Baby Bunnies

 

I have always thought baby bunnies  are so cute, so I decided to make some bunny slippers. My inspiration usually comes in the middle of the night and then I can't go back to sleep because I am so excited to try it out.

 

I was trying to think of something to kind of get me in a Spring mood and these of course did the trick!

 

The first ones always take the longest because I have to write down the pattern as I go.

 

But when I was finished, I just had to say, Ahhh, aren't they cute!

 

Then of course those little feet will need something to put on their head, so I had to make a hat to match.

 

I loved how the little muzzle nose turned out.

 

I am starting to feel Spring!!

 

I did get both patterns written up, which is a great accomplishment for me because I usually take days to get it finished,

 

The pattern is made and I had some more lack of sleep last night, so I need to get on with my next inspiration.

 Sometimes I wish I could turn it off, (the ideas) but I am grateful because I love new projects!

New Beginnings

 

This last week we had New Beginnings with our Young Women.  Our theme was going to be based on everything is Black and White.  Meaning that in order to do the things we should be doing we don't want to find ourselves in those gray areas.  You know  we all have little gray areas in our lives, where we really aren't doing something bad, but are we really doing anything good?  We wanted to stress that in order to be where we want to be, that we should avoid those gray areas.  I needed to make some things that would just be black and white to get my point across.  So, I went to my favorite store, the DI, (Divine Inspiration), really it is a thrift store.  I found these vases and plates.

 

and knew if I put them together they would be perfect for what I needed.

 

I also found this mirror and frames which were also just what I needed.

 

This frame had a beautiful shape but I really didn't need what was in the middle.

 

Someone had gone to a lot of work on this, but I really just needed the frame.  Since they both cost $2.00 a piece I thought they would be perfect.

 

This is the theme for this year and here is the frame that I just spray painted white. I did the theme in black and white to get our Black and White theme across.

 

Can you see where those vases are?

 

This was the second frame that I spray painted white, added the black and white fabric, and then used a second frame that I  put in the middle, attached with Velcro.. We have been asked to do these 4 things every day, Pray, Read, Smile, Obey, 100% everyday!  I made the words in Photo shop and just made it in... you've got it,  Black and White!

 

There is a little hook on the bottom of the frame, so I made a tag that has 100% on it.  If we are 100% we will leave it turned around to the front, if we are not we will turn the tag over.

 

I added a black and white picture of Christ, in a frame that I spray painted black.

 

Can you spot the vase pedestals now?

 

I spray painted them white and added some tulle and black and white ribbon. The large flower ball I made from a Styrofoam ball and tissue paper.  I punched out a bunch of scalloped circles and attached them to the Styrofoam with straight pins.

 

These were some candle pedestals I had, that I just spray painted black and added the tulle, beads, flower and ribbons too.

 

I thought these turned out great and for about $2.00 for each pedestal I thought they were perfect!

 

These were perfect too!

 

I'm kind of liking this black and white theme.

 

I added the white lights under some sheer white fabric to give a little pizazz to the table  and give it some shine!

 

These blocks are what we have made for each young women to be given on their birthday.

 

We handed out these little favors at the end of the night.  The light bulbs were found at Hobby Lobby and we filled them with white six lets and attached the theme for the year.

 

The night was great and we will be caring this black and white theme through the yea,r and then for our Night of Excellence we will bring in all of the value colors to show that if we stay out of the gray areas that we have in our life we will really be able to shine in our values!

Some new patterns!

 

I have been working on some new patterns and I have had request to make some larger sizes. ( Most of my patterns are baby size.)

 

This little ballet slipper is probably about the right size for a 6- 8 year old.  Depending on the size hook you use and the weight of yarn it could vary. It is made with wool yarn which is double stranded.

 

So, it is not only cute but warm as well!

 

I love the rose on the toe and think it would make a great gift for any little girl, especially for those who like shoes! ( A girl can never have enough shoes!)

