Every girl must have a purse for every outfit!

This was a plain metal "lunchbox" pale that I got for a couple bucks and took some tissue paper squares and decoupaged them to the pale. then I had some paper doll books so I cut out a doll and some outfits and also decoupaged them on as well as little pieces left over from a scrapbook kit that contained fortunes and symbols. I ended up taking this to work and keeping band aids, a travel size deodorant, chap stick, wet wipe, tweezers and my toothbrush and toothpaste. It became my emergency box for work.

I believe this pattern came from Wal-mart ( when they still sold fabric and patterns) for like 1.87 and I got several purses out of it so far. It's vintage beach print with canary yellow lining. SUPER easy and fast to make.

Same thing here and the fabric came from walmart too so it was super cheap purse. Just something a little more fancy to go out with

My crazy black and white purse. It's like a hobo pattern but I tweaked a little. It was clearance scrap fabric. Made this while watching an hour or court room drama GO judge Judy! LOL

I wanted something a little retro and I found this patch I got tons of fabric from my great aunt who wasn't sewing too much anymore and the two fit together perfectly!

Ellie's "Vintage" Curtains

So I wanted to go with the old barbie and poodle theme for Ellie's room. I made some barbie pics which I will post. I needed curtains.....I wanted something unique just not pink curtains. I got 4 yrds of 3 different shades of pink and bought some poodle patches and eye cover patches that say princess on them. I used a old looking trim to separate the bottom piece from the others. I cut a curvy edge on the bottom fabric. Just folded the top for the rod to go into. Very easy curtains no pattern needed.

Head piece and Arch

I made my daughter's little halo of flowers for my friends wedding that me my daughter and husband were all in. I took green pipe cleaner and made the shape I needed for her head. Then wrapped the wire part of the flowers around it. Once all the flowers were wrapped around it I took matching ribbon and wrapped it several time around all the flowers then put a spot of hot glue to hold the ribbon in place. For an extra touch I put little gems in the center of the flowers to make it sparkle.

Being made of honor means taking all the heat for the bride. It's a full time job until after the I do's! I made this arch for the same wedding we were in. Got one the $20 arch's from the craft store and had the bride-to-be pick out the flowers she wanted. I got ivy garland to wrap around it and twisted small white flowers in it and then added in the bigger colored flowers. I draped the the toole in between each bar in the arch and put a dab of hot glue to keep in place. I used the foliage tape the secure the ivy to the arch. I spent two weeks working on twisting the flowers in. I would do a little each night while sitting and watching T.V. The big day comes and we're taking the arch to the hall I'm following the truck there and the next thing I know I'm watching it fly out of the truck. So we pull over collect what we can....wedding is in oh 3 HOURS!!!!! So I promise not to tell the bride before the I do's and go on my way to find another arch. So I'm at the grooms parents house trying to move all of this stuff off one onto another and the toole has rips in it. I managed to get it looking decent (bride didn't notice anything) I used the flowers I couldn't get back on for the base. We did tell the bride (after she was married) and had a drink and she laughed and was pleased I think to not know that before hand. Oh and I got home and got ready in record time to march down the isle.....all in a days work for a maid of honor ;p

Ceremony Fun!

I am renewing my vows this weekend on our annv. We are just having a very small ceremony with immediate family on the beach. We're not doing anything fancy but I do want the traditional touches of a wedding. Almost everything I got came from the $ Store, proving there is no reason to go overboard. I made the bubbles out of purple toole that I had left over from our wedding and used little goodie bags that had rings on them. For the favors I used kisses to fill them which you can get just about any color wrapper these days to match your theme. I took white and purple toole and wrapped them and also used the little bags but Incorporated a green ribbon. The center pieces are just bought sand and then a bag of shells and scented tea light in the middle. All of this favors and bubbles and the centerpieces for 20 people cost me under $20.

Scrapbook Frames

A friend had a baby and so I made her frame with his info on it, weight, length, time name etc.

Twin girls so they are pretty identical except for small changes.

A gift for Ellie's preschool teacher when she was moving away.

One of Julian's fathers day gifts. We went to beach to watch him surf and Ellie was cheering him on.

For gifts I have been making framed scrapbook pages. To celebrate something or give special attention to something. People love getting scrapbooks but they take awhile to create (I've made plenty) So this is a simple way to give them a gift that's as personal or memorable as a scrapbook but with much less work.

Tattoo purse

I wanted something funky that matched everything. I pulled out my fabric paint and got some stencils and went to work. Just customized it with the straps I wanted. Some are drawn free hand, they were actual tattoo's that I had wanted but ended up not getting due to the size they needed to be or didn't know where to put them. I figure this way I can still "wear" them when I feel like it. I made this purse over a yr ago and I seem to find "tattoo style" purses everywhere. I did not come up with the idea nor did I start a fashion I'm just amused that I still manage to somewhat be in style LOL!

Wall Art

I wanted to redo my bathroom in old vintage pictures. I bought some old playboy magazines off ebay for super cheap and took out all the vargas prints in them. I bought some frames and took some of my scrapbook paper to line the frames with.

Ellie's hot pink lamp

Just bought a cheap little lamp for a night light for Ellie's room and since her room is no longer Hot pink I'm trying to accent her room in pink and black.

Got pieces of fabric from my collection and got fabric glue that was safe for heat. I cut out all the random sized pieces of fabrics and glued with a decopage style onto the lamp shade and then hot glued a decorative trim.

Let it dry for several hours, the fabric will harden and won't look "wet" then put the lamp together. Now Ellie has a nice desk lamp as well as a pretty night light that glows pink through her room.

My Craft Room

This is where it all happens. When I've had a bad day at work or life is just stressing me out I find comfort in sitting in my craft room and letting my imagination take over. I've decorated it with things that inspire me, from crafts and pictures made by 5 yr old daughter to pictures I've made and pictures of my friends. It's not the biggest room and it's not the best craft room but it's mine.