I Make Scratch Clay

I loved scratch art as a kid. Coloring the page with bright colors then wearing out a black crayon on top of it. I was reminded of this after seeing a pin on Pinterst (I am obsessed and I feel no shame in it) where they stuck stickers on a picture then painted it black and pealed the stickers off . At the same time I have been missing my clay and I need to use it up so I can get more! Hence the birth of scratch clay. If some else has done it I have not seen it. So here is my experiment!

Bright clay works best in my opinion!

Looks like chewed gum art to me  I would never do chewed gum art for the record. I think it is unsanitary.

This a clay pasta roller machine thing. You can just roll out the clay but this makes life easier and I like easier life. Best $25 I have spent on crafting stuff.

Put your fake gum art in the machine or roll it out  until it is good and stuck and colorful  cut out your shapes.

If you want holes for hanging it is best to do that before it bakes I baked them before I added the black.Bake according to the package (275 for 10min)

Take really thin black clay and cover your piece completely

Start scratching

or stamping

You can use whatever you have to remove the black clay from the top. Try not to scar the underside.

Baked again and sprayed with mod podge to seal and make shiny!

All the pictures are from the very first time I tried this. The zebra looks more like a kangaroo but over all I am happy with how they turned out.

I Make Socks (Kinda)

I'm back! No for real this time. I finally found something I could not justify waiting until my craft room was clean and beautiful for ( I have a feeling Mr. Clean would not agree but what can I do). Lace socks!

What I saw on pintrest

I saw these on Pintrest and loved them but the link just sent me around in circles back to Pintrest. When I tried to google them I never found that exact pair and what I did find were upward of $30 and not as cute. I don't know about you all but even if I had the money I am not sure I pay $30 for socks. So here we go!

Has anyone seen my glue gun?

Shoe liner from Target. I felt this style would stay put best.

Lace is from an ugly sleeve I ripped off of my pirate Halloween costume

Strip of hot glue. Best to use the kind for fabric for a better hold.

Matched up seem to seem

With shoe

With out shoe 

Could work with flats (not these of course and wow I need a tan)

Looks NOTHING like the pic I know. I should have used flat lace and not bunched. However I feel like it is a good starting point. Plus these cost me less than $5! I think I will try a different type of shoe liner and different laces and ribbons.

Why I Don't Sew

So I am starting a blog?!? What on earth am I thinking. I have been reading a lot of blogs lately mostly about crafting and homemaking. Then I was thinking about starting a blog because I used to love to write and I actually like typing. The final push was someone on facebook putting up a status telling all her friends they should write blogs and she would read them. So I better have a least one view on here!
 I am trying to find that thing I am good at, that something I can do that not everyone else and their mom can do. I will be 30 this year shouldn't have figured that out already. Yes, except I spent my 20s popping out four kids (obviously I can do that real well). Now that my crazy,demanding, hyper, amazing kids are getting a little older (9,6,5&2) and I don't have change diapers any more (9 WHOLE YEARS LATER) I am back to looking for my "thing". Not that I have extra time now or anything. My neat freak , clean it now, darling husband is going to think I am nuts. I am sure my laundry monster is breeding because that pile keeps getting bigger and bigger. I could be mopping but honestly I don't even know if I own a mop any more. Both dogs need major training but I trained the kids shouldn't Mr. train the dogs? Whatever I am blogging anyway!
So why I named my blog I Don't Sew is because I don't sew. Clever right. I don't sew because my sewing machine hates my guts. Every time I touch it it breaks. Others come over to fix it, get it working, leave and guess what? Yah it starts acting like a *you know what* again. I have a strange need to be crafty so I am exploring all other methods of crafting that do not require sewing. This blog is going to be all about that exploration hopefully I find all this cool stuff, invent some stuff of my own, get discovered, become slightly famous (enough to go to all the fun events but not be mauled as I walk down the street) and say ha ha to those who told me I need to get a "real job".