This Weeks Featured Shop Cara Lara

well...i've always painted and the like...for as long as i can remember. I studied art and graphic design at college years ago. I have a day job doing something completely different lol. I love faces and fashion design figures, so much so that i started a fashion design course last year (part time). Etsy has inspired me totally! I've discovered many talented artists and tried to find my own style borrowing others.....i know that sounds like i'm cheating.....but my faces are my own....but styles i have adapted. My goals.....i guess one day i would love to quit the day job and earn a living out of my art. I am starting to exhibit in local exhibitions and have sold a few paintings to date. I would love to challenge my style further and eventually have a range of products in shops whilst still producing art on a daily basis. Writing a book on life in general is also a huge want for me.

Please visit her shop at http://www.caralara.etsy.com/ her prices are surprisingly low. Or at her blog http://caralara1972.blogspot.com/

She is an amazing artist please retweet her so others can see her art as well!!!

September Give Away 2 Sets of Vintage Bird Stamped Carnival Tickets

A very cool item one of which I have never seen before. What a fun idea, they would make great item tags for those of you who sell vintage products.

This giveaway is for 2 sets of tickets for a total of 24 made by White Serenade. It will run from today through Sept. 30th. The Winner will be chosen on October 1st, and be posted here on my blog. SO MAKE SURE YOU CHECK!!!

Participation is easy. There are up to 4 chances to win, here's how.

1) Visit http://www.whiteserenade.etsy.com/ Pick your favorite item and put it in with your post (required)

2) Become a follower of my blog and in another post say you did

3) Retweet and in another comment say you did

4) Put this link on your blog, and mention that in another comment

Sellers Descrition of Giveaway Item

Vintage Bird StampHand stamped bird image on the front with black ink. The tickets are acid free and are a perfect addition to any craft project. You'll get a dozen (12)+ tickets in all. The plus is for any mistakes or (oops) I make while stamping.I use these as price tags for my jewelry.

September Giveaway Blue and White Bangle Earings

This Month I have 2 Items to Giveaway!!! So make sure to check out both. This Giveaway is for a pair of bangle earings by Fashionably Chic.

The Rules are easy, you can enter up to 4 times.
1) Visit http://www.fashionablychic.etsy.com/ and choose your favorite item and post it with your comment (required)


2) Additional enteries incude following my blog and posting that in another comment


3) Retweeting post that in another comment


4) Posting the link to this giveawy on your blog, post in another comment that you did

This giveaway runs from today through the 30th of Sept. Winner is chosen on Oct. 1st and posted here on my blog. PLEASE CHECK BACK OCT: 1st!!!!

Sellers description of item

These fun earrings have blue/gray Czech crystals as bangles attached to a sterling silver chain. The earrings are made complete with sterling silver kidney ear wires. They are both fun and elegant! They are about 2" from the top of the ear wires

Tutorial A line Skirt With Elastic Waist for Girls or Ladies **Very Simple**

Here is a tutorial perfect for novice sewers, but great for more expierenced ones as well. This is a fun and easy project to make for yourself or a loved one, and can also be made with a heavier fabric like corduroy to make it an appropriate item for fall. The one in the picture is one I have for sale in my etsy shop.

1) As always measure your subject around the waist, and lengthwise stopping a little longer than you want it to be.

2) Take your fabric fold it in half, RIGHT sides together length wise and ON THE FOLD. Measure 1/4 of the waist measurement. Example if your subject is 20" around devide that by 4 and you have 5". With a fabric marker and ruler, from the fold, make a straight line this length .
3) Now at the end of this line you will make another line downward on the diagonal like a triangle. At the end of this line make another straight line back to the fold. You should have a half triangle shape drawn.
4) Cut this piece out, and repeat all of these steps on your other piece of fabric.
5) Hem the bottom of each piece by folding and pressing, and repeating, then stitching along the top.
6) Lay your pieces RIGHT sides together and sew up each side I would go 1/4 to 1/2 an inch in for my girls I go even a little further as they are rough on clothes, and the closer to the edge your stitch is the the easier it will rip out. You can go back and overlock the sides afterward.
7) Time to make your casing for your elastic. Repeat the steps for hemming making sure you have about 3/4 to an inch of space for your elastic, and stitch your casing shut leaving a little hole to feed your elastic through.
8) Feed your elastic through by putting a saftey pin on either end and feeding it through the hole.
9) Sew the elastic ends together and close up the hole, and VOILA you've got yourself a great new skirt.

As always if you've made something with one of my tuts, send me a picture. I would love to post it on my blog.

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Cheap Advertising on That Girls Crafty!!!!!!

Need some more shop traffic?? You can put your ad on my blog. I am offering half Banner ads right at the top of my blog for maximum exposure, also 125x125 spots on the side bar, or your shop mini 1 row by 3 photos also in the side bar at the top. Prices are as follows:

Half Banner Ads $5.00 per month or $3.00 per 2 weeks
125x125 ads $3.00 per month or $2.00 per 2 weeks Text animation only
Shop Mini 1 row by 3 photos thumbnail $6.00 or $3.50 per 2 weeks

Project wonderful ads are at the bottom of my blog, and you can bid on those as well.

If you don't have an ad, or you need a new one come by my shop http://www.simplybannersnads.etsy.com/ and I can custom make one for you with a 15% discount if you mention That Girls Crafty when you purchase. :)

Email me at bellesmademoiselles@yahoo.com to purchase your spot paypal only.

AUGUST GIVEAWAYS WINNER IS........

Comment number 57 BEKKI1820CB Fantastic!!!!! CONGRATS!!!!!!

This Weeks Featured Shop Recycle Momma

My newest shop Recycle Momma is a true labor of love. I'd like to do something constructive for our kids and grandkids future. Saving the Environment seems like something I can accomplish in this weird world right now, one peice of clothing at a time.So I refashion old jeans, shirts, skirts, linens and things with bits and peices of new fabrics into something fresh and new. My grand parents and parents lived by the motto Make Do, Do Over or Do Without and saved back something for me so now I can do that for my grandkids. I'd like the recycled items we make to look so good the recycled bits are just part of the whole finished product and not the focus of attention.I have Also started a blog teaching about sewing and recycling as wellhttp://sweetpeaology.blogspot.com/my shop http://www.recyclemomma.etsy.com/

You can have a look at her shop by clicking the above link, and please retweet her so others can learn about her too.