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Life {Style}Jute/Twine Globe
Posted on December 18, 2011
Ok, so I’m sure you’ve seen these twine globe/lights on Pinterest? Well, when we built our house 8 years ago the light over the table had a shade broken (when we bought it) and though we talked to them about it at Lowes and they took our name and number we never heard from them again. So I took the shade off the light over the sink since it was the same and put it over the table. Now I had this bare light over the sink. When I seen these twine globes on Pinterest I knew I had to try it for that light over the sink. I loved it so much and hated the light over the table so much I decided to try it supersized! Hubby decided to switch all the light bulbs in the house to those ugly corkscrew bulbs so my hate for that light increased. It ruined my pictures! So to save you the time of figuring out where and how much to buy (if you wanted to try it BIG) I decided to share how I did it here.
Over the sink..
Over the table…this thing is HUGE!
Ok, here’s the supply list.
Jute (900 yards) from Hobby Lobby $16.99 (use your 40% coupon for this)
Alieens Tacky glue. I used a big bottle and a small bottle. The big one was around $5.49 and the small one $2.49 (no it doesn’t have to be the clear kind either, the original works fine)
Inflatable ball from ToysrUs for $8.99. Its a 22″ ball
Bowls for the glue and to hold the ball
Ok, first thing you need to do is blow up the ball. It came with a pump but I took it out to the air compressor and had it blown up in minutes. Then you need a small bowl to pour the glue in and a bowl to set the ball on while you prep the jute. Pour the glue in the bowl then you will pull a bunch of jute out in a pile. Dip your fingertips in the glue (yes this is a very nasty job) and start pulling the twine/jute thru your hands making sure to coat it good with glue. It doesn’t have to be totally soaked it just needs to have glue on it. Now for the small globe, the tutorial I read said to draw a circle on the ball and make sure not to wrap twine on the circle. I knew that I wanted to fit this globe over my existing light so I didn’t leave a hole (I had to cut it, I’ll tell you later). After you coat a pile of string with glue, start wrapping the ball (the fun part) making sure to distribute it evenly. After you get your wet pile wrapped set the ball on the large ball and coat some more string with glue. I hate to tell you this but it will take around an hour or more to wrap this big ball. After you get it totally wrapped (how much is up to you but you want enough so it will be stable) you have to let it dry. That is the hardest part! I let mine dry for about a day and a half. When its dry pull the plug on the ball and let it deflate. It will sound funny as it pulls away from the twine. This was the hardest part for me. The only way to get the ball out and to get it over my light was to cut it. Starting at what I designated as the top I started cutting thru the twine. I had to cut it almost from the top to the bottom. Remove the ball. You will also need to remove the shades off of your light. Being very gentle with it I pushed one side in and started working it over each light (sorry I wasn’t able to get a pic of this as I was quite busy 
. After I got it over my light I had a big ugly cut down the side of my globe. To fix that I took short pieces of twine (and hot glue) and tied it back together. Since you can’t walk all the way around our table I just turned that side to the wall. I’m am SOOO in love with this light!! Oh and guess what? I had enough twine/jute left for another project! I’ll show you that one next!
Have fun!
The light before:
The ball:
The jute/twine:
this is how much jute I had left:
light with shades removed:
applying the glue:
Deflating the ball:
the cut:
pull the ball out:
in place with the cut open:
Tied up: (see the knots)
Finished!
Jemison Family {Southeast Missouri Family Photographer}
Posted on December 10, 2011
A few faves of the Jemison Family! They were so good to work with. Made the session a pleasure! Thanks for allowing me to shoot your family!
Booth Family {Southeast Missouri Family Photographer}
Posted on December 8, 2011
LOVE this family! I so enjoy getting to spend time with their family each year documenting the growth of their sweet little family. Here are few of my favs…
***SQUEAL**** Baby Toms!! How cute are these!!?!
Tutorial Thursday: Lace boot cuffs
Posted on November 17, 2011
Ok, so we’ve all seen the boot socks going around Pinterest and there is a pair where the lady sewed lace to the top of a pair of socks and I loved it except that I didn’t want to mess up a good pair of socks in case I didn’t like how they turned out so this is my version. I made a lace boot cuff that just allows the lace to stick out the top of the boots. The options are endless on these and you just wear them over the top of your socks or tights to fancy them up.
