February 27 2013

I didnt do much of anything yesterday because my son came to visit and we went to every thrift store in town ...
So last night i got a head start on crafts for today.. this is as far as i got.. more shrunken goodies from recyclable clear plastic containers and 3 Hitty collars made, adding buttons now. Then will poke holes  for necklaces in the shrunken tiny pendants..  These are sitting on top of one of these containers on its top and you can see thru to the bottom and see the larger seahorse. I took it and made another 2 from it to the size of tinier on top of the container.

February 25, 2013, fun fun fun

Im still having fun with this shrunken recycled plastic..
this is my treasure making for the day...
I've researched out what others do with Aileen's shrink-it and this stuff, some are pretty. Some have no imagination of what you really can do with this stuff. I'm like floored.
so in this next pix, I drew out the seahorse, but if you can't draw, use a picture. You know you could even trace a child's pix from under. Watch copyright laws but if you wanted to trace a pix from a special book or photo or picture published, (I like children's books) Its ok as long as you do not sell this or sell as your own..  Look up copyright laws. What I like to do is poke a hole with a red hot pin and add a chain loop and put it on a chain and wear it.. or a pin back glued on.. or charms on a charm bracelet.
That's why I draw my own, so no-one can say i stole it... 
So make things of for yourself... you can never have too many things you made yourself for yourself and the pride of doing it.
The others the dragonfly and butterfly were made from my Sizzix punches pictured so you can see the size of these tiny things that are fingertip tiny. There is about a 65 to 75% shrinkage from my recycled plastic containers. 

February 24th, 2013, Shrunken Hitty Heads

I've been playing with this clear recyclable plastic containers and shrinking it for other uses. So much fun. Yesterday I was making Shrunken Hitty heads. thought i would poke a hole in the top of the head where i have these small circles and add a chain loop for necklaces. Then I got the idea to try and make cameos . the first ones I added the head to a circle or mis-shapened square punch i had, and i painted them with pearl nail polish and the head stuck up too much, but it melted into one form alright, but the polish  turned yellowish in the oven. hmmm so next time i got the brilliant idea to paint the back of the so called cameo and put the silhouette on the front.. hmmm lets see what i can do with this? I will show the finished item later. the finished cameo came out to 3/8 of an inch after the plastic shrunk it. Tiny heh?

February 22, 2013, Rycyled products fun tutorial

From those things we always toss in the trash below.

 The kind food comes in from the bakery

mostly

To this below:

Did you know it shrinks like Aileens shrink-it?

Some work, some recycled product do not, I find the plastic boxes with the most crinkle do. Test them. Oven at 250°, it will have to shrink all the way so about 10 min, set a timer or watch the clock.
Do a test bake with a small  1" square, make sure it shrinks and see how much. Mine shrink to about 60% of size. 

To the left are made from a butterfly and dragonfly punch out. 
paint and glitter before baking, let the paint dry. Quick go dig in the kids room, find all those cute punches you bought them or your scrap booking stuff...
 Second one down is a 1 inch square, I drew a pretty rose on with a colored fine point sharpie, it shrunk too. Can't draw? Place a pix under and trace it. I burned a hole in all these with a hot pin made red-hot from a BIC lighter(not for kids project) use a pair of pliers to hold pin or burn yourself. What fun this is.

 

my special Kelly dress

Make this Kelly dress, my pattern (Aka Annie)
 Kelly Dolls are for the Toy Drive in Florence Oregon at Christmas time. I find them in Garage sales, in thrift stores and look for the great deals. People donate Kelly for me to make these clothes for good causes, for little girls who need a small friend. I make sewn clothing as well and putting them into packages. This is my cause for life, to make small lil girls happy, as I only had sons and doing this makes me happy.
I also make clothing for Barbie and Skipper and if they are decent and new looking or if I can clean them spotless. Some i have collected have been loved a bit too much... and stay with me.


The 3" to 4" Doll request to make clothes
Crochet by MeriluOriginals ( your lil ole Annie)
  
This is a Kelly Doll, she is 4"- inches small. 
Materials I used. You may want smaller hooks.
I have a sz 7 metal hook.
and I used fingerling baby  yarn in pink. 
*I also want to mention*: ****When you go down with st's and ch and then turn and go back, use a reverse crochet stitch. In case one does not know how to do this, its simple, go thru the post on the bottom row instead of thru the loop(s). I used this method on both dresses I believe, for sure the one on the right. This covers the ridge made when you leave the back open and ch1 and turn and go back...***


Ch 21 loosely, turn, skip 1st ch
R1 - sc back in each ch to end (you should have 20 sc's)

R2 - sc -sc- 2 sc in of the next 5 (this will make 10 sc in 5 st's) 6 sc's down the row and then again 2 sc in the next 5 st's, 3 sc's to the end, ch 1 and turn <30 sts>

R3- sc in each st across and ch1 and turn

R4 - Confusing, here's where you just do it, do not read ahead.. one at a time. 4 sc, 2sc in next st, sc,  2sc in next st, sc,  2sc in next st,  9 sc across the front,  2sc in next st, sc,  2sc in next st, sc,  2sc in next st, sc to end, ch 1 and turn

R5 - 4 sc, ch3, and skip 10 st,  8 sc, ch3, and skip 10 st, sc to the end. ch1 and turn (this sets the sleeves in. ) i lost count of st's, play it by ear.

R6 - This is the start of the skirt. You have to increase so it fits around and hangs right on the doll. So 2 sc in one st and then 1 sc, repeat. EXCEPT that ch 3 just make sc in each of the st in both of the ch 3. 
do that repeat across, now ch2 and turn

R7 and down thru all the rows, they are all te same. 1st - try it on your dolly. does it fit? like in my pix, that was what i was doing, making sure it fit.
Now I like to make HDC = yarn over and pull thru all three loops, still going thru the post for the reversed stitch. It looks nicer... repeat this R7 down, long as far as you like it to be.


The Last row
I like a finish look so i will scallop the bottom edge. in each st make sc-hdc-sc or every other st. up to you..I even sometimes go around the sleeve edge. Just to give that extra touch of finishing.
Annie