Well Good Morning there! Yeah, yeah. I know it's past 1:30pm but I am just getting up so Good Morning. Now say it back...Thank you. Haha. I'm kind of lazy. I LOVE my sleep. I need like 10 hours minimum to function so yeah. Whatever. 

   Today I've decided I'm going to share of the things I use to craft with. My supplies. Why not. I use a lot that probably most people do. Though who knows I might use something someway you've never thought of. It could happen. 

   So lets get started. I've decided to use lots of pictures. Never know someone might not know what something is. Though I'd feel really sorry for someone if they didn't. YOU NEEDZ TO CRAFT MORE! Okay moving along. 

   

   Buttons! Lots of buttons. Different sizes and different shapes. I love using buttons. They are great. You can just go ahead and glue them on or you can use some ribbon or something and tie them down. Whatever floats your boat. They are a great embellishment since you can get them in any color to match your theme. Must have in my honest opinion. 

   

   Glossy Accents. This is used to add that glossy glass like affect to things. Put some on over top, let it dry, and ta da! Glossy finish. I also use this to fill in my bottle caps once I have everything inside I want. Now for the part most people don't know about. I also use this as a glue! What? Yes, I use it as a glue. It is by far the best glue ever. You only need a little bit too because of how EPIC it is. A little dab and your golden. I use it to glue everything and anything. Minus the magnets on the back of my bottlecaps. Then I use some realyl smelly stuff. Ugh. It's in a blue tube the 9001 Clear stuff.  

   When using Glossy Accents as a glue I would recommend knowing exactly where you want to place something. Because once you have it down and push it down it's stuck. It's not coming back off without taking something with it. 

   Of course I use your basic modgepodge when I need to a lot of something down. Like the backgrounds to an ATC or something. Though I've found that your blue dries clear Elmer's glue stick works WAY better! It keeps your stuff from curling. 

   Also if you do use modgepodge or something and find out your stuff is curling....I have a secret. Take a piece of paper same size and shape. Take your Elmer's Gluestick and put it all over the piece of paper. Nice and good. Then stick it on your ever so curling piece. Then go and stick that under some books. Something heavy to flatten. When you go back later to it you'll find it's perfectly flat AND sturdy as hell! Awesomeness. 

  

   Now these ^^^^^^ I LOVE! I use them a lot as well. You can get them in any color, shade, shape, and size. They don't all look like this either. Some look like other flower species. Very cool. Also who said they had to be a solid color? I love them. Put that down and then take a flat back pearl or bling jewel and you've got a flower. Oh, don't forget a small button even a brad or eyelet will work! These also make great matchbox stuffers as well. Let's not forget extras to send to partners since they are flat they wont bulk your envie unless you send a ton of course. Haha. 

  

       Flat back pearls. These are lovely as well. They come in different sizes and colors as well. I love to use these as well. They give that extra little pop I think. I also like to use these for embellishing my matchboxes because they come in tiny sizes as well. Perfect size. Let's not forget about how perfect the tiny ones are for those inchies you are working on! Something tiny to go on a  tiny piece of artwork! Win win! I also use the regular ones as well. The non pearled ones along with the clearish ones too. 

   

   Don't forget about your chipboard cut outs either. Those are really nice and they add a little chunk to your work. I personally don't like just boring flat artwork. Let's get some dimension to it! Of course this stuff comes in all shapes, sizes, colors, and what not. The possibilities are endless on this nifty supply.

   Since that chipboard looks like a high quality sticker I'm going to talk about those too. I LOVE stickers. Always have since I was a kid. So I use stickers too at times for my projects. However, I use the higher quality stickers. You know  the kind. They are the sticker that are like $2-$3 for a semi tiny sheet of stickers. The stickers people use for scrapbooking and what not. Yes, those stickers. Don't get me wrong some of the cheaper regular stickers work too. Though with high quality work you need high quality supplies, duh. 

