removed as well. </div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Little bear LOVED it!<br />
She was so happy! Which again made me so happy!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Because in the end I did spend some hours on making it ... and the whole time I was worried that maybe she would not like it.<br />
She seemed to have a pretty clear picture in her head ... What if the unicorn I was making did not live up to it?<br />
So I was relived and happy to see how she would not just smile but drag the thing everywhere she was going! :-) <br />
Am so happy that I did not stick with the initial plans ... :-)</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i>And another funny thing:</i><br />
When she found the unicorn - of course it was hidden by the easter bunny - she instantly turned to me and said "You sewed that!"<br />
I mean she knows that I sew ... but still. That instant reaction ... I was puzzled. She did afterall still believe in the easter bunny. Why would she think that I had made it?<br />
So I asked her. You know what she said?<br />
She pointed to the ribbon that I had made the bridle out of and said "That was in the living room"<br />
Yes, I do store my ribbons in the living room. I never thought that she would pay any attention to that. And NEVER would I have thought that she would remember a particular ribbon!<br />
I was speechless!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Hope all of you guys had a great Easter!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Did you make any of your Easter gifts?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">I am sharing this post with these parties:</span></i></span><br />
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TODAY would be a good day. ;-)<br />
Dawanda is having an extra sale through the week and today there is a 12% discount on material - which of course includes buttons.<br />
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So go <a href="http://en.dawanda.com/shop/Cutelicious">HERE </a>if you want to check out my store.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But the dicount is only valid TODAY (German time!) </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Edited: I just realized that one of my products is featured on the <a href="http://en.dawanda.com/">English front page of Dawanda</a></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: large;">WOW! </span></i><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i> If you order something from me and tell me which product was featured you will get a free sewing pin of your choice!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>(Of course a decorated one. Not a regular one!) :-D</i></span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">And as I do not like to have posts without any pictures ... here are some buttons I made that I still have to put in the store. </div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sausage dog is not varnished - that is why it looks different in the photo to all the others. But I kinda like it that way ...</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have to say it is surprisingly hard to take good photos of black shiny objects! *phew*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div>Ms Muffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419580728085716299noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382223617106966826.post-48038998961293635242011-04-12T23:16:00.002+02:002011-04-13T21:12:03.585+02:00Information and Tutorials on Fabric Yarn Crochet Projects<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;">I was asked a little while back to give some more information on the crocheted <a href="http://muffinsnmore.blogspot.com/2011/02/recyling-crocheted-rug.html">rag rug project</a>. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I digged in my bookmarks and searched the net and found some tutorials that I had used back when I did <a href="http://muffinsnmore.blogspot.com/2008/12/finished-rag-rug.html">the first rug</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here you go - general instructions on how to crochet a rag rug:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/2008/02/rag-rug-tutorial.html">Crazy Mom Quilts</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_2012816721"><br />
</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://rubyglen.com/crafts/ragrug.htm">Ruby Glen - Round crochet rag rug</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_2012816724"><br />
</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://newoldfashionedgal.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/how-to-make-beccas-jean-rag-rug/">How to make a Jean Rug</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_2012816727"><br />
</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vintagechica.typepad.com/the_life_and_times_of_thi/2006/10/rag_rug_tutoria.html">The vintage chica</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_2012816731"><br />
</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://goodtimesithinkso.blogspot.com/2009/10/circular-crochet-rag-rug-instructions.html">The Sunroom - Circular crochet rag rug instructions</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_2012816735"><br />
</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sugarbeecrafts.com/2010/02/rag-rug-tutorial.html">Sugar Bee - Rag Rug Tutorial</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">By looking at all of them ... and there are many more out there, just google ... you will soon see that there are MANY ways to do this!</div><div style="text-align: center;">So I encourage you to look at a couple tutorials and just figure out what you like best and what would work for you. At least that is the way I did it. :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here are some more or less random bits of how I do it:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">MAKING FABRIC YARN</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">In order to make the yarn you can cut your strips which ever widths you want to. Just experiment a bit!<br />
If you cut them wider - use a bigger hook! If you cut them narrower - use a smaller hook.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Also keep in mind the wider you cut the strips the thicker and more stable (and less soft) your endproduct will be!<br />
