How to Sew a Corn Cob

Do you like or hate corn? You can't just tolerate it. You either love or hate it. So how do you feel?

Hate          Love (circle one)

Well, whichever you would have circled, I guarantee you that you will LOVE this corn cob!!

MATERIALS

• Three yellow pointy ovals (3 in x 2 1/2 in)
• Two green pointy ovals (5 in x 2 1/2 in)
• Thread
• Sewing Needles
• A dark Sharpie™marker or other permanent marker
• Scissors
• Stuffing

HOW-TO

Cob -

1. Pin together and sew TWO of the ovals together on ONLY ONE side, but DON'T TIE OFF WHEN YOU GET TO THE BOTTOM!!!!!!!!!
2. Pin the third oval to either ONE of the already used ovals. Sew the thread across the tip and sew the new oval to one side of either one of the already used ovals. Tie a knot, and if you have a bit left, you can continue as far as you can up the side. You probably will have to make a new threaded needle, though.
3. When you sew a bit, put in some stuffing. Continue sewing and add a little as you sew each inch more. Finally, you will get to the very top!

Now you have finished the cob. Time to start the husk!

Husk -

1. Sew about 3 in. of the ovals together. 
2. Once you have done this, be sure that the ovals are together, not flipped around so that to side you have sewn is flipped around. Sew the seam of the husk to a seam on the corn cob, lining it up so that the bottom of the husk reaches the bottom of the cob. 
3. Now it should look like the corn has a dorsal fin like a fish. Flip the husk technically 'inside-out.' Now the husk should be slightly wrapping around the corn, not coming straight off the back.
4. Rethread your needle if you don't have a lot left. Stretch (not STRETCH stretch) the husk around to the front-ish side of the cob. Sew the husk to the cob. Sew exactly 2 in. from the bottom on both sides.
5. Look at your cob. If the husk looks strange up above the cob, then cut it down to 4 in. and snip off some of the curve on the 'inside' of the husk until you are happy with it.

Cob Retouches (OPTIONAL) -

1. With the marker, draw a grid on the cob to look like the kernels.

DONE!!

Corn cob! This is pretty much what you will be making!
THIS PICTURE NOT PROPERTY OF  THE ART DRAWER!!
WE TAKE NO CLAIM ON THIS PHOTO, AND TAKE NO CREDIT WHATSOEVER. 

French Braid Your Hair

Well,as you probably know, it is pretty hard to do on yourself, but not impossible, because I just did it while my hair was wet. I tried to a couple days ago, and my hair was dry, and it was IMPOSSIBLE. But, since my hair was wet, the strands didn't get tangled with the loose hair.

Here is how you do it.

**NOTE: If you are a lefty, you will do this the opposite of the directions (left or right). Because I am a righty, I will do this the right-handed way.

MATERIALS

• Long, wet hair
• A hair band (either size depending on how much hair you are dealing with.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Brush your hair so that you are sure there are no tangles.
2. (Sort of) OPTIONAL: If dealing with short bangs, just brush straight back. If this is not the way you wish to appear, just separate the bangs, an brush straight back BEHIND them.
3. Run your thumbs along the upper corners of your head, gathering hair all the way until your thumbs meet. Brush away any hair that got collected from UNDER your thumbs. This is considered loose hair.
4. Separate the hair you are holding into three even strands.
5. Braid, but stop before it stars to become its own braid and come off the head.
6. Take a strand of hair from about two inches under the first place you got hair from. (Gather all the hair within two inches)
7. Bring the hair you are holding and put it in the same strand as the strand you are about to cross over to the middle, as you would in a regular braid.
8. Now do the same thing as steps 6 and 7, except from the left side.
9. Continue this until you have gathered almost all of the hair. If there is hair hanging in the exact middle of the nape of the neck, you don't have to divide it in two. Just gather all of that and add it to the other strand. 
10. If you would like, continue braiding (a regular braid) all the way down until you run out of hair. If you don't want to do that, just tie it off with your hair band wherever you want!

Knowing how to French Braid is an important skill in creative hairstyling. You should practice on yourself and your friends and family! Because, as you already know, perfect practice makes best!

If you need any clarifications, I DON'T CARE! GO HANDLE IT YOURSELF!! Haha! Just kidding! If you need any clarifications, just drop me a comment below. Don't email me, because others might have the same question, and I bet they would like to get the answer at the same time. :)

Good luck!

Random + Writing + HAIR,

CB

Banana Plush *UPDATE*

Mine turned out kinds strange... I would like to add that on the last step of making the cream banana part, you need to sew closed the bottom. The author forgot to add that. Also, you don't need to have cotton in the bottom of the peal.