Supplies Needed:
Fleece
Lace
Velcro (optional)
Sewing machine or fabric glue
then you will need to measure around your calf and add about an inch or two….I made mine 5″ wide x the circumference of my leg. (Which was way too big and had to be cut down from the size shown in this picture) In the future I will cut them at an angle like I’ve marked in the picture (see yellow lines)…
Now you will need to cut your lace, I cut it a little bit longer than the fleece so it would ruffle a little bit. If your lace is pre-ruffled or if you want it flat cut the lace the same length as the fleece. Cut two 3″ strips of velcro as well.
If don’t want the lace ruffled, skip this step. Sew a basting stitch at the top of the lace (the longest stitch=biggest number)
now, I didn’t even have to pull a thread to ruffle it, it ruffled on its own as I sewed it. If it doesn’t you will need to pull one of the threads to ruffle the lace…
then pin the lace on the fleece like this…or if you’re using fabric glue turn the lace the other way (pointing up) and glue it down…
sew it down…
here I folded the lace up (yes that is chalkboard paint on my hand) and sew it down…
next you’ll sew the velcro on the edges…I sewed mine vertically but it might be best to sew it horizontally so you can adjust the tightness better…..or you can skip the velcro step all together and just sew it shut….
and this is what they will look like on your leg and why it would be best to taper the fleece….
and with boots on! Lovely! Love it? Pin it!
Lindley Family {Southeast Missouri Family Photographer}
Posted on November 4, 2011
Does anyone else like to see who married who from school? You go to school with people and can never imagine who might marry who. Now these two are one that I never seen coming (don’t know why) but they make a great couple and have of the cutest boys I’ve ever seen! Had to share a few favs from a recent family session with the Lindley family. They were super fun and easy to work with and the boys were such dolls.
Tutorial Tuesday: Circle Posie
Posted on October 26, 2011
After taking a couple weeks off from making tutorials I’m back! I came up with this design on accident and was quite pleased with it!
First I cut out 6 circles of fabric using a cd for a template. Trace a circle on the top layer of fabric pin the layers together and cut.
6 of these…
then you can either draw a small circle using the bottom of a spool of thread or wing it….you are going to sew a circle on the circle gathering the fabric as you sew….just kind of bunch it up under the foot as you go…
it will look like this…
You will need a piece of felt to sew the flower to. Now stack them all together and sew in the middle. I sewed a big spiral circle on mine.
this is what the back looks like….cut the excess off in the shape of the circle…(not shown)
next I cut 6 strips of fabric about 4″ long by 2″ wide then I cut them into a fringe.
then I stacked the pieces together like so…
then pinch them together and sew them.
next fold the strip over…
then I sewed it down under some of the petals…
I sewed this one down to a headband but if you didn’t want to permanently attach it this is the point where you would attach a barrette of some sort.
Tada!
Presley is 2! {Southeast MO Children Photographer}
Posted on September 22, 2011
My sweet little nephew turned 2 earlier this month. He’s the one that finally made me an Auntie!
Posted on September 22, 2011
what is the deal with the angles these days? It makes my neck hurt….
Please fix it. Thank you.
Hayley & Betsy! {Southeast MO Senior Photographer}
Posted on September 21, 2011
I had the pleasure of photographing these two beauties! You can read how this shoot came about here. Special thanks to Mousse Salon and Spa for doing hair and makeup and Annie Laurie’s Antiques for letting me shoot at her shop!
Here are some of my favs!
If you’ve made it this far, thanks for looking! 
Blackberry Pickin
Posted on July 18, 2011
It’s a summer tradition….whether we actually do anything with them besides pick and eat them is another story but we do get out each year and look for that hidden and protected fruit. I say protected because it is surrounded by millions of thorns many of which embedded themselves in our skin and came home with us. Along with the poison ivy on Bree’s leg. All in all it was a fun adventure. Nice cool breeze blowing, fruit in our mouths and a few in the bucket while we took a leisurely stroll down a dusty, gravel road. Rest assured these blackberries are in the freezer waiting for enough to turn into jam. Yum! Summertime fun!
the hidden fruit..
dirty boy fingers
little girl~big weeds