(And the harder it might be to crochet.)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Also if you have cut your strips too narrow you can still simply use two strands instead of just one.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Some people cut their fabric with scissors, some use rotary cutters, some rip it. I have to say that I like to use scissors - that makes it easy to do even while watching kids or a movie or something ...</div><div style="text-align: center;">It DOES take quite a bit of time to cut up enough fabric!!! Most likely it will take WAY longer than you think. :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Also it does get a bit messy depending on the fabric ... as it usually does fray while cutting.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">When you have cut your fabric you most likely end up with different bits. So how do you get a continuous strip? </div><div style="text-align: center;">There are several methods explained in the tutes. Some just knot the strips. That is fine - but you might end up seeing the knots and it might be a bit "bumpy" for a rug. You can sew the strips together. But that was NEVER an option for me. Way too much work. :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have found the "cleanest" look with little work is achieved by knotting the strips in a special way.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I did not have the link anymore to a tutorial that explained the method I use ... but ... for you guys I would do almost anything right. ;-)</div><div style="text-align: center;">So after A LONG time of googling - and some very odd search terms! - I found one: :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">*drumroll PLEASE*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1975551218"><br />
</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://tottietalkscrafts.com/2010/05/13/how-to-make-a-join-in-fabric-strip-yarn-or-tarn/">Tottie talks craft</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">WHAT MATERIAL TO USE FOR FABRIC YARN?</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Well, any really! You will find that some material works better for some things than others. But if you are just making a rug I think anything should be alright. Just adapt the widths of the strips according to the thickness of the fabric. </div><div style="text-align: center;">(So if you use a thicker and a less thick fabric together - cut the thicker one narrower.)</div><div style="text-align: center;">For rugs I like to use cotton fabrics that I can wash on hot. Just simpler to clean. But you can make other things than rugs ....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have made this <a href="http://muffinsnmore.blogspot.com/2008/12/one-day-project-tiny-handbag.html">tiny cute bag </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">and this <a href="http://muffinsnmore.blogspot.com/2009/01/crochet-baby-doll-crib.html">doll crib to carry around </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I would love to make some "boxes". As the fabric "yarn" is rather thick the crocheted product has a nice "stand". </div><div style="text-align: center;">Also I found out that fabric that I would not like to use for sewing - like artificial stuff - works great for crocheting. And do not worry if the fabric frays alot while being cut. That actually might end up to give a fun fuzzy look to the end result! :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you want a more "clean" look jersey is a great option. So save all those stained shirts!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">But if you are going to make a rug you will need LOTS of them. Seriously!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">With the <a href="http://muffinsnmore.blogspot.com/2008/12/finished-rag-rug.html">big rug</a> I made I used bed sheets and I needed SEVERAL!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Okay, I hope that kinda helped. Feel free to ask any questions!!! Am happy to answer! :-)</span></div><br />
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Last week I was sick - just a cold, but a bad one - so all the plans I had for posting (and some others) went downhill.<br />
Also at the weekend I was shocked when I realized that Easter will be in two weeks! *scream*<br />
I have not even started on any Easter presents or decoration ... also I had not even put all the Easter buttons in my store yet. I did that at the weekend and thought I show them off today. :-)<br />
Hope you like them.<br />
They are ready to ship immediately and since it is already quite late for buying Easter buttons I though I offer a discount of 10% on all the buttons you see in this post.<br />
If you are interested just put "Easter discount" in the message when buying or send me an email and I will adjust the price before you buy.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Hope you like them ... </div><div style="text-align: center;">If you are interested in any custom-made buttons just send me an email. </div><div style="text-align: center;">cutelicious-shop [at] web [dot] de </div><div style="text-align: center;">And if you would like to see more buttons I have made, you can check out my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35379858@N08/">flickr-account</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Sorry, I am in the process of reorganizing my flickr-photos ... it might take a bit. At the moment most of the buttons are under "Polymer clay")<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">After I made the <a href="http://muffinsnmore.blogspot.com/2011/03/sighting-of-very-rare-rabbit-mouse.html">rabbit-mouse</a> I had to make one "proper" mouse. I love the fabric I chose. White curduroy and red checked cotton. Both are bits from old worn-out and/or cut-up clothes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have to say - I LOVE how Mr. Mouse turned out. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, guess that is no big surprise ... I totally love everything corduroy and everything checked ... :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And as I loved the <a href="http://bustleandsew.blogspot.com/2011/03/pin-cushion-mice-pattern-for-you.html">pattern for the mouse</a> at first sight ... no big surprise I love the outcome I guess.