I might have a problem

I love aprons. Ordinarily, that wouldn't be a problem, but me? I am not a cook. I can bake okay, but its a stretch. Haha. But I freakin LOVE cute aprons! I haven't made one for myself since this one:

You know....like over a year ago and I made it by hand stitching every single stitch? Bahaha...yeah. 

I have made aprons for friends, and family and even my SON...but not another one that's more classy for me to use in the kitchen. So, here it is! YAY! And the flower is actually a pin so that I can use it in my hair or on a shirt or whatever I want. Cause, that's how I roll. I can't commit. LOL 

And, of course, my attention bug Noah HAD to get in on the action. 

Hope you all are staying as cool as you can in this inhumane weather we are having across the country. I read somewhere that over half the country is in some form of drought. And the list of all time record breaking temperatures grows by the day! Hugs and safety to all!

Here is a link to the list of records broken. Kinda amazing, actually!

http://www.weather.com/news/weather-forecast/record-heat-all-time-monthly-20120628

Sew Happy

I have been sewing like mad this weekend. For Noah. Do I ever sew for myself? One of these days I plan to actually make myself a skirt and an apron....one of these days.

But this weekend I made Noah his very own manly apron and a car organizer for the stuff he likes to have when we drive around town.

The apron has 3 button holes and was made a little long for when he gets one of his awesome growth spurts. He's due for one, so the new holes may be used sooner than we expected. I can't take all of the credit for this apron, as my husband had to do the button holes since our button hole attachment scares me and my lack of sewing skill. Oh, and Noah picked out the material himself. And yes, Frodo needs a hair cut. LOL

Originally, this organizer was going to go on the back of the passenger seat, but upon trying to use it, it became obvious that our lame caravan didn't have enough room for his feet and the organizer, so its now in the seat beside his booster, which, I think he will like better anyhow. He was very excited about this, so I am thinkin the next time I have to be out and about all day he won't be all bored and stuff. Yay, pinterest!  

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and were able to craft at least a little! 

8 years. Plus 2.

So, yesterday I was blessed to celebrate my 8th wedding anniversary with my husband, Bobby. Its been an amazing ride. I was feeling sentimental yesterday and wanted to SMASH*. Dug out two very old photos of my husband and I back when we first got together back in 2002 and started dating. (those are the pictures on the right page.) The one on the top was taken a few hours before we became "official" or, whatever the kids call it these days. The one on the bottom was taken just a few short weeks after we were married. We went on a walk and DH dumped me in a water puddle in the rain. Fun times. Hehe. And, of course, the photo on the left is of our wedding day.

I feel like I might do some tweaking on both pages, but for now I am satisfied and I think the pages convey my feelings. These pages were smashed in the Purple pocketfolio smash*book from K and Company. LURVE!!!

So like, does ANYONE remember Jones Soda and Jones Juice? Yeah. Awesomesauce. Found about 100 labels from the "good ole days" and found one that went perfect with my theme. Hehe.

I hope you all enjoy! Happy almost weekend! 

Sew Wonderful

So, I made these a week ago and have just managed the finishing touches. I also managed to break my super expensive camera recently...so back to the Cannon until we can get the Nikon fixed...but its a battery eater to be sure, so these pics aren't what I was hoping for.

ANYhow. I have a beautiful friend that came into my life about 6 months ago and she has lifted me and it has been so, so fun getting to know her, though, she and I are those friends that kinda must have known each other in a past life, or were just kindred spirits. I don't know, but I DO know that her birthday is a week after mine, and I wanted to make her something fun and useful. She is a fantastic baker/cook, and is always acquiring new recipes. She saw this apron a couple weeks ago and begged me to make her one too, so we picked out fabric and this is what I came up with.

Stylish and functional. That's how I roll. I recently saw a post on pinterest that had this wonderful apron with a towel holder on it so I  used that idea. She is very "green" and owns basically NO paper towels, so I think that she will definitely appreciate this aspect of the apron.

