blueberrymuffinss handmade

Florentine Punch

2010-09-20T22:48:00.000-07:00

Finally bought the ChristinaRe Florentine Punch I was looking at for awhile. I wasn't sure how often I would use it but I really like the design. Just tested it out on a paper torn from my Jetoy Diary.

Florentine Punch Design - Close up

Paper folded in half - made into a card

Inside Card

Back of card

Quick B'day Card

2010-09-20T22:33:00.000-07:00

Whipped this card up in a few minutes, cardboard cutout from a pretty tissue box, present decor sticker, alphabet letters, flower decor & pink card.

Flower Power - more crocheting

2010-06-06T08:46:00.000-07:00

I crocheted a blue flower following the tutorial from Applehead. Can't wait to make more things.

Ribbon Ring

2010-06-01T04:54:00.000-07:00

I made a ribbon ring! following the instructions from Whrrl.

I used a leftover piece of ribbon I found lying around the house.

Using a lighter, I burnt the frayed edges.

Folded the ribbon in half..
And sewed roughly along the length of the ribbon.
Pull needle and thread to scrunch up ribbon and sew ends together.
Add bead or embellishment of choice in the middle of the flower ribbon.
I used a 5cent piece to cut out a felt circle.
Broken hair lucky! (2.25")

Glued hair lucky to back of flower ribbon and felt on top of that!

My first ribbon ring :)

How to make a cup coaster

2010-05-28T05:26:00.000-07:00

My crocheted cup coaster

Picture from Meet me at Mike's

Today I bought a 2.5 mm crochet needle and two different coloured yarn. I followed the Meet me at Mike's tutorial on How to make a simple pot holder by Pip and created my little cup coaster. This is my first crocheted piece so there were a few holes at the start as I missed a couple of stitches but I got the hang of it as I went further along.

I stopped at at round 5 of the tutorial and made mine into a cup coaster instead of a pot holder!

Bookmark made at work

2010-05-16T05:15:00.001-07:00

This is a miniature thoracic spine xray that was printed incorrectly at work and made into a bookmark! I didn't have a lightbox viewer at home so I had to hold it up to the light! Have you ever created something at work?

Minnie mouse costume

2009-11-28T00:23:00.000-08:00

This year has been the year of dress-up 21sts!!! Tonight I have a Fairy tales & Animations 21st to attend and I decided not to spend a hefty amount of money on renting a costume so I decided to make one. I thought Minnie mouse would be a easy one to do because I already own a pink dress with white polka dot. I just needed to make some ears and a tail and voila! I bought some black velvet material to create my Minnie ears and tail and I had some pink lining material lying around which I made a bow for my ears! The gloves was borrowed from my friend who made them, there's four fingers, to make it more authentic!

My Minnie costume

Four fingered gloves

My Minnie tail

Tail view from the back

My Minnie ears

White Minnie gloves

Lomovember

2009-11-06T06:42:00.000-08:00

NOVEMBER 6-8, 2009

I attended the Lomovember exhibition held by Pigeonhole to raise money for Movember; a charity for men's health (especially prostate cancer and male depression). The exhibition is held at 104B Murray Street in Perth city. It is hidden away in an alley way next to a florist shop! There is a display of some lomo photography that is up for grabs in a silent auction as well as prizes and lomo cameras and moustaches for sale. If you're interested in some lomo workshop/classes, click here for more details.

Some of the photography on display

Lomo Cameras

Miniature Kitchen - Doll house

2009-10-11T05:05:00.000-07:00

I was looking for printable paper doll houses to build with Monica and I found this Japanese Site which lets you download pdf files to doll houses. For PDF instructions (in Japanese) click here, and the pattern can be downloaded here. I chose to build the kitchen which is meant to look like the image below.

I decided just to print off the furniture and not the roof and wallpaper to save paper/ink and we re-arranged the kitchen to our liking. Our finished product is seen below.

We didn't have a ceiling and Rob suggested a straw to hang the lamp off.

I really like the sink, it actually goes in and has a drain as well.

The fridge can be opened and has milk and other food products located inside.
We used a cereal box for the room wall and floor.

Miniature Book: Simply adorable

2009-05-27T03:46:00.001-07:00

Find out how to make them By MissRuth on Flickr.

Circle Cutter

2009-05-27T03:06:00.000-07:00

I just bought a circle cutter today! Very exciting, I felt like I needed to make a card. It's very easy to use, basically like a protractor but instead of drawing circles, it cuts them out.

