I am so excited to take part in Spice Up Your Kitchen with Anna at Noodlehead! I ~love~ Anna's blog, and she is a great bloggy friend. I highly recommend checking out her projects -- especially her zippy wallet, which I have made numerous times (addicting!!), and her GENIUS drawstring backpack, which is on my to-make list! For my kitchen-y project, I chose to do a (very!) little something to spice up the fridge. How about the cutest little tiny oven mitts ever?? They're magnets! Here's what you need: ~ Fabric scraps -- main fabric and trim fabric (you literally only need a few inches of fabric!) ~ Scrap of cardstock ~ small magnet ~ chopstick or other pointy object for turning ~ hot glue gun STEP ONE: Pick your fabric. I had a ridiculously good time pawing through my ridiculously tiny little I-Spy fabric scraps! STEP TWO: Create your pattern. I looked at one of my own oven mitts and drew up a quick little pattern. (This photo shows my pattern on standard graph paper -- 1/4" squares.) STEP THREE: Cut a window of your pattern from your scrap of cardstock so you can "audition" your scraps for motif placement. STEP FOUR: Once you've decided on a motif you like, flip over your fabric and your window and trace the pattern on the back of your fabric, using a pencil. STEP FIVE: Trim your fabric parallel to the top edge of the mitt, a scant 1/4" from the line. STEP SIX: Turn your mitt fabric right side up and layer your trim fabric scrap face down on top, aligning the fabrics on the edge. Sew, using a scant 1/4" seam allowance. Repeat using more scraps for the opposite side of the oven mitt. (No need to center a motif on the back side of the mitt -- no one will ever see it!) STEP SEVEN: Press your seam allowances toward the trim fabric. STEP EIGHT: Layer your two pieces right sides together, aligning the seam lines as shown. STEP NINE: Shorten your stitch length and sew on your pencil lines, starting and stopping about 1/2" inside the trim fabric. STEP TEN: Trim close to your stitching line and clip around curves. Be sure to clip right up in the corner where the thumb and the rest of the mitt meet so the thumb will turn correctly. STEP ELEVEN: Gently turn the mitt right side out. Use a chopstick or other "pointy yet blunt" object to carefully poke out the thumb. STEP TWELVE: Use a few scraps to "stuff" the mitt and give it the thickness it needs to look realistic. I fold a scrap over my chopstick... ...and gently poke it into the mitt, keeping it as flat as possible. STEP THIRTEEN: Trim the trim (ha!) to about 1/2", and tuck in the raw edges. Make the trim look as narrow and realistically-scaled as you can. STEP FOURTEEN: Press it flat! (Awwww, look at the reflection of Kitty sleeping on her pillow on the ironing board!!) STEP FIFTEEN: Use some of your trim fabric to create a narrow strip for the oven mitt loop. Fold one edge as narrowly as you can, then fold again, and sew. Trim after sewing, as close to the stitching line as possible. I make it much longer than I need so that it is easier to hold and manage when sewing. STEP SIXTEEN: Fold your loop strip in half and attach to the top edge (same side as the thumb) with a needle and thread. I sew it to the corner, to only the back side of the mitt. STEP SEVENTEEN: Trim away the excess loop ends and hot glue a magnet to the back. DONE! It's ready to hold up your grocery list! *ahem* -- I may have gotten a little carried away with the itty bitty oven mitts! There were just TOO MANY cute options in my I-Spy scrap bin -- and they are so fun and quick to make!!
