Crafting

So, through different blogs that I read I have been inspired to craft more. I've always been kind of craft-y but it's been a while since I really made things. Meg over at Whatever has TONS of fun ideas down the right hand side of her blog and even more great ideas from her girls crafting weekend a while back. I jotted down some ideas last week and got supplies this weekend while I was at mom and dad's (hence the multiple trips to Ben Franklin and Wal*Mart's fabric department!). And I'd like to share with you some of the things that I have made/started making.

Valentine's Shirt (I found this idea on Meg's blog- see the link above):

Supplies:

White shirt, heart shaped doilys, paint brush. paint, rolling pin, and newspaper (not pictured)

Instructions:

1. Lay the doily face up on newspaper, paint evenly with more paint then you think you need. I just painted the doily and there wasn't enough paint to transfer to the shirt

2. Lay the painted doily, paint side down, on your shirt (I put newspaper in between the front and back of the shirt so the paint didn't bleed through)

3. Set newspaper on top of your doily and roll with the rolling pin to transfer the paint to the shirt.

4. Remove the newspaper and doily to reveal your painted shirt

5. Repeat with other shapes/colors

6. Let dry. Wear. And enjoy!

*Please pretend that this picture is up and down since I'm wearing the shirt :)

Button pillow case:

Since I want to completely re-do my living room but I don't have lots of money I've been trying to think of ways to make little changes. So I'm making pillow cases for each of the pillows on my couch. This one was inspired by a bracelet that I made with kids at Bible Camp this summer- the button bracelet! I had the little old ladies from my church donate buttons to make these bracelets and the ladies DELIVLERED! I have soooo many buttons. So now I'm make a cool pillow case.



Supplies:

White fabric (mine is a little larger 12x12 since that's what my pillows are), buttons of desired color (I went with all white), needle and thread.

Instructions:

Sew the buttons on all over the fabric.

In random order.

I suppose you could do a pattern or make letters. That would be cool.

The first night I just tried putting the buttons the the fabric.

This was really hard.

I couldn't keep the fabric flat or tight and I just had a really hard time.

So the next day I went and got an embrodery (sp?) hoop.

Now we're talking AND making progress!!!

This picture is after day 2 of work.

Today is day 4.

There are lots more buttons on it now :)

In fact I had to move the hoop this morning after crafting for a while!

But it's slow going. This is much more time consuming then I thought it would be. I'm not sure why I thought it would be so easy/quick. I've sewed lots of buttons on in my life and I know how long it takes to put one on. I don't know why I thought 100's would go quick!

But I love it.

And I think it will be really beautiful when it's all done.

More pictures later/when it's finished!

Happy crafting!

Hope you're having a great day!
Peace.

So What Wednesday

Here's what I'm saying "So What" to this week:

*if I think my mom and dad's house smells weird

*if I want to completely re-do my living room and I've lived in my house for less then 18 months

*if I still haven't made it to the gym

*if I reuse "So Whats" from other weeks- they're still true!

*if I'm already excited for WE*Fest and it isn't until August

*if I wanted to spend to day at home in my pj's crafting

*if I don't think every baby is cute

*if I'm jealous of the life stage that my parents are in- what I wouldn't give to not have to worry about money

*if I made a list on paper of my "So Whats" before I made this list

What are you saying "So What" to this week?

Head on over to http://www.lifeafteridew.com/ 

to see what everyone else is saying "So What" to this week!

Peace.

Used Car Lot?

These are all of the vehicles/things with motor that you can drive that were at my parents house this weekend:

Starting from the top: Dad's truck, Dad's new expedition, Mr. Boyfriend's truck, my old car     :(, sister's car, mom's car, my new car, dad's motorcycle, girl snowmobile (it has pink skis!!), boy snowmoblie. *None of these are pictures of the acutal vehicles that we own- these are all pictures off google images. But we really do own vehicles just like each of these. And yes, we know it is excessive.

Mr. Boyfriend walked into my parents house on Friday night and asked my dad if he was thinking of opening a used car lot.

And my dad already has his eye on another vehicle that will be coming up for auction soon.

Peace.

Lonely Saturday

So normally I'm not on the computer on the weekend. Since I spend so much of my week in front of my computer at work, I'd rather not spend my weekend on it too. But today I am at my parents house and I'm bored. Mom, Dad, Katie (sister), and Katie's friend who came home for the weekend from college with Katie are all out working at the bar my mom manages. Today is the the big snowmobile run that Mr. Boyfriend is on and my mom's bar is one of the stops. Since it's a big snowmobile run they need extra help at the bar so everyone is working today. Except for me. I didn't make up my mind til Monday that I'd be coming home this weekend and by that time Mom had enough help for today. Then I found out about the baby shower this afternoon so it's probably good that I'm not working... But I'm bored waiting for this shower.

I've been reading blogs and clicking on other blogs that people follow. I've been finding lots of craft projects that I'd like to do. I've been listening to Pandora. I've been creeping on facebook.

I think I'll go get ready for this baby shower then go to Ben Franklin and Wal*Mart (again!) to get more crafty supplies, that way if everyone is still gone when I get back from the shower I'll have something to do. And if I don't get to any of these crafty projects this weekend I can start on them this week... Maybe. Or they'll wait for a rainy day :) (or snowy in my northern town!) Again- pictures and links when I'm done :)

Peace.