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I have to say I like handsewing ... It is quite nice to be able to do something that you can carry with you easily ...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do you do any handsewing at all?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do you have any free patterns or inspirational links for it?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And just in case if you are wondering ... no, Mr. Mouse is not in my possession any longer. He also got stolen away by little man. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>AND little man insists at the moment to go to bed with his regular stuffed bedtime pal "Gepard" (German word for cheetah) AND the rabbit-mouse AND Mr.Mouse. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I guess I should stop sewing stuffed animals - or hide them better before he sees them - otherwise there soon will be no more room in the bed for him!</i><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Come on! You know that you want to know!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can help you! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I have seen - AND photographed - the very rare and hardly ever seen rabbit-mouse!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wanna see?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">But no laughing!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Or you might scare it away!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Or hurt its feelings. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Or my feelings for that matter ....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So you are wondering how it comes that I get to see such a rare creature???</div><div style="text-align: center;">Really wanna know? </div><div style="text-align: center;">Sure?!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, get ready for some really stupid creativeness ... on my part ...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;">So it all started with this </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://bustleandsew.blogspot.com/2011/03/pin-cushion-mice-pattern-for-you.html">cute and totally adorable mouse pincushion pattern by Bustle and Sew</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span> </div><div style="text-align: center;">It is CUTE!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So yesterday we had such a nice sunshiny afternoon that I thought it would be stupid to spend it inside the flat behind the sewing machine. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Still I felt kinda like DOING something ... with my hands ... so I thought I might handsew a cute little mouse. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I even had some scraps from cut up fleece sweaters from the kids lying around ... perfect! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">While I cut out the pattern I got this <strike>STUPID weird strange</strike> tempting idea. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">What if I could make a bunny instead of a mouse?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I just had spent the morning thinking about Easter presents for the kids. That might explain SOME of the weirdness of the idea. Not all. I know. Guess it is just me. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So instead of following the pattern I started drafting some rabbit ears ... and cutting them out ...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I cut out the fabric pieces and spent a nice relaxing afternoon in the yard handsewing my softie-pincushion-thingy. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Everything was nice and peaceful. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Until I added the ears to the <strike>mouse </strike>rabbit!</div><div style="text-align: center;">That was when I realized changing the ears to rabbit ears will NOT make a rabbit. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It will make a mouse with rabbit ears! :-/</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, I know. You probably would have figured that right from the beginning ...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, apparently I did not. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was bummed. I did not know what to do. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I tried to make the face of the <strike>mouse </strike>rabbit a bit less pointy ... but it still did not look like a rabbit. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I was thinking about undoing the ears ... making them into mouse ears. </div><div style="text-align: center;">But somehow I could not do it. Do not know why. </div><div style="text-align: center;">So instead I finished up the ridiculous looking rabbit.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And that is how it happened that I got to photograph the rare rabbit-mouse. :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, I guess not all projects turn out well. And it was my own stupid fault. </div><div style="text-align: center;">To be honest - I feel kinda attached to the rabbit-mouse. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It kinda looks like it needs an extra-portion of love.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And the funny thing:</div><div style="text-align: center;">Little man - who instantly stole it away -</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">He LOVES EVERYTHING soft and cuddly! Seriously! He stole a tiny pillow I was making before I could even close the hole from turning!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">recognized it as a <span style="font-size: large;">RABBIT</span>! </div><div style="text-align: center;">He looked at it and scrunched up his nose and made a sniffing noise. Which is his "word" for rabbit!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yeah, he is not too talkative yet! ;-)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Okay, then again he has just passed the stage where every four-legged animal is a dog. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Now there are cats in his world, too. </div><div style="text-align: center;">So MAYBE - just maybe - it could be that pretty much EVERYthing with long ears to him is a rabbit. But I chose not to think about that too much ...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So I guess we are just gonna have a rabbit-mouse living with us from now on. </div><div style="text-align: center;">But the next one will be a mouse! Just a mouse!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, have you messed up any crafting projects lately? ;-)</span></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sharing my crafty mishappening here:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://makingtheworldcuter.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Making" border="0" src="http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo119/tiffhewlett/Crafty%20Stuff/MondayCuter.png" style="height: 75px; width: 75px;" /> </a><a href="http://tipjunkie.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Tip Junkie handmade projects" border="0" height="75" src="http://www.tipjunkie.com/images/TipMeTuesdayButton1.png" width="75" /> </a><a href="http://thegirlcreative.blogspot.com/search/label/Just%20Something%20I%20Whipped%20Up" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="The Girl Creative" height="75" src="http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq286/happielife32/JSIWU_BUTTON.png" width="75" /> </a><a href="http://www.katiesnestingspot.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Katie's Nesting Spot" border="0" height="75" src="http://i679.photobucket.com/albums/vv157/KTnestingspot/Blog%20Buttons/KatiesNestingSpotButtoncopy.jpg" width="75" /></a></div></div>Ms Muffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419580728085716299noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382223617106966826.post-60295314740401505262011-03-23T22:47:00.020+01:002011-04-27T22:54:43.460+02:00ABC-board thingy ... with tutorial<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;">As promised finally a proper post again. I am sorry for so much quietness. After my last proper post first my little one was sick. Then there was so much to do that there was hardly any time for blogging at all. And then the Japan-thing happened ... and I felt so weird. Whenever I sat down to write a post I could not ... somehow whatever I was going to write felt so unimportant ... I guess I was just in a very strange mood.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I actually got a few things that I wanted to share already for a while. I war not quite sure where to start ...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So first I show you something that I made for my daughter. </div><div style="text-align: center;">She is 5 and she know all the letters already for a while. She just started to read properly a bit ago. But even though she knew all the letters she could never remember the alphabet. I was not too worried about that - but still I figured if I could make something where she could SEE the alphabet that might help. She has an alphabet poster ... but I wanted something that would show the alphabet in a row. So I made this quick and fun project</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I made an ABC -board </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Or what would you call it?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A rail? Or ... I am a bit lost about a name.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Anyway, it was fun. And quick. And you do not need much. And - it worked. Ever since I hung up that thing in her room she knows the whole alphabet. In order! :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Am so proud!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And happy!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So if you happen to have a kiddo that is about to learn the ABC and want your own ABC board thingy ... I wrote down how I did it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is what you need:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNRIlnV0R4qTYciY3fZ42C4p58XdViVr7ZU6xUvhOHgszT-rbfIojpmZ8qGh3no0hLXSoo8KiiDTXjoBiZFo_TalcvPumO9ehAEorjnHzF818Je7oPwraOCZZYcleqWMC9NWZSijqejA0/s1600/abc-blog-DSCF9482.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNRIlnV0R4qTYciY3fZ42C4p58XdViVr7ZU6xUvhOHgszT-rbfIojpmZ8qGh3no0hLXSoo8KiiDTXjoBiZFo_TalcvPumO9ehAEorjnHzF818Je7oPwraOCZZYcleqWMC9NWZSijqejA0/s1600/abc-blog-DSCF9482.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">- wooden letters</div><div style="text-align: center;">- acrylic paint</div><div style="text-align: center;">- a long wooden board</div><div style="text-align: center;">- glue</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And this is what I did: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1. I used really cheap self-adhesive wooden letters that I scored in the 1Euro section of one discounter. But you can of course use really fancy ones, too. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you use big letters I would recommend sanding them. But to be honest - I did not do that. Do not tell on me! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">2. After you did - or did not - sand your letters ;-) you paint them. Easy! And fun!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">After you put a coat of paint on them let them dry. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">3. If you like your letters that way you can already hop on to step 4. But I wanted to make mine a bit more colorful so I added some more paint and ended up with this:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">That was SO MUCH FUN! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Let dry again.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">4. Get your wooden board and - depending on what it looks like - you might want to put some paint on it, too. After it is dry you glue the letters in place. </div><div style="text-align: center;">And that is it! </div><div style="text-align: center;">DONE!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Admire your work a bit more .... ;-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">By the way, this project is really easy to customize.