Anyway, ti turned our really cute! I didn't do the face, but it is still pretty cool. I was searching online, seeing where I could buy a plush banana, cause I'm just that awesome, and then I found these directions! I just love that website it is on. Really helpful for arts and crafts. Once again, the site is www.cutoutandkeep.net. Have fun crafting!!!


:)

Random + Writing,
CB

How to thread and tie off, when using a needle and thread: Made simple!

You will need:

Hands

Something to Sew

Thread

Needle

Email me at lolimbluer@gmail.com if you need any calrifications or don't understand something, or simply leave a comment.

Keep it Nurby! ~RK

Keep it Nurby! ~RK

How to make felt sushi

Materials:

White felt

Light Pink Felt

Dark Pink Felt

Light Green Felt

Black or Dark Green Felt

White or light colored thread

Pink thread

Scissors

Yarn (Optional: You could use thread for a substitute.)

Stuffing or cotton balls

Instead of using felt, You could defiantly use a different type of fabric.

If you would like any clarifications just email me at lolimbluer@gmail.com or leave a comment in the comment section below. I really hope you had found this tutorial fun, or entertaining!

Until next time!

Keep it Nurby! ~RK



CB ADDS:

Sushi!! (This photo is NOT property of the Art Drawer, and we take no
credit for this photo, nor the site on which it resides. Sorry for using it,
but the SUSHI WAITS FOR NO ONE!

This is honestly Just REALLY sad

Okay.. Really? REALLY?!

Make a Cute Banana Plushie - from CutOutAndKeep.net

Check this site out! It has lots of fun sewing directions and tutorials! The link to the over all site is: http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/

Here are the instructions by CutOutAndKeep.net/

Instructions 

1. 1
   

   Cut out all the peices (3 pointy yellow, 3 ovals cream) Also (optional) cute a pink mouth, brown trianges for the stem, and black eyes.
2. 2
   

   On one peice of cream, Sew pink mouth peice on (or embroider it) And sew or embroider the eyes. Some face ideas are :D >.< :o XP To sew round eyes, make an X on the area that you are making the eye, then sew in between it to make a sort of circle and fill it in.
3. 3
   

   Take 2 peices of the cream felt ovals and turn the good side in towards eachother. Pin them together and start sewing from the top with white embroidery floss. Sew down the side until you are about 1 1/2 to 2 inches from the bottom. Stop and tie it off.
4. 4
   

   This part is hard to explain, so look at the picture. Pin the 3rd ovals edge to another ovals edge. Sew from the top to about 1 1/2 to 2 inches from the bottom, same as the last step. Tie it off.
5. 5
   

   Now take the last two open edges and sew along them until your 1 1/2 to 2 inches from bottom, tie off.
6. 6
   

   Turn the banana inside out. Cute, huh?
7. 7
   

   Stuff it, then sew closed the bottom. Befor you totally sew it closed, put more stuffing in the bottom. Set it the finished banana aside.
8. 8
   

   OPTIONAL: Sew the brown triangles to the tips of the yellow (stem) with brown thread.
9. 9
   

   Make a mark with a marker at the half way mark of each yellow peice. Then sew similarily to the banana, but just up to the mark. Sew it with the good sides facing eachother
10. 10
    

    Turn the peel inside out.
11. 11
    

    Turn the peel the right way. Put some cotton in the bottom of it, then squish the banana in. Ta da! =)

    
    

The Light in the Darkness: A memoir of the remarkable friend and dog named Sunny

The Light in the Darkness

A memoir of the remarkable  friend and dog named Sunny

This book in your hand is the gateway into the true story of Sunny. She was a true warrior, even though she fought no battles. There is nothing to compare her kindness to, for there was nothing that matches up. Sunny was the picture of magnificence. Who would have thought a small, slow, old mutt would have touched my life in the way that she did?

Remember as your read this that you are reading the recollections I have of a beautiful girl. A beautiful dog. A beautiful friend. Remember that Sunny helped me through the hardships, even after she was gone. Sunny still helps me. She always will.

Enjoy this book, reader, and remember who you are, even when your true self is hard to find. Remember who those around you are, because they may be gone someday. Remember that love can come from small places, and even the smallest love is large.

Never forget to remember.

Sunny and the Child

Sunny, Hershey, and Shiloh weren’t sure what they thought about this... Thing. It looked enough like them. Though, it had naught but a hair on it’s body. Completely bald! What an ugly thing.

Sunny didn’t think it was ugly. Sunny thought it was beautiful. What a wonder of nature! What a beauteous creature! Sunny followed the family, as did Hershey and Shiloh. They followed them into a small room with a small crib in the center for the small newborn. The room was painted a sunny yellow color.

The infant reached an arm through one of the bars in the crib. Sunny cautiously walked over to it. The infant touched the tip of Sunny’s nose, gently and lovingly. It was then that Sunny realized she was supposed to watch over this wrinkled, small, rather wet newborn.

