Sunday, August 16, 2009

Advent Calendar


I am putting together a craft day for the ladies at church and thought an advent calendar would be fun to offer. This calendar is so easy. It is made using the Wilton favor tins that you can buy from many craft stores in the wedding section. There are so many neat versions of this craft online, here is one of my favorites. It can be put on anything that a magent will stick too such as metal message board, a refrigerator which we will do, or on the back of a cookie sheet.

The paper I used ( K&Company Peppermint Twist paper pad) made this craft so much quicker to complete because it already has a lot of glitter and embossing on the cardstock. A 2" hole punch made cutting out the circles super simple. A glitter snowflake, mini tag circles, dymo label makers, rub on numbers from old Making Memories stuff, and number stamps were also used. This is a great craft to use up a lot of the papercrafting/scrapbooking supplies many of us have stashed away.

The kids loved it when the saw it and I look forward to using it this Christmas. I plan to put activities (read a Christmas story, make cookies, cut snowflakes, etc) in this one as we have one that we use for candy.

My first sewing project

I finally was able to pull out my sewing machine and play. Here is what I made:



I love purses but I am so picky about colors, so it was so much fun to be able to pick my fabric. The pattern is one that I drew myself but I was inspired by this one hour purse tutorial. post here. During the process I made tons of mistakes and I learned so much (i.e. pins are a must with so many layers, pay attention to which side is getting the pretty topstitching, and check the tension!) but hey it is the very first sewing project that I have ever finished. I am just so excited that I made something.

Sunday, August 9, 2009

I just bought a new sewing machine!



When I visited a friend this past month, she took the time to teach me to sew. I loved it. I was able to make a cute outfit for Ella in a few hours. Now that I am back home, I am itching to sew again. I have plans for so many things. . . belts, purses, aprons, quilts and another dress for Ella. The only problem is I don't have a working sewing machine. After much debate, Andrew and I decided to purchase a new one. It took some time for me to make sure which one I wanted but I finally settled on one. It is the Brother CS-6000i. This is actually the same machine I used at my friend's home and I really enjoyed sewing on it. Now I have to wait for it to get here.
 
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