   

   Acrylic Jewels. These are what add the bling to your crafts. So many colors, sizes, shapes, and they add that "Oh, shiny!" factor. Haha. Don't forget the round ones can be used as  the middle to those Prima Got paper flowers. Now these either come self adhesive or they don't. I'm lazy so I personally like the self adhesive ones but that wont stop me from buying what I want. Haha. This is where the glossy accents comes in real handy. It'll glue it down and make sure it's not moving. 

   

   BRADS! Lots of shapes, sizes, and colors. Again you use these as the centers of the Prima Got paper flowers. I like to also use them as  the handle for the matchboxes as well. These you can use just like buttons. Find a good place they fit and ta da. You've got some embellishment going. 

   Scrapbooking papers. Lots of colors and designs. Great to use for backgrounds or whatever. I also really love making my own envies out of these. Any size and shape. Really great for making some cute handmade envies. Who doesn't like something different then plain white envies in their mailbox!? 

   

   Ribbon! Lots and lots of ribbon. Again repeating myself. Different colors, designs, styles, and thickness. Love the stuff. Also don't forget about using that string people use for felting projects. That works great too. I love to take that and put it through a needle and sew around the edge of an ATC. Ah makes it look great. You know like in the image below......

  
    Now that idea of sewing around the edge was a fly of the moment idea. I wanted to do something different. I got tired of doing the same things. I wanted something different. So I thought hey I wonder if I could sew and ATC! So, I did it and love the technique. So have a lot of other people too. Oh by the way the theme to those ATCs were Altered Text. Make some kind of phrase or what not out of a bookpage. Those are fun! 

   Eyelets. These are fun to play with. Though I still have trouble getting them to go on nice and smooth. Ugh. Sometimes they come out craptastic. Grr.... Of course they come in different color and what not. Also you can use them to give that dangle factor to a charm or something. Sting the charm, wrap the string around the eyelet, then punch the eyelet into place, and ta da! Movement. It's great. Or you can string yarn or something through them. Whatever tickles your fancy. 

   Glimmer mist! This stuff is great. I love things that glimmer and sparkle. Also no one said you had to buy the kind that has the glimmer affect to it. They do make just plain boring ones. I love this stuff because it gives that spray affect to your artwork. Also it makes it shimmer. Win win. You can also make your own instead of buying them. Just check out YouTube and you'll see how. WAY cheaper. 
   
   Now of course there are TONS of other things to use for crafting. I'm just talking about my favorite things. If I keep going I'll be working on this forever. I mean hell in 15 minutes I will have been working on this for an HOUR already. Haha. 

   I'm pretty sure this is a good start to get your crafting supplies up to par and a lot of it is cheap. I mean buttons and ribbons are not hard to find nor will kill the bank. You can get scrapbooking paper by the  sheet if you want. Which is really cheap like only 59 cents or something for this big ones.  Of course make sure to always watch for the deals your local hobby lobby and Micheals is having. Don't buy it if you can wait for a discount. Also hitting some friends or family up for their extra doesn't hurt. Haha. That's how my button collection started. 

   So get creative and cause some chaos. You have to get into some trouble to have some fun! 

   

 

   Alright time for more secrets. Who doesn't like 'em? One of the new techniques I've learned and fell in love with is very fun to do. Heck even your kids will have fun doing this.

  

      Painting with watercolors, glue, and salt! I love doing this and using it as a background for something. Handmade postcards, ATCs, and rolos. So much fun. Want to learn how to do it? Stop on over @Sweet Happy Life and see how to do it step by step. It's pretty easy to get done.

   Or you can keep reading I'll give ya the gist of it. You can use canvas, paper, watercolor paper, whatever, I use watercolor paper. Since you will be using  A LOT of watercolor for this project. 

   Pick out a few colors and go to town. All over. Get it nice and coated. Who cares if it runs and mushes altogether. It's part of the process. Do not be afraid. Get in there and get you some! ... Okay that might have been a little much but you get the point! 

   Once you are done and satisfied take some CLEAR Elmer's Glue and go to town again! Yes! Do as little or as much as you like. There is no right or wrong way to do this project at all. You can not mess it up. I mean it. 

