Instagram on Canvas

A little while ago, Easy Canvas Prints contacted me and asked if I’d like to review a product. I choose to go with a picture canvas. I uploaded this Instagram picture of Nate, it’s one of my favs. At first I was worried that the resolution or size would be wrong and the site would yell at me but all went well and I love the finished product!

It’s an 8 inch x 8 inch canvas and it’s going to make a really great keepsake of his first year at soccer. It’s a great size and goes great on the wall or just on a table top.

You can choose the colour on the edges of the canvas, or to have it mirrored from the front image. I choose that method and because of the effect (It’s Walden, X-Pro II, or Hefe, I can’t remember) and the black border and it turned out really well. My hubby said it looked ‘grainy’ but I explained that’s because of the Instagram filter and also the textured canvas. I love how it turned out!

It came packaged really well, I was a bit worried since it was traveling all the way up here from the US but all was well. I suppose I’ll need to order another one so Wesley can get some canvas love too!

New cozy design.

I had a custom order that involed this sort of idea a while back. Then I handstitched it for the order but since then I decided to make a screen print of it. But then it was the great ‘to cute face’ or ‘not to cute face’ debate.

I decided on the cute face. I blame this on knowing Mollie.

My friend made me pins!

And they’re super stinking fun! My friend Joanna made these for me and they’re such beautiful pins.

Friday night and my Spinograph.

Well I am so glad I ran out of work straight after bus duty and went on an adventure to attend an Etsy event organized by EtsyCA.

I had a great time, got to meet Nada again, the Etsy employee here in Canada. I met her in Brooklyn which is sort of funny. It was a day of, “Oh you’re from Canada! Have you met Nada?!” since we were the only 2 Canadians in the room at the Success Symposium.

Spinograph from SewTara on Vimeo.

I also made this great video. It’s pretty silly, I got dizzy at the end and had to stop. Plus I was sort of taking up the sidewalk standing with my arms out and spinning around and around.

Yes, another craft book!

About sewing totes and bags no less! Because I need more of those. My copy of Lisa Lam‘s new book arrived and I love it. This Too Cool for School Satchel is amazing, but it looks like an ambitious project.

This one is great too, just a compact little thing to carry a few necessities to a craft show or conference.

Can’t wait for school to end and have those empty days to sneak in some sewing between playing with my kids!

Spoiler alert.

If you won my Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day draw, leave now!!

Here are the two scrappy wallets I made for the winners I picked. After sending emails and asking for likes and dislikes I came up with these 2 little cuties. I hope they like them.

I love this pattern, as I do most of Michelle’s patterns.

The people that you meet.

While it can be discouraging when you spend your day at a table with your wares and maybe it doesn’t turn out as you had hoped I usually love the vibe and people at craft shows. Even if no one buys anything you’re bound to hear some compliments. At the last show I was beside this lovely lady and this gentleman and we had a fun day.

The weather was wonky, dark clouds one moment, sunny the next, and downpour in between, but we kept smiling and supported each other. I thanked all the people for coming out on such a cool, icky June day. A ton of my cards & magnets were scooped up and I had a quick run around and saw some neat stuff.

I’m in love with the shirts this lady creates!

I grabbed cards and would like to share the love and show you some of the things I liked about the First Sunday Stroll. Please click images if you like what you see and you’ll be whisked away to more work by these fine artists.

What was I thinking!

So I commited to making messenger bags for my sons, and I will. However, last night I got cutting out all the fabric and there’s 30+ pieces for each bag!! Batting, interfacing, lining, exterior . . . oh my!

It’s Thursday night, here’s an phone photo of how far I am. Guess I’ll be revealing next Friday. Fingers crossed I’ll have 2 done.

I’m getting old

I can’t remember what I’ve blogged and what I haven’t! It’s terrible. I keep all my photos organized by month, guess I need a sub folder so I can sort what’s been posted and what hasn’t. Then I won’t appear so crazy. Like I do now.

A friend at work (hi Kim!) asked if I could make one of these bingo bag thingies for her mom as a gift. I agreed and was even provided a pattern. It was super simple to make and while I was surprised at how small it seemed when I was done, once I got to school we dug out some bingo dabbers and found they fit perfectly!

I love trying new things. Now I know how to make little pleated pockets all around the outside of something. It was also fun to do a drawstring again.

If we had more land

Sometimes I think it would be cool to have a little shed/workshop/studio/room in the backyard to escape to and create away. If we had more space I might be tempted to get one of these, my own little Hobbit House!

But we don’t have a ton of land . . . and what if I needed to pee . . . . or it was super hot . . . or it’s winter and I want to craft late at night in my jammies . . . . Guess we just need a bigger house!