homemade Play-doh

1 cup flour

1/2 cup salt

1 cup water

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

3 tablespoons cream of tartar

Assorted Food Coloring

Uncolored play dough: In a large saucepan over medium heat, mix the ingredients together with a wooden spoon. Stir constantly until the mixture forms a ball. Pour the play dough ball out onto a clean work surface and knead for two to three minutes. The ball will be hot at first so be careful when you start the kneading process. Allow the play dough to cool completely. Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container. The play dough should last several weeks with proper storage.

Colored Play dough: To produce pastel colored play dough, use the same basic play dough recipe but add the color medium before the cooking process. To produce bright, vivid colored play dough, add the color medium during the kneading process. Liquid food coloring, frosting paste or powdered tempera paint work well in this basic recipe.

oh fun!

must MAKE THIS SKIRT!


I am talking about the first skirt in this pic

I am going to use this fabric-

should be fun



going to use this idea I have made a dress for Gwyn using this idea before and it turned out like a circle skirt and was very cute.
I am then going to make a dress like this one-

(my niece by the way isn't she cute?)
for either my shop or Gwyn

OMG guys i cant beleive what they said about me!!!

http://mixedspecies.blogspot.com/2008/08/levityinbrevity.html

lol mixedspecies did my reveiw and I have to say there is a very big lack of mention of my rack.

its a nice rack too.

Check out my etsy:

www.levityinbrevity.etsy.com

Utah Etsy

I would now like to talk to you about my street team Utah etsy. we are a group of people living in and from Utah, This is was you call a local street team. We work together to promote each other and get the word out about Etsy Don't know what etsy is? well then you have not been reading my blog have you?
from wiki-
Etsy is a website which focuses primarily on providing the general public with a way to buy and sell handmade items. The site follows in the tradition of open craft fairs, giving sellers personal storefronts where they list their goods for a fee.^[1] It has been compared to "a crafty cross between Amazon and eBay"^[2] and "your grandma's basement"^[3].

Utah etsy is a great group
we are planning a few things for the future to hopefuly get us going for Christmas.

I really should..

Have a contest..
what do you all think would you like to win something from my shop?
let me know what you think.

first time quilter

I just made my first line of quilting squares.

I wasn't sure what i was going to make with this but I think I might finish it up and make a quilt for church. I am a Unitarian Universalist and rainbows are fairly prominent at my church so I think I will finish this and then give it to the church.

I hope i have enough squares.

and here is all I got done today-

One of my best

I have been working on this Jumper/dress for days.

Nothing is selling in my shop so I thought I would work on something new something that is different and more "in style" I guess. So I had a look at what is selling in women's clothing got some idea's and drafted my own pattern again, here is what i came up with-


I made the pattern for the tree useing photoshop if anyone wants it I can send you a copy.

What do you think I haven't added it to my shop yet I am going to try and get my daughter to model it she has not been wanting to model for me at all lately
she let me do it after I offered candy-

dinner

Clock wise
Red rice (just white rice in ricer cooker with Goya cilantro and anatto packet)
black beans (canned black beans with a Goya ham flavored packet and a few other spices)
turkey loin (tequila lime flavor /store bought)
Soon I will post my Pollo con orzo pictures (last nights dinner)

A new shirt I made for my self. I think this is the first shirt I have ever made my self. Now I need to go get more of this knit fabric to make more for my self.
lol. What do you think?

Had a great VACA

just got back we cleaned the hosue and now I am cleaning out my sewing room!
De-stashing my stuff. Here are just a few scrap peices fo fabric I have for sale right now. just $1.50 each with 50cent shipping

OH- SHINY!

My freind Sara Just open her shop on etsy. She just sent me one of these GREAT bath Bombs for mothers day (what a sweet hart!)
LOVED IT!
first time useing one and I have to say in my huge tub it was great her bath bombs are HUGE.
Then I found out.. Her Boyfreind proposed the other day!
so check out Sara's shop.
treat your self.

Magnifique

Same shirt differnt kid

 
This is my other neightbor she is a cutie.
This shirt will fit up to a 8 the color looks good on just about everyone!
Your daughter would look great in it!

a new shirt

 
This is Hali modeling a new shirred shirt I made.
I love this fabric

Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com

My new summer dress

yep I made this
I drafted the pattern I sewed it

Can you tell I am proud of my self?
lol

This cute fabric has a great beach border and a cute blue fabric the blue fabric has a cornucopia of sells and star fish on it.
My daughter picked this fabulous fabric out. I came up with the design and sewed it.
this dress is a size 7-9 girls dress it hits a little below the knee on most girls.
26+ inch top (elastic in the top)
27 inch long from top to bottom.
the skirt is full and playful.


That is my very nice neighbor Andrea's daughter she was a very willing model. She looked so cute!
What do you think?

his was a fairly easy thing to draft too
I used the arm wholes from another pattern and I just used 2 yards of fabric for the very very full skirt. I used my ruffler foot to gather the 2 yards of fabric.
I did a little gather in the middle of the front fabric. I used a gather stitch for this not my ruffler foot.
Made a stay of about the size I wanted the final to be and sewed it to the front turned right side out and there ya go the front is done.
the back I just used a but of elastic.

(I only bought 2 yards I have to go but more now to make one of these for my daughter.)

Cute things on etsy!

I have been sewing ll week NOTHING has turned out right.
Not happy
its been a bad week.
More later.

What to advertise with me?

Just 2.50 to be in my TopSpot over there.
thats right be at the TOP of my blog ad's be seen by thousands (thats right i have had over 1500 views in the last few weeks alone!)
My ad;s are clicked on a average of 3 times a day and those are just google ad's YOUR AD WILL BRIGHT AS DAY AND SEEN!
thats 2.50 for a month!
a whole month.
(this is a introductory price. goes to $5 for a month in just one month)

has it been a while?

Again?
lol.
sorry guys but I am a busy busy girl.

boy this was a lot of work I had to draft the pattern. I have been wanting to make one of these Mod shirts for soooo long but I just couldn't find a pattern so I sat down one day took my sweetish tracing paper and just did it made a pattern.
it took much longer to get it right, I must have worked on this shirt for on.. 2 days.

Great Stuff on etsy

Girly Goth (medium) TheEliMonster $19.50

Punk Rock AIO cloth... TheEliMonster $19.50