 

The next pattern is for a newborn to 3 month old and I love sock monkeys so I thought some little sock monkey booties would be great.

 

I will have to get busy and make one of my sock monkey hats to match!

 

These were very quick to make up, (once, I got the pattern written.)

 

I love these, with their cute little smiles on their faces!

 

These next ones are my size, I wear a size 7- 7 1/2 shoe size and they could be adjusted as well according to the hook size and weight of yarn. Actually the first ones I made were too big, so I unwound them and started over.

 

I added the buttons for detail.

 

See how snugly and warm they are!

 

Perfect for this time of year, I'm thinking I need some in every color!  Hope you all have a great week!!

The water in my craft room is drying up and I am much happier this week!

Organization and disclaimer

 

They say that creative people are sometimes disorganized and a little messy, well , I am a little embarrassed to show you this picture because, I must be very creative!  This was my craft room before Christmas, ( I am really trying not to look at this pic, because it is quite disturbing!)  I have a craft room in my basement and I am so grateful to have it but because it is out of the way and sometimes out of site, and because of that it becomes a little disorganized, (who am I kidding, A LOT disorganized!)  I decided that I couldn't work like this any longer so I was on a quest to become more organized.

 

Here is my after picture and let me tell you that this transformation did not happen in one day!  I decided to move my machines to the other side of the room, ( before they were behind the door) and with 3 machines it was a little crowded.(Yes, I use all three machines.) One is my embroidery machine and although it does everything I kept my trusty Bernina, (which I have had for more than 30 years)  I mainly use it for sewing on leather and heavier materials.  Then of course I have my serger.  With this arrangement I am easily able to move from one machine to the other.

 

In my organization I went through all of my baskets and got rid of what I don't use, (and found things I didn't remember having.)  I put all alike things in the baskets and labeled them with tags.  I thought I knew where everything was but when my daughter came down to make something, she couldn't find any thing!

 

All alike things in one basket!

 

I organized my thread and ribbon and it makes it so easy to find what  color I am looking for.

 

Went through all of my fabrics and got rid of more, then put similar fabrics in their rightful stack.

 

Flannel

 

This is the other corner and now looking at this picture I can see that I probably still held onto too much fabric, I think I will be the winner when I die!

 

Love the convenience of this, there is a disclaimer coming about the thread in the window though.

 

All of my other thread, (some I have had since time began) in a drawer next to the sewing machines!

 

Elastic and bias trim in another drawer.

 

Bobbin thread.

 

Zippers!

 

Buttons on cards!

 

Doesn't this just make you want to sit down and sew!

 

More ribbon, tulle and tape.

 

More buttons in an organizer, (I love buttons can you tell?)  Now to tell yo about the disclaimer of this story, It's kind of sad.  Yesterday I went down to go exercise and when I got to the bottom of the stairs, I started screaming because there was water at the bottom of the stairs!  It has been raining here for 3 days and a lot of water has come down!  This is quite unbelievable though because at this time of year we usually have 6 feet of snow!  Because the ground is frozen the water has no where to go but down to the lowest point and because there is a ditch above our house, it got clogged and the water came pouring into our back yard.  The lowest point of the house is the window wells, they filled up and because the water had no where to go down it came through my house.

 

So, yesterday this is what my craft room looked like. (Can you see the water running down the wall and over the counter?) Yikes! it was bad!   See those bolts of fabric on the floor, they were a little wet and muddy, because with the water came the mud!  I have been washing fabric for 2 days now.

 

It was not a happy day.  But with the help of neighbors, family and friends we got rid of the river coming through our house.

 

This morning it looks like this, (I don't want to repeat yesterday ever again.)  So the disclaimer is this, if you are more organized and a river comes through your house, it is definitely better that you had the room looking like this.

 

Instead of 

 

This!!!

Can you imagine what the cleanup  would have been like if my room looked like this!

I do have a goal to be more organized this year, this was a little set back but maybe just what I needed  to get the rest of the basement organized, (even if it was forced!)