Projects

I am constantly working on projects and should probably start a blog dedicated to just that! Here's just a little bit of what I've been doing in my spare time. As well as working on more items for a craft fair I have coming up that I'm freaking out about!

Anyway, I've been making Brianna some new outfits. The first is a Stripwork Apron Top. I wish I had made it a little longer, but I liked the way the colors turned out. I got the idea from a tutorial on this site http://indietutes.blogspot.com/2008/06/stripwork-apron-top.html She has a bunch of great tutorials!

Second, I made this peasant top style shirt, also from a tutorial on the same site. It can be found here: http://indietutes.blogspot.com/2007/07/peasant-blouse.html I need to alter my pattern some but I love the way it turned out. I made it out of cupcake material for Brianna's birthday that is coming up. I'm also almost done with a cupcake clip for Bri's hair, but I haven't taken a picture yet.

I also have been wanting another purse lately. I made one that is large to hold all of my church stuff as well as things for Brianna. But, I've been wanting one that's smaller to fit my wallet, keys, cell phone and snacks or a drink for Brianna and still have it be small! So, I made up this pattern and really liked how it turned out! It's been fun now that I'm feeling more comfortable making my own patterns and seeing what I can come up with and not having to buy an expensive pattern! Oh, and I love this fabric and want to make Brianna a dress out of it! I just can't decide what style yet. But, it should probably be for the fall!

I've also been working on some things in our house! I was really sick of the purple accents in our bedding and decided to make a new duvet. Chad wanted something green, and I found this coordinating blue fabric for pillows at IKEA. They were covers for large pillows, so I had to cut them down and make them fit the pillows I had in mind. I absolutely LOVE the fabric, but Chad feels it's a little too girly! Oh, well, I wasn't too keen on the green, and these pillows helped me feel better about it! :) I wanted to paint the walls in here, but since we're renting and Chad assures me that he won't help me paint anything back to white when we move, I've held off. ( Can I just tell you how much I hate white walls!!! That's the hardest thing for me about renting!!!) Instead I just painted over a painting I had done for Brianna's old room and painted it to coordinate with the bedding!

And Brianna's room is finally done!!! It is one of the only rooms in the house with painted walls, but I couldn't help myself. I don't love the raspberry colored wall, but it was my second attempt at a pink color and I was trying to finish it before we moved in! In the last couple of months I finally finished painting the flowers on the wall, I framed a picture of Brianna that I took and embellished the frame, I embellished the curtains with silk flowers and buttons, and I better be done! It starting to look a little too busy to me, but I'm worn out so it'll have to do!

I don't have a wide angle lens, so sorry about all the pictures!

And the rest of the house is still a work in progress. It's really hard to want to do much in a home when you don't own it. I have been working on the front room a little and will share pics when I get a little closer to what I want!