Greetings Guests

Ahhhh..... more projects! I love posting projects!

The apron went over very well for the bride-to-be. Tomorrow is her big day and I volunteered to make her guest book. She picked out a lovely mix of papers and the end result was great! The book started out as this kit from the Paper Source (Oy, I could spend my riches in there - if I had some...)

The pages are ready for the guests to write their messages of encouragement, blessing, and congratulations! (Or simply sign their names)
These are multitasking pictures. I'm taking a photography class through JessicaSprague.com and I was practicing some photography elements like lighting and focus. Constructive feedback welcome!


I love the movie For Me and my Gal and the title song. Here are some lyrics:

Ev'rybody's been knowing, to a wedding they'e going.
And for weeks they've been sewing,
they've been sewing something old and something new,
sew something that is blue so they can make a trousseau for my gal.

This is what I feel like, except I am not sewing a trousseau, but something else altogether. Another post will come on that subject! Enjoy the long weekend. I'll be back soon with a tutorial!

Graphic Progress

I'm enjoying my Photoshop class. I'm in the intermediate class now (each class is a month long) and I learned about the slice tool in this lesson. I've always wanted to learn more about Photoshop, but lacked the time or money to sign up for a local class. It's incredible how complicated the program is and how deep you can go with it.

My school schedule is in full swing, plus tennis twice a week, Irish dancing twice a week and Pioneer Clubs once a week. Somewhere in all that, I've got to make Christmas presents and maybe have time to make a project or two for myself (yeah right!!).

Anyway, I hope all you in blog land are enjoying fall! More updates soon!

Credit for the pumpkin layout:
Leaf and Journaling strips - Shabby Princess Harvest Spice
Boodles of fun collaboration kit:
Plaid paper - christy skaggs
Brown paper - maria designs
Felt Pumpkin - jillybean designs

M is for Madison

Today is my last day watching baby Madison so I made her a little room decoration. Her crib is black, with pink bedding and decorations, so I made this posh m for a posh little baby! The base is a paper mache letter, covered with scrapbook paper - not hoarded this time!

Some crocheted lace, a fabric yo yo (fabric from the stash!), some grosgrain ribbon, a paper flower and a brad for the center.

I think this is a fun baby gift. Usually I buy books for new babies, but I might add this to my repertoire in addition to the books. A little premade, a little homemade!

Pattern Place

Several weekends ago, this was my project. A house for some of my sewing patterns. I was inspired by a project in Martha Stewart Living for a box covered in book cloth. Not patient enough to find book cloth, or willing to pay the price for it, I found my own design.

The box is an empty copy paper box. Instead of the book cloth, I used fabric and freezer paper. I loooove freezer paper! I ironed my fabric onto the freezer paper (in spots I had to piece the freezer paper together in order to make it wide enough) in order to give it the stability it needed. I then used a spray adhesive and Aleene's tacky glue to adhere the fabric paper onto the box, per Martha's directions.

Being unable to leave anything undecorated, I wrapped ribbon around the perimeter of the cover and attached a felt/fabric/button flower a la Heather Bailey.




My patterns are now comfy and cozy inside their new abode!