   All done with the glue? Great! Take some slat and sprinkle it around. The salt will give it that starburts affect. Also it SPARKLES! Who doesn't like some extra bling and sparkle? 

   Do not worry if it does not come out exactly like that is shown. They are using canvas. It will look a little different. I like using watercolor paper because everything see,s to dry flat. Glue and all. So it makes it great for my ATC backs and all that. 

   Simple, easy, fun, and can totally be messy! I got into real good one night and was messing with my paint brushes. Hitting my finger to give it that splattered affect. Total fun. Next day I woke up and realized "OH, shit!" orange paint all over everything. Lap top, wall, craft supplies, and everything. LOL Oh well. It was fun and worth it! 

   
Now enjoy some Funny Creative Egg Art! 

   Well, thanks to holidays and wonderful husbands who take over your computer to play their MMOs because their computers are crap, I've missed quite a bit of blogging. So it looks like I'll have to make this one semi worth it. Huh. I'm pretty sure I can fail at that but let's see what happens shall we? 

   First, hope everyone had a fun and safe holiday. You all stuffed yourself off food and slipped into food comas. I know I did. Sadly I failed at getting my kids to slip into candy comas. Instead they just ran around like heathens outside for a couple of hours. Which worked well. All I had to do was sit there and watch them tire themselves out. Win win. 

   I didn't do anything really crafting wise...WHAT! Haha. Who am I trying to kid here? I did do crafting. Awesome epic crafting! What I set out to do came out pretty nicely done. I am so proud of myself for it as well. 

   I made my very first ever felted plushie! Most sewing I've done in my whole life! Haha. I had so much fun. It wasn't perfect but damnit, it was pretty good first 1st time! 

   

   Isn't he so cute! I love him. As do my kids and I have to keep him safe and away from them. Haha. I have never done anything like this so YouTube helped me a lot. Haha. I was sitting there bored Friday night thinking what can I do? I was really caught up on swaps at the time before I signed up for me. I didn't want to work farther ahead of myself. So I figured lets try something new. I went to YouTube and typed Kawaii felt plushi tutorial and this little guy was on top. Why not? Looks simple enough I can't screw this up right? Ta da! I did it! I was so happy with myself. I can't believe how good he came out! I want to do a whole rainbow set now! 

   Next I thought okay I could easily do that again. Let's see if I can accomplish something else. So I checked out the side bar. You know the one with videos that match what video you are watching. I found this little guy:

   Isn't he the cutest too! However, I am all out of white felt now T-T I need to go and buy more before I can make a different version of tofu. Which I am super excited for since I seem to be doing so well with this. I wish I would have picked this up sooner!  Who needs to buy all those expensive plushies when you can just make some! Too cute too cute! I am thinking a pink dango is next! I've always wanted one of them! 

   I didn't know how to do the stitches these called for. So again I looked to YouTube to look up tutorials on how to do the stitches. The main sticked I used for everything is...some...crap what's it called....Bed stitch or something. If I was on my laptop I could just look up the history for all this. However, I am on my much better computer now. Which I have missed oh so much. 

   Other then that I really did nothing else. Not crafting wise. However, Friday night I did spend quite a bit of time coming up with easy paper crafts to convert into Kawaii themes for the one group I am in on Swap-Bot. Ugh, did my bbrain melt a few times during that process. I succeeded though. Came up with a good 20+ ideas. Everyone seems to like them and letting me know which ones. Almost every single one has a fun. Some more then others but brain melting was well worth it.

   I didn't make a new craft but I am happy to have interest in a swap I've only done once so far. A deco covered postcard. It was quite successful the 1st time I hosted it. Easy and hardly no work. A major plus is cheap postage! So I am hosting it again. Hopefully more people join then last time but as long as people join it's a success. They are super to make as well. You just need some sturdy cardstock, Kawaii deco tape, then some packing tape to go over the finished product. 

