Showing posts with label Magpie Skinnies Craft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Magpie Skinnies Craft. Show all posts

Projects projects projects....

Wednesday, April 15, 2009


Curtains for the nursery in progress. I've got all the strips sewn together, now I just have to finish them up! I wanted just nice bright colors, nothing gender specific (read: pink).

I've got a couple paintings (one started, one in the works) for the nursery, but I'm a little nervous to post them based on this. I believe Greenbeanbaby has taken down the specific examples, but someone had obviously and blantantly stole her artwork. We all get inspired by one another's work of course, but these were her designs with a few details changed, really sad. Makes it hard to want to share what you're working on when you have to worry that someone will make it their own and I wouldn't be able to do a thing about it.



Hubs's mom repainted the nursery for us! It was a pale gray that you didn't realize was kinda dark until you saw the room all crisp and white. What a relief to have that part done!


This is a lovely nightstand that my dad made for me. Only took me 4 or so years, but I finally tiled the top! I've since finished tiling and grouting, need to take a final picture.

Thursday...

Thursday, February 12, 2009



Work in progress... Here's a pic of the tree skirt I'm working on finishing. I still need trim for the edge, but I'll get that this weekend when my mom and I go shop for fabric for crib bumpers and curtains for the baby's room!


I finally broke down and ordered this book. I've been coveting it for a year now. :) I just got it today and I'm stoked to make the turtles shown in here (click here to see). My goal is to make a stack of 3 for the nursery... We'll see... :D

Happy Halloween!

Friday, October 31, 2008


My pumpkin (not terribly creative, but I was in a rush.


C's pumpkin. He tried a haunted house, but it got too wacky, so he did a funky face on the other side. :)

Pretty

Monday, September 8, 2008


I found this pretty in Shipshewana (I added the light wire and beads on the handle!!).

Craftiness and some free patterns!

Monday, March 24, 2008



Here's the bunny I made for my niece. She was to come see us this weekend with C's dad and nephew, but she was sick and couldn't come. Hope you like her Livy!

While I'm in the crafting spirit I'm going to post some links to free softie patterns online!

Cute duck from Mariska.


Chibi bunny from My Little Mochi.


Scotty Dog from AllSorts.

Pointy kitty from Wee Wonderfuls.

Frog Sculpture

Wednesday, November 28, 2007


Frog Sculpture Side
Originally uploaded by
Magpie Skinny.

I made this little sweetie out of polymer clay. Inspired by Christi Friesen.

His little soulful eyes are the sweetest. :) You can find him in my shop!  He would make a fantastic Christmas present for someone you love or for yourself!   

Magpie @-/----------

Halloween Extravaganza

Friday, October 12, 2007


Halloween Extravaganza
Originally uploaded by
Magpie Skinny.

Here are more of the creations I've been working on lately. I've been on a Fimo'ing binge you might say. :) I think I'm almost ready to go back to painting for a while... We shall see. The guy on the left isn't done yet, he just got baked (heh heh) last night. I think I will paint him and I might add mummy wrappings. Opinions? Too mummify or not to mummify...

I've been feeling a bit of the in-a-rut blues lately. I need to do something to shake up my existence. Start a big project, something...

C is gearing up working on his beater car. He said I could form a skull in the head liner. It's droopy so we'll be pulling out what's there. Have any of you seen that on hotrods? It's pretty neat. I think they build it with foam and then mold the liner around it. There's probably tutorials online. I'll have to look around.

C and I had Indian food with Big, my favorite foreign food friend earlier this week at Cafe Tandoor. It was pretty good. There was much re-telling of funny old stories and laughs. Our waitress seemed super sweet, but a smidge silly.

When we were settling up, Big handed over our credit cards.

Big: "Can you put one third on this card and two thirds on this card?"
Waitress: "So you want half and half?"
Big: "Sigh..."

Big made fun of me (again) over the sting ray comment. **sigh** I know manatees and sting rays are different. I WAS THINKING MANTA RAYS!! haha! That's okay, cuz when the waitress brought our food out she set down a little pot with a candle in it and Big leaned over and peered into it cuz he thought it was one of our dishes and he couldn't believe it was in such a small bowl! heh heh heeh ehhhhe!

Good times.... Good peeps....

Halloween Swap

Tuesday, October 18, 2005


Halloween Swap
Originally uploaded by
MagpieSkinny.

This is for a halloween swap. :) I sewed a wee owl and made Frankenstein out of fimo clay.

Halloween Swap -- Frankenstein


Halloween Swap -- Frankenstein
Originally uploaded by
MagpieSkinny.

Here's a close up of Frankenstein. :)