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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Fall - Homefront Team Blog Hop

The Homefront Team has asked for volunteers to jump in on a team-wide blog hop, and I am so IN! This blog hop will feature a specified topic chosen by the wise leaders of the Homefront Team, I will blog about it down below, and share my fellow blog hop participants below the post.

The prompt for September 17th is: "What is your favorite Fall-time activity or memory?"

I LOVE Fall. It has been my favorite season for as long as I can remember, and I'm not so sure why. Could it be the earthy colors that emerge through the foliage? Could it be the drop in temperature that warrants hoodies? Could it be the fresh smell of apples and pumpkins? I think it may be all of the above and MORE.

Narrowing it down to one favorite Fall activity is seriously a hard thing to do, because I love it all. However, I don't know what our prompt will be for next month (and I think it may have something to do with the spooky celebration of October), I am forcing myself to focus on one thing.

Apples.

Yes, apples. Have you ever been to an orchard to pick apples during the fall? If not, DO IT, you are totally missing out. I used to be one of those that would just buy a bag of apples and be satisfied (ok I still buy the bags sometimes, just to get the kids to eat them). But once you bite into a fresh, crisp apple straight off a tree, your apple-loving-life will never be the same.

And depending on the orchard and the area of the country you live in, there are varieties to choose from. So you may not think you like apples, but if you tried a different variety, you may find that you really do. I don't like red delicious, but I LOVE Gala's and Pink Lady's. And Granny Smiths are tasty, but they are best in an apple pie. But if you still don't like eating an apple, there are always the yummy apple flavored things like hot cider and cider doughnuts - YUM!

So that's my love fest with Apples...and apple orchards in a nut shell. I could go on for hours, but I won't, I have some packing to finish up for our upcoming move. More on that in a later post!

Anyway, check out my fellow team member's blog posts about this same topic - I can't wait to see what they all have to say!

R2R Designs - http://r2rdesigns.com/news/
Simply Leilani - http://www.simplyleilani.com/blogs/news
Semi Sweet Charm - http://semisweetcharm.com/

Homefront Team - http://homefrontteam.blogspot.com/

Friday, September 12, 2014

I've been TREAUSURED

Thanks for featuring a Camelot's Treasures doll dress in your treasury PACIFICNWGLASS!

Falling into the Holidays

Falling into the holidays by ETSY TEAMS FELLOWSHIP SOCIETY Praise goes out to all of these Etsy Teams Captains and leaders that Volunteer So many hours of their time https://www.etsy.com/pages/fellowshipsociety

Malachite & Gold Chain 3 Strand Beaded Bracelet, MultiStrand Teal Beaded Bracelet, Gemstone Beaded Bracelet, 3 Strand Gemstone Bracelet BackAtTheOffice $35.00	Needle Felted White Squirrel Albino ClaudiaMarieFelt $50.00	4 oz Soy candle Beach Glass Mason Jar CaribbeanStyleDecor $9.00	Stoneware Mug - 10 oz. - Ceramic Mug - Dark Brown / Handmade wheel thrown pottery LomaPrietaPottery $24.00
Miniature Silver Octopus Earrings Richarme $8.00	Whiskey Tumbler Irish Coffee Cup Set of 2 in Green Stoneware Pottery GoldhawkPotteryEtc $25.00	Leaf Green Infinity Scarf DaydreamingGifts $20.00	Tandem Bike Magnet JodiLynnDoodles $6.00
Kitten Softie Kittie Cat Art Doll Cream Black Brown Grey Pink with Olive Green Accents and Red Collar OOAK MustHaveBeenTheCat $39.00	Necklace cluster of apatite, peridot with large sea blue chalcedony Necklace 1-34 CalicoJunoJewelry $80.00	FOB Wristlet key holder Choose a fabric print FransUniqueTreasures $5.50	I'm Always Here Sign, Unless I'm Gone Sign, Custom Wood Sign, Humor Sign, Cabin Sign, Lodge Decor TheLaughingCabin $8.95
Vintage Edgar Allan Poe old Book Print Page Raven Crow Eiffel Tower Halloween Crow French DreamyPapers $7.50	Claret Slouch Hat, Burgundy Hat, Crochet Beanie, Dark Red Slouch, Wool Crochet Hat, Rhubarb Beanie Hat, CreativeEndeavorsKS $45.00	American Girl Doll Clothes - Candy Cane Dress camelotstreasures $15.99	Yellow Peacock Pendant Necklace \| peacock jewelry \| yellow and blue SchulmanArts $15.00

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Super Simple Doll Hanger Tutorial

With my ever growing collection of doll dresses, I needed to find a way to keep them organize without spending loads of money. After perusing pinterest for some ideas, then shopping at my local dollar tree I found this inexpensive way to hang up my doll clothes, with spending only $2 and using my hot glue gun. If you want to make some of your own; here’s a super simple tutorial for you! (Sorry about the bad quality of pictures, it was on a snow day and the lighting wasn't the greatest...)

Materials:

Plastic Drinking Straws (you can use the bendy ones, you’ll be cutting them down anyway)

Chennile stems/pipe cleaners

Hot Glue and Hot Glue Sticks

Scissors

NOTE: I was able to make 45 hangers, and only spent $2!

1) Hold a straw to a dress you want to make for a hanger, and cut the straw to fit the dress for hanging.
2) Take a pipe cleaner and bend it about 1/3” inch on each end.
3) Put a little glue in the hole of the straw (be careful because the glue is hot, and be quick so the straw doesn’t melt) and insert each bent end of the pipe cleaner in each end of the straw.
4) This is what it will look like after you are done glueing.
5) Pinch the middle of the piple cleaner together, to make a loop in the center and to start to make the hanger shape. I just eyeballed it, but I would say you want there to be 2 ½ to 3 inches on each side of the hanger.
6) Twist the loop part together several times. I kept hold where the two sides intersected in the middle, to help keep the rest of the hanger straight while I did this step.
7) Bend the twisted part into a hook/hanger shape. And VIOLA! You have a hanger!

For smaller doll clothes, like barbie or blythe dolls, you can follow the same steps as before, or you can change it slightly like this:
1) Cut the straw to the size of the dress you want to hang up, just like before. (I just used the smaller pieces I had cut off from the bigger hangers from earlier).
2) Push a piper cleaner through the straw, and center the straw on the pipe cleaner.
3) Bend each end of the pipe cleaner up, so they make an “X”.
4) Twist one end of the pipe cleaner around the other to start to make the hanger shape.
5) Curve the other end into the hanger hook, being careful not to poke yourself with the pokey ends of the pipe cleaner. It would be a good idea to use a pair of pliers to bend in sharp edges so you don’t get pricked or your doll clothes don’t get snagged.