On Tuesday it rained and rained and rained. I was stuck at home with two wild boys and no car. I was so glad that I had the foresight to pull our basketball hoop in from outside before the rain started. But there was only one good indoor ball to play with. So Deacon and [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘crafts’
September 21, 2009
Playing around with my Serger
So yesterday, I finally got to play around with my serger. I think this machine is about 30 years old. It was most likely purchased at a garage sale to be fixed up by my grandfather who loved to fix broken things. You wouldn’t believe how many sewing machines, sergers, clocks etc. my family found [...]
July 31, 2009
My first T-Shirt Overhaul
I know there are all sorts of crafts out there involving turning your old t-shirt into something cool and fun. Yesterday, I got so excited when I found this (Rediculiously easy) tutorial on Cutoutandkeep. Now I’m going to be fishing around for T-shirts in all sorts of colors to make cute little shrugs. If you [...]
July 16, 2009
Nifty Car Organizer
I’m loving this Nifty Car Toy Organizer. Check it out. I wonder if I can get one made before our major road trip starting on Monday. It sure would be nice to have a place for the kids stuff. Our car is TINY!!!
Image from instructables.com
June 24, 2009
Women’s Ribbon Belt
This morning, I made this pink and red ribbon belt. I’m experimenting with different accessories to hopefully start an online shop soon. I thought this turned out pretty well. I love the colors, but I would like to get a sturdier set of D-Rings. And maybe a bit more feminine too. What are your thoughts? [...]
June 19, 2009
Ikea Scrap Fabric into an Adorable Purse
Yesterday, I had the wonderful pleasure of spending the afternoon with a very sweet six year old girl. The first thing we did together was make a purse. She completely designed this purse. Choosing the fabric, size, and decorating it with bows. She even had ideas of how she wanted the straps and the pockets [...]
June 16, 2009
A New Color – Yellow/Green Seersucker Bowtie
OK, It seems that This Place has turned into a bit of a bowtie explosion, but I promise I will try to make and blog about other things- BUT I had to share the newest color. A very nice gentleman asked if I could do a Yellow/Green reversible and I just couldn’t say no. So [...]
June 14, 2009
Vintage Pillowcase Apron
My friends over at Clever Nesting have been making vintage pillowcase aprons following this tutorial from Glitter, Vinyl and Thread. It looked fun and I really need another apron, just ask my husband (HA HA HA).
I used a pillow case that I bought today at the thrift store for 50 cents. It’s really fun. [...]
June 13, 2009
Little Boy’s ribbon belt and diamond point seersucker tie
I found some adorable fabric at Ashville Cotton Company yesterday. I didn’t even know what I was going to do with it, but today, I decided to use a little bit to make a ribbon belt for my 3 year old. Sorry, as all crafting happens while children are sleeping, I don’t have a picture [...]
