Memory Jar With Photos & Memorabilia

by Lesley Oman on 3 January, 2013

I am always late to the party. So i have absolutely no issue scrapping out of season, and im hoping you wont be adverse to seeing some summery hues in todays blog post.

In the summer we took Piper to the beach for the day. It was her first ever visit, and somehow i had the presence of mind to bring home some sand in a bucket along with a few shells that we collected on the day (Must have been the sea air). My original idea was to put the sand and shells in a mason jar, but then i spied this cool glass jar at Matalan which i thought would be perfect.

Here’s how the finished project looks! I just love the sphere at the top. Feels like a sweetie jar!

I printed some photos and stuck them onto mount board so they were a bit more sturdy, I even stuck them back to back as you can see into the jar from all angles. I also punched a hole at the top of some lolly sticks and hung a pattern paper pennant across the width of the jar. Can you also see those cute washi tape flags (just tape wrapped around cocktail sticks and with a bead on the top).

I wrapped the top with bakers twine to give a pop of colour and i added some tags so i could add a little bit of information to the project. One tag says ‘Piper’s first visit to the beach’ and the circle tag has the date. See..?

I think my favourite thing about this project is the sand. Can you see how glittery it is? Before i poured it into the container i mixed a cup of sand with some gold glamour dust glitter.

I love this stuff. Its so fine and so pretty and has a wicked shine. I always forget about it then when i reuse it, i fall in love with it all over again. What’s more, one little bottle lasts ages! It kinda is magic!

I do wish that the coasts near us did have glittery gold sand all along the beach for real. How cool would that be!

 

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GRAB BOXES: Craft Room Clear Out

by Lesley Oman on 1 January, 2013

Update (14 Jan)
The cost for one of these grab boxes is £20 GBP, Thats including the shipping! The contents will far exceed that amount. So if you want to get your hands on a box – drop me an email at lez (at) hungryheffycrafts (dot com). I can investigate International shipping but because of the weight, the postal costs are rather high, but happy to look into this if you are after a box.  
happy crafting!
Lesley

 

Want to boost your crafty supplies? Maybe want to treat a crafty little someone that you know? Why not grab a bargain here!

 

I am having a little clear out so I can make my work space more user friendly, and as they say one mans trash is another mans treasure. 

I have spent time sorting through my supplies and have pulled out SOOO much stuff that could be loved in another household. I am hunting down pizza boxes so i can package up boxes full of the supplies, and then will be selling these at a flat rate.

Please note that some product will be new and in packaging, some may have elements that have been used, and of course each box will be different, containing a different mix of items. Each box may include any of the following:

  • Pattern paper: packs of 12×12, 8×8, 6×6, 12×2 or 6×4 (many are DCWV)
  • buttons
  • chipboard pieces
  • brads
  • gems
  • washi tape
  • ribbons
  • buttons
  • stickers
  • alphas
  • stamps
  • embellishments
  • etc

Once i have the boxes packaged up and weighed I will post more details here. Im not really interested in making money out of this, but i want to ensure that i cover the postage costs involved.

So if you want to maybe grab a box, email me [ lez (at) hungryheffycrafts (dot com) ] or bookmark this page to revisit later. Any questions… just ask!

x

lez

 

 

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A New Arrival…

by Lesley Oman on 30 December, 2012

Christmas is over. < le sigh! > It goes by too fast!

But look what I found under a layer of wrapping paper… GASP! YEAYY!

I havent had much of a play yet, just done one cut, but i am eager to try out different things that i have spied across my google reader and pinterest, and i am looking forward to adding more cut shapes onto my scrapbook pages. One thing i am keen to do is to cut out my own handwriting. I am going to love the creative freedom that will now be at my fingertips.

Because the machine is so wide I had to reconfigure the craft room furniture to create a wider desktop, so whilst i was in the mood I have been doing a crafty clear out.

This time I am being ruthless! Over the next few days I will be loading up some pizza boxes and will be selling them at a set fee from the website here. Im not interested in making any money, just want to make sure that i cover the postage really. So watch this space!

I will also be hosting a giveaway to celebrate nearing 300 likes on facebook. I will do another one at 400, so share the word!

For now, i’ll leave you and wish you all a very happy New Year! Roll on 2013!

:-)

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Hybrid Crafty Christmas Card – Rudolph The Reindeer

by Lesley Oman on 25 December, 2012

Merry Christmas everyone!

Santa will be here shortly, but i thought i would jump on a share a Christmas craftiness with you all. This is the kinda Christmas Card that is a result of a little messiness, a little craftiness, a little digi scrapbooking and a little online retail therapy. Sounds like a long drawn out process, but it wasn’t really, i promise.

Here’s our Christmas card from this year. Do you like it?

So, firstly I must ask…Do you get it? The more people i ask, the more i realise that it perhaps isn’t immediately obvious. If you don’t get it, please proceed to standing on your head, look again and then tell me what you see?

Okay, to put you out of your misery..its Piper’s handprint, made into a reindeer. Get it now?

We had a little play with paint in November and once dry, i took one of her brown handprints and stole it away into my crafty lair. I then used a Quickutz reindeer die to cut out two antlers and ears and stuck these on to the paper. Then i added a pompom nose and some goggly eyes, and used a needle to sew a piece of thread through as a tail. Next I took some photos using my camera.

Next stop was importing a photo and using photoshop to crop around it. In fact the tools in photoshop did all the work, the only part i had to be careful with was around the goggly eyes as it didn’t pick up the glossy section.

I then took a look through my digital scrapbook supplies and pulled a few into photoshop, layering and altering as i went to create a background for this little fella.

(A little disclaimer: I am afraid i am unable to name all the digi supplies used, as when our hard drive crashed, the recovered files did not retain their original names, so I don’t know where they are from. :-(  sorry you guys)

Next stop was printing. I had the most bother with this part. I looked online, but each site had different rules for sizes etc, and the cost per printed folded card was ridiculous, and then i asked a local print shop to provide a quote. It was still working out too pricy, especially when you add 50p postage for the price of stamps on each one. In the end I printed these with photobox as a standard 6×4″ print, and i wrote a message on the back with an ultra fine sharpie pen. For a few of the more ‘traditional’ recipients I actually cut around the border and stuck it down onto a card blank.

I’m really happy with the way they turned out…but to be honest, i would be happier if people actually figured out that it was piper’s handprint! LOL. Ah well, never mind, its Christmas!!

Have a great day everyone, and I hope Santa comes to each and every one of you!

 

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