It's Spring!!!

Here are a few of the flowers that we have blooming at our house right now. I was afraid that the snow that we had two weekends ago was going to kill them all but it didn't! We should have some tulips and flowers that start with an h that I can't spell blooming soon as well.Here's another baby gift that I made for a lady at church. I love this fabric. I think it's my favorite baby boy fabric that I've found so far. By the way, this wipe case was a much better experience. I think I'm starting to get the hang of it...maybe. (fingers crossed :))Here are some of the perpetual calendars that my "students" made at my Stampin' Up class this past weekend. I think they all turned out super cute!And finally, I had to share this beauty that I found on Sunday at a local Antique Market. I can't wait to polish it up! It's going to be my new sewing chair. I'll post more pictures after I fix it up.

Tutu Fever

I made this tutu for Lane weekend before last.I was so tickled with the way that it turned out that I told a lady at church her granddaughter needed one if she didn't already have one, so I made this tutu this past weekend for her granddaughter's birthday, which was Saturday.

They're so easy to make, and they all turn out sooooo cute! I hope Lane likes hers as much as I do!

A Baby Gift

I made these items for a lady at church, whose husband I help with the accounting and writing checks for our congregation. I don't know her that well, but I work with her husband on a weekly basis so I want to give them a bigger gift than I normally would give. This is an accordian album. I got the idea from my sister, who got the idea from a gift that she received from her friend Ashley. This project was the biggest little booger I have encountered in a while. It looks fairly simple and straight forward, and it was, but it took FOREVER! I thought this would take 30 minutes to an hour....no, it took more like 3 hours. I bought the supplies to make 5 more of these, but I'm not sure that will be happening any time soon.

This is the front view of it open.

And this is the open view of the back, although this could be decorated too and display pictures as well as the front.

I also made this baby wipe case. This was my first try at covering a wipe case, all in all, I think it went ok, and I learned some pointers for the next one that I make. I love this fabric by the way. I found it at JoAnns. It's not the print that I really wanted, but the one that I really wanted was flannel, and I thought that cotton would be better.

And of course as usual, I made a set of burp cloths in matching fabric.

I hope she likes it!

Winter Wonderland Projects

Here's a picture of our iced over tree Friday morning.

And this one is the same picture but with snow falling. It snowed pretty much all day Friday, not sure how many inches we ended up getting. Lately, I've had trouble with losing my work key in the side pocket of my purse between business cards, not good when it's cold outside and my hands are usually full. So when I ran across this fabric key chain tutorial, I knew I had to make it. Now I have one place for all 3 of my keys! I made two, one for me and one for my Etsy.

My nemesis: the brown zebra print curtains. This was a very frustrating project, but in the end, it all worked out okay after several major and minor glitches. I have decided that I prefer to work with fabric one yard at a time. One of the reasons this task felt so daunting was the amount of fabric I had to work with. I had to clean my floor before I could get started so that I could do my pinning and ironing on the hard wood floors. I was really glad that we had these otherwise I don't know what I would have done. I made these lined so that they would have a more finished look and somehow my measurements for my lining fabric came out 2 inches short, so i had to hurdle that obstacle.

The second panel definitely went smoother than the first, so I think in the future should i decide to make these type of curtains again, I could do it more smoothly. But it will be a while before I decide to tackle curtains again, at least curtains this big.

The shears, which are also zebra print, I bought at Target. My friend Karlie has them in her house, and I couldn't resist added them to mine.

This is another tutorial I found online. I thought it was really cute, and it was super easy to make. Literally took maybe 10 minutes to make. I'm going to have to list this one on my Etsy though, because my head was too big for the pattern. It's all those brains I've been blessed with. : )

Recent Projects

I saw this cute shade idea for the window over the kitchen sink in one of my weekly HGTV emails.
I plan on adding a 2x4 valance in the same fabric at the top of the window frame so that you don't actually see the top and the back of the shade. I didn't think of that until we hung it up though. :)This is a close up of the trim detail at the bottom. If you look close, you can see the white sleet in the backgound on the flowerbed outside. I'm hoping for a day off tomorrow so that I can do more crafting!

This idea I saw in a magazine. I can't remember which one. I was looking at it at the doctor's office.

I found these letters at a local scrapbook store that is going out of sale. I don't have any valentine's day decor, so I thought this would be a good start. I'll have to do Holly's craft along so that my one V-day item doesn't look out of place.

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A New Year, A New Beginning...

I have received several requests to hear more about my new job, which I mentioned in passing in my last post.

Starting Friday I will be working for Sunbeam Family Services as a Senior Accountant. I am very excited about becoming apart of Sunbeam. It is a non-profit organization that has programs for young kids and senior citizens. Some of their childhood programs include: various foster care programs, early head start, which is a daycare program, and counseling services. For senior citizens, they provide a mentoring program for those living at home that could use some assistance and a shelter for those being abused. Their web address is www.sunbeamfamilyservices.org if you would like to go read more about it.

The thing that excites me most about my new job is that I will be working for a cause; I will be apart of an organization that is doing so much good. It's not about the money, it's not about tracking your charge hours (for those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, charge hours are the time that you spend working on a client), and it's not a ton of hours. I should be working about 40 hours a week, which I am also really looking forward to. I won't be working weekends, which means I won't be confined to the OKC metro during my traditional and sporadic busy seasons so I can see my family as often as I want!

I think it's going to be a good change for me, and I know that Josh is looking forward to it too. He won't have to lose me for months at a time anymore. : )