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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Tickled Pink No. 60...The SoCal Social and Craft Camp Winner!

Happy Weekend!

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Hi all
Kids are back to school.

This week has been a whirlwind.

I have little to say...

I am recuperating...

and watching Project Runway!

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Have you heard of the SoCal Social?
Well, it is coming to Southern California on 10/8/11.

Details are being confirmed.
If you want to attend, check out the official SoCal Social Page.
If you want to be a sponsor, the details are RIGHT HERE.
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Thanks to everyone who entered the
Elmer's Craft Camp Giveaway.

The winner - as selected by random.org is

Simply Sara
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Have you heard you could win $5K by sharing what your Couple Speak is in a video?

Read my post about it here or just go enter on the 3M Couple Speak Page.

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A craft...a recipe...a tip...a party...a short story...a poem...
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whatever makes your blog fabulous!
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TICKLED PINK Now Has Categories
I won't banish you if you mess up, but try to link appropriately, pretty please!

Craft, DIY, Decorate
crafting, diy, decor type links

Cook, Bake, Eat
stuff to eat, cook, drink, and bake

Read, Write, Share
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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Letting the Kids Create...and a Last Chance to WIN!

Time is ticking...but it is NOT over yet!

There is still time to WIN 1 adult and 2 kids craft kits

from

Elmer's and X-ACTO.

Go check out the GIVEAWAY POST for all the details!
GIVEAWAY CLOSED

I do want to share with you another project

my little one made using these awesome supplies!

When the kid and I (along with some friends) were away at

Elmer's Craft Camp for Kids my sweet Jules was very

interested in making her personalized pennant...

but ultimately had ideas of her own.

She grabbed the foam board, all the pens, the scissors,

the glue (her favorite craft supply) and went to town,

creating her own little mixed media piece.

She spent hours on this piece - adding color in just the right place,

folding the paper "just so" and it was truly a joy to watch her.

I wish I knew what she was thinking as she did this!

Each aspect of the art art was carefully thought out...

and I happen to love it.

She is so proud of it too,
and it is on display in our living room.

Imagine the FUN you could have.

The GIVEAWAY ends tomorrow, 8/10/11 at midnight.

THE COMMENTS TO WIN MUST BE ON THE GIVEAWAY POST -
COMMENTS LEFT HERE DO NOT COUNT FOR THE GIVEAWAY.

GIVEAWAY CLOSED

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Gone to (Elmer's) Craft Camp...and You Can Too (GIVEAWAY- CLOSED)

GIVEAWAY CLOSED
I think by now you know I LOVE to craft -
almost any kind of craft will do...
and you know what I love almost as much
(OK even more)
is watching my kids create and lose themselves
in a craft or creative endeavor.

Last week my uber creative friend Heather came to visit
with her daughter (watch out for her world - she is an amazing crafter/artist).
Heather and I know each other from design school -
oh you know there was going to be crafty goodness everywhere.

We decided to go to Craft Camp...
Elmer's Craft Camp
while she was here.
Heather and I brainstormed on a theme and ideas
(so much fun to do with a pal)...
and came up with an "All About Me" theme.

(the beginning of Jules's mixed media piece)

I pulled out my fanatstical crate of Elmer's Craft Camp tools and you could feel the excitement in the air!
Elmer's sent along an adult kit and 5 kids kits for us to create with..
new craft supplies...better than s'mores!
Guess What???
Elmer's has 2 kid kits and one adult kit for one lucky crafter/reader!
You can catch all the details on how to win this for yourself below.

I'll tell you right now, we had about 3 projects planned,
but the kids took so much time and care with
their first project we ran out of time...except Jules,
who also created a mixed media piece - just give her a glue stick
and she will go all day long!

The project we did was a pennant with their names on it.

Elmer's and X-ACTO Supplies

Glue Dots

X-ACTO scissors

Decorative scissors

Painters Markers

Popperz

Tape runner

Additional Supplies

Scrap fabric (we used drop cloth)

Inexpensive scrapbook paper (newspaper or construction paper work too)

1/4" wood dowel (ribbon would work well too)

inexpensive ribbon

See that explosion of craft supplies -
that means we had F-U-N!

The kids started with basic triangle shapes, and then each one totally personalized them using the Painters Markers, Project Popperz, and X-ACTO (decorative) scissors.

First we practiced with the scissors so the kids could see which style they liked the best.

Cut out fabric triangles using the X-ACTO scissors (cut through the drop cloth easy-peasy)

Cut out paper triangles (1" bigger around than the fabric triangles)
using the decorative scissors

The kids wrote their names - one letter on each triangle - using the Painters Markers. Then some decorated the triangles using the markers.

We used the Glue Spots to affix the fabric triangles to the paper triangles (if you set the fabric down further from the top of the paper, it gives you more room to wrap the pennant around the dowels).

Lay out the finished triangles on the dowel for spacing, then grab the tape runner and run a line about 1" from the top of the triangle; wrap this end around the dowel and press edge (with tape) down to the back of the paper triangle.

Then embellish.

Rachel made rosettes.