I've started a new blog: Come follow my crafting adventures on my new blog. Find me at: creativeirony.com.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
I'm on Twitter? What?
I really didn't think I would ever do it, but I finally jumped on the bandwagon. I guess I've resisted long enough. . . . You can follow me @craftastical. Let me know if you have an account, as I'd love to find some more people to follow.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Easter Egg Hunt Digital Scrapbook Kit Freebie
New to digital scrapbooking? Never downloaded a digital kit before? What in the world are .rar files anyway? Get your answers here: How to Unzip Files So You Can Digi Scrap.
You know, I don't like scrapbooking layouts with set themes. I'm not a theme kind of girl. Probably because they tend to be repetitive. I mean, Christmas comes every year, so does Independence Day, plus all the other holidays, and then on top of that, you have birthdays, all of which provide photos that are basically interchangeable. That's not to say I don't think they are important days. I do. I think traditions and rituals especially in family life are enormously important. It's just that they are repetitive.
So, I was surprised this year when I was excited to design an Easter kit. I knew we were going to my dad's side of the family for their annual Easter egg hunt, so I started this paper about a week before that. It wasn't until I got the photos in front of me that it really started to gel, and I think this is one of my favorite kits ever. Aside from these papers (which aren't in the thumb, you couldn't see anything but the top), the rest aren't overtly Easter and would be perfect for other themes.
Anyway, I was pretty excited about the pictures I took, especially this one of Aubriana and my nephew, Miles. I knew it was going to be the star of my layout.
Which it was:
Kit Contents: 15 Pattern Papers, 1 Overlay, 3 Bunny Masks, 2 Styles of Grass Masks (that just makes me laugh), 3 Egg Masks, 1 Butterfly Mask, 3 Labels, 1 Journaling Spot, 1 Set Stitches
As a bonus for this kit, I made my layout into a two page, 12x12 quick page (it's a .psd file), that you can easily slip your pictures into--you know, in case scrapbooking the same holidays over and over makes you a little crazy too. And, there's room for 10 shots; a must if you are a click-a-holic, like me.
I made sure that the title was able to be edited, in case you want to change it. If you want to leave it how it is, you need to make sure you have Franklin Gothic and Titillium on your computer (again, I can't verify these fonts are free from viruses--use caution). I used a font called Fish Face for the "egg," but I actually couldn't find Fish Face even with my mad google skills, so I also rasterized one layer and left one the font, just delete the one you don't want.
You know, I don't like scrapbooking layouts with set themes. I'm not a theme kind of girl. Probably because they tend to be repetitive. I mean, Christmas comes every year, so does Independence Day, plus all the other holidays, and then on top of that, you have birthdays, all of which provide photos that are basically interchangeable. That's not to say I don't think they are important days. I do. I think traditions and rituals especially in family life are enormously important. It's just that they are repetitive.
So, I was surprised this year when I was excited to design an Easter kit. I knew we were going to my dad's side of the family for their annual Easter egg hunt, so I started this paper about a week before that. It wasn't until I got the photos in front of me that it really started to gel, and I think this is one of my favorite kits ever. Aside from these papers (which aren't in the thumb, you couldn't see anything but the top), the rest aren't overtly Easter and would be perfect for other themes.
Anyway, I was pretty excited about the pictures I took, especially this one of Aubriana and my nephew, Miles. I knew it was going to be the star of my layout.
Which it was:
Kit Contents: 15 Pattern Papers, 1 Overlay, 3 Bunny Masks, 2 Styles of Grass Masks (that just makes me laugh), 3 Egg Masks, 1 Butterfly Mask, 3 Labels, 1 Journaling Spot, 1 Set Stitches
As a bonus for this kit, I made my layout into a two page, 12x12 quick page (it's a .psd file), that you can easily slip your pictures into--you know, in case scrapbooking the same holidays over and over makes you a little crazy too. And, there's room for 10 shots; a must if you are a click-a-holic, like me.
