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Kustom Frames for Fathers Day

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It's always hard to think of something to give Clay on Father's Day. He doesn't do a lot of the common fatherly stuff that people think about with dads: no fishing, no golfing, not really into TV or main stream sports, doesn't have an office job (no ties here!), and he's mostly a vegetarian (no BBQ tools needed!).
So what to do? Here is Clay in a "nut"shell: be builds traditional hot rods, at Clayton's Hot Rods, and likes to surf. Pretty simple. When I came across the Father's Day craft Car Nut Frame, I pinned it, decided to put a Kustom spin on it and created a few with the girls for his "office" - the workshop.
Below is the end result. Check out the original Pin here: Father's Day Car Nut Frame from Kaboose.com. We sourced the frames on sale (love that!), from local craft shop Beverly's. I loved the look of the distressed barn wood; we lucked out with that. Then we went into daddy's shop and grabbed a collection of old, rusty bolts, screws, washers, and a few fuses. The girls placed them on the frames where they wanted them to go and I helped to place the glue for them. We used Aleen's Original Tacky Glue to glue the items on. It dried clear and held all of the bolts, even the heavy ones, on very securely.
I printed up some photos and wa-la our Kustom Father's Day Frames!


 

Skull Shirt

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As most of us have, I've been going crazy pinning things on Pinterest. I found myself feeling a little bit unaccomplished because of my ratio of pins to actually getting off the computer and doing something creative. So, I decided to kill two birds with one stone and take up blogging again as well as create a new section called 'Pintertested' where I would actually try some of the things that I Pinned.

A few weeks ago I found this really cute cut out skull shirt idea. Well, actually I found a few of them, but this one in particular caught my eye because of the cute little bow that was tied in the top of the skull's head. The project descriptions were really easy to follow and the shirt turned out great. Below are some pictures from my 'Pintastic' creation....ok, I'll stop now...

How cute is my little model! She rocks the shirt all the time and proudly wears it as momma's latest creation.

Test Results: A Pinning Success!

Step 1: Create a Template


Step 2: Cut out, place on shirt and trace with chalk. Oh, I also cut out the neck and cut the arms off at a 45 degree.

Step 3: Draw horizontal lines across the tracing.


Step 4: Cut out and place on cute model! (When cutting I cut straight along the chalk lines, stopping when I got to the eyes and nose.)


Love her and the shirt! The bonus is that it is big enough to fit the both of us.


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