Dolls! Cool2Craft TV

It's super cool! Cool2Craft TV March 26, 2012: Dolls! Dolls! Dolls! - We're celebrating creativity with doll themed ideas this week! EcoHeidi Borchers is sharing her eco-creativity by transforming a tube of Aleene's glue and a cardboard box into a Glue Tube Art Doll on a Textured Glue Throne featuring Aleene's Platinum Bond Super Fabric Textile Adhesive, Savannah Starr is glittering up doll shoes with Aleene's Tacky Glue Pen, Tiffany Windsor crafts a free-pour art doll, Candace Jedrowicz add cool texture to an eco robot and Heather Valentine stitches up a super cute doll that you and the kids will love.

It’s easy to watch the Cool2Craft TV Channel right from your computer. Airing Monday March 26, 2012 9am Pacific/10am Mountain/ 11 am Central/ Noon Eastern. Go to http://cool2craft.com and you'll see the Livestream player and chat box. See you Monday!

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New iLTC Blogger: Alisa Burke!

I love tunic style tops so when I found a plain tunic inspired t-shirt at Target, I knew that it would be perfect to alter.

I purchased a larger size than normal- for a little extra room- tunics can't be tight!

I just read that lace is everywhere in fall 2010 fashion so I decided to use a little lace and beads to add to the shirt.

I picked out a two different shades of green lace.

I sewed two pieces of dark green lace together.

Then I used a piece of lighter green lace and turned it into a ruffle

and sewed it- down the middle- to the top of the dark green lace.

Next I used a a piece of silk ribbon that I folded up

and sewed it to the top of the lace.

I knew that I wanted to add gold beads for a little sparkle but I just didn't have the patience or time to hand sew them all on..insert Aileen's Super Fabric textile adhesive here. I love this stuff- heavy duty, dries clear and is great to use with embellishments.

I added little gold beads down the surface of the ribbon.

Last, I used Fabric Fusion (fabric glue) to adhere the lace and beads down the very middle of the shirt and let dry.

And there you have it- a lightweight and SIMPLE tunic that can be worn by itself....

or under a jacket!

ILoveToCreate Teen Crafts: Neon Impressionist Flower Pot

ILoveToCreate Teen Crafts: Neon Impressionist Flower Pot
Margot Potter
"Mom crafted, kid approved."

It's been a picture perfect spring  in Amish country.  We even managed to get our garden started early this year!  That's a first!  Avalon is planting her own little flower garden and we've started the seeds indoors.  I was thinking it might be fun for her to plant a few flowers for the kitchen windowsill too.  I didn't want to put them in a plain terra cotta pot, not in our vibrant kitchen, so this project was born.  These pots are really fun to make with teens.  Just start with a base coat of Crafty Chica paint mixed into a pretty pastel color and add Tulip Fabric Sprays in neon colors to jazz things up.  Glue on some ribbon and faux flowers and you end up with a cheery little addition to the windowsill.

Materials
4.5"x5.5" Terra Cotta Pot with Matching Saucer
1.5" Thick Grosgrain Craft Ribbon Bright Green with White Stitching
2.5" Diameter Decorative Fabric Flowers (Orange and Pink)
Tulip Fabric Spray Paints in Neon Colors (Pink, Green, Yellow and Orange)
Crafty Chica Little Paint Pack (White and Yellow)
Aleene's Platinum Bond Super Fabric Textile Adhesive
Aleene's Liquid Fusion Glue

Tools
Foam Brush
Paint Brush
Scissors
Non-Stick Craft Sheet

1.  Mix the Crafty Chica yellow and white paint to get a pastel yellow.  Paint this on the pot with the foam brush.  Paint the edges and the saucer.  Allow to dry and paint a second coat.

2.  Use the Tulip Fabric Spray to create layers of color on pot and saucer.  You have to turn the saucer over to get the edges, so this is a two step process with a drying time for the top and the sides in between. Allow paints to dry.

3.  Smear Liquid Fusion across rim of pot and attach ribbon.  Allow to dry.

4.  Cut off stems and remove backs of flowers, keep a small amount of the plastic tab so you don't separate the layers, if you do just use the glue to reattach them.  Glue the flowers to the center of the ribbon on the pot rim, allow to dry with pot resting on the side so the flowers don't slide off.