Apron for Marie

Hello and welcome!

When my granddaughter, Marie, saw that fabric in the

background of this picture, she said
"That should be for my apron."

That is just what I had planned for it.

So I got my trusty old Kenmore out and started 

planning and cutting.

I pretty much guesstimated the size and got it pretty

good.  She'll be able to wear it for a while too.

Here is the final product.

For the strap around the neck, I used 2 binder rings and 

looped the tie through them and this worked out great.

I made this for Marie from fabric that I got from my local

Buy Nothing Group.

 She wears it a lot when she's 

cooking and baking with Mommy.

She has her own aprons here too.

This picture is taken from a TicTok that 

she did.  You can see some of her on TicTok

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Thanks for stopping by, I hope you are inspired in some way

and will come again soon.
Until then,
Cook/bake with a child.

 

Father's Day Gift

Hello and Welcome!

I know Father's Day is quite a while ago, but 

I want to share this little project with you.

This could be made for any reason,

birthday, father's day, Christmas

what ever.

I saw it somewhere on the internet and saved 

the picture to my computer.
I didn't have any flat Lego's, so I asked my

Buy Nothing Group for them and 

someone came through.
Marie (3.5yrs old) and I made this

together.  She decided that we should put them

in this order.  Then we glued the eyes on together.
I used my label maker and added the names and

greeting.  Put it in a frame and there was a 

cute gift for Daddy.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you 

like this little project and might think about 

making one for someone special in you life.

Come again soon.

Until then,

make something fun.

 

Shot Glasses

Hi everyone!

I hope you're having a wonderful day.

Today I want to show you some etched shot

glasses that I gave my future son in law for Christmas.

He has a shot glass collection and loves the

Marvel characters.

I started by asking my local Buy Nothing Group if anyone

had clear shot glasses they no longer wanted.

(I've linked to the Buy Nothing Project site so you can

learn more about this and see if there is a group in

your area)

I got response from a couple people.  I only needed one

at the time, but it turned into a bigger project.
These weren't all what I was expecting, but I think they

will work out for a later project.
I did use the green one for this gift.

I also received these 6 glasses from another member.

They were perfect for what I was planning.

Using my Silhouette Cameo I cut stencils with 

vinyl, then applied the stencils to the glasses.

This one is the Captain America logo.

On the other side of the glass,

I etched the character's name.

Once the vinyl stencil was applied

I used Armour Etch etching cream.

It's simple to use, just follow the instructions

on the jar.

Here is the Avengers Logo.

And their name.  Sorry these pictures aren't

great, it's very difficult getting photographs of

etching on glass and the size of the names 

makes it difficult, but you get the idea.

Hulk is Brad's favorite character and the

green shot glass was perfect for that character.

These 2 pictures show the HULK 

that is etched on the back of the glass.

Brad was thrilled with this little gift,

even more so because I made them for him.

I'm glad you stopped by today, I hope you are too. 

 Come again soon,

until then,

give something new a try and

check on a Buy Nothing Group

in your area.  I highly recommend 

being involved in one of these groups.

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

 

Chair

Hello and Welcome!

Today I have a different kind of project to show y'all.

I'm in a Buy Nothing Group and I saw this chair offered,

so I said I'd love it for my granddaughter and was 

lucky enough to get it.

I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it.

I started out by sanding it down to take off the

finish so the paint would grab on.

I spray painted it with white, in the areas I knew 

needed a white background.

I cut out polka dots with vinyl, to use as masks and 

stuck them on the seat of the chair.

Then painted it with red paint.

I punched out circles from vinyl to make masks

and put them on the seat of the chair to protect the white.

Once this has a few coats of paint I can remove

the vinyl dots to reveal the white polka dots.

The bow was a few steps.

First I cut a bow from vinyl with my 

Silhouette Cameo and removed the bow to use 

the rest as a stencil.  I punched the little polka dots

with a small punch.

Once the bow was done, I removed the vinyl 

stencil and put the vinyl bow over the area painted red.

This protected the red bow and white dots from the black paint.

Then I covered the seat with paper and painters tape

to protect it from black paint splashes and painted

the rest of the chair in black.

I had also made a mask of vinyl for Marie's name

on the back of the chair.

Once the black painting was done, 

I removed the mask.

There is a bit of touch up to be done

A bit of touch up needed on the bow too.

Once all the painting was done,

I realized that it needed a finishing coat or the paint

would end up chipped and scratched.

I used Minwax Polycrylic and gave the 

chair several coats.

And, here is the finished chair.

It's not prefect by any means, but I'm happy

with how it turned out.

I think this is something she and my

son and daughter in law will cherish for

a long time to come.

Thanks for stopping by,  I hope you like

my little chair and are somehow inspired.

I hope to see you again soon,

until then,

have fun in the new year!