Free Pattern Friday!

Uh-oh I missed a few days! I have been so insanely busy, it's not even funny!

This weeks free pattern Friday is going to be quilt related, I have been working hard on my sewing machine (trying and trying to get better!) and I am going to be stuck on sewing projects for a while.

Crazy Quilt Block, from Craft & Fabric Links is a wonderful beginner friendly quilt block, the directions are for making a potholder/hot pad, definitely another scrap buster and a great learning tool. The directions are also very clear and precise. I am going to give this a try, I'll post the results soon.

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I suck on the sewing machine, and when I say suck I am not exaggerating! I can barely sew a strait line, much less make anything remotely aesthetic to the eye. I definitely need sewing lessons, but unfortunately I live in BFE Georgia and I don't have much of a choice other than google. I scoured the net in search of beginner sewing guides, only to come up with tutorials on how to make pillows with directions that were not clear and concise...Come on now, I am not so bad I can't sew a square! I want to know how to sew efficiently and do nifty things on the machine without having to sew by hand. I found the site Sew, Mama, Sew (apparently I have been living under a rock!) this site is jam packed with phenomenal projects, that are hip and fresh, I am in love! Did I mention the plethora of free patterns and tutorials?! This week I am featuring: Reverse Applique Quilted Heart Coasters. I admit I was intimidated by this project simply for the fact that I cant sew jack on a machine, but I am always up for a challenge, plus I want to learn the following 2 things; applique and quilting, this project has both (hence the title). It's very beginner friendly, the directions are clear and to the point, it doesn't require a huge amount of fabric or time either, plus the results are awesome! I gathered my supplies and went on my way.

The results:

My coaster is a bit different because I made my own heart template and sewed up and down instead of a border and up and down. I love it, I actually did it and it came out like it's supposed to look ( which makes me incredibally happy. The possibilities are endless with these things, They would make awesome house warming gifts too.

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New Agenda for Blog Revamp.

I often find myself not sticking with something for long, especially when I lose interest or I get a severe case of writers block. So instead of going through the pain of deleting all previous (personal) posts and starting all over, I am revamping. This blog is going to be solely dedicated to my one passion; crafty endeavours. I'll refrain as much as I can from going off topic into personal business, you are here and reading because you want to hear about crafts, not someones (whom you don't know) personal life!

I have decided to keep things fresh, and interesting and dedicate certain days of the week to a specific topic.

Tuesdays; Tutorial Tuesday
Wednesdays; Wordless Wednesday, wistful Wednesday
Thursdays; Things I love Thursday, Etsy items
Fridays; Free pattern Friday, foodie Friday, DIY weekend

Let's hope I take off on the right foot this time :)

OMG, where have I been?

A lot of things have changed since the last time I posted, without going into specifics or getting too personal the major reason why the postings came to a dead stop is lack of funds, the company Gabe and I were working for went under and it took us until November to become gainfully employed again. We are now finally starting to catch up and get in the good again. The huge change I was speaking of before I disappeared off the face of the blogging earth; Gabe is in the Army now and will be leaving for BCT September 14th!

With all of that being said, I am back! Look for crafty goodness the next few days :)
Sorry for the followers I lost (I can't really blame them), but thanks to the ones who stuck with me!

<3 W

A whole lot of things are going to change around here! So look out for some new posts and such.

lazy days

The last couple of days have been lazy days, I have had no desire to do anything. I think it maybe has to do with the fact the house was disastrous when I got back and I finally got it back in shape last week, and now it needs another cleaning. I hate how I am so anal about cleaning and having things well organized, I hate clutter. If I have clutter anywhere in my bed room I have to fix it or I will not have a good nights sleep. I have some major news that is going to change my life for the better but I can't leak it out just yet, not until everything lines up. So in an effort to save money to get said better life I have been obsessive about furniture, a few of my favorites are:
Safari Siena Chair from Home Decorators Collection I know animal print might seem a bit on the tacky side but I think this chair would be glamorous in a craft room.






















I will have this for a craft table! This one is also from HDC with another pretentious name, it's called Hampton Bay Work Station. This sucker is $649.00 which I know is kinda steep but look at it! I love love love the bun feet.















Another item that would be absolutely perfect for displaying fabrics and kitchy items would be stackable lowboys similar to these found on HDC, again I love the feets on this collection! Stacked on the top of the solid lowboy...

I want something similar to this set for a living room

















I have furniture in storage, most of what I have is hand-me-downs. I don't want to be wasteful, yet I don't want to try and reupholster it either, me+staple gun=accident waiting to happen. So I will probably end up asking family members if they need anything and pass it back around or just donate it to the salvation army. Either way I am hoping our plans will line up, until then I am pinching my pennies, crossing my fingers and toes.

<3 W

The best present ever

So last post I was telling you all about my b-day present from Gabe, and proof men do listen (when they want to) when you talk about crafty things...

The whole lot

He got me a Sizzix big kick...eee...You would of thought "he went to Jared" ( I know my puns are lame) when I saw these goodies all layed out for me!

Now time for some closeups!




1.Felty goodness
2.Hello Kitty die cuts- I seriously love everything Sanrio
3. Multiple die cuts
4. Fabric quarters and zippers :-D

Second part of this post- why all of my "people" pictures from my trip are in black and white... The walls in my room are stark white, so to liven up the walls a bit I bought 6 unfinished wooden frames from the Dollar Tree
and I did this to them:

The finished effect:


I love how they came out but I want to do about four more for the same wall. The picture I took came out really dark since I took it at night they don't look as bright as they do during the day.

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lots of pictures from my trip!

As promised here are a select few of the pictures I tool during my stay in Florida. Originally I was only supposed to be there for a week but issues arose so I ended up staying through my birthday. We had a nightmare trip back up though, the friggin car broke down 3 miles from home at a service station and it was a bajillion degrees hot, I had oysters on ice in the back seat for my dad that had to stay iced or they would of been raunchy.... 2 hours later and the car was running again and I saved the oysters... First set of pictures up is from my birthday bash number one. I have never been drunk in my whole adult life so on my b-day I got wasted and I didn't puke. I had 6 bay breezes, 4 shots of hot damn, 1 jagerbomb, 1 mind eraser (which is a shot for 3 people) and to top it all off I had two draft beers.

This is me at the beginning of the night.

This is me at the end of the night.... I could barely keep my head up!

On to my second birthday bash (the rest of the pictures I took from the night above are so terrible looking :) I'll spare you all...) which was held after my birthday, my mom wanted to wait until Gabe got there to have my cake and what not.

My itty bitty sister :)

Gabriel

Katie and I

My step-dad shucking oysters

Gabe, his double chin and me.

Happy Birthday to meeeee ( I am 24 as of 4/23)

mmm oysters on the grill!

Me, Katie, and Mama
Now on to just random shots from the places I went.

eep!

Lady bug on the beach

This turtle is so creepy looking, I had to get up close to him too.

Funny story about this, we went crabbing and were out there all

day and this is all that was caught (snagged)! The orange is the lure.

Tree roots



I love this shot I wish I could of got closer.



This is why I miss Florida so much.

St. Marks light house

Overall my trip was relaxing and super fun... I have tons more pictures and I still have to show you all what brilliant Mr. Gabriel gave me for my birthday ( it proves that men really do listen, when you go on a tangent about craft stuff)... You will want one once you see! I'll show in my next post. You also might notice that all of my people pictures are in black in white, I had craft reason in doing so and that over rules all weirdo ideas I might have. The project I had in mind is complete, which I will bundle in the next post :)

ciao

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