My friend sent me a picture of these barefoot sandals to inspire me & it did (She knows me so well!)
I looked at tons of them online but non tickled my fancy beside the picture of the ones she sent.
Now those ones I whipped up look nothing like the picture as it was all crochet no bead & covered much more of the top of the foot. I plan to play around with making more!
I have been itching to make this Monster Tab Bangle now that I am totally obsessed
with Monster Rehab!
I feel like almost embarrassed buying it because it's targeted towards young people but I love it so!
Still have a tickle for Yarn right now so I got this pattern to make some crochet balls.
I have some baby showers coming up so I thought it would make a cute present!
Have a Great Weekend!
xoxo,
Tracie
"Upcycling Queen"
This week Hubby was away on Business which you would think would leave a lot of time for
Crafting but my schedule filled up fast!
Seems when it is hotter than all get up I want to wrap myself in fiber!
I am obsessed with crocheting right now~ its that suppose to be a fall activity?
I did however make a pillow from the StarBurst Flower Square from last week!
I did make this hat.
It's a Granny Square stitch hat that I made up~ well saw it somewhere online so had to figure it out.
I then woven in a crocheted band.
Finally I took Apple Pie to the Zoo for the first time!
I went with my cousin & her kids as well as my daughter & her friend.
Have a Great Weekend!
xoxo,
Tracie
"Upcycling Queen"
It's been a Hot one this week I even broke down & turned the air on for 2 days (for the dog's sake!)
There is a 3 weekend lull in shows so I can regrouping & working on some new displays!!
I whipped up some Repurposed T-shirt Flower Barrettes.
I saw My Craft Addiction on Tumbler whip up some of these StarBurst Flower Squares they are so cute I couldn't get them out of my mind so I downloaded Molly Makes
issue 2 on my iPad and whipped up some myself.
I wanted to make a blanket for my bed out of Pinks, Creams & Browns but then decided that it was a bigger job than I was willing to bite off right now so I am going to make pillows for my bed! Good thing the pillow forms were on sale at Joann's this week! I'll keep you post on how it goes.
A couple of weeks ago (which I didn't take a picture of!) I made a baby blanket for a baby shower & I have most of the 3rd skein left so I decided to get out my new favorite crochet hat pattern & make a Toddler hat with what was left of the Skein. There wasn't enough for a giant flower but that's ok.
Going up North with my Hubby & Daughter in a few hours to breath in the fresh air of the woods!
Have a Great Weekend!
xoxo
Tracie
"Queen of Trash"
It's been a nerve racking week wondering if I'm on the right path!
Gosh why can't someone just tell me what to do lol!
In the spirit of taking the biz towards all T-Shirt made goods I whipped up some of these headbands.
Wanted to make more but that darn "Fifty Shades of Grey" got under my skin and I can't stop reading!
Then I whipped up some more T-Shirt Hats.
I will post some as well as a ton of other stuff in my shop this week.
No shows until July after this weekend.
Have a Great Weekend!
xoxo
Tracie
"Queen of Trash"
This was the Week I was to Kick it into High Gear & now that the week is over
I feel like I got nothing done!
There's always next week right? well for awhile anyway :)
I had made some fans out of Record Album covers years ago & sold them but then decided I didn't want to sell them anymore so I had a bunch of them sitting around my house. WIth my purge I decided to just give them away at one of my shows & it went well ~ it was actually fun to interact with folks with them.
So my friend Wendy over at Recycled LPS & I decided to make them & give them away at all our shows.
She is making the album cover ones since that goes with her products & I am making them out of Beer cases since that is the only cardboard big enough.
This sat will be the first show we are giving them away!
Berkley Art Bash
12 mile Rd.
Berkley Mi
10-6
June 9th
Booth107 come by and get your fan! It's going to be a Hot one on Sat!
I whipped up another Scrap T-Shirt Rug.
I love these colors so much!
It will be at the show this weekend or you can get it in my Etsy Shop.
I saw these on Craftzine last week & wanted to make some.
I made all 3 & have eaten 2 so far they are Delicious!
You can check out the recipes for yourself at Daily Muse.
You know when you get orange juice or soy milk and you have to pull off that plastic ring tab thingy?
Well you can make these Ring Pin cushions with them.
You could even sew a cute ring if your crafty enough. I don't think I could do that but now that I've said it out loud my thinking cap is in full gear!
I couldn't resist showing off My Apple Pie!
I had her twice this weekend & she will be her Sat night as well as all day Sunday!
She's my Granddaughter incase you didn't know :)
Have a Great Weekend!
xoxo
Tracie
"Queen of Trash"
As usual the week gets away from me.
This week coming starts a fresh start for me as I have 5 months to make it or
Break it with this business of mine or it back to working for the man lol!
So if you can help a sister out by thinking good thoughts for me and sending some
Radical Recycks Mojo out into the universe it would be greatly appreciated!
I had another idea swirling in my head just haven't sat down to do it.
I think I will start it tomorrow while at my craft show but let's just hope it's so busy I can't sit down right!
I have a friend (a guy) that asked me to make a "Manly" PBR ring for him.
