New Items UP!!

I just uploaded this great apron.  I'm calling it "Stacy's 4th of July Apron."  You can find it here.

 I made this fabric covered composition book too.  I love the trim on the front that doubles as a place to clip your pen.  You can find "Anna's Picnic Journal" here.

I am so in love with this vintage fabric!  I called this one, "Hunting is the Game"  You can find this journal here.














All of the items that I listed in my etsy shop today were made 100% out of recycled vintage fabrics.

Christmas Project #3: Aprons

I wanted to make aprons for my friends.

On November 21st I completed this apron. I thought it would be cool for my friend to make a cool vintage looking one and here is what I came up with...

I added pleats all along the edge of a secondary fabric and tacked on a cute bow to the pocket.

It is a little sickeningly floral and pink, but I kind of thought that part about it was fun and vintage looking.

I did get both of these fabrics from my favorite place, leftovers etc. So this is vintage fabric.

My Poor Boyfriend

So I like to think that my home style is simple and sophisticated like this....

But I keep buying or making stuff like this...

What's wrong with me? My poor boyfriend is never going to want to live with me and all of my weird crap! Ugh What's a girl to do?

You may be reading this and thinking it's silly. But I'm seriously concerned. I'm not concerned about my boyfriend really, more about myself. I don't want to have trinkets in my home. I don't want to have a rainbow of pillows. I don't want my house to look like my grandmas. I don't want to be shabby chic. I just buy things that I think are too cute to pass up and I end up with this crap. I'm 23 years old. I'm seriously having a style identity problem. I love my little birds, chandeliers, and crochet stuff.......


...what to do?

Etsy Update

Just made a really cute apron and put it up in my shop.... Check it out.

Happy Valentine's Day to me!

I thought about making a bunch of cute Valentine's Day stuff and giving it all to my friends. But then I decided I should make something for myself for Valentine's Day. So I made these guys. I also thought about making an apron for a friend and decided that I would just make one for myself.

I always wonder what people really think when I give them homemade presents. I LOVE homemade presents, I cherish them. I brag about them to my friends. BUT I also love to make homemade gifts too, so I think that is why I can appreciate them. I wonder about my friends that have no idea how much time, energy, and love go into making things think. Do they think it's weird that I crochet objects? Do they think it is ugly or stupid? My friends don't exactly have my style or would even know what the handmade nation movement is or even know what DIY stands for (let alone DIYODS!).

I've decided gifts is one of my love languages. I show love by giving gifts...
So I made two things that actually made it all the way out the door...






I gave the cupcakes to a friend. The pink was the first one that I made (without a pattern no less) and it came out a little stumpy.I made the purple cupcake second and it came out MUCH much better than the pink one. It has a tapered stump and more frosting on top. Yum!

This is the tshirt I made for the BF... it is a feather. It looks really cute on. I think he's wearing it today, so I'll try to remember to get an action shot.


Now this is another Valentine's present to myself, an apron...
I'm cleaning up my mess after making truffles for my Valentine. I LOVE my apron! I can't wait until I have my own home to showcase all of my domestic goods I've been collecting.