I made sure that the title was able to be edited, in case you want to change it. If you want to leave it how it is, you need to make sure you have Franklin Gothic and Titillium on your computer (again, I can't verify these fonts are free from viruses--use caution). I used a font called Fish Face for the "egg," but I actually couldn't find Fish Face even with my mad google skills, so I also rasterized one layer and left one the font, just delete the one you don't want.
Enjoy! I hope you have a fabulous Easter!
I've started a new blog: Come follow my crafting adventures on my new blog. Find me at: creativeirony.com.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Share-A-Craft: Carved Wooden Frame with Dried Flower Heart
Share-A-Craft is just as much fun as a tilt-a-whirl, but with less stomach upset and possible vomiting. Every Monday, I post a project of any type that I've recently or not so recently done. We'd love to see what you've been making too. Send me an email with your name and a link to your project at karah99 @ gmail.com and you might end up featured.
Tutorial for this project can be found here.
David and I met in July of 2001. We were married October 19, 2001, exactly 90 days after the day we met. It's a very crazy story, one I'm very attached to (naturally). I know I've told it quite a few times, but I'm not sure I ever have directly on my blog.
I went up to BYU-Idaho from Orem, UT in July. I arrived on a Saturday. BYU-Idaho used to be Ricks College and it was a two-year school. It had quite a reputation for marriages. I used to joke it was worse than BYU, because you only had two years. Right as I went up, it was changing to a four year university. I told my mom as she dropped me off that if I hadn't met my husband in a week, I was coming home. I had taken a year off after high school, and I was 19. This is very, very young, but LDS people, we have a thing for marrying young. I had no idea that God was going to take me so seriously.
I spent that week hanging out with my roommates, getting to know the school and taking my first classes. One of my roommates was Jessica and she was from Tetonia, a small town about 30 minutes away from Rexburg and in the shadows of the beautiful Teton mountains, where her family had a ranch. Jackson Hole is on the other side of the mountains you can see from her house. It's a beautiful setting.
That Saturday, we had a party there. It was close to Pioneer Day, so we got a lot of fireworks, some food, and had a party out there. David was in town with his friends, as they were spending the summer down in the Salt Lake area, and they knew my roommates, so they were invited out to the party too. I got there early with Jessica to help her set up and make some food. I remember making Suddenly Salad for the first time then (I still like them a lot). There was another guy who had expressed some interest in me and he was at the party too. We got the call that David's car was having a bit of trouble finding the turn off to the ranch, so I was dispatched to meet them at the crossroads. The other guy came along with me.
They found us and David was driving. Now, I didn't think much of it at the time, because David looked like this:
Which is pretty much the antitheses of everything I find attractive. He struck up a conversation with me and I was wondering why in the world this guy was talking to me. I have no idea what we talked about, probably the basics, names and home towns.
He kept flirting with me though and I started flirting back. He had the most amazing hazel eyes, all light green around the edges with brown in the centers and framed with long lashes that were so beautiful to almost be obscene on a man (all of our children got those lashes--they are so lucky!). And I noticed he had a nice mouth underneath that beard, plus he was tall and outgoing and lots of fun to be around. We sat down to eat and we talked. It wasn't anything earth shattering, but he was easy to talk to. I felt I could be myself around him. He had been on a mission, was a business major, came from a large family, all good things. He suggested we take a ride together on the four wheeler, which was one of the party activities.
This was a fateful ride (I can almost say that with a straight face, since it was a pretty important point in our relationship). He stopped in a view of the Tetons and it was so pretty. He says he wasn't thinking of kissing me right that second--although he admits the plan was to get me alone so he could kiss--but that he just turned around to talk to me and that I was right there, begging to be kissed (I object--I knew he wanted to kiss me and I wasn't opposed). He kissed me. That was the second I fell in love with him, although it took me a bit longer to realize that was what I was feeling. I asked him, "When are you coming up here again?" and that's when he realized he liked me more than just a passing flirtation at a party.
We got to know each other more that night, then the next day he asked me to take a drive. We went here, to the sand dunes near Rexburg, and sat in the trees and talked. It's actually a lot prettier than in the pictures, almost like a beach in the middle of Idaho, without the water, of course.