  

   ^ That's pretty much the gist. Cover it top to bottom side to side with deco tape. You don't need to go up and down. You can do it anyway you want. Just cover it. Then take some packing tape over it when you are done. Say a little something on the back and send it. Easy as can be quick swap. Who doesn't like some kawaii mail art to show up and brighten their day? 

   Oh another fun swap to do with little crafting is something called a Whimsey Jar. I recently hosted on for my kawaii group. I made it small though people were more then welcome to go bigger if they liked. I just made it small to help people stick to low postage. It's an all USA group so we're saving as is since no International shipping. Which is crazy stupid now by the way -.- 

   So, the point of this swap is to find a jar and fill it with kawaii goodies. Sender's choice. You fill it up all the way! As much as you can get in there get it in there. Make it a nice variety too. No one like to get a million sticker flakes, and some cabochons. I mean they will make out like bandits in those  themes but that's really depressing. You can put mini deco rolls in there. bento picks, cell phone charms, key chains, sticker flakes, pvc stickers, kawaii ribbon, squishies, candy, and so much more if you can fit it. 

   ^ This was the jar I made for my partner. I wanted to do something a little different then just a plain jar. So I lucked out after checking out a few stores and found this adorable paint can! I was so happy to find this too! Did a little decorating and filled it up with goodies! Then shipped it off. My partner loved it and I'm so glad because I really did not want to send it off. I couldn't even cheat and stick sticker flakes in there! However after I took everything out to take a picture off the goodies inside and repacked it I was able to fit like 3-4 pvc stickers in there. Haha.

   I can't wait to host another swap like the mini whimsey jar but I will wait. It's not expensive to do but some people like to buy goodies for their partners to put in the jar. So I'll wait until summertime to host another one of these I think. That way I get a lot more people to sign up again. It was so much fun to do. 

   Well hopefully this makes up for not posting the last couple of days. I tried to add some goodies and a little variety in different directions. Some a little crafting some more then the rest but simple enough most people can do it. Simple kawaii crafting fun!

 

   You know what? I said today would be Dotee Dolls. I changed my mind. I don't want to really talk about then right now. Why? It's my blog and I'll blog how I want to. So yeah. Onto better subjects. If you really want me to talk about Dotee Dolls. Feel free to leave a comment telling me how i missed your favorite part.

   Moving on. The fun mess making parts! WOOTS! 

   Acrylic paint and gesso are my choice in poisons. You can't have too much or too many different kinds. Okay well you know what gesso is gesso. Whatever. 

   One fun way I like to make background for ATCs is taking some pretty white paper. Any kind of pretty white paper will do. Hell you can use any kind of paper really. It doesn't really matter. I don't care what kind of paper you use. Just make sure it can take a good beating.

   You take that whatever type of paper and cover it in a nice little coat of gesso. Get it all over it. You can let it dry if you want. I usually do. Or you can go and add some color to it. Either way you like to do it go ahead and have some fun. 

   Take some acrylic paint and add it on there. Swirl is here and there. Dab a little over there. Smooth it out over here. Whatever tickles your fancy. Let that dry. Then more gesso! Yes, more. It's all about layers here people. Then let that dry. 

   Got some cool looking rubber stamps? Get to stamping. However you like it. Make it all nice and random now. Have some fun with it. Got any kind of stencil you like? Use it. I like to take bubble wrap and run some color over it with a paint brush and use that to make some bubbles on my papers. Nice cheap homemade stamp. Couldn't ask for anything better. 

   Let that all dry. Add some more gesso. Now when you are adding gesso layers feel free to add as much as you like. However, I like to go thin. That way nothing get's too over covered but just enough to blend it altogether. 

   You can do that as much or as little as you like it. I do about maybe...6-8 layers. Depends on my mood or how fast I want to get this background done. Haha. 

   ^ That's abou what you could end up with when you are all done. Then you have some ready to go backgrounds custom made ready to be made into a nicely done ATC. I had much a bunch different colors. That way I had a little something for everything. I'll need to get to making some more though soon. 

