Allred Design Blog: May 2012

31.5.12

IBP: Decorating with Trays

Have you ever thought of decorating with TRAYS or crafting with TRAYS? Today I share some great Pinterest inspired ideas on how to decorate and create your own trays out of frames, cookie sheets, drawers and more! You'll be hitting your local thrift and dollar stores
to recreate many of the projects in this episode.

And I issued a challenge to all of you in today's episode, scroll down to find out more!

WATCH MY CLIPBOARDS & CANDLES

episode HERE on My Craft Channel

Add Vinyl to a Tray

Spray Paint Dollar Store Trays

Deft Finishing Spray: This is what I use to coat spray painted
surfaces so they are food safe. It's a clear varnish, epoxy coating or shellac spray.

Add chalkboard vinyl or chalk paint to the center of the trays.

Cover a Tray or Cookie Sheet with Fabric

My Favorite Tray to date...a picture frame tray!!

Add scrapbook paper or subway art printouts to photo frame.

Here's the links to the blogs referenced in this episode:

Credits: Eighteen25 Blog

Credits: Thrifty and Chic

Credits: Signature Style Blog

Credits: Pizzazzerie.com Site

Credits: Laura Winslow Photography

Challenge + Giveaway

I am asking you my viewers and readers to share your ideas for what I could do to finish this yellow "drawer" tray and silver metal antique store find tray. Anything goes...leave a comment and share what you think would look best. I'll take the best ideas, finish the trays and share. The lucky winner(s) will receive a box for of vinyl and chalkboard vinyl from Brookie Craft ($30 value)!!

All ideas must be submitted before June 7th.

Be sure to join me next week me next week when I share some

new ways to cover and decorate notebooks for a fun and inexpensive gift!

Disclaimer: Pinterest is a great place to find inspiration but not all pins lead to blogs. I tried to only pick those ideas that I could find the original creator and give credit to. Please take a moment and check out these great blogs because without them I wouldn't have content to talk about on the new My Craft Channel show Inspired by Pinterest. If you've never been to Pinterest and would like to check it out, you need an invite to the site to gain access (I don't know why). Just leave me a comment with your email and I'll send you an invite. However, I cannot be responsible for the time you will be spending on Pinterest!!

Click to View More Inspiration

29.5.12

Duct Tape Winner Announced

Thanks for all the awesome comments I received about my Duct Tape show episode on My Craft Channel, it really ended up being a lot of fun to create. If you visited my blog then you hopefully had a chance to enter to win some duct tape and non-stick scissors.

There were so many great comments,

so to be fair I used the random.org generator...

And the WINNER is:

Sarah

Parkersburg, WV, United States

Lucky Sarah had her email as part of her About Me

page so I have already sent her a quick email letting her know that she won...

because I'm always sad when the winner never sees the

won and the prize goes unclaimed. CONGRATS to Sarah!!

28.5.12

5/28: Favorite Pin-ups from Pinterest

Being that I'm completely addicted to Pinterest and spend a good chunk of time on there, I thought I would be appropriate if occasionally I featured a pin or two that caught my eye. My daughter and I turn to Pinterest regularly for great recipes too and I thought it would be fun to share what we learned about specific recipes.

Here's today's favorite Pin-ups from Pinterest:

Red Velvet Brownies
My daughter made these yesterday and they didn't even last 24 hours before the boys devoured them. She made these from this pin and created them from a box of Red Velvet cake mix. They were okay, but we didn't put the frosting on them and I think that would have really put them over the top. She did however add in some chocolate chips which really made them nice. So overall, thumbs up, but I would add some yummy cream cheese frosting.

Source: sixsistersstuff.com via Lori on Pinterest

Triangle Banner by Dear Lizzy
I have to say this one caught my eye and had me hopping over to the Dear Lizzy blog to check out how it was created. The step by step is very basic and made it look super easy. I for sure have to give this a try and hope you will too.

Source: elizabethkartchner.com via Lori on Pinterest

Baked Broccoli
Another great recipe my daughter found on Pinterest. We've made it a few times and believe me there is something about browned broccoli that makes it taste even better then normal. The Olive Oil and Parmesan Cheese might help too! However, the recipe calls for Lemon Zest and Juice and we tired that once...we did not like it. I'm not a sour sort of gal and thought it was way better to omit the lemon all together. Give it a try...you'll be hooked!!

Source: amateurgourmet.com via Lori on Pinterest

Kaboo Bags
I recently got my hands on what has to be one of my favorite purses / bags to day, it's called a Kaboo bag. It has a special "tech pouch" made perfectly for my IPAD and it has more pockets then I know what to do with on the Riley style. They're pretty new and after visiting their website and Facebook I thought I'd go check out their Pinterest boards. They have some really fun style boards featuring their bags and many other great style trends. I thought it would be fun to now only show a great style board but also show of my darling new Riley Pearl Kaboo Bag.

Source: kaboobags.com via Lori on Pinterest

24.5.12

IBP: Duct Tape

It's cool, hip and a lot of fun to craft with, Duct Tape. Join Lori Allred as she shares her take on how to get creative with this fun, sticky medium. Learn to make a basic flower and how to run it through your different cutting machines. Be sure to check out Lori's blog to see how you could win some cool, printed rolls of Duct Tape and non-stick scissors.

Scroll to the bottom of this post to see how to enter the giveaway!

WATCH MY CLIPBOARDS & CANDLES

episode HERE on My Craft Channel

Here's the links to the blogs referenced in this episode:

Credit: Sherri Haab

Credits: Tip Junkie

Credits: Crafty Nest

Credits: Skip to My Lou

Credits: Kendal Sue

Credits: Etsy Shop

GIVEAWAY

You could win a full roll of this fun Mustache Duct Tape, Solid Color Duct Tape Roll (now shown), a Mini Roll of the Zebra Duct Tape and a pair of these fabulous Fiskars Non-Stick Scissors.