Gone! And a Trip

Okay first off, I did finish my next project and I did say I would post it today.  There is just one tiny little problem.  My camera.  It. Is. Gone.  I looked everywhere I could possibly think of, but it is still missing.  What the heck.  No camera, no cute picture of my finished project.:( To make up for it, here are some photos from a when I took my niece to the zoo.  Luckily I got...

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Fun With Buttons and Something New

So I started thinking about buttons sometime ago, that’s blog buttons.  I thought it would be cool to make a few of my own.  The problem is that I came up with an idea of how I wanted them to look, but I realized they would not match my blog.  The easy thing to do would be to think of another idea.  The hard thing would be to change the look of my blog.  Guess which one I decided to do? ...

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Back to Pack

Another makeover project, and finished just in time for classes.  I needed a backpack for school, a tote or messenger bag wasn’t cutting it.  I had this old one that was perfect in terms of pockets and other features, but it had seen better days.  After a bit of sprucing up… …It looked like this.  I first washed it really well and cut of the mesh pockets on the front and sides.  I never used...

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Lunch Bag, In More Ways than One

I am kind of in to making bentos, though I am not very good at it which should explain why I have never posted any photos.  While browsing for supplies I have seen tons of these super cute drawstring lunch bags to use for them.  I thought, “I could make that!”  So I did.  I used a remnant of fabric my mom gave me.  It has pink and purple flowers and butterflies splattered over it.  The...

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Pretty Supplies

Not wanting to put things off too much (since when?), I got started right away and completed two projects. First, I got these pens at Wal-Mart for 74 cents for a 15 pack.  Cheap price and they write quite well.  The problem is how plain they look.  How to fix that? Modpodge anyone?  I cut strips of tissue paper and brushed on Modpodge before wrapping around each pen.  When they dried, I gave...

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Up to Thirty

First off, I know I said I’d post the results of my little joke contest on Saturday, but I didn’t really see the point.  There wasn’t a winner at all, I guess no one knew any good jokes.  I’ll work on this problem later, but I have something more important first.  My list.  I put off making the new project list long enough and before I knew it the new semester popped out of no where.  My classes...

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A Little Sharing and a Reminder

A couple of things to share today.  First, the weather.  Like a week ago or so there was a sort of small thunder storm around here.  I didn’t mention it before because it didn’t seem to be a big deal until I saw this… It’s a palm tree nearby my house.  Yep, it was hit by a bolt of lightening.  Now it’s charcoal. It’s completely black the whole way down.  It makes me wonder, can trees...

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Lace and Friendship

I mentioned sometime last week that I recently got a huge amount of lace, so I thought I should show it off a bit. A really nice lady I know from church apparently sews costumes and such.  People are always dumping stuff on her, including random bits of lace.  She decided to lighten her stash by filling a bag for me.  I was ecstatic.  Especially since I was expecting a grocery bag sized bag. ...

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Just a Little Contest

So remember in my last post I mentioned something about doing something interesting with some of the lace bracelets?  How about…. …a little contest? That’s right, I am having a little contest and the winner will receive this lovely pair of stretchy lace bracelets.  So presenting: The “Do You Know a Good Joke” Contest Why jokes?  Why not?  They are always fun and everyone has heard of at least...

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