The apron I made...

I still haven't taken a picture of the apron I received, although I wear it a lot. :)

I've started collecting seasonal fabric, and its starting to bother me that I havn't found any good easter or saint Patrick's day fabric... any one have any suggestions?

Sassy

The spring section of the Sassy Apron Swap has gone quite well in my opinion ;) I'm heading out of town for the weekend but just as soon as I get a spare moment (probably not till next weekend) I'll post pictures of the apron I sent, and the wonderful apron I got. And maybe sometime soon, If I try reeeely hard I'll finally put all the stuff I've made over the last few weeks up in my Etsy shop. Who knew the posting part would be the hard bit?

My sewing room...

I'm always inspired by what other people do with their craft/sewing rooms. Especially when we have the same stuff. As I'm sure you're all aware like every crafter/seamstress in the world just a bought has those little drawer things from IKEA. It's ok I do too. And speaking of which I thought I would share what I've done with mine...

Thats several coats of cherry mixed with mahogany danish oil, I stained mine to match my book case which happens to be the small billy bookcase from Ikea. Each drawer is filled with a different color way of thread. Unfortunatly thats where I've been stuck for the last six months or so.

Yesterday I decided to paint the finger pulls in the color of the threads, the above shot is a between shot, but I reeeeely like them just white. Below you can see what they look like with their color coding. I'm not sure I like it but I have to know whats in the drawers, opening each one every time I need a thread is getting to be a bit much.

Thoughts ? Help? please?...

On another note, I've started another project out of Last Minute Patchwork Gifts, this time its the Pencil roll from Pink Chalk Studios. I really can't recommend this book enough.


and last but not least a picture of my ever expanding stash. Note, this dose not include the chest of drawers in the closet, or the bolts in the closet, or the stack on the bed..... on the bright side I joined the fabric swap on swap bot, so two lucky people will benefit from my dragon like hoarding, if I can manage to pry some of it from my own fingers...

and someday I'll learn to take a decent photo....

Long time no post

Sorry for the gap in posting. The holidays were just so hectic. I did get all the christmas presents made, although I of course didn't take a single picture. On the other hand I've been busy since then, would you like to see my updated kitchen? Sure you would!! Ok so this first picture is the before...


and here's the new hardware...

ok so its a little dark in there...
the hardware looks like this http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.aspx?c=2&p=55205&cat=3,46742,44011&ap=2

much more craftsman-ish.

You'll remember from my last post that my Amy Butler fabric got nixed. So the curtain in the kitchen now looks like this (wave hello to my neighbors)...


that is the "Full Moon Forest" pattern as seen here http://www.u-handbag.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=513

the Squirrels are green and they match the wall. I've really got to work on my photography skills.

anyway not much of a post, but I'll try to get better shots of what I've been up to soon. Today's a lousy day for photography cause its snowing outside :(

oops

So I made all my Christmas gifts
4 peanut the elephants, 1 handbag, 1 grocery bag keeper, 1 cloth grocery bag, 1 set of cloth napkins, 1 set coasters, 1 pincushion, 1 curtain, and 3 fishing sets.

but I didn't take a single picture, and now they are all gone. :(

Grrr

So my plan to cohesively decorate the entertainment space of the house has been foiled. Yesterday my loving finance has informed me that he does not want the Amy Butler charm fabric "all over the house" because as he put it "it looks like something old people would decorate with" to which I must ask, well why the heck did he say he liked it in the first place, and out loud I said, "well that'll teach you to lie about rather or not you like a print." and of course he back tracked and said he did like it, just that he thought it looked like old people fabric. which I personally have trouble reconciling those two images but anyway... So now I need to come up with some other way to pull the four rooms together in accessory land.

The Job Hunt is over

Here's my new baby. ( photo by blogger, gsdgsd13, who took a series of nice shots of the house) You can also see more info on the house here. I'll be heading up the wood conservation, its so nice to be back in the field that I love. I've very excited and I can't wait to watch her evolve like a phoenix from the ashes (the last major damage was fire after all).