Green Decorating

Most of my friends say that I have hippish tendencies, and well they are most definitely correct. I just feel that we should really try to do all we can to help out the earth seeing as how we are the ones destroying it. Anyways, I have been doing some redecorating and have been trying to find new uses for the things I already have. It has been snowing tonight and since my original plans changed I decided to use this time to work on my new artwork for my bathroom. I am quite pleased with the results, however you will have to wait until tomorrow to see what craftiness I was up too tonight because I need to head to bed seeing as how I must brave the snow on the roads tomorrow in order to get to work. Happy Snow Days!

Who's up for some organization?

As you can surely guess by my title, I am attempting to get my office/craft room in tip top shape. I have been needing some additional storage, but haven't found any bookshelves I have loved at the price I want to pay(next to nothing). Then a few weeks ago, I remembered that my parents still had an old dresser from my childhood bedroom set. Solution solved! It isn't the prettiest thing in the world, but I plan to remedy that in the spring once it warms up outside. For now I will just put it to good use and try to figure out what type of crafty thing I want to do to it next.

Mary Jo's

For some reason I was having difficulties posting pics yesterday. Here is one of the cute pics taken of my sweet girl making herself right at home on my fabrics. On a side note, I visited one of my favorite places today-Mary Jo's! There is so much fabric, I could easily spend 100's of dollars every time I walk in the place. Sadly, I don't have that much money to spend on my fabric addiction, but I did get some cute stuff and only spent around $7. Yeah me!

New Stuff : )

My fabric pile is slowly depleting and that makes me super sad, but I have recently gotten a few new things to add to my goody piles. One of my old friends was moving and I got some fabric and a ton of scrap booking stuff from her on the cheap! I also found an amazing pack of buttons-there are some super cute ones that I can't wait to use. Now all I have to do is decide what to make next; the possibilities are endless.

On a side note, my adorable boxer baby decided that she loves it when I have fabric out because it becomes her new pillow. All of the pups in the house seem to think that it is their duty to snuggle test all projects before they are completed. While it is cute, it does make it difficult to work sometimes!

Crazy Week!

It has been a crazy few days here. I am working two jobs right now and I had a lot of stuff to do to prepare for teaching my students, so I haven't had much time to work on crafts. It is my goal to finish up Heather's project by Thursday so that I can give it to her when we go see Dear John for free! (Thank you Sloane!) Anyways, I decided I can back log some of the gifts I made for Christmas. This is a picture of a purse I made for my sister. I adapted it from a Simpicity pattern(not on purpose, somehow my pleats just didn't end up the way the pattern showed me). But hey, it turned out great none the less and she was very happy with the end result.

Unfinished Christmas...

This past Christmas I decided that I was going to make homemade gifts for most of my family and friends. Sadly, one gift is still left unfinished. It was originally planned as a blanket top, but before Christmas I was unable to find enough material to finish up the back. I guess everyone was in a crafting mood this season, the stores were crazy and the fabric was going fast. I actually showed my friend Heather the unfinished top and asked her if she wanted a blanket or if she wanted me to adapt it to a shower curtain because she has been wanting to redo her bathroom. She decided on a shower curtain and now I must simply get her project done. I have been waiting for material to go on sale because I want just a plain red material to cover the back so that you don't see all the seems and raw edges. Thankfully, sales are finally starting tomorrow for what I am looking for. I will be so glad to have it finished and my last Christmas gift officially done and given to its recipent. For now here is a picture of the unfinished project.

Hello Blogging World!

Alrighty, here we go blogging world! This is my first attempt at blogging and it is actually a little scary. I have long been a fan of blogging and follow several people as they somehow manage to squeeze in time for their love of crafting in this crazy hectic world. It has been an inspiration to me to see how creative people can be and that they have a love for things homemade like I do. For me, it is such a rush seeing how excited and happy people get when they receive a gift that I have made for them personally. There is always this fear that they aren't going to like it, but so far all of my gifts have been well received and to me, that is the best part of crafting!

It is my hope that by having this blog, I will become more motivated to improve my crafting skills and perhaps inspire others in return for all the inspiration I have received throughout these last few months. If not, at least it will be an awesome journal that I will be able to look back on at years end to see how much I have accomplished. Happy crafting everyone!