IM BACK!

Hey guys, so i haven't posted in, ahem, years, BUT summer is comming, no college courses to take and my job is working with kids so I will be posting WAY MORE tutorials. Hopefully one a week. Maybe one every Friday? Well see how committed I can get :).

But as a college student it is hard to pay for craft supplies when I'm trying to supply my sotmach with food. Many of my new tutorials will be how to work on a cheap budget. Reusing products mostly :) ECOFRIENDLY!!!

Anyway if you would like to see cooler things (Mosaics, Garden Boxes, Sewing tutorials, Pottery ect.) I may need a little help.  You guys can check out my etsy  and support a starving artist or give a donation and get a tutorial dedicated to you :D Seriously even 50 cents helps!
Here are the links:

and my Etsy is :
http://www.etsy.com/shop/NaturalLovers

And in case you were wondering..."Hey, who the heck am I giving this donation to?"

This is me :D

Ill talk at you guys soon, thank you for the support <3

Little Recipe

Chocolate Surprise!!
My friend Christine made me this for my birthday. It was one of the best things ive ever tasted in my life. She said that it was a secret recipe and wouldnt even take my offers of trades and deals to get the recipe until today. Its been almost a year and she finally caved. Anyway here i am, spoiling the surprise and ruining the secret but i feel that you deserve to know this amazing thing.

What you will need (these are not exact, you will have to experiment):
-1 box gram crackers
-2 tubs of coolwhip
-3 cups milk
-2 boxes instant vanilla pudding
-1 tub chocolate frosting
-1 container
*im sorry i do not know how big the tubs or containers are, like i said before you just have to experiment

1.) Put a layer of gram crackers (not crumbled) on the bottom of container.
2.) Grab a bowl, kinda big, more medium, and put the tub of cool whip in it. Now add in the 2 boxes of instant vanilla pudding.
3.) Add the 3 cups millk and the last tub of cool whip (into bowl) and stir till its nice and smooth throught the mixture.
4.) Pour a layer of this mixture onto the gram cracker layer in the container.
5.) Now put down a layer of gram crackers on top
6.) Now another layer of the pudding mixture
7.)And one last layer of gram crackers.
8.) Take the tub of chocolate frosting and heat it up for 15 seconds in the microwave. And then pour onto the gram cracker layer.
9.) Put this into the fridge over night and it will be ready in the morning
10.) wake up the next morning and eat :)

yaaayyyyyyy sooo good! i think im going to add a layer of chocolate pudding in next time ;)

anyway, thanks for putting up with my bad recipe directions. its the best i could do. im not much of a cook. 

Amateur Art Show

So me and my friend decided we need to figure out a way to sell our crafts so we decided to have an art show in my back yard. Me and her split a table and i invited some of my other craft friends to sell their stuff. I had no idea how it was going to turn out or if people would actually come, but i had some really supportive friends who came and took a look.

Anyway i thought i would share with you some, maybe alot, or pictures from that day.

and the pieces that were sold:

Anyway i hope that you guys liked the pictures. It was the first show and it turned out alright. We had mostly teenagers at the show (friends) and they all dont have money. But my mom and her friends came and her friends bought alot. So next time were goin all out and inviting everyone. 

thanks for lookin :)

Ribbon Headband

Heres a quick tutorial. I saw my friend wearing a head band and it looked like ribbon, so i asked her where she got it... i actually cant remember but i remember her saying it was 10$. All I could think was, dang, thats alot for a piece of ribbon, i could make that for practically nothing and you know what? I am.

What you will need:

- Couple feet of ribbon

- A hair band

- Sewing Supplies

1. You need to measure your head and cut the ribbon so its exactly the circumference of your head. You could just wrap the ribbon around your head and cut.

2. Now get one end of the ribbon and fold it over the hair band. Sew a couple times

3. Now fold the other end  and just saftey pin it. Now Put it on your head and make sure its comfortable. If its too tight, give the ribbon some more leeway. If its too loose, youll need to take more ribbon out.

4. Once you have the right elasticity, sew and cut all the loose threads.

And we are done!

I also tried this with a smaller hair band and smaller amount of ribbon to make a bracelet. And it looks pretty good!

p.s. im really sorry for the blurry pictures. My cameras broken and i had to use my phone :/. anyway if you make it, post a comment with the url to a picture. i would love to see it.



So you may think this is cool but if you look at the NEW blog, HERE!!, then you can see our sea glass headband we made using this technique!

Since this blog is stopped, you can see our NEW BLOG at http://blackcatcraft.blogspot.com/

A Little Inspiration

So the other day I was watching The Hunchback of Notre Dame from Disney and when Esmerelda came out I just thought, hey gypsies are freakin awesome except for the fact they steal your money, but they have a cool style. So I looked around the internet and found a couple cool pics. I will probably try to make something inpired off these and ill post a tutorial.

Anyway, check these out:

Head bands, beads, lots of colors, lots of patterns, and crazy hairpieces. Gypsies are soo cool!

Oh right so i hope this inspires you, if you make anything  gypsy inspired i would love to see a pic. Just comment with the link! thanks!