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As I mentioned last week, I am on holiday in England. I have prepared a post on making your own miniature book for each Sunday that I am away. I will post about other things if and when I can. This…
I'm so excited to share with you my eighth "ITTY BITTY BOOK": Itty Bitty SHE FEELS Book!!! Just print, color, fold & cut and then take turns using your imaginations- creating your own stories for the pictures! ------------ This is a digital download- instant printable- you will get 1 PDF File to print!! Instructions on how to make the book are on the back 'page'. All you have to do is... 1. Log into your Etsy account (so that all your digital downloads are in one easy to find location) 2. Purchase this listing 3. Download and print out the PDF File until your lil hearts content 4. Follow the folding and cutting instructions on the back to make the sweetest little mini book 5. Color!! **Personal use only/please do not share file**
I'm so excited to share with you my very first "ITTY BITTY BOOK" Volume One: Itty Bitty Boo Book!!! This is a digital download- instant printable- you will get 1 PDF File to print!! Instructions on how to make the book are on the back 'page'. All you have to do is... 1. Log into your Etsy account (so that all your digital downloads are in one easy to find location) 2. Purchase this listing 3. Download and print out the PDF File until your lil hearts content 4. Follow the folding and cutting instructions on the back to make the sweetest little mini book 5. Color!! **Personal use only/please do not share file**
Today I'm getting together with some friends for a dolly meet. Every time the Portland Blythe community gets together, there is a theme, and the theme of today's meet is Piñatas. I have made it my goal to make a new printable for each of the dolly meets' themes (see my Springtime theme and my Valentine theme), and a piñata party seemed like a good fit for a set of Lotería cards. (The excellent kitty dress in the photo below was made by my good friend Julie for my birthday this year. I had a cat-themed birthday party, and she wanted to make sure that my dolly could be cat-themed as well.) I was first introduced to Lotería by a classmate in art school whose senior thesis revolved around the theme of the deck. I have always really loved the imagery in the cards and found them to be very inspiring. (I'm not the only one, either. Check out this amazing deck with a Star Wars theme!) Not surprisingly, I find the cards to be even more wonderful in miniature form. I'd like to point out two things about these cards: 1. These images are not in the public domain, so please don't use this printable for anything other than personal projects. 2. I have left the original deck intact, including a couple of cards that some people find to be racist. I went back and forth on whether to include them, but, in the interest of making a printable with a full deck of cards, I decided to keep them. I'll leave it up to you whether to include those cards in your sets. Files: • Download Playscale Lotería Cards (PDF) - prints 4 sets of cards on 8.5
I'm so excited to share with you my ninth "ITTY BITTY BOOK": Itty Bitty BUTTERFLY Book!!! Just print, color, fold & cut and then take turns using your imaginations- creating your own stories for the pictures! ------------ This is a digital download- instant printable- you will get 1 PDF File to print!! Instructions on how to make the book are on the back 'page'. All you have to do is... 1. Log into your Etsy account (so that all your digital downloads are in one easy to find location) 2. Purchase this listing 3. Download and print out the PDF File until your lil hearts content 4. Follow the folding and cutting instructions on the back to make the sweetest little mini book 5. Color!! **Personal use only/please do not share file**
I have had several people ask about my little book that I posted about here. I originally made a little Marie book for a swap I am hosting for a swap group I belong to. It was the example. When I made the book I did a tutorial for the swap members to follow so all of our little books would be the same. They are going on a necklace which I will share with you later. Anyway since I have it already done Im going to share it with you. This little book is 1.5” tall by 1” wide. I cut the papers as follows- Cut your first strip of scrapbook paper 1.5” wide by the length of the paper (12”). This will be your cover and you will cut the length down to size later. Next cut a strip of paper just a little bit smaller than the 1.50” wide cover on each side. I placed the paper against the already cut cover strip and made a pencil mark where I wanted to cut it. If you look closely you can see the pencil mark on the pink paper. The inside of the paper will not show so it doesn’t matter whats on it. You will need the whole length of 12” paper. This strip will be the inside pages of your book. Now fold the strip in half, then into quarters. You now have four sections (see picture). Now fold each section into thirds. This part can be a little tricky. Just be sure your folds line up on the outside edge of your book pages. You wont notice it if the edge that goes against the spine is uneven. NOTE: the first picture below shows the folds going the wrong way to be able to make your folds and line up your outside edges. This is easy to fix by just folding the paper the other way :) The second picture is going the right way with all the folds. You will have 5 pages and a piece on each end to glue to your book cover. Next I ran my ink pad along the edges and the folds to make it look old. Now apply Uhu glue (or your favorite glue stick) to the back of the folded strip. Glue all the pages together then stick one side to the inside cover of your book. Be sure to leave that little space all around your folded piece when you attach it to your front cover. The Uhu glue allows you to slide the paper around until you have it placed the way you want. Now flip your book over and glue the inside page to the back cover. Make sure there is enough room for your book to close but not too much that it puffs up at the spine. Then cut your cover paper to size leaving the little space along the edge. You will have five pages in your little book You now have a little book!! Next we will glue the pages in it. To make the inside pages I cut and pasted images onto a Open Office Document. Open Office is like Microsoft Word but a FREE program. You can get it here http:/www.openoffice.org/ if you dont have Word. If you have Word just use that program. Once cut and pasted, double click