Altoid Tin for a Friend

I just finished an Altoid tin I made for a friend of mine. She wanted a little pill tin for her vitamins. I've also been working on another tin for a tin swap I signed up for on CQI.

I love covering tins it's so much fun and they sure end up prettier then what they started out as, lol.

Scripture Bookmarks

I had so much fun today making bookmarks! I made a small gift for a friend of mine and wanted to add a little something extra in her package so I thought I would fiddle around and see if I could come up with some bookmarks. I think they turned out pretty good.

I would like to share these bookmarks with my online friends so if you send me your email address I'll email you the bookmark on Word and all you have to do is print them on card stock and then cut them out or you can print them on silk and back them whatever you would like to do. If you want to print some out, just send me an email at jphillips777@comcast.net .

How to make a Coffee Can Footstool

First you need 14 coffee cans and some duct tape.

Tape the cans together. Tape the top and bottom first and then the sides.

Now tape the two stacks of cans together.

You can use cardboard but for the top I used an old rotary mat. If I could do it over I would make sure it was cut more to fit the edge of the cans but the mat was hard to cut so I was sloppy.

Tape the round cardboard or whatever you used for support to the top and bottom.

Hot glue batting all the way around.

Picture of hot glue as you are gluing the batting.

When you get to the edges just butt the edges together with the hot glue.

Picture of batting glued all around. Now for the fabric.

Make sure your fabric is long enough to come up and around the top and bottom. Lay your fabric out and put the cans on it's side on the fabric. Bring the fabric around the cans, fold in one edge so it is not raw and hot glue the seam down side. Then stand it up and evenly glue the fabric on the top and bottom.

Picture of the fabric hot glued on.

I cqued a piece for the pillow that will be on the top of the footstool. I made the round block 4" bigger then the top of the footstool.

Cut another piece of cardboard that you will use to make a pillow and cut a little door in it.

Now hot glue the pillow piece onto your cardboard. I did four sides and then kept putting a dab of glue in the middle of the loose fabric until the little gaps got smaller and smaller.

Now stuff fiber fill into the hole (hopefully you made the hold big enough to put a clenched fist full of fiber fill in it, lol, after it's stuffed duct tape the hole shut.

Hot glue your pillow top onto the top of your footstool and add trim around the sides.

Cut a round piece of fabric and hot glue it on the bottom Your Finished!

Here is a picture of my new footstool! This foot stool is very sturdy if you aren't stingy with the duct tape. I saw this project on HGTV years and years ago and this is the fourth one I've made.

This is the first cqed one. I didn't bother with the seams because I figured with all the sitting and foot resting that will be done, I didn't know if embroidered or lace seams would hold up. If you make one of these please share pictures! Have fun and save those Coffee Cans!

I'm showing but not telling!

I had so much fun working on my Secret Sister's last giftie from me!
I'm going to show the gift but not tell who my ss is, lol. Not even a tiny hint, lol.

I had a vintage tea tin that I've had for years so I thought I would put it to good

use.

I had a fun cqing the thimble!

I hope my secret sister likes her gift, I thought about her with every tiny

step.

I'll be popping it in the mail to her tomorrow.

A little teaser for my Secret Sister.

For the past five months I've had a Secret Sister and this month is the last month to send something to her. I found a Christmas image I wanted to use of a cute little girl with some birds but I didn't want it to be Christmas since I wanted this to be a year round gift. Here it is as the Christmas image.

I fiddled around in Photoshop Elements 6 over the weekend and came up with this.
So the lady who gets this image on an item I'm making for her will know that it is me who has been her Secret Sister for the last 6 months, lol. A little teaser for you!

Going back to the 70's for 2009.

My daughter bought me an Angel Hair Spider plant for Christmas. It's different from the usual spider plant because the leaves kind of curl giving it a fuller look.
I wanted to hang the plant in the corner of my living room but I didn't have a plant hanger. In the 70's I used to macrame plant hangers so I thought I would make one. I haven't made one for like 25 years, when I sat down to make it I had a big blank and just stared at the cording not know how in the world to start. When I made them in my 20's I could make them with my eyes closed, lol, so I was really frustrated! I saw some on line already made for as low as $5.99 but I refused to buy one even if they were giving them away for free! I can make these I just know everything will come back to me! I typed in macrame plant hanger instructions and read it over and yessssss, it all came back. So on January 1st, 2009 I revisited the 70's and made this plant hanger. I wanted the knots loose to look lacy. I think it came out pretty good!

Now I just need to figure out what to do with the pot, get a new
one or cover this one?

My Christmas Goodies!

What a wonderful Christmas Cracker I received from Debbie S! It was loaded with wonderful things, I love it all Debbie! Thank you so much! It's amazing how much you can stuff into these little tubes, lol.
Here is a picture of the contents.

Thank you again Debbie, it was a wonderful Christmas Cracker!
Next I got a gift from my Secret Sister! Thank you SS I love it! It's a beautiful CQed bookcover for a notebook! I love note paper, lol, how did you know?
Isn't it beautiful you did such a wonderful job!

Thank you Secret Sister!
My mother covered a vintage mirror with lace and bridal lace motifs, she really did a fantastic job I can't even find any seams! Thank you mom, I love it! It will look beautiful on my dresser!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! We drew names this year and didn't have quite as many over for dinner so it was the most relaxing Christmas I ever had!