Bring on the Glitz

I found this quick tutorial for making headbands for a Barbie doll and thought it was just perfect.  The tutorial uses soda or water bottle cap rings, but I was fresh out.  I did have some for gallon size jugs though, they were larger and I thought maybe they would work on a slightly large head. So I made them for my Bratz dolls.  Their heads are noticeable larger than most fashion dolls.  This one...

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Fun with Noodles

Remember when we all were little and we’d make macaroni jewelry at school, or decorate other things with various noodles.  Here’s something that rekindles that same enthusiasm for creating with pasta.  A while back I discovered this post on Fuzzington.  It’s a noodle man, he’s name is apparently Rick.  It was made based on an episode of Seinfeld, I must have missed that episode.  Anyway, it is surprisingly adorable to look at, almost enough to make you want to check out the pasta...

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Number Ten

Finished the last list on time, so I want start the new one as soon as possible.  The new one does have miniatures on it like the last one, but they aren’t for my doll house.  Don’t worry, you will see what they are for in due time.  So here it is: Craft Project List #10 doll headbands halters camera stamps painting supplies knitting supplies video face magnets I plan...

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Kitchen: Check

The list is completed and so it the kitchen for the doll house. As I mentioned before, it is an unbelievably tiny little kitchen, but it has all the necessities.  I made the curtains the same way as the other rooms because I like the way they look from the outside of the house.  Instead of “papering” the walls like I did with the bathroom and bedroom, I painted them to match the ceiling.  The floor is...

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Main Dish

The cardboard doll house kitchen needed some dishware, but how do you make cardboard dishes? You don’t, these are made from paper.  I used a used envelope to make these plates and mugs.  The plates were made by cutting two circles from paper and gluing them together.  I folded up the edges little by little and coated them with Mod Podge.  Then came the paint and more Mod Podge.  For the mugs,...

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More for the Dude

No too long ago, I made a cute little doll for my nephew (see Dolls for Dudes).  He absolutely loved it, and since has grown more fond of it.  I decided to make some more items for the doll, makes it more fun. I made an extra top with another old t-shirt I had laying around.  The irony being that the old shirt said “princess” on it and now it is for a “dude”.  I made a simple pair of shorts cut...

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Please Save my Planet

Actually not a planet, a site.  Get Crafty use to be a great site to post and read about anything, crafty or not.  It was one of my first resources when I fell in love with crafting again many years ago.  Going back on my roots, I discovered what once had been a fountain of knowledge and mutual sharing of love and ideas has turned into a ghost town with only the occasional visitor.  I can’t stand...

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Ruffled Fun for Feet

This the cutest tutorial ever, for interchangeable shoe ruffles.  At A Lemon Squeezy Home, there is a tutorial to make cute little ruffles for a pair of shoes that stick on with Velcro and can be changed for different outfits and such.  Imagine, you would almost never need another pair of shoes.  I thought it might be cute if you used the same technique on a purse to coordinate.  Of course that might...

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Kitchen Storage

Even a doll house kitchen needs places to store away stuff.  So I made some cabinets in the same chocolate colors as the sink to match.  You may be thinking “that’s all the cabinets and counter space?”  Well the kitchen in my cardboard doll house is unbelievable small, even for a doll house.  So it will be a very humble kitchen, but at least there will be plenty of room for food still.  You...

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The Good and the Bad

Some good news and bad news.  First, the other day I just happened to notice that I now have 100 followers.  Yay!  Quite the surprise too, I guess I’ve been too preoccupied to notice how close it was to 100. Now the bad news.  It’s the end.  Disney’s blog, ~Ruffles and Stuff~, has come to an end.  She did her last two posts the other day stating that she is leaving the blogosphere, possibly...

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Everything and The Kitchen Sink

I got the sink for the cardboard kitchen all together.  It kind of resembles the the bathroom sink for an apartment I used to live in though.  Whatever, it’s for the kitchen.  Of course, it’s made from cardboard too, just like the rest of the house.  I mixed brown and white paint to form the various colors used, they remind me of chocolate which I think is perfect for a kitchen.  I used plastic...

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Dolls for Dudes

My nephew has a thing for dolls, mainly my dolls like my Ken doll.  However, he only recently turned 3 and I don’t think he is quite old enough for Barbie and Ken, so I decided to make him a more appropriate doll that has that same appeal to him. Here is our little guy,  when my nephew saw him he loved him.  The hair is embroidered and is the same color as my nephew.  In fact the doll does bear a...

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Heart that Holds

I got the idea for a small heart shaped purse some time ago, I thought it would be cute for my niece. I made it from the leg of an old pair of jeans and part of a cotton dress for the lining.  I shredded strips of of denim to make the strap and the little ruffle.  I love the contrast between the denim and the shredded edge.  My niece absolutely loved it when she saw it, she stuffed it full of little...

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A Frig to Raid

Dollhouse or real, the heart of the home is in the kitchen.  And the pit of the kitchen is the refrigerator. So, of course I started the cardboard doll house kitchen with the refrigerator, also from cardboard.  I could have just glued on the doors and left them at that, but I decided to make them so they can open.  I love miniature food and really what to fill this sucker up. On the inside, I carefully...

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Charm and Character

Today is my brother’s birthday, he is younger than me although I look much younger than him.  For the past few years, whenever I gave him a present it was always a CD/DVD holder.  I would decorate them in different ways and last Christmas I made one from scratch.  Will just how many CD holders does one guy really need.  So I decided on something different. I hadn’t touch the shrink plastic in so...

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Fun-sized Aprons

I discovered this quick little tutorial on making some adorable little aprons for Barbie dolls at Brassy Apple.  Since I love aprons for myself I just had to whip up a couple of doll-sized ones. I decided to gave my Barbie dolls a break from modeling my creations.  This is a doll produced by Takara, I forget which one, I got her from Bookman’s a while back.  For the first apron, I used scraps of this...

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Zip a Dee Doo Dah

Remember sometime ago I mentioned something about a tutorial I found for rosettes made from old zippers (see Something about Zippers), well I decided to try it out a bit.  Remember the tutorial is here at Ucreate. This is the first one I made, it is modeled here by my niece.  I found out that these rosettes aren’t quite as easy to make as they look.  They can take a bit of time to get it just right too,...

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Bargains by the Pound

I mentioned yesterday about discovering a new thrift store in my area that I thought was really cool.  It’s call the Good Store on Main St and Robson in downtown Mesa, and what’s cool is they price their clothing by the pound.  It’s $2.50/lb and it drops to about $1.75 after ten pounds.  As promised, here are all the goodies I managed to snag. I got this for my niece, I am assuming it is intended for...

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Getting Down with Your Stars and Stripes Part 2

I am typing this in the middle of that Arizona Celebration of Freedom festival I mentioned before (see Get Down with Your Stars and Stripes).  It’s been great, except for all the crowds.  Some guy stepped on my foot and he didn’t say anything, and I know he noticed.  And I had a coughing fit because some guy was smoking in the middle of the carnival game area, surrounded by children too.  Other...

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Number Nine and Doing Fine

I have compiled my newest list, carefully considering my current schedule and whether it can realistically accommodate these projects.  I have included items for my cardboard dollhouse because I feel like working on it, and I am dying to finally use my new glue gun.  As promised, I will be working on the kitchen this time.  So here it is: Craft Project List #9 Rosettes Doll aprons Zipper...

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