Inchies, Rinchies, Twinchies

Alright, by now you've seen me post about 100 million inchies here. But here are some fun new inchie-related vocabulary words! A rinchie is a round inchie, and a twinchie is like an inchie, but it's 2" squared :) Now you know, in case you didn't know.

I did all of these for the "Inchies & Rinchies & Twinchies, OH MY!" Swap on Craftster. The golden snitch one has craft foil, so it's really shiny and golden. The robot on the twinchie in this set is really metal, too.

Ah, now that some of my latest projects have arrived at their new homes, I can post without ruining the surprise :) I've been so busy with household stuff and making Wicked Witch Bookmarks (the giveaway is still open, BTW!! Click this!), I haven't had much time or drive to craft stuff other than swap items. It kinda makes me a sad panda, but things aughta calm down, right? RIGHT?! So this last set was for Alex K, who is an AMAZING sculptor and artist. We did a little personal swappage on the side, and it was most excellent. Check out her blog, The Art and Craft of Monsters.

Happy Monday, everyone! I hope you had a lovely weekend. And don't forget to enter the Wicked Witch Bookmark giveaway, if you haven't already :)

Wicked Witch Ruby Slippers Bookmark Giveaway!

Over the past couple of months, I've been making so many of these little bookmarks, and all of you guys have been so kind as to buy them up! I thought it would be nice to give back just a little :)

That's why I'm giving away a Wicked Witch of the East/Ruby Slippers bookmark! AND, to sweeten the deal, if my blog reaches 525 followers by the time this giveaway ends, I will give away a bookmark to TWO lucky readers!

Each person can enter up to 3 times. Here's how:

1. Become (or be) a follower of this blog and leave a comment here saying so!
2. Link to this giveaway on your blog or website and comment with a link to your blog showing the linkage. (Feel free to save and use the above graphic on your site).
3. Share about this giveaway on your Facebook page, and leave another comment here.

REMEMBER: Post a separate comment for each entry!


So get to it! The winner or winners will be chosen by random number generator and announced August 17th, 2011. Please make sure there is a way to contact you by clicking through to your profile, or be sure you watch for the winner so you can e-mail me should you be a winner! Also, I moderate my comments, so if your comment doesn't appear right away, don't worry. And yes, readers outside of the US can enter, too!

Thank you for being awesome! GOOD LUCK :D

And remember, if you don't feel like chancing it, new batches of bookmarks are available in my Etsy Shop every 1-2 weeks. E-mail me if you would like to be put on the mailing list to be notified when more are for sale!

Dia De Los Muertos iPhone case

I have been on vacation in Utah visiting my Bobby's family for the last little bit, so my crafting has been pretty slow! So I decided to scrounge my photos and see what I haven't posted yet. Lo and behold, it looks like I never shared this iPhone case I sewed for Lani!

I don't really consider myself an expert at sewing functional things, but I was pretty proud of myself with this thing. It's lined with felt on the inside and I made the strap long so it can be latched over a belt.

The skully fabric was from a kid's shirt that I dug up at a "fill-a-bag-for-$2" sale at the thrift store. SCORE! Then I embroidered it and added some sequins for a bit of shiny.

This is a close-up (duh). The fabric was stretchy knit, so I backed it with some iron-on interfacing so it wouldn't distort or stretch.

Anyhoo, my vacation was pretty good! We got to stay with Bobby's brother for a few days, then the family all rented a cabin at Bear Lake for a few days (31 people total, about 10 million kids, it was nuts), then we finished the trip off over at Bobby's sister's. Oh, and I got to eat at Tucano's, which was oh, so delicious.

But the unfortunate part was the very end of the trip when we got home at 1 AM to find the wood floors moldy in our house because we turned the air off. I guess now we know to never, never, never turn the air off when you live in humid, muggy Alabama. So, Bobby had to mop up with bleach after 10 hours of traveling. So sad! Oh well, it's cleaned up now.

In a related story: my next batch of Wicked Witch Bookmarks will be available in my shop tomorrow at 9 AM Central Time. The proceeds will be used towards buying us a flippin' dehumidifier :) Happy Thursday!!!!