I became an alcoholic for the sake of my garden

My budget was nil, my garden needs watering, so it's only logical to recycle wine bottles into much better versions of the aqua globes.  What happens when you are cheap, love to craft, drink wine and garden...

I simply soaked the wine bottles in hot water over night, then the labels just rubbed right off.  Using my cricuit and scrap paper, I made the labels for the seeds I just planted.  Then I glued them on and used an exterior high gloss clear Krylon to make them stand up to the weather.  I'm not sure about the effects of the Krylon paint leeching into the soil, so I covered part with foil to leave it plain.  

I for one could not think of a better way to recycle, so start drinking!

Breast Cancer Awareness shirt for boys

So my son's preschool has a big "pink day" celebration complete with a parade and balloon release.  I really wanted him to wear something pink besides just a ribbon which he would probably rip off within minutes.  After searching stores and online, I came up with this idea that cost me less than $5.

I bought a plain black t-shirt from Walmart which was $3.88.  Then I using my computer's basic paint program, I made a background that I then printed onto iron on transfers which I bought from Michaels (10 pages were $9.99, but I had a coupon for 40% off on my phone).  Then I cut it to the shape and size I wanted, ironed it according to the instructions and I was done.  Took me about 10 minutes!  It could not have been easier.

The cheapest Halloween decoration EVER!

For $1.50, I made this candy corn H that is 13 inches tall and 10 inches wide.

What you need:
1. A large cardboard box or multiple small ones.  We always seem to have empty diaper boxes, but I happened to have a larger box from a recent purchase of a guinea pig cage.
2. A piece of ribbon to use as a hanger (mine is about 15 inches long)
3. A hot glue gun and glue sticks
4. Black tape (I used black duct tape)
5. About 7oz of candy corn (I bought a generic bag of 14 oz for $1.50 from Food Lion and have close to half left after eating some)
6. A box cutter, knife or some thing sharp for cutting through 6 layers of cardboard
7. Clear coat spray paint
8. About 2 hours (might take you less if you have a better cutting tool than me, the cutting was the hardest)

Step 1: Cut up the box so you have 6 equal size pieces of cardboard.

 

Step 2: Hot glue each layer to itself.  you don't need a lot of glue, just enough to keep it steady while cutting. You will be taping it later, so don't worry about it falling apart when you are finished.

Step 3: Draw your letter and cut it out.  I used a ruler and made it the exact width of the ruler.  For cutting I started with a box knife, but after breaking the blade 6 times, I grabbed a kitchen bread knife which worked much easier, but made a gigantic mess.

Step 4: Secure the ribbon hanger and wrap the entire letter in the black tape. For the ribbon, I glued it first to the cardboard then wrapped the tape around the tops of the H to double secure it for hanging.





Step 5: Using the hot glue gun I glued one row of candy corn at a time, starting at the top and working my way down.  The glory of this, if the edges aren't perfect it doesn't matter because the candy corn can hang over and you can't tell at all where the edges aren't perfect.

Step 6: Spray the clear coat protector over the entire surface.  I used a Krylon satin finish clear coat.



The inspiration for this hanging came from this picture and my desire to do it cheaper than the cost of a wreath.  Our last name is Harding so I thought this was too cute and totally worth the $1.50.

CureSearch for Children's Cancer

MyTy Studio has decided that the charity we would be donating 20% of every sale to would be CureSearch for Children's Cancer.

The creation of MyTy Studio

MyTy Studio was the result of my love for ribbons and my daughter, Macy's love to accessorize.  MyTy was actually a nickname for my son, Tyler.  So while the things I make are definitely geared towards girls, he has not been left out in my latest venture.  In July, I became a stay at home mom and noticed that over the years I had acquired an obscene amount of ribbons so with my husband's unending amount of support and internet assistance we create the MyTy Studio, hair accessories and more store.  I have always wanted to work with a charity, so I decided that I would donate 20% of every item sold to a charity.  Every item is thoroughly tested by my 5 year old daughter who thinks her bows are also toys, so I know before we sell them that they will last anything they experience.

Visit us at www.MyTyStudio.com

While this blog shares the name of my store, the blog is more for my personal crafting fun.  If anything gets a lot of comments I will definitely be willing to make it to sell and we always welcome custom orders, but for the most part, things on this blog are informational only.  If you have any questions, comments or requests please email me at mytystudio@gmail.com.

I hope you enjoy the blog!
Celeste Harding

Christmas Hand print banner all from items we had on hand

 I cut up an old plain sheet and we used kids washable paint to make it easier to clean up.  The kids hands make up the weath and their feet are the bow.  When the kids were done I put an H in the center for our last name just using some basic craft paint.  I then hot glued a Christmas ribbon around the edges and a stick to the back, then some string and we were done.  So easy and completely free!

Our Thankful Tree

Everyone in the family traced their hand print onto construction paper and cut out 25 hands.  Then every night at dinner, we would write what we were thankful for on the hands and tape it to the tree.  The kids had a blast coming up with new things each night and it helped with their handwriting/spelling skills.