Link Up, Me Hardies!

Avast, ye scurvy lot! Surrender yer jewelry boxes! Fakebeard the Pirate wants to hear about yer faaaaaavorite jewelry projects! Yer Linky Party be open, now go link up! Aaaarrrgh!

On Cool2Craft TV this week, we're trying some new jewelry techniques and celebrating some of our favorites! Do you have jewelry projects on your website or blog? We hope you'll share them on our Linky Party this week! We love sharing your work with our viewers! Link a post or email me so I can share your project or story on our Creative Community blog!

Link up here, me hardies!

Tell me all about it - candace@cool2craft.com

Shoes of the Muse

I'm so excited about this week's Cool2Craft theme!  It's SHOES!  I live in my sneakers!  I love them and they should be a reflection of me...and now they are!
I loved messing around with Tulip Soft Matte Fabric Paint to color, shade and highlight every section of my shoes!
But, I should start from the beginning.  I've worn these shoes for almost two years.  I actually wore through the leather in a couple of spots!  Before I could think of giving them personality, I had to fix that.   I used Aleene's Platinum Bond Super Fabric Textile Adhesive  between the leather and the liner.  I wore them for a week before I detailed them and saw that the glue held fabulously, so I proceeded.
Now I've been wearing them for a month and every detail is intact.  In fact they look brand new!
Do you love shoes?  Do you have shoe projects or posts you'd like to share?  Well, head on over to Cool2Craft.com and find the Linky Party button!  See you there!

Crafting with My Kidlets

 

My grandniece, Ana, found an Easter craft online that she wanted to try, and everyone knows crazy Aunt Candy's house is the place to place to create!

Ana Googled kid's Easter crafts and this is the project she found.She printed out the directions and used her allowance to buy the supplies.
The craft called for a paper milk carton, but only one person in the family buys milk that way, so...

I showed the kids Tiffany Windsor's Paper Bunny Bagand they loved it!I helped Ana make her bunny basket and then we made a version of Tiffany's bunny bags.
I set out Aleene's Tacky Glue, circle punches and buttons and they went to town!
We used plain, colorful bags and scrapbook paper for ears and face details.
Ana shared her googly eyes, because who doesn't want a bunny with googly eyes!
After making the bags, the kids decorated my Easter tree.This is Steven, Lauren and Ana with their awesome creations!
When I get busy in the studio, I forget how much fun it is to craft with the kidlets.

I hope you have time to craft with your little ones, and I hope you'll share the photos with me!
Email me - candace@cool2craft.com with your story and high resolution photos so I can share them on our Creative Community blog.

 

Ana Googled kid's Easter crafts and this is the project she found.She printed out the directions and used her allowance to buy the supplies.

The craft called for a paper milk carton, but only one person in the family buys milk that way, so...

Giveaway Alert!

This week on The Cool2Craft Easter Linky Party I will be giving away this Polymer clay, metal leafed egg pendant!  I loved making the metal leafed pendants for this week's show! The egg as a symbol of new life is delightful to me! It's all about bright and shiny possibilites!

I'm giving away this pendant to one of our Linky Party contributors on next Monday's show. All you have to do is link am Easter project to this week's party! I'll use Random.org to choose the number of the winner and announce it in the chat room on the April 9th show.

Good luck and go link up!

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Calling All Girly Girls!

If you or someone you know is a Girly Girl, prepare to link up!  It's the Cool2Craft Linky Party and the theme is GIRLY GIRLS!  Post your links to our Linky Party on cool2craft.com and invite your friends to vote for you.  The more votes you have, the higher on the list your post is!  The future of Girly Girldom is in your hands!

Link up, my friends, link up!

Put a Robot on It

Further crown progress - I put a bird on it AND THEN I put a robot on it!  I'm adding all kinds of details now.  I love color and movement so there will be scads of dangling doodads!

Robots and Bloggers of the World Unite!

Stephanie of Clay Baboons is my hero!  Her latest post makes my little bloggy/roboty heart soar! I'm joining her cause to stop Captcha from stunting our joy of commenting on fabulous blogs!  Ugh!  Captcha has broken my spirit for the last time!  I'm shedding the pseudo protection of that acronym for a new empowering one - RABAC!
Rock on Stephanie!