Sheesh it’s getting busy around here, blogs, creating, shop updates, giveaways . . . more giveaways! Head over to Wild Olive for a neat little giveaway I’m hosting. You could win this lovely passport pocket! You can’t tell but there’s a little pouch on the back for your boarding pass and such.
I’ll even stitch a letter on it for you to make it all personalized like.
Posted in sewing
I’ve been crazily crafting lately! I think of something, make it, and as I’m finishing or ironing or stitching new ideas about it pop into my mind, modificiations/enhancements/things to change . . . OR just a whole other project idea entirely!! It’s hurting my head. It’s also starting to take it’s toll. Last night, despite promising myself, ‘just 1 more show while I craft’ I ended up heading to bed at about 1am. Which is ok if your 19 month old doesn’t wake you up at 6:20 :/ I’m hoping I can just keep going until my sleep in day on the weekend, at this rate it will need to be Saturday.
So here are some of the things occupying my time.
I’ve also been working on passport covers. Not sure what lead me in that direction, I suppose I want to travel. In the past 5 years I’ve been to so many places – Cuba, the Netherlands, Egypt, England (a few times), France, Germany, Spain on the last day of school everyone was asking me where we were going over the summer and I said ‘nowhere’. People were surprised. We were in England and Spain last December but I hadn’t returned to work yet so they didn’t really know about it. So I suppose instead of traveling this summer I’ll feel like I am and create us some cute passport pockets, and some for my shop!
Made these for my boys, the print is super cute it’s all full of Canadian things, maple leaves, beavers, moose, fish, and landscapey things it’s super fun. I’m making Nate some reversible pants out of it as well.
Initially I made this one for me but now I’m amending my design and might have to create another one for me.
The little cut out felt is for a monogram but I’m not sure where to place it without covering a cute animal peeking out!
Posted in crafty books, kid fun, sewing
Tagged handmade beginnings, monograms, pants, passport pockets
I’ve got waaaaay too many ideas right now for the amount of hours that are in a day! I can’t keep up. But I’m trying really, really hard.
Of course that means staying up silly late after the kids are in bed to finish things. Last night I managed to tidy up the ends of a few projects and today I actually accomplished listing them in my store even! I feel like I done good. Here’s some of the things I listed.
My double rainbow pillow.
Little Red tea bag holder/cozy
Very Cherry clutch
Tea Time tea bag holder/cozy
Hoping to get another idea or two out of my head tonight!
Posted in embroidery, sewing
Tagged clutch, cozy, double rainbow, keyka lou, pillow, tea bag holder
So I worked really really hard to get all of my pincushions done, even worked on them while the hairdresser and make up lady were getting us ready for the wedding last Saturday. I’m being inpatient and sharing now.
The swap is run by Amanda. I headed out last Monday with my box squished with 16 pincushions to mail them far, far away to Colorado. The nice man at the post office had icky news. To get the package to her before the weekend it was going to cost just under $60. Technically it was due to her on Wednesday! I could use the 5 day option for $25. It was a sad, sad day.
Luckily Amanda took pity on me, and some other people facing similar problems and extended the deadline nto the end of the month! Now I can send my cute little goodies for less than a zillion dollars. AND I’ll get a nice and fun box full of 16 camp themed goodies in the mail! It’s going to be so fun.
Posted in other crafts, sewing
Finally decided to take some time to tackle a project from Handmade Beginnings. I vowed to use things I had on hand so while they aren’t as colourful as the ones in the book they’re equally as cute once they’re on my little sweetie. I used some IKEA fabric and some red with little white polka dots and just plain yellow.
It’s been pretty hot lately so Nate sort of objected when I snagged him to put some pants on for a photo op. So it only lasted a few shots. I had to distract him with toys and stealing his suckie to get him to stretch up for a nice back shot.
