Dragon Shopping Bag

I had this idea for a shopping bag for a while. I embroidered the words on to a pocket. It holds quite a bit.







I love the way it turned out.

Cat and the Hat Clothes

I made Colin and Gavin a pair of Cat and the Hat pj bottoms each. I also made Gavin a Cat and the Hat shorts outfit for school. I used the pattern in Sew-n-Go Kids. Here's the results:

Alien Washclothes

I made these knitted washclothes for my dad.



I'm planning to make a lunchbox to match.

I'm melting, I'm melting!!!

Well I think like all moms, I have tons of crayons laying around. I decided to melt some down and reuse them as gifts. Here are the results:



I used 2 different silicon baking pans to make these. I love the way they turned out. The smaller squares are candy molds, the larger flowers are for cakes, etc. I decided to make color "themes" when I did these instead of using just random colors. After they were melted I used a toothpick to swirl the colors.

Close up of the flowers:

The green is my son Colin's favorite one that I made. He keeps taking it, LOL.

Halloween:


Girly Whirly:


Fire:


Camo:


USA Flag:

Wrap Pants

I finally got pictures of my wrap pants.

I had enough left over fabric that I made a matching head scarf with this set of pants:


These are my favorites:


closeup:


These cost a whopping $5.00 to make each. I got the fabric at MallWart for $2.00/yard. I think they turned out great!!!! They are very comfy.

Halloween Ideas

Well I'm starting to think about things to make for Halloween already. I'm thinking of starting my spooky jars this year.

Here's a site I found that had a neat Dragon embryo:
http://www.curiousgood.com/?page_id=160

Here's a tutorial for making specimens:
http://www.miskatonic.net/pickman/mythos/bottle.htm
http://aranamuerta.com/2008/01/29/witches-kitchen

After looking at this book, I might just have to make some books as well.
http://www.miskatonic.net/pickman/mythos/france.html

Of course I really don't need anymore books in my house, LOL.

I'll keep looking.

Woodworking and stuff

Well I've been pretty busy. I need to post some pictures. I made 2 pairs of wrap pants for me and a ton of teacher appreciation gifts. I need to get pictures of the wrap pants still, but I got the fabric at MalWart in the $2.00/yard fabric section. So the pants only cost me $5.00/pair.

I've been reading alot lately too. If you haven't read The Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R. Ward, you must read it. Its excellent. Its a paranormal romance series that is based on vampires as a seperate species. You must read it in order. She just released the 6th book in the series... Lover Enshrined. Other noteworthy books I've read lately are One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost, Midnight Rising by Laura Adrian, The Darkest Kiss by Keri Arthur, Vampire Interupted by Lynsay Sands, etc..... Yep I love books. Those are just some of the paperbooks I've read recently. I've also been reading some e-books.

Anyway I think I'm about ready to start some woodworking projects. I want to make a beanbag toss for the boys. I'm thinking about doing some woodburning on it, I might make it a skull and crossbones. I also want to make some chairs for outside. I've found some great patterns for some simple chairs:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Plank-Chair/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Folding-Shelves-From-Bunkbed-Ladders-and-other-Ins/
http://tech.cls.utk.edu/wood/projects/bogchair/bog_chair_mark_iii.htm
http://www.currentmiddleages.org/tents/chair4stargazer.pdf
http://www.woodworkersworkshop.com/cached_files/27813_files/

I just need to go through them all and figure out what directions/dementions I like the best. I found a fabulous site for free woodworking patterns. http://www.woodworkersworkshop.com/resources/index.php?cat=102

And since I'm sharing, LOL, check out this absolutely awesome shelving unit.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Ten-Green---modular-shelving/
I wish I had known about it in college. I think they look way better than the old stand by of wood and cinder blocks. I like this other one too:
http://www.iamanangelchaser.com/products/booKrates/booKrates.html

I've been completely stuck on instructables lately. Its amazing what information you can find on that site. I love the steampunk crafts I've found. I might just have to do the boys room to mimic a steampunk-esque room. We'll see. Anyway, you'd think I'd have updated this before now since I've been on the computer alot lately, but I just forgot and got busy doing other things. I'll try to take some garden pic updates soon too.

Still gardening

I've been gardening my little heart out lately. I'll take pictures later of some of the things I've done. I've added more to the fairy garden, put in a small flower bed next to our garage, done some general clean up around the property, planted corn, started a new sidewalk/path, etc. I've also been reading. I haven't done many crafts lately. I've also been shopping alot lately, LOL. So I haven't been home (except when my little one was sick last week and was a snuggle bunny). Its starting to get really hot outside, so I'll be crafting more soon!!!

Indian girl Poppet

A friend of mine asked me to make a little Indian girl poppet for her neice. Her neice graduates from High School this year and her school mascot is the Indians. So here is what I came up with.









Here skin is a little washed out in the picture. Its actually darker and a little more yellow. I made the dress without a pattern. I think it turned out pretty nice.

Fairy Garden

I'm currently working on a fairy garden right in front of the house. Here's what I've got so far:



I made a mushroom circle out of ceramic mushrooms I found at a discount store. I've got hose guides in the front and a little frog prince. He watches over the bird bath. I tried to plant a lot of low growing ground covers. We will see how this works. I'm in love with it so far.




The butterfly's like it.



Here are a few update pics of the big garden.