</div><div style="text-align: center;">You could hang the letters pretty much any other way you can think of. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I actually had this idea that you could make letters and put them into colorful circles to the wall. Kinda randomly scattered around. It would of course not help with learning the alphabet - but it would sure be a really cute decoration! If you like letters that is. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I do! :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;">And you could play "I spy" with letters ... I figure that would be fun ...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, and here is another treat for you. I found this a while ago and thought it was cute. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.janbrett.com/alphabet_poster/alphabet_poster_main.htm">Printable ABC-Poster</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">To me it is not much use yet as my daughter is not learning English yet. </div><div style="text-align: center;">But once she is I think I will print it. So cute!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope you enjoyed this!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a lovely day!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Just wanted to show off some buttons that are on their way to a hopefully happy recipient ...</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I will post again this week! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Promise! :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;">So tired right now - am off to bed .... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I am sharing this here</i>:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Don<b>'</b>t you love it when you tidy up and you find a project that is almost finished but not quite ...</div><div style="text-align: center;">But it needs just a bit more work - and you are done!</div><div style="text-align: center;">You get this awesome feeling that you have finished something even though you have only been working on it for a little bit. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I LOVE that.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happened to me with this rug. I started it a long while ago and it was supposed to become a BIG rug. *cough* </div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, a girl can dream right?!</div><div style="text-align: center;">After a bit I <strike>gave up</strike> changed my mind.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Really? Why?"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I decided it will become a small rug. :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;">And what does it get used for?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjolWDB69WE5KN-Z0KhPZxW-23pUzKl0zL21sDU2XjW2uGfKHRXlvCNAATijOEQVoVa61Mis8MXVeU5OsrykmlT82w3ZTVcPj6Kculq3LR5HcjkVoi02hcZCfibPOzaFKp89y2yXw_4ff0/s1600/rug-DSCF9586.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Perfect for tiny feet ...</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tiny feet in the bathroom!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, almost forgot. It is made out of cut up shirts! Just cut them into strips, join the strips ... and you have yourself some nice "yarn" that you can crochet into some nice rug with a huge crochet hook!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is FUN!</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Hey Mommy, could you stop taking photos and play with me?"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sorry, gotta go ...<br />
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<i>I completely forgot ... I have made a similar rug before. The one I have made before is circular and bigger. You can see it <a href="http://muffinsnmore.blogspot.com/2008/12/finished-rag-rug.html">HERE</a>.</i></div></div>Ms Muffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419580728085716299noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382223617106966826.post-36023476959160607332011-02-25T23:19:00.001+01:002011-05-09T23:20:31.734+02:00Tea Time Buttons<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;">I actually wanted to write a "real" post today. Not just buttons.<br />
But blogger is not my friend today. It takes forever to load and uploading photos is just ... well, no fun.<br />
So, just buttons today. I will write a proper post at the weekend! :-)<br />
But at least the buttons I am showing you are kinda special ... to me at least.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am LOVING them. :-)</span><br />
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You know that I love everything tea-related. I can not believe how cute these turned out ...<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I did put them into my <a href="http://en.dawanda.com/shop/Cutelicious">SHOP</a>. But you know ... I think I could live with it if they do not get sold. ;-)</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I really would love to sit down and make a whole bunch more ....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tea anyone? </span></div><br />
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</div>Ms Muffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419580728085716299noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382223617106966826.post-66724116691798340292011-02-24T23:13:00.000+01:002011-02-24T23:13:09.536+01:00Love ...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMRYbP0iZXPKLGkzhAc3UfnFyPNbojRh-SONQYH-LEMe_CLir28_MenhVgY04AnAZkTs3kSfBI62Q8JShv5ARLQBHjf6NGTB0Ig_On3pqy0sEBaW1rWGKAGXd7k5VygSIVw_steae7OM/s1600/love-DSCF9473.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMRYbP0iZXPKLGkzhAc3UfnFyPNbojRh-SONQYH-LEMe_CLir28_MenhVgY04AnAZkTs3kSfBI62Q8JShv5ARLQBHjf6NGTB0Ig_On3pqy0sEBaW1rWGKAGXd7k5VygSIVw_steae7OM/s1600/love-DSCF9473.JPG" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">I can not tell you how much I love these two! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I am in a strange mood right now. Feeling so thankful for my two kids. Feeling rather inadquate as a mother. But still happy to have the chance to try my best ...</div><div style="text-align: center;">I better do not write much more today. Otherwise you will think I was drinking or something ... :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Which I was not! Just so you know!</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, and by the way. Not as cold as <a href="http://muffinsnmore.blogspot.com/2011/02/cold.html">the last couple days</a> ... but still cold over here. :-)</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">More button goodness coming up tomorrow ... and hopefully some crafty bits, too.</div><br />