I love when people ask me to make things its get the wheels spinning.
The first idea I had was to make a sterling sliver base then put the PBR bottle cap over that.
Then I thought what if I just use the caps themselves?
The only issue with these is there's only one side unless I attach more caps.
I think I need a small rivet machine!
I also made a few Coffee Bag Zipper Pouches Lined with Eco Felt.
They even smell like Coffee still!
xoxo,
Tracie
"Queen of Trash"
Let the Show's Begin!
I have a show every weekend for the next 3 weekends!
Most of my week is getting stuff made for the shows but I tend to ver off every now & again.
It's Raining Totes!
I made a ton of Fused Plastic Totes all lined with Eco Felt.
I have had a pile of cleaned out sauce packets piling up
& I finally had the desire to make them into buttons!
My favorite one's are "take me to your taco" & "let's get matching Tattoo's"
I scored this old vinyl at this weird shop up North (the upper part of Michigan).
They get close out stuff from places. I get a lot of my seat belt material there & I just picked up some of this vinyl that might have been for car seats back in the 60's!
I love it so much I made me a smaller tote for my purse.
I do have a new Project on the horizon but here's a what it will involve.
Stay tuned I will be posting a tutorial soon!
xoxo,
Tracie
"Queen of Trash"
Weekly Whip Up's
Well Sorry for being a Flake & not posting any "Weekly Whip Up's" for the past 2 fridays!
Every now & again I just want to run away... I didn't but I kind of did from Social Networking!
I'm Back in the saddle!
My nephew had a Baby Girl on the 9th of May so
I whipped her up this Granny Square Blanket.
It's thick I used double strands but it will be good to
put her on to change her diaper or to just play.
As I mentioned in a Post last week I had girl Scout Camp.
Each year we make necklaces & I make some when we are short or
a girl hasn't been there to make one.
Well my vision was to be a cake pendent so I made what I thought looked like a cake.
It might have been all good but when I put the jump ring on it the "candle" pointed forward looking like something Dirty!
I wore my proudly the whole weekend!
I also had a Big wholesale order that I had to get out.
I officially will have goods in CaddyWampas on Mackinaw Island!!
Here's some Wallets I made for them out of a Michigan Map, Denver Map & Portland Map
as well as a party bag!
I also made some Repurposed Plastic Lunch Totes!
And some small Messenger Bags.
oxox,
Tracie
"Queen of Trash"
Finally my Monday's are no longer Clogged up with going to Court with my Son.....Long Story
but all is good now.
Seems I was on a Purse-Tote Kick this week.
First up is my New Addition to thePurse-Tote Line.
Ex-BoyFriend Purse to go with the Ex-Boyfriend Scarf!
Made from a Men's button up shirt.
I'm Totally in Love with this new Purse!
Well I challenged myself to RePurpose a Mouse Pad this week.
You can see the Bracelets & a brief how to on my post yesterday.
I got a reposnse from that post from Shirley Maki giving me the idea to make a cell phone holder.
Here's what I came up with . Pretty simple but does the job to keep my phone
safe in the bottomless pit I call a purse!
I have been saving Can's (just the middle part) for some time now.
I make Butterfly magnets with them but I had wanted to make some flowers.
I finally sat down to actually do it when I realized I must have thrown out the handle to my Sizzix!!!
So I went to the hardware store & the gentleman there helped me find just want
I needed to make a handle!
Not sure what more I will do with them other than make magnets.
Any suggestions???
More Totes!
These one's aren't lined & Smaller.
Great for Lunches, crayons & coloring books, Shower caddy &
recently brought to my attention Bingo supplies!
These Totes (This is the size of my purse!) are lined with Eco-Felt (felt made from water bottles).
I am loving the Protein one!!
oxox,
Tracie
"Queen of Trash"
So this week my daughter when on her 8th Grade trip to D.C. ~ She's having a blasty Blast!
I hope someday to make that trip as well.
Here's what I've Whipped up this Week!
I saw this cute cute kids lamb hat in the last Molly Made issue however it was the hat that was for sale & not the pattern~ which is all good but I wanted the hat for myself! The hat seemed familiar & I thought I had seen a pattern for a similar hat & I found it but it too was for kids here's the link to the pattern.
So I had to make adjustments! It wasn't as easy as I thought it was going to be
but it all worked out in the end!
When I was in Port Townsend I found a moment to go to the beach (it's right there at Fort Worden) Now being from Michigan I often think the Great Lakes are Oceans as I can't see to the other side but when I was actually by the ocean I now see the difference lol! Boy all the treasures that are washed up are amazing! I picked up some super cute small flat rocks (have always had a love for rocks) I decided to paint little hearts on them & will give them to friends & family at Christmas. They probably won't find it such a wonderful gift but to bad!!
I also have been making some Trashy Meets Classy Rings for a Wholesale order.
Bottle Cap Heart & Sterling Sliver Band.
I'm getting ready to head to the Library to teach a class on how to make T-Shirt Bracelets.
I am also in the progress of turning this into an online class with some different techniques so stay tuned!
Happy Earth Day!
oxox
Tracie
"Queen of Trash"
