Been busy~

This past weekend it seems I've been sitting behind my sewing machine a lot... I made these ice skate ornaments.. Wouldn't these be so cute tied to a gift bag?I also stitched up some hearts using fabric from some of the fabric swatch books that I have. I stuffed each heart with some lavender making little heart sachets. I bought 3 bags full of lavender at a yard sale for .25cents.. crazy huh?I also whipped up some flower hair clips, and some tiny Christmas stockings. Now its time to start working on my grandaughter's halloween costume. Originally she was going to be "baby Ga-Ga" with my daughter being Lady Ga-Ga.... but since they are going to a church harvest party-- we have had to tone down everyone's outfit... so, she is going to be a clown.... wearing a top hat of course!

Snowy mittens~

I've been trying to use some of the things I have stashed in my studio. I always buy things knowing exactly what I want to do with them.... trouble is there is so many things I want to do, yet never have enough time to do them. Ugh. Last year, I was lucky to find a lot of yardage of some white fleecy fabric for mere pennies on the dollar... I finally got around to making some snowy mittens out of the fabric, I have about 4 more yards left!..... I saw a picture of similar mittens and thought "I could make those"... so I did~ I also had a bunch of stacking gift boxes sitting unused soooooooo I added "sweet-Pete" sitting on top of some distressed wooden blocks, added some Christmas paper and glitter.... that was fun.I painted and added some flower sitting fairies to some candle stands.... that was fun....Now I'm bored.... and that is NO fun~

Day tripping...

We took a little day trip to Morro Bay today. We rented a boat and motored ourselves around the harbor. The life jackets on the baby-grands were a "pain in the neck" -literally. Which made it hard to eat donuts.....

Sweet little Chloe Rose took matters in her own hands and teathered herself to the boat.Which was probably a very good idea considering her brother was driving the boat~ Here are the baby-grands sitting with their parents with "Morro Rock" behind them.... We had a beautiful day together!

Fabric Swatch Books....

Recently I've come across a bunch of fabric swatch books at yard sales ranging from .25cents to 50cents. The fabrics are dreamy! Shown below are just 3 from my huge stash.What to do with them has always haunted me..... never has that stopped me from buying them though! With this craft boutique that I signed up for (coming up in November) ever looming over my head, I thought I could use the fabric and make some fun things to sell. I made these flower pins. Easy-peasy... picture askew thanks to my computer gremlin~I like how they turned out, but I think I personally would like them better if they were solid burlap, muslin or just plain white fabric. I'm sure I'll play around with making these flowers at a later date~ With this most recent cold I had, I was always reaching for a tissue... that gave me another idea for using this lovely swatch fabric. Tissue covers of course!I made the pattern myself and just mass produced them rather quickly. I tied each one with a piece of lace (I've got an unlimited supply of lace) and added "God Bless You" on a cardstock tag.I added my contact information on the backside. I love these! I want to make a class set for my grandson's preschool class! I've also made a bunch of zipper pins.....

What else to make?.....

You probably already know...

But just in case you didn't....

Kite weather~

I decorated a plastic kite today. I used spray adhesive to adhere newspaper to the plastic kite. I painted & painted and then painted some more. I added the quote "If you are what you eat, then I'm fast, cheap and easy" Truer words never spoken....

My Fairy Tree~

I finally uploaded the photos of the Christmas tree I decorated for our local fair. The dreaded pre-school cold got ahold of me once again. Forget about the H1N1 flu.... the pre-school cold will kill most adults way faster. I'm just saying~ Anywho, here is my tree... taaaaaa daaaaaaaaa. I've got sweet-Pete sitting on top of the tree.... and of course the "fairy Christmas" sign... and loads and loads of fairy ornaments.Here is the trees "skirt" it is literally a ruffly vintage skirt~

There was going to be live trees to decorate, but at the last minute the donation was cancelled.... so they had faux trees in different sizes. I took the biggest! I had four boxes of ornaments to hang... looking at these pictures I could have added so-much-more! But at the time of decorating the tree, I was in the beginning stages of "the dreaded pre-school cold" *insert sinister music here* I'm hoping with the multi-colored lights turned on and it pushed into its finally resting spot it will win a ribbon!