tallystreasury.com Open in urlscan Pro
2606:4700:3035::ac43:8042  Public Scan

Form analysis
1 forms found in the DOM

GET http://tallystreasury.com/

<form role="search" method="get" id="searchform" class="searchform" action="http://tallystreasury.com/">
  <div>
    <label class="screen-reader-text" for="s">Search for:</label>
    <input type="text" value="" name="s" id="s">
    <input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="Search">
  </div>
</form>

Text Content

 * About
 * Crafters’ Gallery
 * Patterns
 * Store & Commissions
 * The Basics

NEW CRAFT IDEAS EVERY THURSDAY

 * Ads by Project Wonderful! Your ad here, right now: $0


 * CATEGORIES
   
   Categories Select Category Behind the Scenes Bonus updates Cards Children
   Costumes Decorations Edibles Events Felt Flowers Geeky Goodness Gifting
   Holiday/seasonal Household goods & decorations Jewelry & accessories MAN
   CRAFTS needle felting Ornaments Other clothing modifications Paper Goods
   Paper Maché Plushies Purses & bags Reused/recycled materials Scraps Sewing
   Stories & Information T-shirt Modifications Tally’s tally the Basics Toys
   Uncategorized Wearable Wrappings & containers


 * ARCHIVES
   
   Archives Select Month September 2016 September 2015 March 2015 February 2015
   January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August
   2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January
   2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July
   2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013
   December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012
   June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December
   2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June
   2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010
   November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May
   2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010


 * BLOGROLL
   
   * Craft
   * Craft Test Dummies
   * Craftgawker
   * Desert Bus for Hope
   * Iconocraft
   * Loading Ready Run
   * Megacynics
   * Minieco
   * Nicole Gustafsson's blog
   * The Blogess
   * the Zen of Making
   * Undermost Salamander's Blog


THIS BLOG IS A CAT

Hello!

It has been a long time. I didn’t mean for it to be such a long time, life just…
happened. In this case, life happening consisted of a planned break to move to a
new city and get a new job. I did those things, and in the course of doing them
I realized some other things:

 1. Some areas of my life needed more attention and a shifting of priorities was
    in order.
 2. My new full time job, which I greatly enjoy and find very fulfilling, has
    changed my personal needs. I do not go to work and do my job thinking about
    the time when I get home and can then work on the stuff that matters to me.
    Instead, I go to work and it matters to me. This is fantastic, a very
    welcome change, but it also means that when I get home, I’m tired and I’ve
    given of my creative energy already and I often just want to chill, not work
    some more on other things.
 3. I was spreading myself too thin with too many commitments to too many people
    and places. Combined with the above-mentioned need for a priority shift and
    my lessened need for an extra energy & creativity outlet, it was time to
    decrease some of those commitments. And my commitment to this blog was one
    of the things that got put to bed.

Read the full post »

Share
24 Comments
by Tally on September 5, 2016  •  Permalink
Posted in Behind the Scenes, Events, Stories & Information

Posted by Tally on September 5, 2016



http://tallystreasury.com/2016/09/the-return/




EXTRA LIFE 2015 – BEWARE THE BEARS

UPDATE: Thanks to you wonderful donors’ generosity, we have hit my $1000 goal!
There’s no reason we can’t keep pushing onward to raise even more funds for the
BC Children’s Hospital, but first let’s pause a moment to enjoy this achievement
and with it, the promised amazing art of Addie and her Lava Bear pal by
Featherweight.

All my donors will receive a high quality digital copy of this after my
campaign, and those who donate $50 or more will receive a physical postcard in
the mail, featuring this art and signed by Addie and Larry Beartrand the Lava
Bear!



Many thanks to Featherweight for this incredible drawing! If you’d like to
support and see more of his work, please consider contributing to his Patreon.

Read the full post »

Share
21 Comments
by Tally on September 19, 2015  •  Permalink
Posted in Uncategorized

Posted by Tally on September 19, 2015



http://tallystreasury.com/2015/09/extra-life-2015-beware-the-bears/




MUSINGS ON THE MONSTROSITY OF TURNING 30

Today, I turned 30.

I didn’t ever think I’d have a problem with this. As my friends and husband
turned 30, I tsk’ed those that expressed concern over hitting”the big three oh,”
telling them it was not the huge issue they were making it out to be. All of
them still seemed plenty young, and very cool, and none of that was going to
suddenly change because of one birthday. Thirty really did not seem like that
big a deal.

And then it was my turn.

Suddenly in the last few months, 30  became much more of a big deal in my head
than I expected. And the fact that I started feeling that way both surprised and
annoyed me. Read the full post »

Share
9 Comments
by Tally on March 20, 2015  •  Permalink
Posted in Behind the Scenes
Tagged 30, birthday, musings, thirty
Posted by Tally on March 20, 2015



http://tallystreasury.com/2015/03/musings-on-the-monstrosity-of-turning-30/




WHAT COLOUR IS THIS LLAMA?

