A bag for my momma!

I'm in love. I have been for awhile now... since I started sewing, really. Her name is Amy Butler and she designs the most delicious fabric and has the most fantastic patterns. You can look at all of her stuff here. My first experience with her was posted here. I love this birdie sling so much that I can't seem to get over it and make anything else of her's!! This is probably the 5th one I've made.

This particular bag I made for my fabulous mother. She picked out the fabric (with a little bit of guidance) and I got down to business.... well kinda. She asked me to make it in March and my life got super-busy and then I got super-pregnant and super-lazy. But I'm back to normal now-- and I got it done!! Cute, eh?

This bag has a little bit of everything- flowers, polka-dots, and stripes. What's not to love?!

--COMING UP---

The transformation of a garage sale table.

(Yes, the roses will be gone. I don't like them, either.)

Easy Framed Name

While cleaning out one of our closets I found this ugly old picture frame. It's the kind that doesn't even stand up on its own- intended completely for hanging on the wall. Not a chance I would hang this thing up in my house- BUT I got an idea!


I bought some wood letters and a piece of scrap-booking paper for super-cheap at my favorite store. I removed the glass and backing from the frame and spray painted it and the letters my favorite shade of brown.




I glued the paper to the backing using this- (aka: the best thing ever invented)


Then hot-glued the letters on like so! Ta-da!


Total cost of this project- $9! (More than I thought it would be, but that's because I had to buy a new can of spray adhesive for $6!)

Welcome!!

I'm so excitged about starting my second blog! I wanted a dedicated space for showing all of you the things I do in my free time- sewing projects, easy crafting projects, restoring garage sale/goodwill finds, etc. Also, I'll include easy how-to instructions for you to start your own crafting adventures. Tell your friends about my blog, invite them to join the free-time fun! How excited are you right now??


To get things started off I want to share with you my all-time favorite website. Its the closest thing to an online craft fair as you can get. Go there. Explore. Buy great things. You'll love it. I promise.

www.etsy.com

Here are a few things I've purchased recently-

Fabric- We all know how much I love fabric!

Patterns-

There are soooo many cute patterns. I will eventually have them all. HA!

A simple door decal-

I love this! It looks fabulous on my front door!
(This isn't my front door, but the one above is!)

Clothing-

I couldn't resist these two great items!

All of these items are still for sale on etsy- so if you fell in love with them as fast as I did you can get one for yourself to enjoy!