   Another fun thing to do is take your acrylic paint and put it on some wax paper. Add some different colors. At least 2-3 colors. I wouldn't say any more or any less then that. You don't want too many because it'll just get to muddled. Too few and it wont look cool enough.

   Take your colors you've decided to add together. Put a decent amount on the wax paper. Then take something...I like using a finger and mix it together. Now not too much! Make it look like the colors are trying to mix but failing horribly. Haha. You want that swirled marble effect. 

  Take your pre-cut plain ATCs and put one right onto of the color. Lightly push on it so you get enough on it and then peel it up off the paint. If you've added enough paint you should be able to do this a few times. You don't need to cover the whole ATC. You wont get it wrong if you don't. More or less. Have some fun with it. See what you like. I prefer them either way honestly. 

   ^ There I just took red and blue and had some fun. Now once you are done if you'd like to add even better effect. Take some of you glimmer mist and spray it a few times. Then you've got some extra shimmer and shine to them. Let them dry and you've got another awesome premade ATC background. 

   Like I said it's all about the mess you make. Usually the bigger and messier the more fun you are having and the better your crafts will look in the end. Usually. Don't quote me on this. Haha. Is all part of the creative chaos theory.
   

 


  

   Well isn't today a great day. Sunday! Back to work tomorrow Yay!....WTH am I talking about? Monday's are the worst even if I don't work. Haha! 

   It's a Z kind of night. Zines and Zentangles! Zines are fun little things. Little paper books. You make them using 1 piece of paper. Anything you'd like and you can pout anything in them. Though it's best to keep them nice and flat. That way they close up all nice and neat. 

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   ^ The zine I made for my GROUP: Kawaii Minizine Swap #3 *SUMMER EDITION*
 swap. My first one ever! It was so much fun too. The template was pre-made by the wonderful hollycopter who hosted the swap. Then we got to fill it all out for our partners. We had to make 3. So, I made 1 and photocopied the other 2. However, for the sticker flake part and things to do this summer part I did them all separately. I think I might have even done the glitter outline on my name part separately as well.

   If you looked at the zone carefully you can see the slit in the middle. Along with the fold. That slit allows the paper to fold up into a mini booklet. Thus making it a zine. I've seen all kinds of themes for zines. They are another endless craft to do. No you don't have to be an artist either. There were no rules stating you have to hand draw anything. I just thought it would have been more fun to do so. That's why I did. You can use images, stamps, rub ons, and whatever else. Crafting is meant to have fun so have fun. If you are not having fun then you aren't doing that right kind of crafts!

   Zentangles are addicting and calming. I can do zentangles all day and get lost in them. For lack of better terms they are just lines, curves, dots, circles, and everything else in between. Yeah there are a lot of zentangles that have names and what not and are done a certain way but it doesn't mean you can only do them. Heck no. Tangle Patterns.com is a great site to check out to get the gist of everything. I've found some really great zentangles on there I really like.

 

   ^ Zentangles! These were made for my GROUP: Zentangle ATC swap I was in. We had to make 2 zentangle ATCs. Send 1 to both of our 2 partners.  2 partners 1 ATC each. These were fun. I'd have to say my favorite is the left one! I love both of those zentangles. Now they have fancy names to them and everything but I can't remember them. You check out that website I linked above and you'll find the name for both of them. 

   Like I said before though. Just because it isn't on that website don't think it doesn't count as a zentangle. Think of how most kids learn to draw grass. They draw lines across the paper right? Not everyone is the same length. Some are longer and some are shorter. Though there is a "pattern" of lines going across the bottom of the paper. Zentangle! Now as an adult you can make those lines straight up and down then you have a true zentangle. Also make every other one the same length and TA DA! Also who said they have to be straight up and down? You can make them wavy, zig zag, look like stairs, and anything else. You are still making a zentangle. 

   Easy, fun, addicting, and very relaxing. You will lost track of time doing them. So make sure you don't have anything important you need to do anytime soon without setting an alarm. Haha. Take it from experience. I know! 

