Make piggy bank.

Big Little Reveal was a time of a loooottttt of crafting. One of the items I made for my gorg., funny, perfect little was a piggy bank. I just went to Michaels and got one of those plain white, ceramic piggy banks.

1. The piggy banks are preglazed so you need to paint a lot of layers of your base coat. I chose green so I caked on green acrylic paint.
2. Then paint your design. I made my piggy a turtle because that is our mascot.
3. Once dried, paint on a clear glaze.

Super easy!

Make Zooey DesChanel.

For the longest time, I was obsessed with these high waisted shorts from 500 Days of Summer. I looked everywhere for them...vintage stores, Urban Outfitters, ebay...but nothing that wasn't really ghetto.

So Finally, I just made them.

Steps to look like Zooey DesChanel
1. Buy a pair of cheap blue jean shorts (size bigger)
2. Remove zipper and buttons (Most come out with a hammer)
3. Cut two lines down the side, hem
4. Cut and sew new nautical button

All the deconstruction and hemming with cinch the waist of the shorts. Questions?

Make stapler.

I have so many staplers but they are so ugly. I couldn't bring myself to buy a new one because I knew it was a waste of money so I just decided to paint one. "Perfect for doing the Gator chomp!"



It's even got a little tongue!

Make picture frames.

I've recently been buying unfinished picture frames and...well...finishing them. I'm sticking with the pink and green theme.

I actually got the frame at Micheals for this one. I found that adorable wooden turtle and repainted it. Then I stuck a great picture from Delta Zeta Woodser and I'm good to go.

I made this after big/ little reveal. I found this frame at Target and it was just perfect for my family!

I've also been learning how to use a scroll saw...so let's see how that turns out. I was calling it squirrel saw for the longest time. Thankfully someone finally corrected me.

Make architecture

I have been so busy lately. I decided to go into interior design after years of telling myself I would never join any form of the architecture program. It's so much work! But, I went for it. I should probably be working on my Shepard Fairey essay due...tomorrow...

Our first Design 1 project was the "Cube Construct"

Not quite as cute as my other creations, but pretty badass.

I have some other pretty exciting things I'm working on. I'm a Delta Z now so I've been making a lot of sorority stuff! I can't believe they are pink and green and turtles! That's my entire bedspread from the summer!

My camera is broken!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Make photopearls.

I went to the Craft Super Show in Orlando, FL at the Orange County Convention Center. They actually had the biggest scrapbook crop ever on Friday night. They also had Mary Engelbreit as a guest speaker. Honestly, I never really got into scrapbooking. Maybe one day, but I'm just not a big scrapbooker right now...so a lot of stuff at the crafts show was boring and overcrowded. I have never seen so many women screaming over a cutting product.

I did find something to interest me though. I came across this both called, "Photopearls." From a distance, it looks like ultra pixelated images, but it's actually made entirely out of beads! And the best part was that it was free!


They took my picture and printed out a sheet with rows out circles filled with numbers. They number coordinated with a bead color. Then there was a clear, pin board that you placed on top of the print out. You place the beads on and when you're done, you stick a sticky sheet of paper on the back and remove the beads from the pin board. When they printed out the sheet of paper earlier, they actually reversed the image.


The end result looks amazing from far away. This is what it looks like close up. A lot of women would put the beads on row by row but I just did it color by color. It saved a lot of time. I actually finished when other people that I sat down with had just gotten there.

The line for this place was insannneee. We got there at the perfect time between crowd. I think they were giving away a free gypsy so everyone was gathered around there. People were crazy stalking seats to make their own photopearl. The kits were $50, which is a bit pricy but it comes with software that can map out your picture.

They actually made the largest bead picture ever of Obama. I think it's going to Washington D.C. soon.