The instructions were really easy to follow. I was surprised by the way they laid out the patterns, to save paper I understand, and I had to tape it all to a window and trace the pieces onto graph paper. I went with the 24 month pattern, even though Nate’s only 18 months, they’re a little big so they’ll fit him for a while. I turned the cuffs up twice so they wouldn’t be too long. He was napping when I was finishing them up so I used Wesley as my model. The pants would fit him perfectly if there was another inch or two on the bottom. I’m hyped to make some more.
Posted in crafty books, kid fun, sewing
Tagged baby, clothes, handmade beginnings, IKEA fabric, kids, pants, reversable pants, sewing
The lovely ladies I worked with in my classroom love flip flops and someone brought in a little clutch and they thought it was really cute. I instantly recognised it as one from KeykaLou and so, any excuse to shop, off I went to buy the pattern!
I had a harder time than I thought finding flip flop fabric but etsy pulled through for me.
The pattern was really easy to follow and I’m a sucker for bags, totes and now clutches soooooo I made some more. At the last minute, I think it was Thursday, I decided to make some for my BFF to use on her wedding day and for me to carry with my dress. I managed to make 2, I wanted to keep going but ran out of the clasps. I used some of my cute Michael Miller lovebird fabric. At the last moment I added some ribbon to turn them into wristlets. Had I thought of it earlier I could have made all the ladies in the wedding one, oh well.
Here’s mine with the shoes I was supposed to wear but didn’t (more on that later).
Someone at work mentioned she had attempted to sew juice pouches and kept breaking needles. I happily offered to make her the bag she couldn’t make herself. So I sat down to construct a bag and liked it so much I made myself one too!
It’s absolutely ginormous and can hold everything you need to head to the beach/park/swimming. I’ve carried mine back and forth to work, swimming with the kids and yes, to the beach! It’s great for things that are wet, like your water bottle that gets all condensation-y, or your wet swim stuff. I used black nylon for the straps and I made them really big, I bought about a metre/yard and just cut it in half to make 2 straps.
Posted in kid fun, other crafts, sewing
Tagged beach bag, juice pouches, kool aid jammer, tote
Ok right now we’re dining in Toronto for the non-rehearsal dinner for my BFF’s wedding. So I should be giving her this gift any moment and therefore I can finally show you all!!!
Here’s is the wonderful and eclectic snuggle quilt I have created for my lovely BFF and her soon to be hubby. It took a while to track down and collect all these fabrics that mean something special to them and it makes for one colourful quilt! The backing is just plain brown in case tehy want to flip it over and actually have it in their living room without it accidentally hypnotizing people.
Years and years ago I sat down and created a quilt for myself, which I never actually quilted. This was my first time stitching through the layers of the quilt and it wasn’t as difficult as I thought it would be. I did stick to the easy route and just stitched around the boarder, the outside row of squares and a box inside to hold the batting in place. I’m really happy with the result and I’m sure it will provide years of snuggily warmth to my dear friends.
Posted in other crafts, sewing
This craft has a sort of funny story behind it. Apparently my crayon and car cosies inspired my friend to create a cosie for her crochet hooks and some other random supplies. Well seeing her creation inspired me to create my own crochet hook cosie. So this is a craft inspired by me, inspired by Joanna that inspired me back.
I used the lovely dill fabric I recently ordered, and some wood grain too. Who doesn’t love a little woodgrain fabric! It folds up and ties with a cute little brown ribbon. I just made the design up from scratch and I’m pretty darn proud of myself.
I’ve been a little neglectful of my blog lately, as well as my online classes! Hopefully with the end of my real life work/school I can get back into daily crafting and more frequent bloggings.
Wheeeeee! My copy of Happy Beginnings arrived this week. I’m soooo exited. I can’t really decide which project to start with but I’m pretty sure it’s going to be either these baby pants of the scrappy nap pillow!
Someday I’m tackling this peek-a-boo quilt.
Posted in crafty books, kid fun, sewing
Tagged baby, books, happy be, happy beginnings, kids, maternity, sewing
