Look at this...

What is it you ask? Well let me show you....

Still don't know? What if I put this on?

And these?











It's your very own jewelry holder! Basically, it's a frame spray-painted black, with it's original plywood-backed print covered with Amy Butler fabric. Then, I took picture-hanging hooks and screwed them in so I would have something to hang the necklaces on. Love it!

New Niece: Part 4

This is the last Molly post for awhile... unless I see something else I just have to make her. Anyways... check it out!!

It's just a little pillow, but I'm kind of in love with it. I used my Cricut to cut out the fabric/wonder-under letters. Then, I ironed everything on and used a buttonhole stitch to embroider all of the letters down. See here for details!

I'm currently in the process of making another one of these for the hubby & myself. I had a few issues with the sewing machine though, so I had to stop for the day. It usually fixes itself if I leave it alone for awhile. Anyways... it's pretty easy!

New Niece: Part 3

Onesie Love....

These little darlings were made with love for sweet Molly. I used my yudu machine to screen-print the ones with her name/initial on them. The other is some cute fabric I have that I wonder-under'd and then hand stitched to the onesie. Yeah... it was only after I ironed the things on that I figured out that using a sewing machine on a onesie is about nigh impossible without deconstructing. I want to make a cute coordingating skirt or ruffle butt (courtesy of this tutorial by Crap I've Made), but I can't find it at the store anymore. We'll just have to wait and see if anything pops up. I can't wait to see pictures of the little one wearing my handwork!!

New Niece Project # 2

BIBS!

These guys were made using scrap cotton, some chenille for the back, and a little clamper thingy that does snaps. And let me tell you, snaps are HARD!

I made them using this tutorial/pattern that I found on the web. They were very easy... minus the snaps, that is!

For my *sweet* new niece!

Project # 1: A blanket. If you refer to earlier posts, you will see a smallish yellow and aqua quilt that I orignally made when my brother said that he was having a baby. A few months later, he told me it was a going to be a girl. I finished this puppy about a week before sweet little Molly was born. Check it out!

And here are some detail photos for you. The little white part in the middle is actually screenprinted and stuffed like a small pillow. See here!

And here is the corner/back with ribbons and minkee fabric that I accidentally ironed the dots out of. Hopefully it will bounce back after being washed... but who knows?

The idea from Hades

So, I thought I had a fabulous idea. How neat would it be to have a pretty pegboard in the sewing room to hang supplies on? Great idea, right? In theory, at least. I got the supplies and painted everything only to discover that the pegboard would not fit into the dazzling frame I had picked out. Wouldn't ya know it? Not to mention that I locked myself out of the house after painting and had to wait approximately 3 hours for my husband to come back home. Yuck.

Anyway. Two weeks later we borrowed a jigsaw from hubby's dad to make the dang thing fit. Wouldn't ya know it #2. The blade was so dull that it only jiggled the pegboard. A week later, I took the pegboard and the cardboard from the back of the actual frame to Home Depot for the masterminds (with tools!) there to cut it. After the poor guy made about 5 miniature cuts taking about 20 minutes, we had a match. I took it home, and wouldn't ya know it #3 happened. That joker still wouldn't fit! Sick of it all, I sat with a hammer and a flat-head screwdriver on the basement floor and chiseled until it fit. Then, I Gorilla Glue'd the whole thing into the frame. Here is the unpleasant project in all it's utilitiarian glory.

Here comes Peter Cottontail...

I know this is probably too late for anyone to make anything for this year's Easter holiday, but here are the things I made for myself! The first is just a grapevine wreath with Joann's sparkly Easter eggs glued on. It actually looks really cool from the street. The second is a dollar store adventure. The pot (which I spray painted and covered with vinyl from my cricut), the moss, and the sparkly eggs (which are picks with the sticks broke off) came from the dollar tree. Add those to a styrofoam ball and a wooden dowel and you get an Easter topiary! It wasn't my idea.... (things rarely are!), but I can't remember which blog I got it from. Sorry! If you want to make one, all you need is the above listed things, a second styrofoam block for the pot, a hot glue gun, and a lot of patience. For some reason, moss does not like to stick with hot glue. Let me know if you can think of a better idea!

Habits

I have this bad habit. I do a ton of craft projects, but I don't post a single one. Then, I do all of them at once. I guess that's probably why I'll never be one of those professional bloggers that people check out every day. Oh well... here's one of my latest adventures. I made this for my co-teacher's little girl on her 5th birthday. The "home" is fabric that I wonder-undered to the little drawstring bag and then topstictched for the pink outlines. The doorknob is a button and the window is a bit of thick plastic from some sheets I bought. The people were made out of little wooden spools and balls that I got at Joann's. I painted them, used a sharpie to outline things, and then super-glued the heads on. Her mom said it was her favorite present of the day!!
Here's a close-up of the little people.
The idea came from a blog called Everyday Chaos. Check out what that blogger did here.