makin' stuff..

yea.. sO.. i finaLLy finished one of the projects that's been looming over my head.. with a bit of disappointment..

tosha, please make a note to yourself.. YOU GET what you PAY for..

ugh. i bought a cheap-O serger..

what can i say?? i'm a thrifty woman!! ^_^

i'm not ashamed to admit it until i buy sumthin' that turns out to be cruddy crap.

& so.. yea.. last night, at 11:30ish.. i'm trying to serge the garments and the thing is goin' at a rate of about three inches per minute.. sux.

seriously.

sO.. i had to use pinking shears. (not my fav).. i'm rambling.

anyway.. i have one more outfit to complete, then off i go to do sumthin' fun for meself & my lil' princess Noah.. i think she'd LOVE to have a homemade mommy sumthin..

but, need i 4get that my lil' modpodge goodie is sittin' in the corner weeping it's eyeballs out 'cuz it doesn't have a home NOR stockings to wear.. still rambling.

i'm gettin' sumwhere, just not sure you'll ever figure it out.. sometimes, it's pretty obvious that my posts are outlets for me to de-JUNK my noggin..

anyway.

check out these awesome patterns!! i wanna buy a fabric with the print.. and make a lil' skirt. =)

latest project..

something simple.. but i can finally say that MAYBE, just maybe i'm in a lil' bit of a creative mood again..

my daughter has been wanting a strawberry shortcake (ssc) pillow for

her bed..

she's a die hard ssc fan! LOL

sO.. i made her one last night..

just a lil' something to start getting my creative juices flowing.

i have LOTS of clothes, fabrics, scraps.. that need to be re-purposed into something useful or beautiful (maybe a decoration..)

this pillow is made up of two of my daughter's old shirts, that she didn't care much for.. and an old sheet that i used to make an angel costume out of YEARS ago. LOL..

i'm planning to make LOTS of projects out of old clothing, fabric scraps, etc., stay tuned. ^_^

quilting??

i'm definitely a jack-of-all-trades crafty.. master of NONE!! >_<

i'd LOVE to change that... but i can't bring myself to that place.. i need DIVINE intervention!!

=)

but this particular lady is definitely a quilting guru.. & if she's not, then she's definitely getting there! and what makes the story even better is that she's NOT afraid of showcasing her first runs that don't necessarily turn out so good.. i need guts like that. or whatever it's called.

=)

check out more of her work HERE..

inspiration!!

call me inspired! i can appreciate this article... it's pretty amaZing to hear a success story of someone who's still doin' it the "old fashioned" way! according to the article, she still does ALL of her crafting by hand.. unless of course, i missed something..

makes me wanna go "make" something..

=)

you can see more of her work HERE..

crafts for kids!

another fun one to do with the special little people in your lives.. my daughter LOVES "sewing".. at least what she knows of the craft.. she's seven. she made a cube once.. and i'm proud of her..

and she's proud of her cube! =)

anyway.. maybe you'll wanna try this one with your kids.. sO many crafts so little time..

*sigh*

check it out HERE..