</div>Ms Muffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419580728085716299noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382223617106966826.post-41357979272570392172011-02-23T22:10:00.001+01:002011-05-09T23:21:35.155+02:00COLD<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is REALLY cold overhere. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
The strange thing is - the skye is blue. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Wonderfully blue ... and there are only few cute white clouds.<br />
And the sun is shining.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">But still so COLD! </div><div style="text-align: center;">FREEZING!<br />
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I made these buttons after having been outside for one of my walks with little man. I do not know why ... but somehow I had to make clouds ... :-)<br />
They are in the <a href="http://en.dawanda.com/product/17006202-WolkenKnoepfe">STORE</a> now.</div></div>Ms Muffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419580728085716299noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382223617106966826.post-40902528562290479562011-02-21T08:51:00.000+01:002011-02-21T08:51:01.207+01:00PURE fabric love<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;">I guess you all know that </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">I love fabric. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, most of us do, right?</div><div style="text-align: center;">But a few weeks ago this fabric love peaked into something ... NEW to me. :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">While browsing through the word wide web I stumbled on a sale on </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.aboveallfabric.com/">All above fabric</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I went to check it out - even though I did not intend to order anything.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I mean it would be kinda crazy to order fabric from the US when you live in Germany. </div><div style="text-align: center;">After all ... I would have to pay high postage and costums ... </div><div style="text-align: center;">And I spend too much money on fabric already especially since I have so much fabric that I have not used yet. </div><div style="text-align: center;">But when I saw the fabric - and the prices - I could not resist! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I started calculating like a maniac and arguing with hubby and myself.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Actually hubby said I should just order! So I was kinda arguing with myself most of the time ... :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;">It took me a whole evening to actually decide to just do it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, and I can only highly recommend <a href="http://www.aboveallfabric.com/">All above fabric</a> if you want to buy fabric online. </div><div style="text-align: center;">AWESOME costumer service!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Seriously! </div><div style="text-align: center;">As I was really unsure what I was getting myself into I contacted Melanie via facebook and asked about the postage ... and how much I could buy for it. She got right back at me with really helpful answers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wanna know what I got?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I ordered this beautiful printed dark brown botton knit that you can see on top of the bundle. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Love it. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Yet, have no idea so far what to do with it. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Maybe some cute dress type of thing or top for my daughter ...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And you can already see what else I ordered: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is some of the PURE fabric by Sweetwater. </div><div style="text-align: center;">You have to check out their blog by the way ... It is called </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://sweetwater.typepad.com/makelifesweet/">Make Life Sweet</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and wonderful!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">To be completely honest I never really understood how people could be so much into fabric from certain designers. </div><div style="text-align: center;">When someone on a blog asked for your favourite designer I simply drew a blank. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I did not have one! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I know if I like fabric when I see it. And I guess I have a certain "type" of fabric that I like ... </div><div style="text-align: center;">But a designer? Nope. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Until I saw the fabric line called <span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">PURE</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It was love at first sight! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Seriously!!!! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I am not kidding! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I had no idea a person could love fabric that much! </div><div style="text-align: center;">So when I saw that fabric at<a href="http://www.aboveallfabric.com/"> All above fabric</a> - and when I saw that it was ON SALE! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I kinda felt like the stars aligned to TELL me that I HAVE to order it! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I HAD NO CHOICE! :-)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was meant to be!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">When the package arrived a bit later - I was so so so so happy. