Showing posts with label color. Show all posts
Showing posts with label color. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Easy Yarn Swatches

Ok, so I have a problem.... I'm a crochet-aholic! I'm addicted to everything relating to crochet!! From hooks to patterns to... yarn! I find myself pulling out my bins of yarn over and over to find the perfect colors for almost every project. That turns into a big mess. So I've come up with a solution and its helped me several times!


I've made myself some yarn swatches!! Perfect for matching colors, taking to the store to restock or even take to craft fairs for customers to see what choices you have to offer. With a few dollars, you can make swatches for all your yarn easily!


What You'll Need:

  1. Glue Gun and extra glue
  2. Plastic or cardboard bobbins
  3. Permanent marker
  4. Yarn
  5. Yarn needle
  6. Scissors
  7. Metal Rings
  8. Chocolate ~ as long as your not working with white yarn! He he, in my case, yarn and chocolate always seem to go together!




Step 1) Preheat your glue gun.

Step 2) Write the name of the color/brand of yarn on your bobbin. This can be done after but is easier to do before wrapping your yarn.

 Step 3) Taking a small amount of yarn, loop it around one slit at the bottom of the bobbin. Wrap it 5-7 times. (More times for thinner yarn, less for thicker.) From the back of the bobbin, loop the other end around the opposite slit.

Step 4) Using your yarn needle, weave the yarn ends behind the wrapped yarn just as in picture shown to the left. 



Step 5) With the glue gun ready, place a small amount between and around the ends. This will secure it.

Step 6) Let the glue dry.





Step 7) Snip the ends to give more of a neat appearance.
Step 8) Insert bobbins on metal rings. I have mine according to brand and weight. 
Keeping the colors somewhat together give a nice appearance as well! 




And there you have it! Just don't forget to eat your chocolate! 




Until next craft....

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

January Scrap-A-Long 2013

Firstly, Kiki Love Creations wants to send out the best of wishes for a fun and creative New Year! We plan to have 2013 filled with more crafts, posts, challenges and more!

This year one of our goals is to get you, our readers, more involved! For those of you who love scrapbooking and card making, this is the place to show us your creativity following each monthly challenge. I will be uploading my work at the end of each month and you can as well by uploading to our Linky Party or by emailing us if you would prefer us to upload it for you. You can find this month's Linky party here.

So enough talking about that, let's get to the good stuff! I would like to learn more about my readers so this month will give us all a better idea at who we are and what's important to us.


1) Your page will revolve around the title: 
'Me and the Things I Love'
  •  The title doesn't have to be on the page but is a guideline as to what your page should be about.
2) You must have at least one picture of yourself on the page. 

3) Your page's main color will be your favorite color.

4) Your favorite season should be incorporated somehow.

Side notes:
  • This page can be done in any size.
  • This page should really describe you.


When your done with your page, feel free to upload it here  or email us at kikilovecreate@gmail.com to have us upload it for you. And feel free to include a description with your picture to introduce yourself! Voting will start January 25th 2013 for your favorite to get a possible feature spot!

Also don't forget to grab a button whether it be to keep up to date on the challenges or if you are participating.



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Voting will open the last week of each month.

Next month:
Watch for next month's challenge, you'll learn one of my favorite techniques!

Happy Scraping!
~ Crystal