Tumblr has taken over my life!

My crafting time has been drastically cut because of the hours and hours I sit glued to my computer blogging on Tumblr. I'm trying to cut down on that so I can get back into the crafting groove. I swear I haven't forgotten about you!

Mal ♥

Sorry I haven't been around!

I'm in a little bit of a crafting slump right now. Don't worry though, I have birthdays coming up that I need to craft for so stay tuned!

Mallory ♥

My Little Ghosbusters Guy!

I found this site via Howaboutorange on paper crafting. So I needed to make this little Ghostbuster's character (he's not really a cannon character, but whatever.) Here he is!

Mallory ♥

Homemade Mac and Cheese!

I decided I needed to make some homemade macaroni and cheese today. Since I'm still pretty much a kitchen novice I needed an easy recipe. I found a recipe on Rachael Ray's website for Stove top Cheddar Mac and Cheese here. I halved the recipe since it was only going to be me eating it I also used mild cheddar instead of the listed extra-sharp (I've made this one other time and the extra-sharp was a little too 'sharp' for me). Here are some pictures of my adventure:

All of the ingredients:

The cheese sauce:Ta-Da! Finished Mac:
For a newbie cooker I would recommend having someone around to act as an extra pair of hands since noodles have a way of flying everywhere when you're stirring them in one-handed (trust me.) Other than that this is a really easy and great recipe. I would definitely recommend this to a friend.


Mallory ♥

Harry Potter = All Sorts Of Awesome!

Well, I just got back from the movie and overall I loved it! They left some things out that I would have loved to see but it was really funny! Much more than the book. I totally recommend this movie. Just keep an open mind and you have to realize that the movie and book are two separate things, so don't freak out because not everything that happens in the book is in the movie.

Dumbledore is one BAMF in this movie and there are some super special effects too!

Mallory ♥

Harry Potter Crafting!

So, it's that time again...Harry Potter time! If I haven't mentioned this before I'm a huge HP nerd. I'm totally addicted to all things Potter. So I decided that I needed to make a shirt to wear when I go see the movie this week.

Just a warning: this post is very picture chunky! Enjoy!

The stencil I started with: (I'm totally proud of the lightening bolt, I free-handed it!)

The stencil cut out:

On the shirt after I applied the paint:

After taking the stencil off, before removing the bridged pieces:
All finished:
Me, wearing it to show placement of the words:
All finished!! HP here I come!

I was planning on using a navy blue shirt but the JerZee brand shirts I buy never fit the same way. So I used a Hanes undershirt with grey fabric paint that I mixed. I wanted it to be simple and to the point. If you aren't a HP fan or you don't know what a horcrux is (shame on you! Go out and buy the books right now!) check out the Wiki page here.

If you're interested in learning how to stencil check out these awesome online tutorials:

Stencilry
Stencil Punks

Zippers Are Alright With Me!

So, I've calmed down from the meltdown I had over the pleated bag and I tried the whole zipper thing again. I've decided that I love pleats and zippers separately but together they will never be my friend! So I made this larger version of the coin purse, I guess it's a quasi-cosmetic bag. Here it is:

Note to self: Make a light box! Obviously the whole paper thing isn't working for me. I have no idea why each of these pictures are a different color.