Prompt: June- 2000s Team: Totally Radical Project Name: shabby door magnet Project Link:Paint It Black Brief Description: Shabby chic has been a thing since the late 80s but didn’t really capture my attention until the 2000s. Project Photo(s):
Prompt: June- Y2K Team: Totally Radical Project Name: Fathers Day Card Project Link:Fathers Day card Brief Description: I made this for Father’s Day. I hope my dad likes it! Project Photo(s):
Prompt: Free Range #4 Team: Totally Radical Project Name: baby dragon inkbox card Project Link:My first inkbox cards Brief Description: I went with the shimmery watercolors on this one. Project Photo(s):
Prompt: Free Range #5 Team: Totally Radical Project Name: stacked earrings Project Link:Stacked earrings Brief Description: These will be a raffle prize! The winner can choose 3 pairs. Project Photo(s):
Prompt: Big Time #1 Team: Totally Radical Project Name: shabby door magnets Project Link:Paint It Black Brief Description: worked on these guys most of the day! They are going in the STS. Project Photo(s):
Prompt: Zap #1 Team: Totally Radical Project Name: dump cake Project Link: Brief Description: looks like a mess, but YUM!
Dump cake seems to have become a thing in the 60s!
From cooking.com: When was Dump Cake popular?
It seems like the late 1960s specifically the years of 1968 and 1969 was when this recipe swept the nation. One 1968 article from this time remarked that this cake had been making its rounds around the Midwest states. They joke that “you may not like the name but you’ll certainly like the results” while mentioning the cake has “good flavor, interesting texture and very attractive”. Another article from this year called it a special dessert especially when you are in a hurry and that it is “hard to beat”. Project Photo(s):
Brief Description: I made yarn caddies as part of the end of the year gifts for the kids in my crochet club. I bought the basic cut file on Etsy (as well as 2 image files), then used my Silhouette software to cut them. Then, my co-worker cut and etched them using the GlowForge. The kids loved them!
Brief Description: To go with the crochet caddies, I also made each member a crochet journal. I printed the black and white pages on our fancy copy machine!
@LovelyMiss I’m always amazed at how exceedingly competent you are at running with a theme! Basically all of that HR swag can pretth much be categorized as “legendary” imo.
@Bunny1kenobi Ahhhh those lil doors are absolutely the cutest!!
@craftycoffeeperson I’m not sure I knew you ran a crochet club with your students, but that’s awesome! Those gifts are really neat too, and I’m sure they appreciated them heading into summer!
Prompt: Youtube
Team: Super Groovy
Project Name: Cat Bookmarks
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Brief Description: I made these for the bookmark swap. They are watercolor and then laminated. YouTube prompt cause the number 1 most loved genre on Youtube is cat videos!
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Prompt: April - Flower Power + final bingo item
Team: Totally Radical
Project Name: queen bee decoupage vase
Project Link: Queen Bee Decoupage Vase
Brief Description: inspired by the busy bees all around us, this decoupage and gold leaf vase is perfect for bringing some of our wildflowers inside.
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Brief Description: I visited my mom today and we picked up the supplies (fake flowers, 12” grapevine wreath form, hot glue gun w/glue, scissors) to make the wreath. I popped all the flowers off the stems, after cutting the stems from the bunch (the hardest part… I should have bought wire cutters, too), and Mum arranged them. Then we tucked in some of the leaves. I only burned myself once with the hot glue! Bonus craft: I turned the stripped “stems” into a flower frog so she could arrange the leftover flowers in a vase. I just twisted each stem into a loop and dropped them into the bottom of the vase. It worked perfectly!
This spring has been brutally busy for me, so I haven’t had time to post, but I have made stuff! So I will try to get at least a little caught up now. I was going to put a bunch of projects in one post, but my internet got mad and lost my first draft, so one at a time it is. Sorry. I have enjoyed seeing everyone’s amazing and inspiring creations, even though I haven’t had time to comment on them.
Pin Event: 70’s Prompt: June - CDs – craft something inspired by a song, or that is round, or is metallic/silver. (It is round) Team: Extra Epic Project Name: Caramel Mocha Cake Project Link:Caramel Mocha Cake Brief Description: I inadvertently made a delicious caramel mocha cake that looks just like Mayor McCheese or Officer Cheeseburger from the McDonalds commercials of the 70’s (and early 80’s) McDonalds characters Project Photo(s):
Pin Event: 70’s Bingo Square: Duct Tape (this used so much duct tape, in fact in addition to holding things together, the lips are all duct tape!) Prompt: April (unless it is too late) - Monster Mash (it is a monster) Team: Extra Epic Project Name: Paper Mache Beholder Project Link:Paper Mache Beholder Brief Description: Beholders were introduced in the first D&D supplement in 1975, and were even pictured on the cover. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beholder_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons) Project Photo(s):