Either you were on the internet today or you weren’t, and if you weren’t there
is no point in trying to explain the day’s events to you because you’ll just
think it’s all completely, totally, unbelievably ridiculous and despair for the
world. (And you’d be right.)

If you were on the internet today, here, I drew you a picture.



And I even made you your very own colouring sheet version. Because a bit of
quiet time with crayons is probably something we all need today.

Click on the link to download the PDF version.

What Colour Is This Llama



Share
10 Comments
by Tally on February 27, 2015  •  Permalink
Posted in Bonus updates
Tagged black, blue, color, colour, gold, internet, Llama, memes, optical
illusion, science, what color is this dress, white
Posted by Tally on February 27, 2015



http://tallystreasury.com/2015/02/what-colour-is-this-llama/




TERRARIUM GREETING CARDS

We don’t really suffer a lack of greenery out here on the west coast. The colour
green (as well as the colour grey, numerous shades of it in fact, I’m sad to
say) is generally to be found in great abundance out here. The trick is more
to keep things from growing than anything else – those who follow me on Twitter
may remember my recent photo-accompanied tale of mould invading our fan-less
bathroom.

But especially this year, a whole lot of people in other parts of the country
are almost literally buried in snow, and green growing things probably feel a
long way off. It seems like a good time of year to send a bit of surprise snail
mail with something hopeful and distinctly UN-wintery – if the postman can get
through the snowbanks to their mailbox, I suppose.

My grandma, who lives in the snowy prairies, fills her basement with seedlings
every spring, fostering them in the frost-free warmth of the indoors for a
couple of months until it’s safe to transplant them into the garden. It makes
the basement quite cheerful. I have a little terrarium on my windowsill that was
gifted to me, and it makes me smile each time I look at it. There’s something
delightful about small, tenacious growing things (when they aren’t on your
bathroom walls), so I thought it would be nice to put such things on a greeting
card in this drawn out waiting-for-spring time.

Read the full post »

Share
8 Comments
by Tally on February 25, 2015  •  Permalink
Posted in Cards, Gifting, Paper Goods
Tagged cards, garden, green, greeting cards, growing, planting, spring,
succulents, terrarium
Posted by Tally on February 25, 2015



http://tallystreasury.com/2015/02/terrarium-greeting-cards/




DIY IMPROVED CONVERSATION HEARTS AND HEXAGONAL BOXES

I have disliked candy “conversation hearts” since, well, ever. Which isn’t
proper grammar, but neither are those dumb hearts. I dislike their chalky
taste*, pastel colours (I like pastels fine in Monet paintings and summer
dresses, but that’s about it) and completely inane, saccharine and usually
irrelevant text. Why on earth are they called “conversation” hearts, anyway?
What conversation is really and truly going to come of them? Seems to me if they
actually do what they are in some fantastical universe intended to do, they may
cause some moans and groans but not a whole lot of conversation. Their whole
premise is daft and their name ridiculous.

So I figure it’s time to reinvent them. Let’s have some “conversation hearts”
that actually merit the name. Valentine’s Day centers on loved ones, right? And
loved ones are people you can talk to about all the craziness of life, good and
bad. So how about some hearts that sit in a little bowl on the coffee table and
might actually inspire some sort of meaningful conversation. While we’re at it,
let’s make them chocolate, because why waste your daily sugar intake on
sweetened chalk when there’s all sorts of quality chocolate around? Don’t. Come
with me and let’s reinvent this whole ridiculous thing.

After we do the hearts, I’ll also show you how to make a very cute hexagonal
box, in case you have a last minute Valentine’s gift to package. Or to put
tomorrow’s discount chocolate in to make it feel all special and fancy.

Read the full post »

Share
3 Comments
by Tally on February 15, 2015  •  Permalink
Posted in Decorations, Edibles, Holiday/seasonal
Tagged candy hearts, chalk, chocolate, conversation hearts, current events,
hearts, news, romance, saccharine, the noodle incident, Valentines Day
Posted by Tally on February 15, 2015



http://tallystreasury.com/2015/02/diy-improved-conversation-hearts-and-hexagonal-boxes/




“MEH” CANDY HEART CUSHION

Excessive Valentine’s Day enthusiasm weirds me out. Me, I like a loving, caring
relationship that is built on mutual adoration and respect, and a whole heaping
lot of irreverent, sarcastic humour. Which may seem a little incongruous with
the way I also love cuteness in most any form, but there’s something about the
official tweeness of V-Day that stimulates my gag reflex.

Candy conversation hearts are at the top of my V-Day “ick” list, with their
saccharine sayings and sugared-chalk-paste flavour. And so, for this Valentine’s
Day, I’ve created a much more real kind of candy heart, in squishy huggable (or
throwable) cushion form. Enjoy.

And if you want to make a heart cushion that’s serious, at least pick a better
saying. Perhaps “As You Wish.” I’ll provide you a lettering template for that
one too, just in case.




