CraftGossip.com

Who doesn’t love art, craft, & food? I know I do, and that’s why one of my favorite websites is Craft Gossip.

It is a site that rounds up all the tutorials all over the internet all in one place for you to view..

They have many different categories..

*Bath & Body

which my favorite tutorials are..

Soap Making Demo at The HodgePodgery

HodgePodgery’s Site..

*Craft Shows & Events

*Crochet

-EASY SCHMEASY FOR MOTHER’S DAY

-Crochet Bath Puff

*Edible Crafts

My Favs..#

-D.I.Y Ice Cream Sandwich.

-Favor Bags

*Felting

*MOO Mini Card holder in 3 minutes

*30 minutes to a recycled felted sweater bag

*Glass Art

-how to make a round bead…#

-MZ Glass Twisty Beads

*Indie Crafts

Original Print

-roses from maple leaves

The many amazing things you can do with Japanese Washi Tape

*Jewelry Making

-Soda Can Jewels

*Cut and Paste Pendants

*Knitting

-Tattoo A Bag For Mom!

-New Yarns and Free Patterns From Nashua Handknits.

*Lesson Plans

-Magnet Craft

-Water color cards

-Encourage learning @ an early age

*Needlework

-Inspiration: Inspireco (Shadowbox)

-Inspiration: Alma Stoller

*Polymer Clay

Churchill Crazy Love Square Earrings

“Embroidered” Clay

*Quilting

*Recycled Crafts

-How to recycle a juice carton into a cute gift box

*Scrapbooking

Freebie: Circle Stickers and Word Strips

-Freebie: Mother’s Day Word Art

*Sewing

-: Jean Repair blog is all about denim

-Sew exfoliating salt scrub pouches

-Tutorial: Day of the Dead tote bag

*Stamping

Freebie: Digital Baby Stamps

New Product: Clay Squishers for Stamping with Clay

So- have fun with the site & get the community you want with CraftGossip. Have fun…

          A   -Jessi

All About the Egg.

Yes. You heard right. Egg. As in humpty dumpty..

The egg is an amazing ingredient & I would love to tell you all about it D

The egg is an amazing & magic ingredient. It helps to form some of the most perfect and delicious recipes. Have you ever noticed that you can whip up just about anything as long as you have an egg? The egg is actually the artist behind it all.

Once you have mastered the techniques to making an egg, you’ll find it to be easy as well as fun. The egg to a cook is like a paintbrush to an artist, both create masterpieces. The egg allows beautifulness and texture into the recipe.

Whichever technique you are using the success key is time & temperature. Eggs should be cooked slowly on low to medium heat until the white sets. If cooking an omelet (which require a higher temp) it should only be for a short time.

Overheating can result in tough, liquid, or rubbery eggs..eww =(

So-refrain from disappointing results by skipping the high heat, which separate the protein and liquid.

With eggs, you don’t have to get all gadget happy. Gadgets such as poachers are nice to have but not necessary to gain the technique that’s called for in the recipe. You can almost always get by without them. There are substitutes you can use to gain the same effect. Eggs are simple, don’t think about it too much and eventually it will be as natural as breathing.

The egg is so much more than hard boiled eggs on Easter. It’s a “can’t do without” ingredient that create many recipes and make beautiful masterpieces possible.

There are two parts to an egg. The white & the yolk. The yolk is the fat & the flavor, as well as body. The white is 2/3 liquid & tons of protein.

Egg whites are whipped because they expand in volume. The yolk (fat) is removed because it keeps the white from foaming.

Knowing how to separate an egg (Isolating the white & yolk from each other) is a must know. When a fresh egg is cracked it will reveal a plump yolk & thick white. The same egg weeks later will reveal to be thin as water…

(More on eggs later…) A Jessi

If you want to learn to crochet..

My aunt crochet’s & she is really good at it. When my mom’s sewing machine broke down on me last year (before I got mine)..I was thinking of other crafty things to do…so the book dork in me (as in: the librarians know me by name & the way I get things done at the library)..which is I research books I want before I get there & then browse around a minute… but anyway I went & checked out possibly every book I could on crochet. It taught me alot (but teaching yourself from a book is a lot harder than having someone there to show you what’s going on)..

Here are a few that have actually HELPED & not made me think “what I am doing to myself?”..

Here are some YouTube video’s that also helped..

1. How to do a slip knot stitch (the very first stitch)…

2. How to make a chain stitch

3. Single Crochet

4. Half Double Crochet

5. Double Crochet

6. Triple Crochet

7. Slip Stitch

8. Weaving in the ends

Happy crocheting…

Adam’s 27th B-day

Adam & I have been together for 4 years on Christmas. Although we have had our ups & downs..

I would still rather be with him than without him & I wanted to send out this Happy Birthday to him! Z

Happy

27th..

I A You

Love Jessi

Create

Create.

Live. Dream. Do. Inspire. Love.

Memories. Friends. Family. Hope.

Dreams, never give up. & Make

yourself happy…

$Jess ^

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Hello and welcome to my blog.

My name is Jessica. I am 21. I

love to sew, scrapbook, &

crochet. I am a totally

different person than I

used to be and I have my

family (Adam, Aidan, & Adisyn)

to thank for that.

 

PThis is the love of my life.

I have been with Adam for 4 years.

We have 2 amazing, wonderful

kids.

Aidan is my little boy. He just

turned 3 in March. This boy is such

a funny little guy. He was born

weighing 1 pound & 13 ounces. He

was smaller than a 20 oz. coke

bottle. I am so glad that he is

happy & Healthy. #

Then came Adisyn. She is so sweet

& Funny. She turned 1 on Feb. 1

I’ve fell so in love with them. They

are the center of my world.

Always have been & always will be.

I’m so blessed to have

these little kids in my life making

me smile. %

I hope you enjoy the pictures. If you

would like to share your family, please

feel free..

comment them here.

add them to my facebook.

or email them to me- @

sewcraftable@gmail.com

 

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so much.  < Jess

Tutorials…

I have been looking at Crafty Blogs and

here are some that I love..

& Why. You can just click on the name

of the blog and be taken there in a

new window

1. Just Something I made.

I love her DIY stamps..

This would be so awesome on a handmade baby shower gift or Easter…

Here is the link to all of her DIY tutorialz

2. Maximum Rabbit Designs.

I love her DIY Button Stamp

3.This isn’t a blog, but still

crafty..Suite101

This is how to create your own

stamp pad.

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4. Attic24

I love these Crochet Flowers.

Here’s the tutorial

5. How About Orange

Gift Bow from Magazine Page

Tutorial

6. Blueprint Crafts

DIY Coasters

7. Craftopia

Turn This

into this with this tutorial

That is all for now

I will post some more

interesting tutorials 

later on.

Thanks for giving me your

time & I hope you have a

nice day. % #Jess#