Thank you to everyone who voted for my nursery canvases! I’m working on the tutorial and hope to have it up in the next few days! In case you missed the post, here it is: We’re renters. So when we moved into our home, right before our baby was born, I had a hard time decorating her room. The walls are a caramel copper color and while not necessarily a “girly” shade, I fell in…
Continue readingI’m always searching for a beautiful, well-fitting, versatile dress, and I finally found it. In fact, I MADE it. The infinity dress has got it all! You can wear this amazing dress basically any way you feel comfortable–and it can look like a new dress each time! I made my infinity dress in about 3 hours and for under $20! I used some soft polyester knit I found at Hancock Fabrics for $4.99/yard. I got…
Continue readingTo make my gym bag, I used: 2 yards outer fabric 2 yards inner fabric 1 yard inner fabric (contrast and bag) 1.5 yards 70 weight Pellon interfacing .5 yards lightweight fusible interfacing ribbon 1 9-inch zipper 1 magnetic closure Elmer’s craft bond spray adhesive I started with the outside first, so I cut 2 pieces of interfacing 19″ x 25,” 2 pieces of fabric to 19″ x 25,” 1 piece of fabric 13″ x…
Continue readingI narrowly beat my sister last week! What a race that was! Thank you for voting for my Game Day Gym Bag, a tutorial is coming very soon! I come from a real sports family. Growing up we were on the field, on the court, in our backyard and watching it on tv. My Mom spent her days chauffeuring kids from one sport to another. I was always in search of a bag big enough…
Continue readingI actually made 2 crafts for the Game Day theme this week! My first project just didn’t seem like it was going to cut it, so last Wednesday I scrapped this idea and went with something else. But it was cute, so I want to share it. Just goes to show, the creative process for this competition is always moving!
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