on the image and click wrap through the image. This allows you to move the image freely around on the page. Next resize the image. Double click image uncheck lock ratio and change the size to .95 wide by 1.40 tall. You may have to crop the image a little to make your image proportionate prior to resizing. If you just want to use tiny images you already have cut them out slightly smaller than your little page. You can cut a template from plain paper and use it to measure the rest. Here are my sheets. I got my images from here http://www.ekduncan.com/ She shares lots of wonderful fashion plates for you to use. Just scroll thru her blog for LOTS of images. Once I cut out my images I used the ink around the edged like I did on the book before I glued them down. Here is the inside of mine. Once you have your little book put together take a large needle and insert it thru the inside page and the cover between page 3 & 4 about ¼ inch from the top. This makes a hole for you to put your jump ring thru. And here is my finished book. I think I will wrap a little string or ribbon around the book a couple times and tie a bow to keep it closed. You can also add the tie under the front cover before you glue it on. That way it won't come off. Let me know if you have any questions. I hope you enjoy making this little book as much as I did. Robin
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I have had several people ask about my little book that I posted about here. I originally made a little Marie book for a swap I am hosting for a swap group I belong to. It was the example. When I made the book I did a tutorial for the swap members to follow so all of our little books would be the same. They are going on a necklace which I will share with you later. Anyway since I have it already done Im going to share it with you. This little book is 1.5” tall by 1” wide. I cut the papers as follows- Cut your first strip of scrapbook paper 1.5” wide by the length of the paper (12”). This will be your cover and you will cut the length down to size later. Next cut a strip of paper just a little bit smaller than the 1.50” wide cover on each side. I placed the paper against the already cut cover strip and made a pencil mark where I wanted to cut it. If you look closely you can see the pencil mark on the pink paper. The inside of the paper will not show so it doesn’t matter whats on it. You will need the whole length of 12” paper. This strip will be the inside pages of your book. Now fold the strip in half, then into quarters. You now have four sections (see picture). Now fold each section into thirds. This part can be a little tricky. Just be sure your folds line up on the outside edge of your book pages. You wont notice it if the edge that goes against the spine is uneven. NOTE: the first picture below shows the folds going the wrong way to be able to make your folds and line up your outside edges. This is easy to fix by just folding the paper the other way :) The second picture is going the right way with all the folds. You will have 5 pages and a piece on each end to glue to your book cover. Next I ran my ink pad along the edges and the folds to make it look old. Now apply Uhu glue (or your favorite glue stick) to the back of the folded strip. Glue all the pages together then stick one side to the inside cover of your book. Be sure to leave that little space all around your folded piece when you attach it to your front cover. The Uhu glue allows you to slide the paper around until you have it placed the way you want. Now flip your book over and glue the inside page to the back cover. Make sure there is enough room for your book to close but not too much that it puffs up at the spine. Then cut your cover paper to size leaving the little space along the edge. You will have five pages in your little book You now have a little book!! Next we will glue the pages in it. To make the inside pages I cut and pasted images onto a Open Office Document. Open Office is like Microsoft Word but a FREE program. You can get it here http:/www.openoffice.org/ if you dont have Word. If you have Word just use that program. Once cut and pasted, double click on the image and click wrap through the image. This allows you to move the image freely around on the page. Next resize the image. Double click image uncheck lock ratio and change the size to .95 wide by 1.40 tall. You may have to crop the image a little to make your image proportionate prior to resizing. If you just want to use tiny images you already have cut them out slightly smaller than your little page. You can cut a template from plain paper and use it to measure the rest. Here are my sheets. I got my images from here http://www.ekduncan.com/ She shares lots of wonderful fashion plates for you to use. Just scroll thru her blog for LOTS of images. Once I cut out my images I used the ink around the edged like I did on the book before I glued them down. Here is the inside of mine. Once you have your little book put together take a large needle and insert it thru the inside page and the cover between page 3 & 4 about ¼ inch from the top. This makes a hole for you to put your jump ring thru. And here is my finished book. I think I will wrap a little string or ribbon around the book a couple times and tie a bow to keep it closed. You can also add the tie under the front cover before you glue it on. That way it won't come off. Let me know if you have any questions. I hope you enjoy making this little book as much as I did. Robin
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Hand Drawn Itty Bitty Kitty Collection Mauly loves Winter Treats - 3 Page Mini Planner Kit - Hand Drawn Itty Bitty Kitty Collection This mini kit is the perfect size for any planner but perfectly sized for most standard vertical planners! Full boxes, half boxes, quarter boxes, and headers ALL measure 1.5 inches wide. Standard mini kit includes first 3 sheets shown with add-on option available. The number of Maulys on each sheet varies! All Maulys are kiss cut using a Silhouette cutting machine All Maulys are on permanent PREMIUM matte sticker paper All Maulys are printed using an INKJET printer with premium ink All pens write on these stickers! Please note: the colors may vary depending on your monitor settings. Thank you for stopping by! If you have any questions please contact me and I will get back to you as soon as possible!
A mini book can be called a miniature book. It refers to a book that has a small size. The miniature books have a particular standard. Not only the sheets that will be measured, but also all elements, including the miniature book covers.