We talked about our goals, what we wanted out of life, our spiritual lives, and as we talked, I knew. I just knew that he was going to be my husband. At this point, we'd known each other about 24 hours, but I knew, without a doubt. And that knowledge has never left me. I think that's one of the things that makes us such a strong couple; I know that we are supposed to be together, that God had a hand in bringing us together, and that makes the hard experiences and the crappy things that happen in life, it makes them pull us together instead of drive us apart. Now, I think there are probably other people I could have been happy with, but I don't think I would have experienced the kind of growth and the deep love that I've experienced with David.
After that Sunday, he had to go back to Utah. During that week, he had a rose delivered to my apartment. Just a simple, single rose. I'm not a huge flowers person (I mean, I obviously love flowers and floral prints of all types, but I'd much rather have chocolate than flowers for a present), but that rose was special. So, of course I dried it. I couldn't really think of something good to do with it, so I stuck it under this dome, and I meant to make it pretty around the bottom somehow, someday, but never did think of a good idea.
Pretty ugly, eh?
So, in thinking about the new house and how I want it, I realized that I mostly want to fill it with things that are beautiful, unique and have meaning to me. The rose was up for an overhaul.
I thought I'd paint a cool design on the frame, but then that seemed like a lot precision work, plus I couldn't think of a good way to get the pattern traced onto the frame, without buying something (like transfer paper) or using a craft knife to cut out the pattern (which sounded like a lot of boring work). So, I knew I had some Tattered Angels Screens around, and came up with carving the frame (tutorial with all the details coming on Thursday). It was a ton of work to do it this way, but it was forgiving of mistakes, since I was going for a distressed look.
After gluing the petals into a heart shape, I popped it into my finished frame and this is the end result.
It is so beautiful and rich in person, and so personally significant. It makes me smile every time I see it.
Tutorial for this project can be found here.
David and I met in July of 2001. We were married October 19, 2001, exactly 90 days after the day we met. It's a very crazy story, one I'm very attached to (naturally). I know I've told it quite a few times, but I'm not sure I ever have directly on my blog.
I went up to BYU-Idaho from Orem, UT in July. I arrived on a Saturday. BYU-Idaho used to be Ricks College and it was a two-year school. It had quite a reputation for marriages. I used to joke it was worse than BYU, because you only had two years. Right as I went up, it was changing to a four year university. I told my mom as she dropped me off that if I hadn't met my husband in a week, I was coming home. I had taken a year off after high school, and I was 19. This is very, very young, but LDS people, we have a thing for marrying young. I had no idea that God was going to take me so seriously.
I spent that week hanging out with my roommates, getting to know the school and taking my first classes. One of my roommates was Jessica and she was from Tetonia, a small town about 30 minutes away from Rexburg and in the shadows of the beautiful Teton mountains, where her family had a ranch. Jackson Hole is on the other side of the mountains you can see from her house. It's a beautiful setting.
That Saturday, we had a party there. It was close to Pioneer Day, so we got a lot of fireworks, some food, and had a party out there. David was in town with his friends, as they were spending the summer down in the Salt Lake area, and they knew my roommates, so they were invited out to the party too. I got there early with Jessica to help her set up and make some food. I remember making Suddenly Salad for the first time then (I still like them a lot). There was another guy who had expressed some interest in me and he was at the party too. We got the call that David's car was having a bit of trouble finding the turn off to the ranch, so I was dispatched to meet them at the crossroads. The other guy came along with me.
They found us and David was driving. Now, I didn't think much of it at the time, because David looked like this:
Which is pretty much the antitheses of everything I find attractive. He struck up a conversation with me and I was wondering why in the world this guy was talking to me. I have no idea what we talked about, probably the basics, names and home towns.