I wasn't sure what to make, I cut a circle in the middle and little circle right next to it to create a window. I stuck some transparent paper behind it which can be seen in the picture below. Due to my very limited stamps, I used a magazine-cut-out of a cat and stamped Happy Birthday. Used some blue ribbon as embellishment, made a little ribbon at the top left hand corner. Very simple card.

Hint: If you write a lot of words inside, it can be seen through the window which gives it a nice effect.

Tilt-shift miniature style photos

2009-05-21T05:14:00.001-07:00

Darling Harbour, Sydney.

Tilt-shift style photos are real life photos that are manipulated by this online editing tool called Tiltshift maker. You can upload your photos for free and you don't have to sign up or anything. Some of the photos make the objects look like miniature toys. Have a look at the photo gallery to know what I'm talking about. The picture above is one I manipulated, took it in Sydney. Below is the original!

Here is another one I did of a photo taken at Sandalford Wines, Caversham.

This is a picture of a baby booby bird I took at Lily Beach, Christmas Island.

I didn't take this picture, found it on my brother's computer. But Christmas Island :)

Paper dolls

2009-05-19T02:38:00.000-07:00

I've been looking around online for some cute paper doll print-outs to give to Rob's little sister, Monica and I found this particular one that I liked. Zoe Paper doll found on 'Play at Playhouse'.
There are three costumes available and they come in colour and black and white. I remember making my own paper dolls as a kid and it was heaps of fun!

Further searching led me to these Kokeshi dolls from Activity village!

This particular image is taken from Jacque Davis who shares her printable toys on flickr! Click on the image above to check it out! I found it really cute so I had to make one!

Just a quickie - sending you a smile card

2009-05-13T01:44:00.000-07:00

Cupcakes for 'Monica'

2009-05-12T22:52:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Moni!! :)

2009-05-11T07:30:00.000-07:00

It's Moni's Birthday tomorrow! I bought this card from 'Thingz' for $1 and decided to customise it. The Glitter letters matched the card because of the glitter that was on the bus. I added a flower bloom with a blue rhinestone of it. There was already a yellow rhinestone on the giraffe's bow. I'm thinking of getting alphabet stamps but for now I wrote our names with a black pen. I like the kiss stamp, it's really cute!

My really longgg present! It's one of those poles you stick into the ground and it has a tennis ball attached to it and you whack it around!

Pink Icing Cupcakes!

2009-05-10T17:19:00.000-07:00

Recipe can be found here.

Paper Frenzy SALE @ Stamp It!

2009-05-09T03:15:00.000-07:00

Craft Fair 2009!!

2009-05-07T01:52:00.000-07:00

Perth Craft & Quilt Fair 2009

21 Mounts Bay Road
Perth WA 6000
9am - 5pm daily!

Floral 21st card

2009-05-07T00:59:00.001-07:00

Simple 21st card. Ribbon, flower embellishment, rhinestone, glitter numbers and butterfly swirl stamp with rainbow ink pad.

Uh oh - even more money spent on craft items!

2009-05-07T00:38:00.001-07:00

Rhinestones from CrazyClarks - $2

Glitter Alphanumericals - $3

I've been working on a 21st birthday card, seeing as everyone is turning 21 this year. I'm bound to give this out sometime this year! I was cutting out some green numbers but it just didn't look right, so I went in search of green glitter numbers and I found them straight away at ClazyClarks!!! (How does the saying go? If you seek, you shall find!)

Let's Celebrate!

2009-05-06T01:53:00.000-07:00

I've made yet another card today with some of my new accessories! Using a similar design to the first wedding card I've made, the aqua inked butterfly swirl with black sentiments stamped on top of it as the centre of the card. The bag of blooms flowers have been added to the corners on the centrepiece. Using the butterfly stamp from the Papercraft Clear Cling stamps from Big W, I used pink ink to stamp on some white cardboard. Glitter glue was used on top of it to create the butterfly patterns, it was then cut out and stuck on the card! I hole-punched some blue paper to create the trail of the butterfly!

Big W - they really do sell for less

2009-05-05T22:52:00.000-07:00

Seriously they do, I went to get some stuff from Big W (Success) and decided to visit the craft section...BIG MISTAKE!!! The stuff they have, and the prices are so low!! ARgh.. I was looking for a paper trimmer and I found one at Stamp Deco for $42 bucks. Although it's a fancy one, but at big W I got one for $4.98!!! and there's also a better one for around $20 I think. However, I'm a student with a budget on craft accessories. Anyhoos, I bought a rainbow stamp ink pad for $15.87 whereas it's about $30 at Stamp it. They also have a variety of unmounted clear cling stamps for only $5.67! Bargain! You can also get a small+a big acrylic block for $5!!! Below are some items I bought today!

