Rainbow Loom Storage

I'm pretty sure that by now you have heard of "Rainbow Loom"!
Dyllan received his first loom kit for a job well done, doing a solo bit on his electrical guitar at the Schools talent show.
He received his second loom kit from Santa on Christmas day.
Since then he has acquired quite the collection of rubber bands, add-ons, made creations and instructions.

 

We were struggling to keep everything organizing.
Things were always toppling, spilling on the floor, baggies here, baggies there...rubber bands on the floor, in the couch ...on the bed!
 He already had the compartment containers. I buy those as needed from Harbor Freight.
As you can see in the top right photo- one container holds the finished bracelets, extra compartment dividers, beads and key rings to make back pack charms.
The other two contain the rubber bands. 

Went to Michaels craft store today.
They were having a Sale on storage containers- %50 off!

Dyllan is holding a portable Scrapbook File box by Iris.
This fits everything you see in the photos above.
The file box lid holds instructions, bracelet connecters and a package of glow rubber bands (keeping them separate) so he can tell them apart from the plain white rubber bands.

We also purchased by Iris, a 3 piece set of supply cases.
The long one holds both looms perfectly, with room for more....
The medium box holds the random color mix rubber bands, plus any we find loose around the house.
The smaller box holds his figurines he makes with the Rainbow Loom, at this moment most of them are Mine Craft.

So there you have it.
A solution for the amazing fad that just might be taking over your home when it doesn't need to be.
Glad to be of some help!
:)

SteamPunk Card

Happy New Year!
 I hope you are having a wonderful start of 2014!
 Here is my first Art card creation for Sin City Stamps.
You can see the whole tutorial here.

Mosaic Candles

Here are two candles I made!

 Aren't they pretty?

 You can see the tutorial here.

Have fun! :)

Leslie Rahye's Very Merry Steampunk Holiday BLOG HOP!

 Hi Everyone!
     Michelle here with another fun Steampunk blog hop hosted by Leslie Rahye!
The theme is Christmas! Yea!
I hope you will enjoy my tutorial, then visit the rest of the Steampunk creations.
 

 For my card, I decided to go traditional Steampunk. I trimmed some holiday paper by Prima to fit a folded card and gilded the edges with a gold leafing pen.

 Next, I cut a rectangle of some pretty green cardstock to fit inside the card. This would be the tree. I barely folded it in half, just a pinch at the top, then with a pen and ruler, drew a line from the pinched center to each corner. Thus making the perfect tree.

 I ran the tree through my Big Shot with a gears embossing folder by Couture Creations.
I used the gold leafing pen to highlight the raised gears design.

 I glued some Red and Gold dusted Dew drops from The Robins Nest 
in and around the gears.

 I edged the tree with the gold leafing pen and placed it on the card with double layers of foam tape.

I finished the card with some clocks and gears washi tape for the tree trunk.
Ta Da!
Don't you just love it? So easy right?
I hope you have a very Happy Holiday and enjoy the blog hop!


(When you are done with the hop, feel free to come back here and see some more Steampunk inspiration!)

~ Michelle

Gingerbread Bird House!

 

I turned a plain wooden birdhouse into this adorable Gingerbread creation. 

Want to see how? Come see my tutorial here!