He kept flirting with me though and I started flirting back. He had the most amazing hazel eyes, all light green around the edges with brown in the centers and framed with long lashes that were so beautiful to almost be obscene on a man (all of our children got those lashes--they are so lucky!). And I noticed he had a nice mouth underneath that beard, plus he was tall and outgoing and lots of fun to be around. We sat down to eat and we talked. It wasn't anything earth shattering, but he was easy to talk to. I felt I could be myself around him. He had been on a mission, was a business major, came from a large family, all good things. He suggested we take a ride together on the four wheeler, which was one of the party activities.
This was a fateful ride (I can almost say that with a straight face, since it was a pretty important point in our relationship). He stopped in a view of the Tetons and it was so pretty. He says he wasn't thinking of kissing me right that second--although he admits the plan was to get me alone so he could kiss--but that he just turned around to talk to me and that I was right there, begging to be kissed (I object--I knew he wanted to kiss me and I wasn't opposed). He kissed me. That was the second I fell in love with him, although it took me a bit longer to realize that was what I was feeling. I asked him, "When are you coming up here again?" and that's when he realized he liked me more than just a passing flirtation at a party.
We got to know each other more that night, then the next day he asked me to take a drive. We went here, to the sand dunes near Rexburg, and sat in the trees and talked. It's actually a lot prettier than in the pictures, almost like a beach in the middle of Idaho, without the water, of course.
We talked about our goals, what we wanted out of life, our spiritual lives, and as we talked, I knew. I just knew that he was going to be my husband. At this point, we'd known each other about 24 hours, but I knew, without a doubt. And that knowledge has never left me. I think that's one of the things that makes us such a strong couple; I know that we are supposed to be together, that God had a hand in bringing us together, and that makes the hard experiences and the crappy things that happen in life, it makes them pull us together instead of drive us apart. Now, I think there are probably other people I could have been happy with, but I don't think I would have experienced the kind of growth and the deep love that I've experienced with David.
After that Sunday, he had to go back to Utah. During that week, he had a rose delivered to my apartment. Just a simple, single rose. I'm not a huge flowers person (I mean, I obviously love flowers and floral prints of all types, but I'd much rather have chocolate than flowers for a present), but that rose was special. So, of course I dried it. I couldn't really think of something good to do with it, so I stuck it under this dome, and I meant to make it pretty around the bottom somehow, someday, but never did think of a good idea.
Pretty ugly, eh?
So, in thinking about the new house and how I want it, I realized that I mostly want to fill it with things that are beautiful, unique and have meaning to me. The rose was up for an overhaul.
I thought I'd paint a cool design on the frame, but then that seemed like a lot precision work, plus I couldn't think of a good way to get the pattern traced onto the frame, without buying something (like transfer paper) or using a craft knife to cut out the pattern (which sounded like a lot of boring work). So, I knew I had some Tattered Angels Screens around, and came up with carving the frame (tutorial with all the details coming on Thursday). It was a ton of work to do it this way, but it was forgiving of mistakes, since I was going for a distressed look.
After gluing the petals into a heart shape, I popped it into my finished frame and this is the end result.
I've started a new blog: Come follow my crafting adventures on my new blog. Find me at: creativeirony.com.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Project Progress: Crafty Organization Week 7
While I was organizing this week, I found another box of letter stickers. I thought I had some more somewhere, and yep, here they are. Little stinkers. It's funny, because I tend to use my Cricut to cut out titles for my layouts, but no more. I need to use up some of these things. The other bad thing about letter stickers is that you can never throw them away (at least, I have a hard time doing it), but when is it going to work out that you magically used every single letter on the sheet? I'm guessing I need to start doing some art projects to use up those sheets that don't have any vowels left.
Yep, that is the box I didn't remember I had:
A little sorting later, and I have two boxes of very organized stickers and rub ons, plus other assorted alphabets and shaped stickers.
I also started in on my sewing supplies. Sewing supplies are easy compared to scrapbooking supplies, because you really don't have that many categories.
Yarn is even easier (for me at least). I have three cardboard boxes of yarn, and there are only cotton, wool, acrylics (yuck, why am I keeping these??), and fancy blends (I don't have that many. Yet).
Now, this isn't anywhere where I'd like it to be when I have a functioning craft room, but everything is grouped together. All like is with like. I found all the bags of fabric I had tucked around here and there and put them all together. All the interfacing is together. All the yarn is together. All the purse making supplies are together. All the beading stuff is together. All the tools are together. All the various and assorted scrapbooking do-dads are together. In short, everything is easy to find and ready for moving.
Phew. I think I am done.
Even if it's not all the way done and all pretty like I want, I think it's a huge improvement from this:
to this:
Yep, that is the box I didn't remember I had:
A little sorting later, and I have two boxes of very organized stickers and rub ons, plus other assorted alphabets and shaped stickers.
I also started in on my sewing supplies. Sewing supplies are easy compared to scrapbooking supplies, because you really don't have that many categories.
Yarn is even easier (for me at least). I have three cardboard boxes of yarn, and there are only cotton, wool, acrylics (yuck, why am I keeping these??), and fancy blends (I don't have that many. Yet).
Now, this isn't anywhere where I'd like it to be when I have a functioning craft room, but everything is grouped together. All like is with like. I found all the bags of fabric I had tucked around here and there and put them all together. All the interfacing is together. All the yarn is together. All the purse making supplies are together. All the beading stuff is together. All the tools are together. All the various and assorted scrapbooking do-dads are together. In short, everything is easy to find and ready for moving.
Phew. I think I am done.
Even if it's not all the way done and all pretty like I want, I think it's a huge improvement from this:
to this:
I've started a new blog: Come follow my crafting adventures on my new blog. Find me at: creativeirony.com.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Trip to Savers! A bunch of things get a spray paint makeover.
Last Monday, I went to Savers. I always try to go on Monday, because they have tags of a certain color for $1 and another color is half off. Sometimes, I don't find much, but this week I hit the motherload. It helps that with my plan for my living room in mind, I have a good idea of what I will actually use.
For 38 bucks, I got the following:
3 Glass Jars ($1.99, $1.99 and $.99)
1 Pair of Sunday Shoes for Aubriana ($2.49)
1 Pair of New Pajamas for Aubriana ($4.99, I'm pretty sure they've never been worn)
1 Shirt to upcycle ($.99)
2 Ceramic Candle Holders
1 Photo Tree
3 Iron Candlesticks
1 Bowl
1 Metal Basket
1 Green Glass Bottle ($1.50)
1 Flower Candle Holder
1 Twirly Candlestick
1 Leaf Tray
1 Kitchen Organizer Tray (got left in the car while I took the picture)
1 Bag of Toys (not pictured) with 5 My Little Ponies, 2 Madagascar Penguins and 2 Motorcycles, purchased as a bribe for my kids to be good ($2.99)
Isn't this picture tree (I'm guess that's what it's called) so cool! I can't decide if I want to do seasonal decorations on each clip, or photos, or put my most used recipes on cards and keep it in my kitchen, or just keep it around for it's sculptural quality. It was $2.99 and I didn't do a thing to it.
I got this kitchen organizer for $1.50. I think I'm going to change it into a message center for my kitchen.
A favorite find. These candle holders were $2.99 each, but they are just beautiful. They are probably 6" across. This is pre-cleaning, but they scrubbed up nicely. There was one little chip on the one of the petals, but it's not at all noticeable. I was really tempted to paint them blue, but they are staying white for now.
This cute little piggy was $1. I have something in mind for him, but you're going to have to wait until I can get a tutorial up for it.
These three candlesticks were a buck a piece. A little spray paint later to refresh them, and they look like this:
Not that different in the photographs, but in person, it makes a big difference. They had rust spots in places and just looked worn and tired. Now they are pretty gunmetal grey.
Wire basket was $1, and was an ugly brass color, plus the frame was sagging on the back corner there. A tiny bit of super glue and a coat of paint later (the same gunmetal as the candlesticks), and I have a charming basket. I think this one is headed for the bathroom:
Another dollar purchase. This one wasn't too bad, but it didn't fit in with my kitchen vision (yes, I have developed one of those now too). A coat of chrome and it's looking a lot more cheerful:
This bowl looks so dated with the brass finish, but it was only a dollar (what can I say, I went as soon as they opened and I was great at spotting those green tags). It looks so good as a blue bowl:
So good that I'm showing it off with two pictures. Such a pretty shape!
I loved the idea of this leaf tray, but I think I'm going to put it up on the wall as art. It had some rust spots too, so it got a coat of the gunmetal too. A steal, as this was another dollar item.
This is one I could have left alone, but I was too spray paint happy at this point, and now it matches the other candlesticks. My mom saw it as I brought it in and she was all like, I want this one, and I was like, back off, it's mine. And she was all like, how much did you pay for it? And I was like, a dollar, and back off, or it's coming towards your head.
I've never really used spray paint before. Spray paint and I, we are friends now.
The whole collection after paint (minus the things I've still got plans for):
I also cleaned up the glass jars and put my ribbons and flower in them. I'm getting there. I did buy some gallon sized jars from Walmart and Target, because I knew probably couldn't find them at the thrift store.
My collection is growing!
Link up on:
For 38 bucks, I got the following:
1 Pair of Sunday Shoes for Aubriana ($2.49)
1 Pair of New Pajamas for Aubriana ($4.99, I'm pretty sure they've never been worn)
1 Shirt to upcycle ($.99)
2 Ceramic Candle Holders
1 Photo Tree
3 Iron Candlesticks
1 Bowl
1 Metal Basket
1 Green Glass Bottle ($1.50)
1 Flower Candle Holder
1 Twirly Candlestick
1 Leaf Tray
1 Kitchen Organizer Tray (got left in the car while I took the picture)
1 Bag of Toys (not pictured) with 5 My Little Ponies, 2 Madagascar Penguins and 2 Motorcycles, purchased as a bribe for my kids to be good ($2.99)
This bowl looks so dated with the brass finish, but it was only a dollar (what can I say, I went as soon as they opened and I was great at spotting those green tags). It looks so good as a blue bowl:
The whole collection after paint (minus the things I've still got plans for):
I also cleaned up the glass jars and put my ribbons and flower in them. I'm getting there. I did buy some gallon sized jars from Walmart and Target, because I knew probably couldn't find them at the thrift store.
My collection is growing!
Link up on:
I've started a new blog: Come follow my crafting adventures on my new blog. Find me at: creativeirony.com.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Quick Pages Set 1 Digital Scrapbooking Freebie
New to digital scrapbooking? Never downloaded a digital kit before? What in the world are .rar files anyway? Get your answers here: How to Unzip Files So You Can Digi Scrap.
I do have a new kit in the works, but I didn't have enough time to get one finished this week, so I'm trying something new. I whipped up some quick pages based on a few of my green/pink kits.
Basically, you are downloading a psd file for Photoshop, which you can then put your own photos and journaling on, and voila! instant page.
One thing to note is that fonts vary across computers. I used some free downloadable fonts on my pages, but you can use the standard fonts that come with your computer. A list of fonts I used on each quick page is at the bottom. If you want to use the same fonts I used, check to see if you have them on your computer. If you don't, you can download them, install them and they will be ready to use in Photoshop. If you want to change the font, open up the file and when it asks if you want to update, say yes. It will substitute a font on your computer for the unknown font, and you can change it from there. I include a link to the font when I can, but please note that I can not verify that these downloads are clean and free from viruses. Always download fonts with extreme caution.
Fonts Used:
Wrapped in Love: Arial, Impact and Century Gothic
The BreeBree: Chunk Five, Times New Roman
Juicy Strawberries: Arial
I do have a new kit in the works, but I didn't have enough time to get one finished this week, so I'm trying something new. I whipped up some quick pages based on a few of my green/pink kits.
Basically, you are downloading a psd file for Photoshop, which you can then put your own photos and journaling on, and voila! instant page.
One thing to note is that fonts vary across computers. I used some free downloadable fonts on my pages, but you can use the standard fonts that come with your computer. A list of fonts I used on each quick page is at the bottom. If you want to use the same fonts I used, check to see if you have them on your computer. If you don't, you can download them, install them and they will be ready to use in Photoshop. If you want to change the font, open up the file and when it asks if you want to update, say yes. It will substitute a font on your computer for the unknown font, and you can change it from there. I include a link to the font when I can, but please note that I can not verify that these downloads are clean and free from viruses. Always download fonts with extreme caution.
Wrapped in Love: Arial, Impact and Century Gothic
The BreeBree: Chunk Five, Times New Roman
Juicy Strawberries: Arial
I've started a new blog: Come follow my crafting adventures on my new blog. Find me at: creativeirony.com.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Share-A-Craft: Zebra Print Skirt
Share-A-Craft is just as much fun as a tilt-a-whirl, but with less stomach upset and possible vomiting. Every Monday, I post a project of any type that I've recently or not so recently done. We'd love to see what you've been making too. Send me an email with your name and a link to your project at karah99 @ gmail.com and you might end up featured.
Ok, I know that my Share-A-Craft has been basically clothes for a long time. I think this is because I sewed so much last summer and I never got around to taking pictures of everything and put it up on the blog, so I have a backlog of sewing projects. Then, I've been knitting like a crazy old lady in a rocker on her front porch lately, and I love knitting things to wear, so there's that. Anyway, I have two projects underway that are not (gasp here) clothing projects. Sneak peak at the end of my post.
However, this week you get another clothing post. I'm sorry, but this one is just so cute, Aubriana wore it recently and I took pictures, so it's going up.
You might be surprised to learn that my husband is obsessed with zebra print. I'm not sure how or why this happened. I am not an animal print person, period. I don't think I've ever owned a single thing animal print. Probably my face when he showed them to me is what got him going. I am slowly getting over it and I'm developing a thing for zebra print, even if I can't help imagining this (zebra butt! zebra butt!):
every time I see something like this:
I am absolutely certain that we will end up with a zebra print rug, either in our bedroom or the family room.
So, when I took David ended up coming along to buy linings for the kids' Trick or Treat bags that I made last year (another project that never ended up on the blog), he convinced me to buy some zebra print cordory for Aubrey's bag. I made a skirt with leftovers. The pattern is one I designed, and it's a pretty simple concept.
I also added some tulle around the ruffle. It's super comfy, with a stretchy band in the back. It also has a black bow on the side. I'm surprised at how versatile it is, she wears it with pink shirts, an orange shirt, this lime green shirt and a black and white red shirt.
Oh, and here's a sneak peak of my non-clothing project in progress:
Linking up on:
Ok, I know that my Share-A-Craft has been basically clothes for a long time. I think this is because I sewed so much last summer and I never got around to taking pictures of everything and put it up on the blog, so I have a backlog of sewing projects. Then, I've been knitting like a crazy old lady in a rocker on her front porch lately, and I love knitting things to wear, so there's that. Anyway, I have two projects underway that are not (gasp here) clothing projects. Sneak peak at the end of my post.
However, this week you get another clothing post. I'm sorry, but this one is just so cute, Aubriana wore it recently and I took pictures, so it's going up.
You might be surprised to learn that my husband is obsessed with zebra print. I'm not sure how or why this happened. I am not an animal print person, period. I don't think I've ever owned a single thing animal print. Probably my face when he showed them to me is what got him going. I am slowly getting over it and I'm developing a thing for zebra print, even if I can't help imagining this (zebra butt! zebra butt!):
every time I see something like this:
So, when I took David ended up coming along to buy linings for the kids' Trick or Treat bags that I made last year (another project that never ended up on the blog), he convinced me to buy some zebra print cordory for Aubrey's bag. I made a skirt with leftovers. The pattern is one I designed, and it's a pretty simple concept.
I also added some tulle around the ruffle. It's super comfy, with a stretchy band in the back. It also has a black bow on the side. I'm surprised at how versatile it is, she wears it with pink shirts, an orange shirt, this lime green shirt and a black and white red shirt.
Oh, and here's a sneak peak of my non-clothing project in progress:
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