   Dotee Dolls tomorrow! The onto the fun parts! Making the mess to create the work of art!
 

   Well sadly today I'm not starting my post off as happy as I thought I was going to...I was all excited and hyped up for the Anime Convention they have here every year around this time. Got already and headed out. Arrived and paid the new $3 admissions fee. Fine whatever. It's worth it. Get inside....disappointed. Talking about major let down.

   At first I was trying to be glass is half full not half empty type of person you know. "They moved stuff around." I told myself. Then I walked around. ALL around. Talking about crap! They have more Panels then anything! If I want to watch and talk Anime I'll jump on the Funimation Community forums and throw down there with like minded people. They had about half the amount of vendors they had last year. They didn't even have the nom nom vendors. No candy! Nowhere! WTH! 

   Of course I knew I would find nothing worth wild. I never do. No one ever have Vincent, Nanaki, or Fushigi Yugi stuff. NEVER! I did though happen to find a Fairy Tail Happy 2" pin for $2.50 not bad. That was my big haul for the day. One pin...oh goodie. 

   Though we decided to make up our convention disappointment up at the Hookah Bar! Now that was well worth  the day right there! Ahhh.....love that place! 

   Now onto the CRAFTING! 

   ^ Those are Twinchies. They are 2x2 pieces of art. 2 inchies x 2 inchies. I will have to say they were a lot easier to work with for the first time then the inchies. You get a little more room with them. These were made for my 3 Valentine Twinchies (USA) swap. They were fun and quick. I used paper flowers, Alphabet glitter stickers, Stickles, ribbon, some book pages, spray inks, a picture printed offline of a cherry blossom tree, Valentine's stickers, and some of the foam thingies you find in kids crafting areas. Like I said so much you can use to craft with in such a limited space.

   One of my more favorite fun crafts! ^ Altered Bottle Caps! These are made for my What can you make #20? swap. The group this swap was from is a group that uses other items to make something. Recycle and reuse kind of group you know. The object for #20 was bottle caps. I made some bottle cap magnets.

   Took some sharpie markers in different colors and colored the edge of the bottle cap. Found different things to put on my bottle caps. First though, I took a 1" hold punch and found backgrounds  that worked well with my objects and colors of the bottle cap and punched them out. Then I took my all time favorite adhesive! GLOSSY ACCENTS! Yes, you read that right. Glossy Accents. It makes the best glue ever! Put a little bit of that down and then put the 1"punch out on top. Ta da! You have a background. Then I took the glossy accents again and filled the bottle cap, stuck the object onto and now we wait. Wait, wait, wait, and wait some more. I usually let these dry over night. So I do them before going to bed so it doesn't seem like it's taken that long. Haha. By then next day they should be 100% dry. Then I took some flat magnets, added a bit of my Surebonder Clear 9001 High-Strength Adhesive glue. Now this stuff glues metal to metal and what not. So be CAREFUL! Imagine what could happen if you glue your finger to something...... Anywho, took a dab of that on the back and stuck the magnets on the back. Another night of waiting and WOOTS! Bottle Cap Magnets are good to go! 

   I also like to take those little metal hoop things people use for jewelry...hoop rings or something and punch a hole into the bottle cap somewhere with a nail and add charms to them that way. Makes for something even more fun. You can also do that and make charms for bracelets and necklaces. Lots of fun things to do with bottle caps besides count how many beers you've just drank. 

   Besides Zentangles, Zines, and Dotee Dolls I'm almost done talking about the crafts themselves. Then I can get into the fun part of some techniques I use for making something look a certain way. Oh and we can't forget about carving your stamps. Ugh, though that's tricky all on it's own. I've only done it a few times and it seems to take me forever to get a small one done. Haha. Though they are still really fun and help pass time quickly. Oh! Hand warmers! I love to make those too. It's about the only thing I know how to crochet. Haha. So seems I still have quiet a bit to talk about before I can go on and on about KAWAII! Sigh. Oh well. In all due time I guess.
  
