Thursday, November 11, 2010

November Is Here!

     Just updating you on Halloween celebrations, my husband and I traveled to Illinois to attend a costume party which was alot of fun! We saw a decent amount of Jersey Shore costumes which also includes my cousin John with his girlfriend who dressed as "The Situation & Snooki" they covered themselves in brown body paint to emphasis the guido & guidette side of themselves!

     I believe the best costume that I saw at the party was the "We Can Do It!" strong woman picture costume! Yup this girls' costume looked exactly like this but she was attached to a poster board which made it hard to walk around in! The best guys' costume was the host of the party was dressed as Duff Man"classic"!


Here are some pictures of me in my costume! My mime costume turned out great and I only paid $10-15 dollars for the whole get up! I love shopping at resale shops & thrift shops for Halloween costumes! On the other hand Bob spent $35-40 dollars on his whole costume (scary clown)! All in all the night went well & we plan on attending the Packers vs. Cowboys game next weekend! Until then stay tuned up more updates!


Friday, October 29, 2010

Getting ready for Halloween!

As Halloween approaches...
     Last night while I was spray painting my beret hat for my mime costume black I finished my mosaic inspired bottle! My husband finally finished his beverage of choice and I decided to keep the unique shaped bottle for a craft project. So what I did was first apply Mod Podge to the front and back labels and applied DCWV"Whimsy" paper and applied more Mod Podge on top of the paper to make sure they were adhered well. Then the following day I decided to grab my new Folk Art acrylics and start adding bits of mosaic looking dots all around the bottle. The following week I decided to add DCWV"Mariposa" rub-ons transfers onto the Mod Podged labels on the front and back of the bottle. Here is the finished product except I am thinking of adding Mod Podge scrap book paper around the top of the bottle.

This could be a vase used to hold some flowers.
Or you can add some white twinkle lights inside for some ambiance.
Here are both sides! Below you have the top of the bottle.
"Simple Pleasures Are Priceless Treasures"

So my husband and I are going to be traveling from West Allis, WI (our home) to the suburbs of Chicago, IL (where my family lives) for a Halloween costume party tonight! Here is a look at my husbands scary clown costume! SPOOKY huh? Well your probably wondering what my costume is...I am going to be a MIME! You can see my Mime shirt hanging up next to my husband in the picture, I will be posting some pictures of all the creative costumes people come up with this year, stay tuned!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 






Monday, October 25, 2010

Hello And Welcome!

     Well here we are and I want to introduce myself to this new experience called blogging! My name is Laura Rogers and I am a Graphic Designer & Paper Crafter! I started this blog because I wanted to start getting more involved with the crafting world and all its counterparts!

I am 26 and I have been married to my wonderful husband Bob for a year & 3 months now. We own a 2 year old female dog named Sadie who is very bright and has tons of personality. Here is just a little pic of my happy family! We plan on adding another addition to the family in a couple of years...but we'll wait for now.

I recently went to my nearest craft store and bought some Folk Art acrylic paint to refurbish some home decor pieces here is just a little look at my craft table right now! I would have to say "What a mess!" Yup from the Cuttlebug to Felt Rosettes to Acrylic paints & Mod Podge you can say I like to work on many projects at once!  

Here are some of the Folk Art acrylics that I bought recently! I love the colors and I especially love to mix and match them! I do have to say that the one metallic "Gunmetal Grey" is tough to work with at first but once you add that second layer all is well. The finish of the paints are matte and cover the area nicely so far I am very impressed with the two projects I have started.


First I bought a serving tray from my nearest Goodwill store and added different colors to all sides of the tray then I Mod Podged some scrap fabric into the bottom of the tray to bring the colors together. The colors used were Sky Blue, Grass Green, Honeycomb, and Metallic Gunmetal Grey. I am a little afraid that not using "Fabric Mod Podge" will not adhear the fabric well enough but we will have to see.


My next project was a decorative shelf that I want to use as storage in my crafting room. (To store my new cool Distress Inks!) So I took out the 3 drawers and started painting Peony & Yellow Ochre. I haven't decided whether I want to paint the drawers a coordinating color or Mod Podge some great scrapbook paper to them. You will have to wait and see what I do next! (By the way these projects are going to get some cool masked Inspirational quotes added to them! I can't wait to finish what I started! 
To Be Continued!