Happy Early Thanksgiving!

Yes, I am aware that its still almost a month away. However, my son has a Thanksgiving party next Friday and they are invited to dress up as a Pilgrim or an Indian. Of course, Noah wants to be an indian and since he outgrew his kinda tacky outfit that I made for him last year (he grew FOUR inches PLUS this last year?!?!) I made him a new one with all of my new fancy sewing skillz. Yes. I have skillz. I used all reclaimed fabrics from different places and trim that was shared with me last year. The fringe is remnant minky fabric from walmart.  After several hours of cutting and sewing, it was finished...and low and behold, when Noah tried it on....it FIT!

So, happy over eating, family fun, parade/football day!!! Yay Merica!

He was a sk8ter boy...

I love it. I love being mom to a kid that skates, rides a two wheeler and is dying to learn to use roller blades. Its so fun! I honestly thought, before I was a mom, that I wouldn't be able to handle (nerve-wise) having an active boy, but quiet the opposite is true. It makes me smile to see him try new things and be adventurous. And he is usually extremely smart about it as well. He rarely takes unnecessary risks.

So, without further ado, the one page I was able to complete today:

I apologize for the lack of photo quality. Its a phone pic. But it does it okay justice. I used tulle and white and black ink to add some texture to the letters, flags and the sentiment. It was fun. A little tearing, and a little sewing, and it was finished. My goal in my pages is to embellish the pictures. Not to overpower them. I wish I could be all flowery like some of the beautiful pages I see, but now that I am further into my crafting I have decided that having my own style is a good thing. I hope you enjoy!

Christmas Cards!!!

So, contrary to my other posts, I have been paper crafting as well. I have been trying very hard to get Christmas cards under control, but I have also been planning a 6th birthday party for my guy, so its a balance. Something I seriously can't stand is making the same card over and over. I know it seems like it would be easier, but I get so bored. So, this year? There is going to be variety. Lots of variety.

So here they are, in no particular order. I used markers and watercolor pencils for my color mediums.

Anyone else planning to do December Daily this year? I am almost half way done with making my book. I can't wait to show it off. It really is pretty. I just want it to be finished with I show it off. I will do my best to keep posting more often. I think twice a week I will have it on my calendar. Then I have no choice. Haha. I WILL PREVAIL! Seriously. Cause I miss you guys, and I miss crafting more often. So, happy almost Christmas...er...thanksgiving? haha. 

Happy Halloween!

I don't know about you, but I have so much fun at halloween. Love letting Noah pick out his costume, and lately, been loving picking out my own.

This year, Noah watched the 4th and 5th episodes of Star Wars and wanted nothing more than to be Luke Skywalker with Yoda on his back. Awesome. He's so cool. Love this kid.

OKay. Now, more about me. Baahah. So, as almost all of you have to know by now, I LOVE Doctor Who. Like. For realz. So, Sunday night I was stressing because I had nothing to wear since all 3 of my costumes shrunk. Not sure how they ALL managed to be too small. Hmmm. lol 

So, Sunday night Noah and I made the trek to Goodwill and found the perfect blue dress. Well, perfect...if you like mumus. So I sized it down, took a foot off the bottom, and then cut out my windows, learned to print on fabric, used a lil heat bond, and viola. I was a TARDIS. Well...almost. I had to have a hat, right? Gotta have the light!! So I took a magnetic craft container I had on hand, wrapped it in blue fabric, and cut the window panels and hot glued it all together onto a headband. NOW, I was ready to trick or treat. 

Needless to say, we had a blast. Thanks, Opry Mills! Mmmm...candy....Oh...maybe THATS why I can't fit my other costumes....lol

Blankie

Hi! So its been forever. I have been crafting some, but haven't had time to sit down and post so I am going to catch up today.

As most of you know, I have an adorable son who is about to turn 6, and much like his daddy, is a geek about his tee-shirts. Guess its our fault. We started him young. His says "I void Warrenties"

So, thanks to pinterest, I found an idea (several, actually) to preserve those tees withouth worrying about storing them in a box for the next 20 years. Now, I don't have mad skills with a sewing machine, but straight lines...I can mostly handle that. So, I spent many hours cutting Tee-shirts into squares, finding the perfect material for a backing, and all the other items I needed. 

It was super fun. I only made one minorly fixable mistake when I was cutting the backing. Thank heaven I bought twice the material I needed, haha. I also learned that jersey material is terrible to try to sew to a non-jersey material. But lesson learned...I think...

So here it is. I'm kinda proud of it. :) 

Stay snuggly! Be back later with some other posts!!

What a week!!

I had a seriously awesome week, all things considered. The allergies are kicking all of our rears and making us tired and draggy, but there were some hi-lights that I have to share!!

First off, as some (or most??) of you know, I am a smash*aholic. Also, I am a member of this  awesome group run by some of the most creative and talented ladies around.

So, a couple of months ago we had sign-ups for an awesome swap called a secret sister swap and it was so fun!! I loved making and buying things for my sister and I hope she enjoyed using the items as much as I hope she will!! I had to be patient for my package, but it was worth EVERY minute of waiting. My sister was from RUSSIA! Russia is near and dear to my heart so it made it all the more special and fun when I received her package yesterday. Every item was perfect.

Also, this week, I was blessed enough to win a drawing for a Fuji Instax camera in the same Smash*aholics group. I can't believe my luck. It was once in a lifetime, I am sure. I couldn't wait to try it out when it came in the mail today. (and, of course, immediately smash about it). My first picture of my 5 year old boy relaxing on a swing with Daddy...loved his grubby summer feet. I can't wait to take more pictures. Its a learning curve, choosing your shots wisely. Back to the late 90s! ;) 

So that's what's going on in my world. Hope you all have a Smash*ing rest of the weekend!! 

Scrappy Mama Scraps Again!

Man, I am SO bad at coming up with good titles for these things, haha.

So, since I discovered the joy of Smash* booking I have gotten a little (maybe a little more than a little) behind on my son's 2012 scrapbook as well as I am still working on 2011. Oi. Bad, mama. So last week and the beginning of this week I worked to get some pages done for him so that I wouldn't feel so guilty smash*ing again (see previous post).

Here they are! Some are neater than others, some are a lil on the almost girly side, but not everything can be blue and blatantly BOY. Just sayin.

 Hope you all enjoy and that maybe you were at least a little bit inspired. Have a crafty weekend!!