Hey Peeeeeps!!!

HEY....



source

I'm here.....I've just been super busy.  I'll be sure to post stuff later today and this weekend.

Pin It

Packed away and out in a couple of months!

I've totally been a slacker these past couple of months.  Not just on the blog but in my home.  I usually am on top of things when it comes to the Holiday decor and I have always had the tradition of putting away all the Christmas stuff on New Years day....nope not this year.  See, I have been in a funk!  My crafty bug has not been very creative, well I shouldn't say "not" creative...I have just been to busy.  I actually went almost 2 weeks without stepping a foot into the craft room.  EEK!! LOL!!  I'm making a change though.  No resolutions here - just changes.  This past weekend I started up on some new projects and Monday night/morning I packed up alllllll the Christmas that was in my home.  Tuesday after work I took all of it upstairs to put away. Yay for me!

Here is my Christmas tree, I had already started removing stuff from the bottom.

 

I sure do have a lot of stuff that goes into the tree.



Well Christmas is officially put away....."see you in a couple of months".  Last Christmas post I promise.

I hope everyone has had a great week so far.

Pin It

I felt like I was sewing foreeeeeeeever!

Not really, it actually didn't take that long, it was the prep that took a while.
I must say you will be bombarded with a ton of pics.....sorry for that.  I'm a visual person, I like to see pictures and I feel that you will understand it better if you can see what I'm seeing.  I'm a weirdo like that, when people talk I have to see their mouth moving, if not all I hear is mumbles. LOL!!

Okay, now on to the project.  I have been wanting a mat for the entrance to my craft room.  Why you may ask....oh just because.  Well I went on a adventure looking for the right materials to make it.  I definitely didn't want to spend lots of money and I knew I wanted something handmade. By me, duh!! I went to Goodwill, sadly I couldn't find anything that I was totally in love with.  Now I realize I could have gone to Wally World to buy a cheapie for 5 bucks, but what would be the fun in that.  Then I went to $ tree and bought 200 feet of poly rope.  That cost me about 4 bucks. 

When I went to another Goodwill, I found this twin sheet for 3 bucks, it would have to do.  All the way home I thought about how I could snazz it up a bit.

I decided I would make some of the colors pop.  Boy, was I in over my head.   With 3 fine tip markers I went about my merry little way and outlined the green, pink and dark pink prints.  For this twin size sheet it took me 6 hours to finish!

Can you see the change?  It went from Dull to Cheery!

After the (6) hours, my fingers were cramping, my neck was aching from looking down and I had a headache from the permanent marker smell....but I was happy to be done with that.  Now I was ready to cut and tear.  What??  ←  that's what theHubs said....after all that you're going to cut it up.  Yup!  I took the pinking sheers and snipped about every 1 inch along the edge.  Then I just ripped it into what you see below.

Sorry, I didn't take a picture of the part where I tied the end of the rope and the end of the strip together.  Then I wrapped the rope a couple of times to cover it.  To start off the mat I folded the start of the wrapped rope down about 2 inches  (like this ║) then I sewed it together.  Then I just continued wrapping, turning, and sewing.

I used a zig-zag stitch for the whole mat.  I kept the center of the rope and the center of the foot aligned so I could get the zig-zag on both sides.  (╥)

Okay, I'm a lefty and I do most things backwards!! Lol!!  Well, this was totally my fault for not thinking this through.  I'm so impatient sometimes and I pay for it with mess ups like this.  When I was done with my first 50 feet of wrapped rope....I had a curving bowl mat......NOOOOOOOOOO!  Yeah, instead of running it through and turning left I was turning right.  So hence the almost bowl.  I had to start again and I did it correctly.  I took the seam ripper to the bowl and used this piece at the end.  So, it worked out.

See, I'm doing it the right way here!! 

Please ignore the Hobbit feet below!!  Geez, they look like stand in feet for the Lord Of the Rings movies, lol!!  There are shadows around, I don't have cankles okay! My feet are little and cute...so theHubs says, lol!! I love to stand on it barefoot because it's always cool. 

I really love the way it turned out!  Even though it did take the (6) hours to add the color I'm glad I did....it pops right?

I'm really tempted to make a bigger one...who knows maybe I will!  So in total it cost be less than $8.00 and my time. 

I'm glad you stopped by to check out the latest project.  Everyone have a great week.


Linking up at the fabulous parties in my party tab and also at these great places -
Craft-O-Maniac
Watch Out, Martha!

Pin It

things happen when you sew.....

source

OMG......don't you hate when this happens, in the middle of a project no less!!!!!

Happily sewing and then baaaammmm, broken needle.  I wanted to get done with the project and go to bed.  But I guess Ms. Suzy Sewing Machine had different plans for the night.

After getting frustrated....I took a deep breath, removed the needle, took a picture and calmly walked away from table!

Oh well, I got to go to bed before midnight....yay!  Also you get a "tiny" sneak peek at one of the projects I'm working on!

Pin It

Semi Wordless-Wednesday - In the Craftroom

This is my pin-cushion.....don't judge!! Hahaha!!

Let me introduce you to Ms.Blob!

She's been with me for a while. Always here to hold a pin, needle or anything that comes her way.

Let's just say it was a cute sewing project gone bad!!  

This is the reject section...  Sometimes these crooked pins come in handy.

It even has a little handle on it!! Yes, I know it doesn't even match.  Hey it works for me!

I don't even remember what it was supposed to be.  Star, flower, cloud....oh well now it's my big pin-cushion!

Yay.....Not so HOT weather is on it's way!! and the big Failure in my CraftRoom!

I am happy to write that the Heating switch that's been on these past couple of months is slowly starting to flip off!!  After weeks of temps in the 100's,  we'll be in the high 80's to low 90's by the end of the week!!  Thank GOD!!!  This drought, heat, no rain, and humidity has really kicked our butts!!  Now if it would only snow!! Ha!! That would definitely be asking for to much!!

Plus, I can get back into the garage to spray paint some of my projects that have been waiting!! ☺ You know because you should never, ever do it in your upstairs craft room, even if you have the window open for ventilation, and your hubby says he thinks it's a bad idea!! ¯\(",)/¯  <---- this is me saying...ehhh it will be fine!!

It wasn't me   <------,  lol!! 

Okay it was!  It was a big fail!!  It was just too hot in the garage, and I wasn't dressed appropriately at 1am to have the garage door open!  And by wasn't dressed appropriately I mean in my underwear jammies, hey it's my house and I want to be comfy when I create!, lol !!! 

I could have waited and done it in the day, but if you know me I'm VERY impatient, I WANT things to be done in a hurry, and I NEVER follow directions...(most of the time) lol! 

So, I had to suck it up and apologize to my hubby for the insane mistake that I made....plus I went to bed with the worst headache.  I learned my lesson and will never do that again.....maybe!!

I'll post more crafts soon!!!