 

   Alright Day two of this new blog thing. Woots. Yesterday was easier then I thought so today shall be even easier right? 

   Yesterday I left off talking about ATCs and Matchboxes. How fun was that? I think today I'll talk a little about Altered Rolos. Now, some people have no idea what a rolo even is. However, the older you are you'll know exactly what I am talking about. No, I am NOT talking about the rolo candy. Though that is some good stuff right there. Rolo is short for Rolodex. Now do you know what I am talking about? No. 

   ^ That is a rolodex. You use it to store useful information that our cell phones now do. Names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and all that other good stuff. What does that have to do with crafting? Lots. You take the paper part of the rolodex and alter it into something else. What's nice about rolos is you can go off the edge.

   Not something I didn't explain about ATCs yesterday I totally brain farted on was you want to keep your crafting on the actual ATC. You don't want to go off the edges. Why? A lot of people like to put them in the binder sleeves. Makes sense right? Well if you figured that all out on your own kuddos to you! 

   Now to continue on with rolos. With rolos you can go off the top and a little off the sides. Why? Well look for yourself at the top picture. You can have room to spare. Nothing really blacking off the extra goodies you put on it. 

   Now this rolo I made for a swap. A.R.T.(USA)~April/Butterfly Rolo. See how I went off the top and side a little? Extra room to be creative! Awesome right? They are pretty much like ATCs. The sky is the limit do what you want. The only tricky part is the notches. See the two notches at the bottom? Those should be facing down on the front. That way when you go through your rolos you see the fronts of your rolos. Then when you flip it over to the back they notches should be on top. Again this has to do with flipping through your rolodex. The info on the back will be facing you right side up. Instead of upside down.

   So, I've gone on rambling about ATCs, matchboxes, and now rolos. What shall we talk about now? Oh I know...INCHIES! Those little buggers gave me a hell of a time when I first started making them. Why you ponder? Inchies are 1x1 inch. Yes. That's all the room you get. 1 inch x 1 inch. Nothing more nothing less.  Inchies you can have some fun and go a little off. However it needs to be stick to mostly 1x1. Your embellishments are what I'm talking about being able to go off a little. Like a tiny feather or something that sticks slightly off.

   Once you get past your nervousness of trying to figure out how to add detail to a 1x1 area they are really easy to make. They are tiny so not a lot of work has to go into them. Unless you want of course. Though remember. Sometimes more is not always better. You don't want it looking like a hot mess of chaos.

   ^ Inchies. The picture on the left is the inchies of course. Well duh you knew that. See. Simple and easy to do. Those inchies were my very first set. They were for a swap called Inchies for Beginners. Go figure. Haha. You can add anything onto them just like everything else I've talked about. Stickers, ribbon, brads, feathers, buttons, flat gems, paint, straing, and everything else. Just don't STICKER SLAP! Never sticker slap anything. You are better then this. 

   The little picture on the right of my inchies is a spur of the moment set of tiny envelopes I made for my inchies to go into during shipping. 

   Since we are talking about inchies I should talk about another tiny creative item. An Inchie Book! They are just so darn cute and easy to make. 

 

    ^ That is an inchie book. Will fit almost any inchies nicely. I say almost any because your inchies that have some bulky embellishments to them will make it a little hard to close up. It's just like a book. So yeah. The thicker something is they harder it will be to close your book. You can use the Blizzard Book Layout to make an inchie book. Just make it smaller. Ta da! Inchie book. The on the edge of the binder cut a little slit on each side and you can put some ribbon through it. Fun, quick, and easy to make.

   Well that was fun rambling I had for today. So far I've talked about 4 out of 5 crafts I do all the time. There are other crafts I do I'll ramble on about later. Though I don't do them as much. Heck, maybe I'll even share a few techniques I use to make something look a certain way. Those are always the fun messes. Who doesn't enjoy making a mess? it's just the cleaning up part that sucks. But, it's never a mess when it comes to creativity it's just Creative Chaos!