Cottage & Family:
citra solv

  • Flea Market Tote Tutorial

    Flea Market Tote Tutorial

    It is Flea Market time !!!

    I love big flea market totes

    but having your money

    at quick and easy access is a

    really good thing :)

    This is a tutorial

    on making a little bag for just that ~

    The first step is to buy a tote which

    can be found at most craft stores ~

    Then, I am a ruffle kind of gal

    so I used my ruffler that

    I just love ~ I got mine here ~

    This is my sweet sister's shop :)

    It is easiest for me just to ruffle

    a bunch at a time making it

    any width you like ~

    Then I used the Citra Solv transfer method

    to transfer my image on to the tote ~

    You have to use a printer that uses toner

    to print out the image or it won't transfer ~

    Then I cut my ruffle to the size

    I wanted and you can either

    sew or glue it on ~

    I love to use Fabri Fix because it dries fast

    and is washable ~

    You can add any embellishments

    you would like ~ I added a

    little rolled rose that I glued on

    and an old key tied to the top ~

    That is all !!

    Have fun flea marketing !!

    If you don't want to make your own,

    I will have them for

    sale on my website here ~

    Added later today :)

    This is just another example

    of one without the

    transfer but more ruffles ~

    You can get the little charms here ~

  • Friends and Other Stuff

    Friends and Other Stuff

    I was so very excited last night to get to meet

    Dawn in person ! It is funny how we meet people through

    blogs and then when we get to meet in real life it feels

    like we already know each other ~

    She is visiting Lisa and so last night Lisa, Dawn, Pat and I got

    together just to chit chat for awhile before they were off

    on their weekend of adventure ~

    I have had company this week so haven't been

    doing a whole lot of creating but the bug has gotten

    me really badly !

    One thing that I did was play around with Citra Solv

    and printing images ~ it is soooo cool and washable which rocks !!

    I just love the faded worn look that it gives ~

    I was also trying different techniques for tattered roses

    and really had fun making those too ~

    The roses are on bags that I sell and the bags and pillows

    are on my website too ~