TMNT pillow form cover

pillow front

pillow back

Last weekend I completed this envelope style pillow cover for my son using this fun Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fabric.  I followed this great tutorial by Vanessa, TheCraftyGemini, on Youtube.  The pillow form I bought was size 16x16 but you can make them in any size!  Check out the video and you will learn how to determine the size you need to cut your fabric.  Happy Sewing!

Square bottom bag

I bought this fun tie dye fabric at JoAnn's a few months ago to make a rag quilt purse.  After cutting several squares I lost my mojo to create that type of purse.  Then several weeks ago, I came across this great video by smarmyclothes on YouTube on how to make a square bottom bag.  This is such a cute bag and the only thing I did differently was to make a thinner strap.  I will definitely have to try and make a larger one soon!  Happy Sewing!

Adventures in sewing

Ever since I took a sewing class over 5 years ago, I've been buying fabric and have accumulated a good stash!  In that class, I made the black bag below. I'm so proud of it and carry it to work everyday!  Of course after this class, I was like, I'm going to buy a sewing machine and make more of these bags!  Well, I did buy a sewing machine but I haven't made another of these bags yet.  This ever happen to you with a project?  LOL!  But, I have been getting some use out of the sewing machine, thank goodness!  I've made an apron and a few pillowcases.  The pillowcases are really fun!  A couple of years ago, the local fabric store had a sewing event where individuals were provided fabric and taught how to sew a pillowcase and then the pillowcases were donated to a charity.  When I wanted to make one for my son (finished pic below) I had to do a search on YouTube because I forgot a few steps and thankfully I found a few videos using the same technique taught at the fabric store.  This is the video I like best (and they have some other great videos too!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrYWCma9wgM .  But most recently, I made a zippered case and a mini four patch bag which didn't turn out too bad.  I'm keeping the projects small for now but hope to work my way up to a larger project such as a quilt.  Happy Crafting!

Craft Fair

Back in April, I participated in a 4 hour craft fair at an elementary school.  I have a variety of projects just sitting around, so I thought I'd try to my hand at selling.  I was a bit nervous at first but I felt at ease after the first hour!  There weren't too many customers (I'll blame it on the beautiful Spring weather that day! :) but I did make a few sales! I sold 3 cards, 2 beaded pens, 1 bracelet and 1 post-it-note w/mini beaded pen packaged gift!  I also met a few other crafty people and I learned of an art group in the area.  Here are some pictures  of my setup.

Thanks So Much

Here is a Thank You card I designed to make duplicates and donate to Operation Write Home.  I'm glad to find this great organization to help support the troops!

The sentiment is from the Thanks with Style stamp set by Kitchen Sink Stamps.  I used Stampin Up's blush blossom cardstock and ink.

JustRite Friday challenge 048

I made this card for the JustRite Friday challenge #048.  The floral image is from JustRite's The Greatest Joy stamp set.  I stamped it on watercolor paper and heat embossed it with black embossing powder.  I used Spellbinders' labels 8 die to cut out the image and I sponged the edges with tea dye distress ink.  I colored the image using Marvy LePlume markers and a water brush.  The patterned paper is by My Mind's Eye and the card base is Papertrey Ink's craft card stock.  I added a Basic Grey button, mesh ribbon and a ribbon bow embellishment.

Bundle of Joy

Happy New Year all!  Hope everyone had a nice holiday!

For the past several years I always plan to create more scrapbook pages to get those photos out of boxes.  It was perfect timing this year because JustRite Stampers introduced some new stamps recently and I just had to get The Greatest Joy Borders and Centers stamp set.  The sentiment in this stamp set fit perfectly for this layout I created.  The photos are from 1990 when my son was born but hey, it's better late than never, LOL!  Other supplies I used:  patterned paper by Frances Meyer, ballet blue ink by Stampin Up, alphabet tiles from Hot Off the Press' for Boys to Men scrapper's paper pack, Spellbinder's oval dies and heart paper punch.