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Even though I ended up having to pay customs fees I still had saved about 50% compared to if I would have bought the same fabric here in Germany. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Which I would have never done. WAY too expensive!) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">AND I just love it! It is so pretty!!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCCMHLHDIOnFExJ8u0pL28o1xUD3JQNQqAoF6pSFDuo_wTykV0QfzBAhsojrlHIuz-hHeiURAgZ_gu7bm0B61tao97UWSe02VUyi4UvpWGf1SnS6HpCmPV1XCYQh60hgXZQ5KI5pGM4gY/s1600/fabric-DSCF8375.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCCMHLHDIOnFExJ8u0pL28o1xUD3JQNQqAoF6pSFDuo_wTykV0QfzBAhsojrlHIuz-hHeiURAgZ_gu7bm0B61tao97UWSe02VUyi4UvpWGf1SnS6HpCmPV1XCYQh60hgXZQ5KI5pGM4gY/s1600/fabric-DSCF8375.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you are not getting sick of the pictures by now. I know they all look the same ... I could look at them for hours! :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But now the question is - what to do with it???</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can not seem to be able to come up with a sewing project that would seem worth the fabric. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Does that sound odd?</div><div style="text-align: center;">I do have a project in mind which is not sewing related at all. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Which would only use a some small bits of each fabric. </div><div style="text-align: center;">And when finished I could enjoy this ... project ... :-) all the time ...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Still, I would have to CUT it up. *ouch*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">How can I do that????</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I think I seriously need help ...</span></div><br />
</div>Ms Muffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419580728085716299noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382223617106966826.post-905207783704994622011-02-19T00:11:00.001+01:002011-05-09T23:21:42.672+02:00A little midnight "hooooooot"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqQcqSfpYEG3zH9GUlJAqgXJgFb1mW1QNx46noGoIP1UtV-d93Xg_dKhMk_2BnvqBBYB3ktbK-jfSXtala66grdKTm2DBhRDabbvJA39BqocniPFmS0XSDyWBCi8Uacc9_K3yDeB_MQFM/s1600/eule-lila-gelb-DSCF8997.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqQcqSfpYEG3zH9GUlJAqgXJgFb1mW1QNx46noGoIP1UtV-d93Xg_dKhMk_2BnvqBBYB3ktbK-jfSXtala66grdKTm2DBhRDabbvJA39BqocniPFmS0XSDyWBCi8Uacc9_K3yDeB_MQFM/s320/eule-lila-gelb-DSCF8997.JPG" width="315" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tomorrow I will have to put the new owls in <a href="http://en.dawanda.com/shop/Cutelicious">the shop</a> ...<br />
But now I really have to go to bed. Otherwise I myself will turn into an owl. ;-)<br />
Good night!</div></div>Ms Muffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419580728085716299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382223617106966826.post-39999086959736559152011-02-16T00:15:00.000+01:002011-02-16T00:15:47.865+01:00Look at my new bag!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> A while back I won a handbag from Johanna.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Her blog is called </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://jonaetlili.blogspot.com/"> <span style="font-size: large;">Jona & Lili </span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and even though she is German - she writes English, too! :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So go and check it out!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Especially if you are into handbags and/ or quilting! :-) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I am digressing. I wanted to show off what I won. I was allowed to choose a bag - any bag - from her <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://en.dawanda.com/shop/Jonalili">store</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">What a treat!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Look what I picked:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am loving the fabric. So fun!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And the bag itself is just gorgeous! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It has the right size.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Is roomy.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It has a long strap so it can be worn across the chest.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Did I mention I love it?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I did not take a photo of the insight - the bag is surprisingly big so there is alot of my stuff in there!!!! :-) </div><div style="text-align: center;">But the bag is lined with a beautiful red fabric with white dots! So pretty!!!</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Thanks <a href="http://jonaetlili.blogspot.com/">Johanna </a>- for making that beautiful bag for me!</div><br />
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</div>Ms Muffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419580728085716299noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382223617106966826.post-41196183941839245102011-02-13T13:19:00.006+01:002011-02-16T21:09:18.653+01:00Another tiny pincushion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;">Maybe you remember this tiny pincushion in a nutshell I made and posted about <a href="http://muffinsnmore.blogspot.com/2011/01/finally-my-store-is-open-to-everyone.html">here </a>...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I made another one with an owl. Not sure yet whether I will add this one to the shop. The one above is already in </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://en.dawanda.com/shop/Cutelicious">my shop</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Feel free to go there and have a look around ...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I also made a whole bunch of new buttons yesterday. Will show pictures soon ...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a great Sunday!<br />
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<i>I am linking to these parties </i><br />