———————

What you’ll need

materials:

 *  fleece – if you want to stick with traditional candy heart colours, you’re
   looking at yellow, white, soft orange or a pastel pink, purple or green.
   You’ll need .4 meters (that’s point four, not four – four meters will make
   you a lot of candy heart cushions)
 * felt – fusia / dark pink if you want it to match the colour of the lettering
   stamped on irl candy hearts.
 * threads to match your fleece and felt colours
 * HeatNBond – not much, just enough to cover the letters
 * polyfil
 * glue stick
 * printer and candy heart meh template (or, alternatively, use the candy heart
   as you wish template)
 * piece of blank scrap paper

tools:
 *  fabric scissors
 * straight pins
 * sewing machine
 * ruler or measuring tape (and if you have it, a cutting mat/ruler/rotary knife
   will make cutting the rectangular pieces very quick and easy)
 * iron & ironing board
 * pressing cloth – a dish towel or scrap of cotton cloth will work just fine
   for this. You could even use a t-shirt. It’s just to keep your iron from
   melting your fleece.

———————
Putting it all together

1) Print the lettering template and pillow pattern. Cut out the pillow pattern.
Fold your fleece in half, pin the pattern to the fleece with the straight edge
of the pattern along the folded edge of the fleece. Then do this again with
another section of fleece, so that you have two matching fleece hearts.

I think our printer needs a new ink cartridge…






2) Cut two rectangles of fleece that are 19 inches long and 2 inches wide.


3) Take the printed sheet with the lettering on it (the letters will be
backwards) and cut loosely around the letters, getting rid of the blank paper
around the edges. The “MEH” sheet has three instances of the word printed on it
because why waste paper – save 2 of them for future pillows, or make 3 pillows
at once if you wish.



Apply glue to the back side of your “MEH” cutout, then glue it onto a piece of
HeatNBond (glue it to the papery, not-shiny and plastic-y side of the
HeatNBond).






4) Turn your iron on to medium high heat, place your paper+HeatNBond on top of
your felt piece, place another piece of blank, unprinted scrap paper on top of
that* and then go over it all with the iron till the HeatNBond is fused to the
felt (it should only take a few seconds).


*This is important so that you don’t get printer ink on the bottom of your iron.
I didn’t think to do it myself the first time through, as you can see in the
photo below, but learn from my error!


5) Cut out the letters, cutting through felt+HeatNBond+paper. Then peel the
paper and the papery portion of the HeatNBond away from the felt, so that you’re
left with felt letters that have a plastic-y film on their back side.





Basically, if you’re familiar with using HeatNBond for applique from some of my
other tutorials or just your own experience, this new
glue-printed-image-to-the-HeatNBond step is for efficiency. It allows you to
skip the step of tracing the images onto the HeatNBond and makes the whole
process faster, as well as tidier b/c you’re cutting the original lines of the
image rather than traced (and therefor possibly less precise) ones.


6) Lay one of your fleece heart shapes out face up and lay the letters out on
top of it, placing them exactly where you want them to end up. Make sure they’re
not too close to the edge, and are approximately centered top-to-bottom.

 Place your pressing cloth on top of all this, then iron over the lettering,
pressing down firmly, and probably letting the iron sit for 10-30 seconds to get
the felt to fuse to the fleece. The pressing cloth is important because the iron
needs to be on high heat to fuse the layers, but high heat in direct contact
with fleece can melt and warp it a bit, so the pressing cloth prevents that.




7) Thread your sewing machine to match the colour of the felt letters, and using
a small straight stitch, sew around the edges of the lettering, just a wee bit
in from the edge.




8) Pin your two fleece rectangles together at both ends, with right sides facing
together, and sew those ends together, straight across.






9) Pin one edge of this loop of sewn-together rectangles to the edges of your
lettered heart shape, so that the right sides of the fleece of the loop and the
heart face together. Match up the seams of the rectangle loop with the bottom
point of the heart, and the top indent of the heart. 





Sew all the way around this, removing pins as you go.


10) Now pin the other, un-lettered heart piece to the unsewn side of the
rectangle piece. This time though, along one side of the heart, leave a section
about 3-4 inches long unpinned, and put double pins on either side of it to
remind you not to sew this section closed.





Sew around this, leaving that one section open.


11) Use the unsewn area to turn the whole thing right side out, then stuff the
whole shape with polyfil. 




12) Pin the gap closed, tucking the raw edges inside, and use a needle and
thread to stitch it shut.




13) Place on your couch (or your significant other’s couch) to let everyone know
just how you feel about this whole emotion-soaked Hallmark holiday. Then grab a
glass of wine and turn on Diablo and go skewer zombies to relieve your feelings.








 

Share
17 Comments
by Tally on February 5, 2015  •  Permalink
Posted in Gifting, Holiday/seasonal, Sewing
Tagged breakups, candy hearts, conversation hearts, heart, love, romance,
romantic gifts, sarcasm, Valentines Day
Posted by Tally on February 5, 2015



http://tallystreasury.com/2015/02/meh-candy-heart-cushion/


« Older Posts

 * Search for:
 * Subscribe via RSS
   Error: