Rainy day project...

A couple weeks ago I found a dress at Goodwill... it cost me less than a dollar... I bought it with the thought that I would make it into a scarf... so today, I finally got around to doing it... and I documented my creating!

The dress started out looking something like this...

(I actually didn't take a picture until I had cut the skirt off... but you get the basic idea - ugly)

I cut the skirt into 6 different sections because I didn't want all of the stripes going in the same direction... that wasn't interesting enough for me...

Then I sewed the pieces together to make 2 long strips...

 I then pinned the 2 long pieces together

(wrong sides together - the wrong side of this fabric was horrible... so I didn't want it to show... that's why I made it a double layer instead of just a single like most scarves)

I cut off the excess... I wanted a perfect rectangle.

Okay, now comes the fun part. I put a wing needle on my machine. This needle is big compared to normal sewing needles... it's called a wing needle because it has little 'wings' on the sides of it. This type of needle separates the fibers of the fabric so that you have a really cool 'holey' effect throughout your stitching.

I used this lattice-like stitch... and stretched it a little.

Time to sew!

I sewed around all four edges...

(I love how it made the edges scrunch up a little... yay for unexpected added interest!)

(Close up so you can see what the wing needle did... see the cool holes?)

Then I tried to fray the edges some... I feel like washing it should help make the edges fray... 'cause i wanted that effect on this scarf... and the stitching will keep it from unraveling all the way.

Finished product! Perfect for a rainy day like today...

(Sorry for the weird coloring... I tried to fix it, but I think I made it worse... oh well.)

I love re purposing things... and modifying things to make them epic... and I was happy to actually have time for it today. =)

You may not know...

I have this thing for decorating... I don't get to do it very often... but when I do, I like to go all out.

For the past couple of years, my family has hosted a Valentines day dinner for our fellowship group... and I've always helped decorate for it.

So this year... I decided to take pictures! Enjoy!
(will... resist... urge to caption every picture...)

First off... I wanted to do something fun with the napkins. I had seen this picture on Pinterest a week or so ago and I thought I might try it...

The napkins I used were kinda large... so I just folded them to the right size...

(please excuse my man-hands)

(about 6 inches of ribbon and double-sticky tape)

Voila! A bow napkin. =)

Now for some other pictures...

(without the finishing touches... candles, petals, etc.)

I just happened to have these butterflies... so I thought I'd use them.

We had to have a total of 3 tables... lots of people.

                                                           We ran out of red napkins...

Finished product... complete with candles and rose petals...

(yay for napkins!)

Floating candles

I think it turned out wonderfully...

The fellowship was awesome too... good talks with great people. =)

I think I'm satisfied...

I know I've always said my favorite color is lime green... but I think red is secretly becoming my new favorite... it's an incredible color.


Anyway... here is the new 'look' of my blog I want it to be simple, so that people will pay more attention to the things posted here. I'm still working on a picture for the header... but for now... I think I'm satisfied.

=)

Tomorrow I'm going to strive to find time to spend perfecting my blog's look and feel... but for now... I thought I'd share another picture:

Some people may find this silly... but I seriously enjoy taking pictures of objects. My jewlery just happend to fall in exactly this position last night... so I snapped a shot. Voila!

(also, I've decided I cannot draw worth beans... and no, you do not get to see THAT picture...)

Just one picture...

One of the purposes of this blog is for me to have a creative outlet...
It is not really here for me to tell you "what I did today"... but, for me to show you - in various ways.
There may never be a real explanation for what I post on here... only know that it is in some way expressing my creativity.

They say it's called "Football"...

Today is Super Bowl Sunday... not that I really care... but I thought I'd share my Super Bowl tradition with you all... I've been doing this for 5 years now...

The recipe originally came from a Hershey's calendar that I had... but you can find the recipe here.

This year, my mom decided that we had a TON of extra sugar cookie dough left over from Christmas... so we just baked a big cookie and decorated it with the respective candies. =)

My mom frosted the field...

and I added the candies. Boom. Done.

A view from the field. (I love the idea of a Hug for a ref... it's brilliant.)

I was very lazy this year with what I did (ie. no goal posts, cookie instead of cake, etc.) ... but I though I'd share anyway... 'cause I still love the idea. =)

Enjoy!

So here I am...

I've wanted to start a blog for a while now... it just seemed like a fun way to share what I'm up to, what I'm creating, what I'm learning, and anything else I want to.

So here I am...
Finally here... very excited... already thinking of the hundereds of things that I'd like to post.

But for now, this will have to do.

Hello blog world. *waves*
=)