Itty Chic Blog

A New Chapter and A New Product

What a busy last couple of weeks. I now have a new job and a huge pay raise with Liberty Mutual, a new internship with IndieBizChicks, and have applied to become a Book Club Babe with Blacksburg Belle (wish me luck). Over the last month my life has completely turned upside down. I am also [...]

IndieBizChicks.com Internship

So many of you are here today because of the announcement on IndieBizChicks.com that I am one of the new interns. I can’t even put into words how excited I am to be starting this internship. There is so much that I can learn from Crissy, and I hope that there are some things you [...]

Katie Greene- Using Coupons!

Sorry About that, I have actually been really sick all week, and I’m still recovering. Let’s get back on track this week with our guest being a good friend of mine Katie Greene of http://katiesmoneysavers.blogspot.com/ Someone actually asked me the other day, “Why do you use coupons? Don’t you end up paying more [...]

When Bad Crafts Happen to Good People

This is the story of the little crafty bar in the city. Like all country songs, it’s a sad, sad story. Oh, I said the bar was in the city. My bad. On with the story! (With some guest appearances by some of my friends who commented on the photos). We found a little hole [...]

Make The Cut- Product Reveiw

Make the Cut Features Works with Gazelle™, Craft ROBO™, Silhouette™ & BlackCat Cougar™ Works with all Cricut™ machines (even the Cake Machine!) Works with Roland™ Cutters, Wishblade™ and more! Full Printer Support (Print, Print Preview, HPGL/Wireframe Printing) Create your own designs. You are no longer limited to Cricut Cartridges. Easy to move and size items [...]

Craft Room, The Unveiling!

So, as promised, I have pictures of craft room in different stages as I completed it. Stage 2: Building the counters. So I know I skipped stage one, and that is simply because it was so horrific that I didn’t want to show you the pictures, I literally had a 70′s style table in [...]

Fridge Tin Pen Holder

This is as seen on notmartha.org first, take the lid off just pull a little and the thingy will bend, the top will come off easily I painted a white base coat, leaving the back bare small, strong rare earth magnets ta da (I’ll get around to decorating the band aid tin someday) I [...]

S’mores Bites

S’more Bites Recipe If you don’t have brown rice syrup, you can replace it with Golden Syrup. Honey is another possibility, but I haven’t tried it because it is sweeter than brown rice syrup and has a more powerful flavor. The consistency of the chocolate mixture depends entirely on the amount of oil that gets [...]

Where’s your Pencil?

Where’s Your Pencil?In her book, The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life, Twyla Tharp offers some exercises that will help you develop a creative habit. One of her first exercises, “Where’s Your Pencil,” discusses the importance of having your most essential tool with you when you leave home. Since reading this [...]

Collapsible Storage Baskets

These clever storage baskets are not only cute and handy, they’re also a secret recycling project. The sides and bottoms of each basket are stiffened with recycled cardboard! But wait … they have another hidden talent: they collapse and fold flat to store. In the nursery, use them for creams, diapers, wash cloths and other [...]