And so she did. From that day on, Sunny walked next to the child. Sunny followed the child everywhere she could.

Sunny watched over the child. She kept her from harm. The child was convinced that Sunny was magic. But Sunny was just a dog. Nothing more or less. Of course, everything had its own kind of magic, whether with spells and wands, or miracles all in themselves.

Should the child wander far in her life, or stay close to home, Sunny vowed to be there for that child, even after Sunny’s life was over.

Sunny’s canine companions soon passed away all around her, but Sunny didn’t mind. Sunny knew that they wouldn’t want her to be sad for them. She knew they would want her to be happy, even though they had died. Maybe death was the true adventure, and life was just a holding pattern? Sunny truly believed that. Sunny knew that no matter what happened, she would be happy.

They all moved to California when the child was one. Beautiful weather, but no rain. Sunny loved the rain.

The child was four years of age now. After Sunny was the only dog, the family acquired a second. This dog was name Jessie. Jessie was larger than Sunny and much younger, but both of the girls got perfectly along. Jessie was completely kind to Sunny, and Sunny was as she always is. That is to say, Sunny was so very kind.

Soon after the dogs were familiar with each other, the family moved back to Florida. It was a five day trip, but Sunny didn’t mind. She got to be with her favorite friends and family.

After they arrived, Sunny noticed she was quite old. She was around fourteen years of age, now. Her muzzle was graying, she was aching all over, and she was tired. Sunny knew she was nearing the end.

But the end came not. She grew older yet and the child aged with her.

The child and the dog grew close. They were inseparable, it seemed.

Then the child turned six. Sunny was fifteen. She knew her end was close, but she didn’t mind. She was okay with that. Sunny knew that, no matter what life threw at her, she would always be okay. She would always be kind.

Two days before the child turned seven, Sunny knew that the end was very near. Death was taunting her with its blissful peace. It was drawing her near, and Sunny-- No. Sunny had to stay a bit longer, to tell the child she loved her.

That she did.

On the night before the child’s birthday, Sunny was dying. Sunny tried to get to the child, to say goodbye, but her legs had none of it. She was dragging herself in a circle in fruitless efforts to get to the child. Sunny knew it was the end. Her mother picked her up and took her to the vet. The vet gave her some sort of medicine and she grew sleepy. But Sunny couldn’t die, she wouldn’t die. She still had to watch over the child! But sleep was tickling her eyes. She closed them, and didn’t open them.

This may have been the end for Sunny, but this was not the end of Sunny. She was gone, but she was still here. She could still help the child.

The Child and Sunny

The child awoke.

The child knew something was different.

She was seven, yes, but that was not the difference.

Was it darker? Yes, it was raining.

Didn’t Sunny like rain? Yes, the child recalled, she once tried to escape into a rainstorm on the first day they had arrived in Florida after the move.

Sunny.

Why was she thinking of Sunny?

Sunny was right down the hall, wasn’t she?

Sunny?

Where was Sunny?

But the child knew. She didn’t allow herself to think it, but deep down, she knew.

Sunny was gone.

But she was still here.

She never left.

She has always been watching over the child.

The child knew it.

The parents knew it.

And most of all, Sunny knew it.

Was Sunny watching the child right now?

Maybe she was.

And Sunny was.

Of course the child was sad. Who wouldn’t be? Her best friend and dog had just died. She was allowed to stay home from school that day to mourn for her friend.

Oh, how it pained Sunny to see the child so sad. She dearly wished to go to her, to comfort her, to sit with her. But she couldn’t. She wouldn’t. Goodbyes are harder when you know there has got to be an end.

Sunny couldn’t bear to leave her, but she knew she must. As did the child. The child held no resentment towards Sunny for leaving her. The child knew it was coming. She had always known. And for many years after, the child was sad.

Until one night. The Night of the Visit, as the child called it. She dreamt she had come home to find Sunny waiting for her. The child gave her so much love. And again the child awoke to find Sunny was not there. Though that visit left the child in tears, the child cried of happiness. She knew Sunny was still here, somewhere. The child just had to find her in herself. And Sunny would always be there.

Now, ever since, the child thought of Sunny and did not cry, but smile.

And the child never forgot her love for Sunny, or Sunny’s love for the child.

Never forget to remember.

Author's Note

Now that you know the story of Sunny, you know what it felt like to lose a guardian. And here the child sits writing this.

Sunny was my light. She was everything. Because of her I have learned how to remember things happily, even when the memory is slipping away. She taught me to grasp love with my hand and to never let go, even when the subject of that love has let go of life. She taught me to remember love, and forget death. It is not that Sunny was everything, it is that she is everything.






And I will never, ever forget to remember.