Crafting like a Boss!

It has been over a year since I have visited this blog. And so much has been going on. The little Green girls and I have been very busy. But, I'm finally nailing down a new routine and trying to get back to some of my favorite past times. Blogging and crafting.

Christmas 2013 Green "M" got an American Girl doll, Emily. We, Green girls immediately went to Pinterest for everything AG doll. We started pinning tons of crafts here. The girls and I have even made a few crafts. Our first craft was a backpack, but the straps on the backpack kept coming loose and the bag tore because I used "locker tape" instead of actual Duck tape or Duct tape. 

So, for attempt number two I made a messenger bag using the same instructions from this tutorial, omitted the back straps and added made a long shoulder for a messenger bag. The measurements for the strap was about 28-30 inch long piece of duct tape folded in half.  

Emily and M love the bag. The next crafting adventure I ventured alone for an entire weekend. My girls were visiting their godparents (gp's). I stayed up all Friday night after work trying to make our dolls a new living space. After all, the toy bin is becoming overcrowded. 

I started with a nice little sofa and ottoman. The ottoman I made out of a large sponge that I cut about 2 1/2 inches wide and about 4 1/2 - 5 inches wide. I glued the sponge to a piece of cardboard and the covered the sponge and cardboard with a piece of felt. I used gold sequin to look like upholstery nails and the legs are made out of beads that I glued together. This was my inspiration for the ottoman. 

 The sofa I made out of cardboard, sponges, a towel for padding and a glue gun. The rest came from this sofa tutorial MyFroggyStuff. Originally I was making the couch the other items for Emily our American Girl doll. However, my proportions were off. I did not have Emily here to "assist" me with proportions so everything ended up on a smaller scale for say Barbie. Which is absolutely okay because there is always another project. 

 I purchased this bed from Overstock. It is actually a bunkbed, but since M won't get her next AG doll until her birthday, I only put one together for now. Below is the finished project. The bed was also very easy to put together without the use of instructions. 

 Mom Mom made the girls bed spreads. They are 20 inches by 20 inches. And the spreads are princess. 

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 Another spread up close with lace trim. 

 This is the dolls new living place. The picture is a bit crooked. I haven't finished placing the furniture. But this is it so far. I need to add windows and "mount" the big screen to the wall. 

 The throw pillows I made using felt and cotton balls. I also got the tutorial from MyFroggyStuff. It has been years since I actually sat down to sew. I hate I didn't keep up with my needle point crafts. Though I can crosstitch, but I rarely if ever sew.  

 I also made some books using cardstock and a magazine. You can make books too by following this simple tutorial doll book. I will be making some literary gems this week as one of  our evening craft projects.

 This couch was made out of a snack box and two sponges. I used an old tank top to cover the couch. And the decoration on the couch is made from a decorative string that I rolled up into a design and glued. I made another decorative pillow from remnants from the sofa. 

 The "lighting" is another inspiration of mine. I made these by spray painting half of a plastic egg gold. Just one would not cooperate hence the one kooky one. 

Finally, the hardwoods are pieces of cardboard cut, glued, and  painted two different shades of brown. And thus is the end of this craft tale. 

 Until the next craft. Now it's your turn to find your craftspiration and create something wonderful!