Monday, 7 November 2011

NewNails post

I'm sitting at the table with lots of wire, vintage buttons and bobby pins making stuff for the craft show. Until I get all these finished and photographed for you, here's some nails I painted a white back that I just got around to photographing. The first set is up for sale here and the others should be up soon enough :) 



Frankenpolish
I wish there was an easier way to paint fake nails (AKA if they were on a nail wheel) because I'm sure I would be doing more of them since I can't paint my own nails now..

Sunday, 6 November 2011

Hintonburg Artisan Craft Fair

For sale here.
Exciting news! I will be at the Hintonburg Artisan Craft Fair November 26th, 10am-5pm with a whole bunch of Tamed Raven goodness! Some old items, some new items, and some free items (while quantities last, of course.. which means I should start making them!)

The address is 1064 Wellington St. W, Ottawa. Take a trip down, partake in the festivites and get some one of a kind presents for everyone on your list (including yourself! ;) There are super deals, regular priced things and big ticket items. Something for everyone.

Now to take the list of things I need to make, do and get, and make myself a schedule. It's going to be a busy few weeks!

Come say hi!



New business cards with a home made stamp

The first time I made business cards I ordered them from Staples when they were 50% off, but when I ran out I really didn't want to pay so much for them again. I thought about ordering from some people from etsy so I could have them double sided with pictures of products and such, which I still may do someday, but in the end I decided to buy some scrapbooking paper and make my own as I needed them.

I was originally just writing the information on them in pen next to a wing stamp from my old logo but I have since changed all my layouts and wanted something new.


I ended up making the stamp from a white eraser. There's lots of tutorials for it online, but what I did was write the logo how I wanted it in pencil on a piece of paper, then going over it in sharpie. Then lay the paper down on the eraser and rub/scratch the paper so a slight ink transfer happened, then went over that in sharpie. After cutting out all the unwanted bits with my utility knife, I ended up with this. I think it looks great, and the best part is that the eraser picks up the texture of the ink pad fabric, which is a nice unintended surprise.


I am so pleased with these! The best part is I can use it on any paper so I can have various patterns depending on what scrapbooking stuff I find.


I think at some point I may mount the eraser onto something sturdy so it doesn't warp or split, but for the time being this is more than sufficient for me.

Wednesday, 2 November 2011

Mens Shirt Recons

I discovered a giant tear in one of my boyfriends button ups that just couldn't be fixed (major fraying) but I like the fabric, and the shirt brings nice memories so I saved it hoping to think of something to do with it.

Here's some clothing recons from mens shirts I found while looking for inspiration!


Tutorial


Buy online
Tutorial

Tutorial
(Video) tutorial, no sewing required! Many ideas
Tutorial


Tuesday, 1 November 2011

10 Facts

So for those of you who have been following or stumbling across my blog, I figured I would post some facts about myself, so you know a bit more about who's life you keep reading about between the craftsy posts :).


1: I love to read. I'm currently reading Day By Day Armageddon by J.L. Bourne, I love The Hunger Games but my favourite is Harry Potter. <3


2: I went to university for a year for french immersion, and while I was there I had to sign a waver saying I wouldn't speak english. If they catch you 3 times they'd kick you out.

3: I named the black squirrel outside our apartment Jeremiah. He's cool.

4: I spent 9 months of my life travelling across Canada with a program called Katimavik, where you volunteer for non profit organizations. If you are a Canadian between 17-21, you should look into it. I met many wonderful people, learned a lot about the world and myself, and had a blast.


5: I'm lucky enough to be head over heels with a wonderful man, and I've never been happier.

6: Some major music loves are The Used, Mother Mother, Grand Theft Bus, Slowcoaster, fun., Florence and the Machine, Tool, and Kings of Leon.



7: I learned to sew on a Singer treadle machine. My mother taught me to machine sew by helping me embroider little messages onto facecloths for dad for Christmas.


8: I am so overly obsessed and in love with weenie dogs. Its to the point where my boyfriend can tell when I see a picture of one online by how I start giggling wildly.

9: I have 2 favourite videos on youtube. 'All About Halifax' by picnicface, and the cat that says 'whyyyyy I eyes ya'. I will laugh indefinitely at both.

10: I wish I had known my full (or what I see as full) potential at sewing/crafting when I was in school, and started my store earlier. I think I would be in a much different place than where I am now running my own business, but that being said, who knows what would have changed! I don't regret a thing.

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So there you are, some fun facts about me. Care to share some fun facts about you?

Monday, 31 October 2011

Happy Halloween!


I hope you all have a wonderful day and evening whatever you do :). This is the first year I haven't had plans to go out somewhere (normally to a band show/concert), and it makes me a bit sad, but I've been watching horror movies with my boyfriend for the past few days and that's enough for me this year. Snugs, movies, great company and great movies. Tonight we'll watch the latest episode of 'The Walking Dead'.


If you end up having an evening in like me, grab some snacks, a movie, some blankets and even get dressed up to sit on your butt.

Whatever you do and whoever you're with, make the best of it!

Photo credit.
And if youre looking for a great movie to watch tonight, let me suggest..:
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Triangle
Repo: The Genetic Opera

Happy hauntings!

Sunday, 30 October 2011

More Halloween Nails

Just in case you haven't gotten your fill, here's some more Halloween nail art and a mini tute for the stitched up/franken-nails I said I would do. (Again, I get most of these off of Pinterest, some from searching on Google.. if you want photo credit just let me know :))

Easy peasy.

How to:
Paint your bass coat (these are painted on fake nails, a set I have yet to finish to put up online).
Draw red stripes wherever and however you choose.
Trace/outline them in either darker red or black, and draw your stitches on. Top coat and you are done!


Easy Jack Skellington nails! White polish and a black marker/nail pen.

Look at their little brains!!!

Another version of the sliced up design.