Shrinky Dink Necklaces

Here are some not so great photos of the shrinky dink necklaces. Enjoy!

None of my necklaces are as awesome as the one I got for Christmas!

Finally...

Finally....I was brave enough to cut into this adorable, thrift store salvaged, reduce, reuse, recycle Peanuts curtains that Tracey gave to me for Christmas this year. I have been planning a skirt modeled on my favorite Rainbow Bright skirt that I bought with Tracey in Camden Market in London, but I was just so worried about this fabric...I usually don't fear cutting into fabric, but I think that is because I know I can always get some more if I need it, but not this!

This is pure vintage. One of a kind. I mean, the 1970s tag from Sears was still in the seam.

Cute, Cute, Cute!
I love this skirt and this fabric.
I love Tracey. Thanks for the gift!

i heart shrinky dinks

My lovely mama gave me a little shrinky dink kit for Valentine's Day. It came with all kinds of patterns and ideas, but I just kept thinking about when I was little and my amazing and wonderful Aunt Sandy and I used to make shrinky dinks together. For whatever reason, this is one of those memories that sticks in my mind and I think about it all the time. When we used to make them together she would always find these great Disney characters or other things she knew I loved to trace. So, today, I was thinking about what I would like to make and of course I thought of my favorite Peanuts characters. I decided to start with Charlie Brown...just to test it out...and now I love him so much, I just may make the whole gang!

Shrinky Dink Chuck, just waiting to be a necklace.

Thanks mama! I love you. xoxo~Stephanie

Gifts

Today I finally got around to making some Christmas Gifts. I decided that this year I would make my lovely coteachers gifts instead of giving them something entirely useless that they would forget about in a matter of days (I don't think they know about the blog...I hope.) Yesterday I went to Joanne's Fabrics (They are having a terrific sale) and picked out some very cute fabric. Today, I went to town with the sewing machine and finished all three bags, without stopping for one little break. The snow outside and Johnpaul sleeping all day probably helped with the motivation.

One for Karie

One for Kellsie

One for Michelle

xoxo ~ stephanie

crayons

crayons

At the end of the school year there are always a million and one crayons left over. They are crayons that have been used, but not used all the way. You send some home with the kids, but there are still multitudes of crayons left over. This year, I decided, will be different. My task was to figure out how to use up the extras. I remembered that one of the kindergarten teachers that I student taught with made these cool, multicolored circle crayons by melting broken crayons in muffin tins. I looked it up on the internet and it is totally easy.

freshly melted wax

You just peel the wrappers off the crayons (this is the hardest part), break them up into muffin tins that you have sprayed with cooking spray, bake them for five minutes (or less...just until it melts into each other) at 400 degrees, and wait for them to cool, then pop (or slam) them out of the trays.

circle crayons

You end up with these cute circle crayons that I am sure the kids will LOVE to take home with them. There are some other, messier ideas on how to use up your crayons posted on the internet...including melting the crayons and painting with the wax. I am sure the kids would love that, but I am not sure I would love cleaning up the leftover.

xoxo ~ stephanie