lately I've been Crafty McGee....

Ahhh, I LOVE crafting!!! I know this is not a shock to you devoted bloggers, but I love it. It is totally my stress reliever and my release. I love taking just yarn and creating a masterpiece. But lately, I am totally in to taking something without much charm or magic, and making it magical!! Refashioning trashion is totally my favorite! (It totally helps that my hot glue gun has become my most trusted companion....)

Look at this sweet little clutch!! I bought this brown, poop-colored clutch at Goodwill today for $2.99. I have been looking to add more clutches to my accessory wardrobe, and thought I saw a little magic left in this brown, boring old clutch. So it went home with me! I got out my trusted Martha Stewart glitter (hello!! totally my fav!) and mixed it with some Modge Podge so that the glitter would not flake off. I painted several coats on the clutch (after I Febrezed it) and let it try. Then I painted some fake flowers and leaves with that same MP/Glitter mixture and hot glued those on. It wouldn't be complete without some feathers and rhinestones. Voila! DoNe!! I seriously LOVED the way it turned out!!!

I love organization...and I love fun things. So this dry erase board was the PERFECT mixture of the two!! Yes, it's a dry erase board. I can't take the credit....I got the idea from this blog but it was so cute that I had to "borrow" it.

I found a "pretty" frame from Hobby Lobby in their 80% aisle...it was $10. Bought some cute fabric to go underneath it. I painted the frame to match the fabric, hot glued the fabric to the cardboard from the inside of the frame. And it's done!! Use a dry erase marker on the glass, and it works perfectly as a dry erase board. Seriously, these are my new favorite things. Watch out...friends, you might be getting these for Christmas gifts. They are so cute and so useful. LOVE them!!

Last but not least, I am in love with these flowered cuffs. Again, this is not my original idea...but I did add some "Kelby Flair" until it not only looked like something I would make...but something I would wear. (Thank you Ruffles and Stuff for the idea!)

What do you guys think?? Like it? Hate it??

Live it.Love it.Make it.

xoxo

Kelby

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tramatic morning.

Let me tell you a wee little bit about my morning today. Woke up. Made coffee. Did my Bible study. Showered. Got dressed. Headed to work. Walked the three blocks to my office. Sat down at desk. Picked up iPhone to call Sister.

And that's when the trouble began.

I couldn't hear the phone ringing. All Sister could hear was crackling.

GASP! Could it be??!?! Is my iPhone disfunct????

With butterflies in my stomach, I waited patiently (or impatiently...whatever) until 10am when the AT&T store opened. I ran to the mall. But those ladies COULD.NOT.HELP.ME. Told me I had to go to the Apple store. GASP!

Let me back up. I could seriously do EVERYTHING on my phone except make outgoing or receive incoming calls (unless I used the speaker phone). I mean, everything else worked. Facebook.Twitter.WordswithFriends.Texting (PTL).Everything. I was seriously panicking about not being able to answer my phone without using the speaker phone.

Anyway, I hopped in my car. Drove to Keystone. Walked to the Apple Store. Got slightly distracted by everyone using the iPads. Crap...focus Kelby! Found one of the friendly Apple employees who told me I needed an appointment. Seriously? (again, I was distracted by the iPad he was holding. Forgot why I was there for a minute.) Made an appointment for this afternoon.

Poo. I really just wanted my phone situation resolved.

But then. Oh but then. The Apple gods smiled upon me once again....and my phone start working. Seriously. I thought I'd test it once just to see. And it did. It worked. I called Sister and everything.

Seriously....I had no idea I was so obsessed with my phone.

And now I want an iPad.

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...before....after

I love my little apartment. Seriously, it is probably one of my favorite places that I've ever lived in. And I love that slowly....over time...it is really starting to resemble me and my taste. My crazy, bedazzled, jeweled, loud, rocker-chic taste. (rocker-chic...that's my look I've decided. More on that later....)

Anyway, in just looking around my place, I realize I have tons of stuff that I like...but not love. So I'm redoing them until I love them. These are just three of the things I redid yesterday afternoon. (Sunday Funday was a pool day...and then the storms rolled in. So I turned on the NCIS marathon, got out my craft table...and crafted the afternoon/evening away. It's so therapeutic. Seriousy. Love it.)

Brought To You By The Letter K...

I LOVE monogrammed stuff. I LOVE having my intials everywhere. I LOVE when I find "K's" that are pretty and scripty. I purchased this K a few years ago at Archivers. It was tremendously on sale and I thought...heck yeah! I can always use another K in my life. But I've been looking at it recently and the plain black just isn't working for me anymore. Sooooo....I got out some turquoise paint (actually, I mixed a few colors until I got it just right), my Martha Stewart glitter and got to work. (First of all, I'm slightly obsessed with this glitter. It's glitter, but not really. It's smaller and finer and AMAZING. God Bless Martha Stewart.)

And here's the final product!!! Doesn't it look awesome next to my Harry Potter collection... :)

Oh La La...the French Have Invaded My Kitchen!

I got these two sweet little towel holders from the Pier One outlet store YEARS ago. I just love them. However, I don't love the color scheme of them. It just isn't "me". So I was talking with my wonderful sister earlier this weekend and I told her I wanted to paint them. I was thinking about painting them hot pink or turquoise, but then she said that a silouette of them would probably look really cool. Gosh, she's brilliant.

So I took her advice. I painted them metallic black. And then got out my handy dandy Martha Stewart glitter again (this time in black--I find it essential to have it in every color). And voila! The final products turned out better than I could have imagined!!!

Live it.Love it.Create it.
xoxo
Kelby

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Trashion.Fashion.Ruffle.Redo.

Long time no blog!! Holla....Kelby's back...with avengence!



So, I've been blog hopping lately and found this blog that I'm absolutely in love with. Check it out. I'm getting so many ideas from here, I can't even stand it. All I want to do is stay home and craft my life away. But alas, I cannot do that.



However, it is Sunday afternoon and I've already spent 3 1/2 hours at the pool today. Soooo, I decided I would allow myself some crafting time. I received, from my awesome parents, the Limited Edition Project Runway Brother sewing machine for Christmas this past year...and I haven't made good use of it. So I put the crochet hooks down and decided to sew something. I call it my Trashion Fashion Ruffle Shirt (it's a working title). And I got the idea from this tutorial and I'm in love. Look out friends. Looks like I may just be wearing one-shouldered ruffle shirts ALL SUMMER LONG.



Live it.Love it.Create it. :)
xoxo
Kelby

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