Unmounted stamps - $5.67

Rainbow stamp ink pad $15.87

Bag of Blooms - $5.98

Paper trimmer - $4.98

I also used the self checkout counters for the first time. Pretty snazzy :D

Sweet Birdy Birthday

2009-05-05T03:29:00.000-07:00

Using the Butterfly Swirl again, I attempted a different look, using the swirl as a background this time. I like the flower embellishments creating a branch for the birdy to sit on!

Apple Cherry Stamps!

2009-05-05T03:16:00.000-07:00

Don't you just love it when you check your mail box and find a parcel in there?!!! My Apple Cherry rubber stamps from Japan/Ebay has arrived!! Hurray!! I don't really care about the apple but I thought I could use the cherries as blueberries! Haven't thought of anything fancy for my label just yet, so made a quick one to stick on the back of the card I've made!

Butterfly Swirl - Congratulations card

2009-05-05T03:13:00.000-07:00

First card made with my new Butterfly Swirl Stamp it Stamp! :D I think the red ribbon adds the finishing touch to it. I really need a guillotine, can't cut straight!!

Stamp it - Victoria Park

2009-05-05T03:12:00.000-07:00

Stamp-it, 256 Albany Highwa, Victoria Park

Stamps section

Variety of paper selection

Finally after a week of test&assignments, I got to visit the Stamp-it store located in Victoria Park. The place is huge! They've got everything craft related, I never knew there were so many craft things! I ended up buying:

An unmounted Butterfly Swirl Stamp
An medium-sized acrylic block
Aqua-colour stamp pad
Teal-coloured A4 card

There are a large amount of mounted and unmounted stamps available at the store. The usually wood-mounted stamps cost a few dollars more than the unmounted. The unmounted stamps come with a clingy back and you can stick it to an acrylic block and remove it as well. It's fairly straight forward and saves you a couple of dosh.

I'm planning on making a wedding card for a wedding I'm attending next weekend. Nothing too fancy, just excited about using my new butterfly stamp! This is a fairly expensive hobby!

I'm eye-ing the heat gun and embossing powders after watching this video on Elegant embossing:

Stamp It - Australia

2009-05-05T03:11:00.000-07:00

I was surfing on ebay for some rubber stamps to make some handmade cards and I discovered the Stamp It -Eden 2009 Set and to my surprise, the shop is available in PERTH!!! So happy!! Also, it's in Victoria Park, so it's a 15 minute drive, not in woop woop land! You can also buy them online.

Here are some of my favourites, although there are soo many pretty ones, I couldn't show them all: Click here to see more.

Butterfly Swirl

Leaf Swirl

Foliage Flurry

Wise Owl

Address:

Wholesale Warehouse

276 Albany Highway

Victoria Park

Western Australia 6100

Retail Store

Stamp-It

256 Albany Highway

Victoria Park

Western Australia 6100

Welcome to Blueberrymuffinss Handmade

2009-05-05T01:43:00.001-07:00

I've decided to create this blog and dedicate all the crafty sections here. You can find my previous lifestyle blog on here. I've made a couple of cards and jewellery but nothing serious, just more of a hobby than anything. Hopefully I will be making more craft projects and will write about them and perhaps even some freebies. The next few posts are from my other blog - just because they're craft-related and what motivated me to create this blog.

Happy reading :)

-Mavis

blueberrymuffinss handmade

Florentine Punch

Quick B'day Card

Flower Power - more crocheting

Ribbon Ring

How to make a cup coaster

Bookmark made at work

Minnie mouse costume

Lomovember

Miniature Kitchen - Doll house

Miniature Book: Simply adorable

Circle Cutter

Tilt-shift miniature style photos

Paper dolls

Just a quickie - sending you a smile card

Cupcakes for 'Monica'

Happy Birthday Moni!! :)

Pink Icing Cupcakes!

Paper Frenzy *SALE* @ Stamp It!

Craft Fair 2009!!

Floral 21st card

Uh oh - even more money spent on craft items!

Let's Celebrate!

Big W - they really do sell for less

Sweet Birdy Birthday

Apple Cherry Stamps!

Butterfly Swirl - Congratulations card

Stamp it - Victoria Park

Stamp It - Australia

Welcome to Blueberrymuffinss Handmade

Paper Frenzy SALE @ Stamp It!