Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Monday, January 12, 2015
$1.50 Thrifty Pillows
This weekend while my son was at his piano lesson I wandered into the Thrift Store down the street and looked around. I picked up a few little odds and ends, how can I resist a 50 cent candle holder? One little thing I got was a large square of brocade fabric found in a pile of table cloths. At $1.50 it was a steal and I was sure I could do something with it.
I have 2 throw pillows that have been taking up space. They had come with a bedding set I no longer owned and I wanted to cover them and place them in the living room. This seemed like the perfect project for my $1.50 piece of brocade.
If you are a thrift shopper, keep your eyes open to the possibilities of fabric use. Curtains, tablecloths, etc.. can be turned into something new and great.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Happy 2015!
Hello Everyone! Happy 2015!
I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday season. I had a very fulfilling holiday season. We had great family Christmases with my family and JD's family. We had a great visit with our friends for New Years and we had some much needed family time. With JD being a shift worker and the kid in school we are finding our free time doesn't always line up. We had 7 days of the 4 us spending all our time together. It was AMAZING!
Of course after all that family time we have now retired to our separate corners and are now back to a schedule. Being the New Year, YAY 2015, I have altered the schedule to better suit new plans! What new plans you ask? We are Opening, filling and maintaining a new Etsy shop filled with embroidered goods, I am wanting to do more video updates and maybe a few tutorials and tips will be in there, I have a scrap bin that is overflowing and in need of projects being made, I want to do more fashion sketching as I am in need of some serious practice because I (for lack of a better word) suck, I want to take some online courses..... I'm sure there is more but that is a start......and feels like a lot.
Before all of that starts my shop needs some organizing. The shop is always a catch all for the "Christmas Chaos", so when its all over I am left with a huge mess to clean up. It has taken me a few days to weed through the mess but it is finally feeling like a working space again. Whew!
So, Happy January! I would love to hear about your plans for this coming year so please leave a comment.
Happy Sewing
I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday season. I had a very fulfilling holiday season. We had great family Christmases with my family and JD's family. We had a great visit with our friends for New Years and we had some much needed family time. With JD being a shift worker and the kid in school we are finding our free time doesn't always line up. We had 7 days of the 4 us spending all our time together. It was AMAZING!
Of course after all that family time we have now retired to our separate corners and are now back to a schedule. Being the New Year, YAY 2015, I have altered the schedule to better suit new plans! What new plans you ask? We are Opening, filling and maintaining a new Etsy shop filled with embroidered goods, I am wanting to do more video updates and maybe a few tutorials and tips will be in there, I have a scrap bin that is overflowing and in need of projects being made, I want to do more fashion sketching as I am in need of some serious practice because I (for lack of a better word) suck, I want to take some online courses..... I'm sure there is more but that is a start......and feels like a lot.
Before all of that starts my shop needs some organizing. The shop is always a catch all for the "Christmas Chaos", so when its all over I am left with a huge mess to clean up. It has taken me a few days to weed through the mess but it is finally feeling like a working space again. Whew!
So, Happy January! I would love to hear about your plans for this coming year so please leave a comment.
Happy Sewing
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