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<a href="http://sumossweetstuff.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Sumo Sweet Stuff" border="0" height="75" src="http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g241/summerandrus/Blog%20Graphics/marketyourselfcopy.png" width="75" /> </a><a href="http://sewcando.blogspot.com/"><img src="http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac133/cerise422/sewcandoPARTYbuttonworking.jpg" style="height: 75px; width: 77px;" /> </a><a href="http://untilwednesdaycalls.blogspot.com/search/label/my%20crafty%20weekend" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img height="75" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4073/4857490807_b522563c65_o.jpg" width="75" /> </a><a href="http://makingtheworldcuter.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Making" border="0" src="http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo119/tiffhewlett/Crafty%20Stuff/MondayCuter.png" style="height: 75px; width: 75px;" /></a> <a href="http://www.kojodesigns.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" src="http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/ss139/jordanremke/kojo%20buttons/kojobutton-fridayfunfinds-150.jpg" style="height: 75px; width: 75px;" /> </a><a border="0" href="http://www.todayscreativeblog.net/" target="_blank"><img height="75" src="http://www.todayscreativeblog.net/wp-content/themes/serenity/images/TCBnew_125.gif" style="height: 75px; width: 75px;" width="75" /> </a><br />
<a href="http://www.katiesnestingspot.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Katie's Nesting Spot" border="0" height="75" src="http://i679.photobucket.com/albums/vv157/KTnestingspot/Blog%20Buttons/KatiesNestingSpotButtoncopy.jpg" width="75" /></a> <a href="http://somedaycrafts.blogspot.com/"><img height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju9uAm4IPOEmtjNPLXETO8C-6aOExzsbjfRAN-LmE8PKqQf50GGaH2W3nEwCHrN0KNIRcrdUviZ1mBAgfT952bEpY2I-y8qimit0wBYwbf-5r_g5GhA5m1Wnp_WwJhID4bg5xcQpFcYgs/s200/wgw+button.jpg" width="75" /></a> <a href="http://sewmuchado.blogspot.com/" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="75" src="http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy351/jdsmit21/SMAbuttonWDIWargylecopy-1.jpg" width="75" /></a><a href="http://733blog.blogspot.com/"><img height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieNjfPUI91YK6ZgzmPNIl0KmyWx-PYi8yst1WSJqlTYFhyXZO9CjncVki1Jyx0h9w7J4z3TgSXifz1Lm5pJxga7hTwJp3bINZlTkEZ6uE0iyyeEfqw_ipY3HjmzXqPRz9C0SuWjBJ-200/s200/SugarSpice.png" style="height: 75px; width: 75px;" width="75" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a border="0" href="http://www.freeprettythingsforyou.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img height="51" src="http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz51/FPTFY/Buttons/button210.jpg" width="75" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div></div>Ms Muffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419580728085716299noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1382223617106966826.post-10535679228826902302011-02-09T23:11:00.002+01:002011-02-16T21:06:41.775+01:00Folded stars<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">January is over ... and I have not even posted ONE </span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://muffinsnmore.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-years-resolutions-and-repurposing.html">repurposing project</a>! </span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bad!!!</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">So here it comes ...</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">I actually made these already a while ago. But somehow finding the time to type up posts becomes harder and harder.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0px;">Well, just shortly before Christmas ... and during Christmas actually ... I learned how to make these folded stars. </div><div style="margin: 0px;">They are made out of square papers and are just folded - and stuck together. </div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">You have to fold 30 pieces of paper. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0px;">In Germany they are called Bascetta-stars. </div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anyone can tell me whether that is the same in the rest of the world?</span></div></div><br />
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</div></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;">This one is a star made out of special paper that has different prints/ colors on both sides. </div><div style="margin: 0px;">It looks really pretty, don't you think?</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0px;">After I had made this one I was out of the pretty paper ... and I figured I could ge a bit inventive ... </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">So I ended up using this:</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin: 0px;">This is a rather old book with musical notes.</div></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">I love musical sheets. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">So I had to try whether it would look good. And this is how it turned out:</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin: 0px;">I totally adore it!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;">And as you have to cut the pages to squares there is always a paper strip left over. So what did I do?</div><div style="margin: 0px;">I cut squares out of the left over bits ... and made a tiny star:</div></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Here you can see both together:</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;">This was so much fun!</div><div style="margin: 0px;">I am actually working on another recycled star. </div><div style="margin: 0px;">No musical sheets though ... curious? ;-) </div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;">But it might take a bit until it is done ...</div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The folding and the putting together is really relaxing ... but the cutting of the squares is simply booooooring! :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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