Thanks to finding Blue Calla I have now found Keyka Lou, which is where she gets her patterns. Downloaded the bracelet bag pattern the other night with my friend, figuring we’d make it together. But then of course I’ve gotten ahead of things and cut it out already. Too excited to try a new project!
Here’s what I’ve got so far.
Just debating the button choice, I’m leaning towards the brown wood one. Any opinions?
Made this on the weekend, thanks to one pretty thing for pointing it out over at am ay kay ee.
It was super easy and quick. Rather than attaching velcro I decided to be brave and attach a snap. Off to Michael’s I went, coupon in hand, to get the snappy thingie installer tool. That too was easy to use, even if my snap ended up a little off center.
I ordered mini Moo cards a while back and love them. They’re great quality and such a novel little size that they stand out when you give them to people. But with the recent offer for free business cards I decided to try those too. So my mini Moos turned into tags for my items, there’s even room to write/sticker a price on as well if I so desire.
My free business cards came the other day. Only cost $7 for the shipping, it was a super deal!
Hope everyone is having a great Mother’s day. Just wanted to wish everyone well for today and share the cute little craft Wesley brought home from pre-school this week, tea for me!
The little poem says, “On Mother’s Day at 1/2 past three, make yourself a cup of tea.”
My hubby pointed out that the tea bag is actually glued into the little pocket, hehe oops. It’s still super cute.
Have a fantastic day ladies!
Posted in kid fun, other crafts, papercrafts
Tagged kid crafts, mother's day, preschool
I’m very excited today! First I have someone selling me their old Cricut machine. It’s going to come in super handy for my cloth counting books and also scrapbooking and well all other papercrafts.
THEN unexpectedly, my hubby asked me if I wanted a sewing machine our friends are selling. He even came home this morning with a piece of fabric stitched with cute little hearts and leaves and the other fun embroidery designs it does. (You knew that would seal the deal right Tabatha?) How could I say ‘no’? It’s a BabyLock, which I know nothing about, hopefully it’s pretty user friendly. My current machine is pretty basic. He’s meeting them later this afternoon and will bring it home for me. It’s like an early Mother’s day with so many presents.
I hope my sewing machine cover fits! I may have to break out One Yard Wonders again!
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Tagged babylock, cricut, one yard wonders, scrapbooking, sewing machine
Found myself some more fun online! Went over to Pepperberry & Co and saw there was a need for pattern testers! I thought it might be fun and of course there’s some free perks involved for playing along. I’m so happy to have been assigned the ipod/iphone cover thingie. What a coincidence i just got an iphone about 2 weeks ago! Can’t wait to get started on it.
Thanks for the opportunity Sandra!
Last night I sewed a girlie rag quilt together. Since I have 4 boy sort of themed ones I thought I should make some more girlie ones before my show on Saturday. So I made this neat one with pinks and purples and cute little owls.
I plunked it on the kitchen table to remember to snip it today and, as it was very late (much like now), I turned off all the lights on the main floor and was about to go upstairs. Then I forgot something and came back into the kitchen to get it. At first I thought my eyes weren’t adjusted to the dark or something but there on the table where all these little green circles! When I walked closer I realised it was the eyes on the owls! Apparently it’s glow in the dark fabric!!! I bought it almost a year ago and didn’t remember that at all. So it’s a pretty cool quilt.
Sorry for the plain photos, Picnik is acting wonky and I’m tired.
So I’ve decided to dedicate Fridays to sharing all the creative people I’ve found as a result of this blog endeavour of mine. I’ve got a pile to work through and I’d like to start with Blue Calla. Met her at a little Mommies night out thing a few weeks ago and, thanks to my weakness for all things tote/purse/bag related, I made a purchase. Here’s the wonderful little number I bought.
She uses such nice fabrics and the patterns are very stylish. I’ve been using the bag since, almost everyone comments on it. I learned from my Hot Butter purchase that people like fun one of a kind bags and usually ask, “Did you make that?” so I grabbed a bunch of her business cards and I’ve been giving them out when people ask!
Here’s some more of her great stuff. Find her on Facebook where you can see her entire fabric selection!
So I signed up for this swap at SewMamaSew and it was too fun! First I got to dig through my ever growing stash of fabric and find some things I thought other people might like. THEN envelopes with fabric started to arrive!!
So fun! Tanya was playing along too, she sent me the fun aqua colour fabric that reminds me of those sparkles in 50’s counter tops. Kristin was a super star and said she was decluttering and sent 3 fat quarters!!!
Wesley got some mail today an envelope full of stickers from his friend William! There was homework assigned as well. We have to mail stickers back to William and to another boy, THEN we get to pick 6 friends and send some stickers. They’ll do the same thing and send stickers back to us and 7 other children. Wesley was super excited about the stickers he got today, I can’t wait to see how he reacts as mail starts pouring in for him!
Wesley has 2 friends he wants to send stickers to and I thought it might be fun to find some new friends. So if you have a little one in your life who would appreciate some free stickers in the mail, and like putting together some envelopes for other children let me know you’d like to play! I’ll take the first 4 replies. Leave your email, or send me one with the name and address and we’ll send them out over the weekend. Anyone can play no worries about postage, as long as you don’t mind mailing back to Canada.