I also wanted to make her a fun bag. She loves purses and reusable bags. This was originally going to be a roll up shopping tote, but it kinda turned into a purse...due to lack of knowledge of sewing....and don't even mention the corduroy. NO clue why I always think these thick fabrics are going to work. ::shrug:: She loves orange and I have had this fabric for ages.

It DOES roll up, though. So....PART of the original function is there.

I also made her this cook-book. Due to her ever growing recipe collection.

Hope you enjoy this spot of color in your day! Hope to be back with something paper in a day or so. Splitting headache and lack of motivation. ::sigh:: Have a great Friday! (or...Saturday for my friends down under)

We're men....we're men in tights....

TIGHT tights!! Easily one of my fave dumb movies of all time, lol.

This past weekend my family and I went to The Tennessee Renaissance Festival. Totally fun! While we were there, my son acquired a bow and arrow that he has been practicing with like mad. Totally loves it. So, my first thought is, the boy needs a quiver, right? So I Pinterest...duh...there are obviously NO other websites that you can find tutorials on, right?? And came up with what I thought was a pretty simple pattern. Nope...she had all the pictures....and no dimensions or actual instructions. ::facepalm:: I realized this AFTER I printed the directions and started the project. SO, I came up with my own. Its a little more snug than I would have liked around the arrows, and most def is not my best work, but Noah's face lit up like I had given him something really special, and that's all that matters. 

 Later, he says, mommy? I need a robin hood hat. Srsly? Um...Pinterest to the rescue. I actually found an AWESOME tutorial over there for a simple felt hat. Took less than 5 minutes once I scaled it to Noah's head. (side note...I fixed it to make it look better AFTER the pics...I brought the front together to make a point and it looks much more polished...but yeah....so I promise, it looks better. Like...actually fits and has a button on it and every-stuffs.)

So now, he feels like he is robin hood and wants to save people from mean people. Love my kid.  I will get a pic of the updated hat tomorrow.

Also, this week, I made a cookbook for my best friend. She has so many scrummy recipes and is always acquiring more, so I wanted to give her a chic lil book to play with in th ekitchen. I used papers from recollections, and lots of studio g paper tape, my new obsession. Made altering this composition book SO much easier! I made pockets and cards to match with paperclip bookmarks to mark her favorites.

Each pocket is matched on the back and has the same things in it. Hope you enjoy this rather long post! Hugs and keep craftin! 

Crafty-ness!

Yay! I was able to enter two more challenges this week! Its a record! Haha!

This first card I made was for Cupcake Crafts, "book lover". I used an image that I can't remember anything about. All I know is, its adorable and perfect for the challenge. I colored her with mostly copic markers. I also used a page ripped from a book  and some Recollections papers and other various things.

 This second card I did for Card Makin Mamas. I wanted to make a masculine card with this free image I found the other week, and I had some paper from Colorbok that matched it divinely, so of course, I had to make the card. I punched another piece of book paper for the challenge, "feeling punchy" and also cut out the word "father" from the same book.

Thanks so much for coming out! Sorry this post is sorta short. I am on my way out the door. Hugs and stay crafty!

Color Me Happy

Finally got to really break out my new Copic markers and do some coloring today. I am defiantly rusty and could use some nicer card-stock, but I am still pleased, overall, with the results. Today I decided to follow along with Carisa's "Designed To Color" challenge. This is their first ever challenge that goes right along with her amazing magazine and its thrilling to get to play.

The challenge this time around is "rolled flowers". Way to "challenge" me, Carisa! Sheesh. I finally managed to make one from paper. Its the yellow one. The biggest one is fabric, the pink one is ribbon.

The image that I used is from Saturated Canary. It was a freebie recently and I just couldn't wait to get her on a card. I colored her with a mixture of copics and bics. The paper tape I used is from Studio G, and all of my papers are from Recollections. The sentiment is from walmart years ago when I started scrapping.

Anyhow, totally loved the challenge, and can't wait for the next one. Let me know what ya think! Hugs and stay crafty!

Cass