January crafts

And here's what I have been doing in January! Crafts! My first sparks of inspiration came from www.u-createcrafts.com and www.makeit-loveit.com. And I went from there! The first thing that got me excited was re-making old clothes. I love to sew, especially without a pattern when I'm just making stuff up, just going for it and seeing if it works! So this was perfect for me.

Sewing projects:

First was this dress for katelyn, made out of pieces of 2 of her old stained shirts and 2 of my old shirts that were too short. Oh and some tulle and ribbon.

I love the japanese sandals, the "American", and the star stamps I put the brown fabric.

Then I took more old stained shirts and created this ruffle shirt for Whitney.

I made myself this shrug- I had cut off the bottom of the white shirt to make ruffles on another shirt, which did not turn out well. :) So at least I got this out of it.

flower detail

And my favorite, this was a pair of pants that had a hole in the knee, so I cut them off and made a skirt and added ruffles. And I LOVE it!

Home Decor: I love this frame I bought in Mexico for like a dollar, but I wasn't using it for anything, so I came up with this little ribbon-and-stuffed-heart deal. I was going to hang it on my front door but I didn't want it to get wet.
This is one of three panels I bought at Walmart a couple of years ago for $10 total. We don't like it anymore so I had considered giving it to DI.
But instead I got this idea from makeit-love-it.com and now we have this wall hanging. I need to find a different middle fabric though. I love it close up (see below) and it's this cool fake leather, but on the wall it's too dark and boring.
close up of the middle brown
And my old/new/forever favorite, flowers!

I've had these shoes for about 10 years and never really liked them. But I rescued them out of the DI pile for this! Left is before and right is after! These are just clipped or pinned on, I still want to try to make a ruffle instead, or mod poge some fabric on (see makeit-loveit) to cover the whole ugly color of the shoes. Eric thinks it's the ugliest color on the planet, and I almost agree.
I made little flowers for this necklace, and more big ones for a belt, and it was suggested to me that I make a ring. So I will!
And my newest excitement, last night my friend heather showed me how to make the rosettes she sells on etsy, woo-hoo! I never thought I would love tulle and flowers, but here are the girls and I in our new flowers!



Ah, so much fun...