Friday Fun!

Happy Friday everyone! At Malia's school today they had a book parade through the halls. You were suppose to dress as a character from your favorite book. The characters from her favorite book would have been way too much for me to tackle this week, so we chose a new favorite book (that we started reading last night) and went with that. It's from the Pony Pals series, which we made work with a semi-western shirt, boots, braids, and her Webkinz pony. Way better than me attempting to sew some crazy outfits involving elaborate dresses and capes. :) She seemed to be happy with it. From what I heard "Fancy Nancy" and "Eloise" were some of the popular girl characters today.

(When I picked her up from school today, the braids were gone and she had some wild Diana Ross hair going on. Oh well.)

Today I made this silk/organza/tulle flower. It was my first attempt and I need to tweak it a bit here and there. It's a little too round I think. I'm going to try to get them looking a bit more realistic- hopefully. My friend Kandi and I have just signed up for our first Spring Bazaar in a few years - so I need to get busy with some things to fill up our table. I thought something new would be fun.

If I can get to a place where I'm happy with these, I might try to turn some into pins, hair clips or ??? We'll see. I've got "crafting ADD" these days, which leads to lots of unfinished projects. Hopefully I'll remember what I was going to do with them when I get back to them all!
Hope you have a great weekend!

Linda

Sunglass Case Holder

So....I had been wanting to try to make one of these for awhile, and I finally did! It's a little different than I originally envisioned, but I think it turned out okay. Ruffle flower with vintage button center. It covers the Velcro flap.Inside is lined with fleece to protect the sunglasses.Back of the case - with the ruffle!Okay, that's all I wanted to share for today. I have 9 cards to make for my CTMH Unit Swap tomorrow. Eek! But first we have soccer and back to school night. Looks like I'll be burning the midnight oil. lol.

~Linda

My Fabric Banner and Other Things

Hello! We just finished having a massive garage sale this past weekend. Wow! Where did all that stuff come from? I guess 3 kids can really accumulate baby gear and toys like crazy. It was a little nauseating to see it all collected in one spot!
But....before the garage sale weekend, was Ella's birthday. I thought I'd share a couple of crafty decorations I made this year for her party - instead of the store bought kind.

The first picture is the fabric bunting/banner I had been wanting to make for some time. I ran across some cute fabrics at the craft store - and a cute polka dot towel (that's what started my "polka dot and cute theme" - is that really a theme???)

Below are some tissue paper "pom poms" (found instructions online).The polka dot balloons I found online: And here is Ella when I first hung the banner. She is telling me she likes "this one". I think it was the cherry one in the middle. :)

Okay, that's all for now! Got to run. I have a house with left over garage sale clutter that needs to be cleaned up and put away. Happy Tuesday!
~Linda

Somebody Stop Me!

Ack! I used to be addicted to scrapbooking supplies - now my addiction is creeping over into fabric. HELP! Our local craft store had a sale this past weekend - and is one of the only fabric stores in our area that carries designer fabrics. So.........here is a picture of a few new "must haves" I picked up:And these little set of cuties:I picked up most of these (below) from a great fabric shop on Etsy called Material Gal. She is great to work with! I'm actually in the process of making a fun table runner out of these. I'll post a picture when I get it finished. :) My love of fabric, and craft supplies in general, far exceeds the amount of time I have to actually put all this to use. I guess I'm thinking I will become "Superwoman" at some point, and whip out projects, quilts, and don't forget scrapbooks for everyone! I think I'll need to up my amount of coffee each day, and cut out a few hours of sleep to make it happen.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh but isn't it pretty? And......remember - it was ON SALE!!

:) Have a great day.

Linda

A Cute Little Towel

Happy Wednesday!

I have become a delinquent blogger once again. For some reason my energy level has been dragging lately -now I have a cold - which explains this week.

But I have no explanation for the last 4 or so!

I made this little flour sack towel for my Sister Kathy's birthday in January. I really need to take the time to make one for myself someday.

I love all the pieces of fabric. I used some of my favorites - love those Matryoshkas. :)
Sometimes I hate to use fabric I really love - but this was okay, because the pieces were so little. I think I could be a "hoarder" in future years. yikes.

Have a great day!
~Linda

Remember all That Fabric??

Well......I finally made something with it! I found this cute idea from an Etsy shop called "Little Bit Funky"...and I thought I'd give it a try. Sewing has never been something I have really tried too much. For some reason the sewing machine & terminology intimidated me. I think it all goes back to the "Breads & Threads" class I took in Jr. High. I had to make a 2 piece outfit, and the pattern lingo really didn't click with me. (I'd like to thank my Mom & Aunt Trudy for helping me finish that lovely skirt & top up. :) )Anyway ~ I found I actually am not too scared of the sewing machine anymore. I did have a little mishap with somehow un-assembling the whole "bobbin area", a number of metal pieces popped out and there I sat with a handful of puzzle pieces. Thank God for the internet and online user manuals. I finally reassembled the machine and here is my end result:





I am hoping to make some more in a Christmas theme...and maybe Fall too. :)
(the color in the pictures isn't the greatest - they are much cuter in real life---at least I think so). These were a great gift for my Sister-in-Law!

Well, we are off to the beach for the weekend.
Have a safe & happy Labor Day!

~Linda

Yippeee!! A Package of Fabric Goodness!

There is one thing I just love........mail & especially PACKAGES! Sometimes I think I should work for the USPS! :) Anyway......today I received my pacakge of gorgeous fabric scraps I ordered off ETSY from www.lassiegirl.etsy.com. Take a look at these pictures:
It came nicely tied with a fun polka dot ribbon. A cute little bag of Jelly Bellies was under the sticker :)


And a super fun assortment of scraps that I hope to turn into cool things for Etsy & holiday bazaars.


Another shot:




Dont you just love it??