I like a challenge!

I have been creating and making vinyl projects for some time now, and it is always fun when someone wants something created that I've never made before. Miss Metissa (sweetest girl ever!), a part-timer at work, had to buy an iPad for college. She wanted something pretty and to make hers stand out from the sea of other iPads on campus.

She found an image of a skyline on etsy that she loved and asked if I could make her something similar for cheaper than the $35 online price. Seeing how I tend to work for free, it was definitely cheaper! It seemed easy enough! Boy was I wrong!!! I naively thought getting the correct dimensions and navigating around the speakers and earphone plugin would be the hardest. Little did I know there are VERY few hi res images of sylines out on the net. I finally found something I could work with and started cleaning up the image and shaping it so it would go around the speakers and such. Here is what I came up with:

 

Luckily, she loved it!! Here is the final product, I even included free installation!

 

Seeing how I don't have an iPad, I would have never gotten the opportunity to create one of these myself. I loved the challenge and know that doing unique projects, such as this one, just strengthen my graphic design skills!

 

Later,

ji

Happy Birthday B! (Or shall I say BELATED birthday?)

Miss B's birthday was in July. I asked and asked and asked what she wanted :) I was happy to hear she wanted me to do a crafty project. She texted me this:

And THIS is what I created. Selfishly, I thought mine was cuter :)

Even more exciting was that I put everything together on a removeable metal plate so she can change out the flowers for the seasons. A shout out to my daddy for helping me cut and drill holes in the metal plate.

It was only a month late, but happy belated birthday B!

Hasta luego,
ji

Flashback

Sorry for the long absence, but work has been keeping me on my toes.

Remember this? http://oklahomacountrygirl.blogspot.com/2011/12/dedicated-to-jennifer-co-worker.html I made this for my co-worker Jennifer a couple months back.

Another one of my co-workers saw it and requested one for her nephew's wedding gift. It turned out just as cute!

We originally wanted "holding hands, but because I had to etch it, it just looked like a big blob. I thought this was a nice alternative.

Ive got a lot more exciting projects coming up! Stay tuned.

ji

Once Upon a Time.....

there were two cousins, Moo and Jelly Bean. Moo had lots of ideas, but Jelly Bean was the creative crafter.

One early winter morning, Moo emailed Jelly Bean a photo of a craft she wanted for her office desk.

Being the crafty person she is, Jelly Bean was intrigued by the prospect of handpainting. Her previous attempts at handpainting hadn't gone so well. But that didn't deter her one bit. A coworker generously supplied Jelly Bean with a Starbucks Frapaccino botttle. After spray painting the bottle white, it was days and days before Jelly Bean got the nerve to start handpainting the zebra stripes. She was suprised to find out that it was rather simple.

Here is her creation:

Now that Jelly Bean earned her confidence, Moo has requested a Giraffe print with orange flowers.

And as soon as Moo has her giraffe and orange creation, they will live happily ever after......until the next project.

ji

New Addition

Back in early December, it was just a normal day at the office. That is until this little girl came along.....

The boss and his executive secretary found her wondering around on a COLD day in our parking lot. She almost got hit by a car. Somehow, (still really not sure how) I got talked into taking her home for the weekend so she didn't have to go to the pound.

I ended up taking her out to the bf's farm (he honestly had said that he would like a dog!!) and the rest is history. Her name is Izzy and she LOOOOOVE'S her Freddy (and he LOOOVE's her)!

She is a great dog, but has one really BAD habit. She chases tumbleweeds.....and ends up miles away. Last time it took Freddy 6 days to find her. We sure thought she was a goner.



Decisions, Decisions!

I need some help!

When I moved into my house, I had my living room arranged "the perfect way"......or so I thought! At Christmas, I had to rearrange the living room to accomodate the large tree in front of the picture window. I found I rather liked the new furniture arrangement. Soooo. I am posting a Pre-Christmas and a Post Christmas furniture arrangement and I would like everyone's opinions on which way they like it!

Pre-Christmas

Post-Christmas

What do you think? What should I do?

HELP!

ji

Naked

When I bought my house back in October of 2010, there was A LOT that I wanted to change. I very much focused on the inside and getting it up to where I wanted it to be. I definitely had ideas for the front and back yards, but I wanted to wait a year to see what plants and flowers were already exisiting. But ONE thing that bothered me most about my house were these three UGLY pine bushes right in front of the house.

Photo taken in Nov 2010

I would have removed them instantly, but there were other things more important on my to-do list. We had an absolutely beautiful weekend last weekend, so Fred decided it was time to get started on those bushes.....much to my delight :)

I snapped a before photo right before we started. If you noticed, last fall I trimmed the bush on the left. But the others have't been touched since I bought the house.

We just hooked a chain around the base of the bush, and put the pick-up in drive. I guess this is the redneck way :) Surprisingly, they came out rather easily.

The it took longer to haul the bushes to the dump than it did to remove them!

TADA! All done. I know it looks bare, but I have BIG plans for the front of the house. It shall look much better than those ungly A** bushes :)

And as to the title of my post, leave it to my lovely 5 year old neighbor Dominic. "Jerri's house suuuuurre looks naked"

Good day!
ji