Ps- It is so nice here in this northern town again today! I went out this morning and only wore my northface fleece! Yay!

Slow Down

As I was driving home to my parents house yesterday I couldn't help but notice how beautiful the scenery was. The sun was setting off to my right and there were so many snow covered trees that looked amazing with the sun shining through them. I statred wondering why I had never noticed before and then I remembered that I normally drive home at night, when it's much darker. Yesterday I left my town at 4 which is at least 2 hours earlier then normal. Then I found myself wishing I had a nicer camera so that I could take pictures of some of these beautiful trees, and then I found myself being jealous of some of the blogs I follow of women that take beautiful pictures with their nice cameras and all I have is a crappy $90 digital one.

Today I got my fill of craft stores/supplies. In my northern town I don't have a craft store- no Micheals, no JoAnn Fabric, no Ben Franklin. And our Wal*Mart doesn't have fabric which means that they don't really have a craft department :( But my parent's town has a Ben Franklin AND a Wal*Mart with fabric. So I went to both today. And I got supplies to make some cute crafts that I saw on other blogs. I'll post pictures and links when I actually get around to the crafts. I'll probably go back to one or both of the stores before the weekend is over, I'm sure I'll think of more things that I need.

While at Wal*Mart today I also got a set of white long sleeve onesies and cute pink pants with ruffles on the bottome for Mr. Boyfriend's cousin that had a baby right after Christmas. We had gotten them a cute red and pink sweater from Old Navy when the baby was born but I could never get their address to send it to them. Then on Wednesday night Mr. Boyfriend told me that an invite had come in the mail for his mom and sister for his cousin's baby shower. So I'll tag along and give her our gift then. Hopefully she likes it- I think it's really cute. And you should have seen the look on my mom's face when I showed the sweater to her. I didn't tell her who it was for so she thought that I was telling her I was preggo. Haha! Priceless! I already know how I will let my mother know when I am preggo- it will be great, and funny :)

Hope you're all having a great Friday- it's nice and warm here in northern MN- I didn't even have to wear a jacket outside this afternoon- just my sweatshirt!!!
Peace.

Valentine's Day 2010

So here is the story of Valentine's Day 2010 that I hinted at yesterday:

Before I start the story there are some things you should know/remember: Valentine's Day was on a Sunday last year. Mr. Boyfriend comes to my house on Friday's after work and stays the weekend since we live in different towns, 100 miles apart.

Mr. Boyfriend and I decided that we were not going to do gifts for Valentine's last year becuase we had both spent too much on Christmas. So I didn't get him anything. Friday afternoon I got a delivery in my office of Gerber Daisys- my favorite. There were 7 flowers in the bouquet. I couldn't really figure out why there were 7 flowers. I thought maybe it was significant, then I felt bad cuz I had no idea why 7 would be signifcant to us. After work I went home to watch "Say Yes to the Dress" and wait for him. So he finally got to my house (I'm sure it took him the normal amount of time to get to my house, but it felt like forever!). I gave him a hug and kiss and thanked him for the flowers and asked why there were 7 of them. He told me that he wanted to send me a dozen but all that the flower shop had was 7. Haha! I wasn't missing out on anything! Then he asked me if I wanted my present now or later.

What?!? I thought we weren't doing gifts!

Well he had gotten me one anyway. So I told him it didn't matter he could give it to my whenever he wanted to. Then he told me that it was up to me. So I said, "Fine, I'd like it now." Cuz, I mean really, who doesn't like getting gifts? He said ok and started to get down on one knee. I started to cry. His knee got almost all the way to my living room floor and that's when he stood back up and said "Just kidding!" I'm pretty sure that I punched him. He asked why I was crying and I told him that I'm going to cry when it happens for real. Then he gave me a small red gift bag with a jewlery box inside. He had gotten me a diamond journey necklace that looks like this:

I love it. And I love him. Even though he's kind of a jerk sometimes. Any time I tell a boy this story he laughs like it's the funniest thing he's ever heard. Girls usually say "aww...." and then call him a jerk. Where do you stand?

So I don't know what to do for Valentine's Day this year. At first we said no gifts then we decided that we both like gifts so we should do them. But then last night when we were talking on the phone he told me that he didn't really need anything.

Any gift suggestions? Or what are you getting your Mr.s for V-day?

Peace.

So What Wednesday

So What Wednesday

Here's what I'm saying "So What" to this week:

*if I pride myself on being neat and organized but my house and my office are both total messes

*if I set my alarm Mon and Tues early enough so I could go to the gym and both days I hit my snooze buttong and talked myself into staying in bed

*if I thought today was Mr. Boyfriend's dad b-day when it's really tomorrow- at least I was a day early instead of a day late!

*if I have no idea what to get Mr. Boyfriend for Valentine's day. Last year we decided to not do gifts... I'll tell you how that worked out tomorrow.

*if I read everyone else's SWW before I wrote my own

*if I'm checking all of the blogs I read and writing my own before I start working (yes, I did just get to work and yes it is 1:30 in the afternoon. I'm a youth director and it's Wednesday I'll be here til 9:30 or 10 tonight)

*if I'm really excited to go stay at my mom and dad's this weekend.

What are you saying "So What" to this week?

Head on over to http://butterfliesandheaveneyes.blogspot.com/

to see what everyone else is saying "So What" to this week!

Peace.