Skirts :)

 This one was originally a long skirt that I got at the Goodwill. But I cut it to use for another project and just decided to make a short skirt with what was left.

 Old pair of Dickies white painter pants. Hard to see but in the v I used the leg part from a pair of black jeans. I have to do some more work on this one, I didn't measure haha and the back sticks out way too much lol.

 I think this is my favorite one. Notice more fabric from 1st skirt above.

 A little bit shorter one to wear with leggings.

Black dressy one.
I am also almost finished with the teddy bear but I am a little embarrassed to post a pic. I think it is ugly lol We will see when it is all the way done. I also have 1 more skirt to make but I am tired of sewing at the moment lol so, will be taking a break to work on this months Stamp Club project- a gift card holder or money holder.
Hope everyone has a great day.

My 1st ever blog award

Even though it took me 3 days to see it, I have received my first ever blog award :) from Miss Virginia over at Celtic House.

I have to pass it on also. So here you go ladies :)

Paula Gale

Little Miss Crafty

Wipso

Miss Julia

Now I have to list 10 things that make me happy:

1) coffee

2) seeing my kids smile

3) texts from far away friends

4) sunshine

5) cooking and baking for my kiddos

6) my grand daughters smiles and coos

7) friends that love me even if I am different lol

8) discovering blogs with beautiful pictures

9) 1 to 2 hour phone calls with my sister

10) projects that I thought were going to be difficult but proved to be easy

Wow, that was a bit harder than I thought. Granted just because I put coffee lol as #1 doesn't mean it is #1 on my list, I just put them as I thought of them. I have had maybe 1/2 hours sleep in the last 24 so it is a bit difficult to think straight at the moment.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day. We are in the middle of a snow storm that has stalled over our region. It is gorgeous out there right now but I am so tired of this winter wonderland lol

WOYWW

Late posting my pics today. We have gotten slammed by a lovely (insert sarcastic tone) snow storm here and well I was busy shoveling earlier.
But anyway here are the pics of my desk that I took this morning.

 Stood a big farther back this time. I have so much going on and it all has ended up on the desk.

 Closeup. Still working on yoyo's, baby's teddy bear, haha have my nail polish sitting there too. Hopefully by next wednesday nothing will be on there lol Well, not these projects anyway.

Since I did a swing the last two times I decided to go to the left and down a bit. The left underneath of my desk is where I store all my paper. Top shelf is 8.5x11 and 6x6. Bottom is 12x12. In the milk crate is my stash of magazines, it is full to the brim and HEAVY!!! The jeans sitting in the pile are going to be made into skirts (well, I hope so anyway lol).
Well that is about it for today. Be sure to pop on over to Miss Julia's (our ever faithful WOYWW leader) page to see the rest of our desks :)

Keeping busy

When lil one was born my sister sent flowers, this cute plastic flower bowl is what is left lol Well, I needed something prettier to store my loose flowers in :) so, I added 2 rows of lace, beading and stick some miscellaneous flowers together to make a big pretty one.

 And wahla a totally new and cute flower storage :)

 I am attempting to make a mini-skirt out of a very long skirt I bought at the local Goodwill a couple years ago. Have it all pinned, I just need to find time to sit at the machine and get to it.

 I decided that lil one needed a handmade stuffed bear :) My mom made all her grandkids monkey dolls, I'm not that patient lol! So, I'm making this. Will post pics when it is done.

 Just had to share the card we made at Stamp Club on friday night :) I think it is so cute. Alas, it is not staying here with me, it will be buzzing off soon to someone special :)

Well we have snow in the forecast from today till friday so I won't be outside much. Plan on staying in where it is warm and toasty :) Will be back soon with pics of finished projects and who knows what else.
Have a good one all :)

A few more journal pages

These are some more of the older ones I have done. I had planned on doing some work in there this weekend but well I never got to it. I'm basically learning as I go lol I don't know alot of techniques and I am still trying to conquer my fear of being messy haha. But I am getting there.
Well back to sewing yoyo's for my curtains because although I really like them, they blend into the walls and need a little something extra.
Kiddos go back to school tomorrow so I am hoping I have a little more "me" time to work on my projects.
Thanks for stopping by :)

Art Journal pages and a card

Trying my hand at art journalling again. The next 2 photos are of my newest pages. I'm trying to learn that I can be MESSY!! and not everything has to be neat and orderly haha

 Here is a card I whipped up this afternoon (took me a whole 10 minutes lol) for my Stamp Club meeting tomorrow night. Yes, I usually wait till the last minute.

 Two of my older art journal pages. I have more to show but didn't want to overload the page.

 **Note here-- I cannot draw for the life of me haha but on this one I decided to try LOL I do NOT like how my self portrait drawing came out.

Two posts in one day LOL Can't promise that will happen again soon LOL
Re: Sam's comment from yesterday's curtain post-- If I could fly over to the UK to do your lettering I would :)  I so want to go for a vaca there. My UK followers (and of course the lovely Dyan) have inspired me so much and everyone is just so nice, I would love to meet each and every one of you :)
Off to create something else lol

Thank you :)

Had to pop in real quick to say Thank you for the comments yesterday. I'm kinda not used to it so I was a bit overwhelmed :)
Yes, Miss Julia I do have longish hair lol Down to past my brazier line. And the paper roll is from a friend of mine. I use it on my desk so I don't make a mess lol
Paula Gale, yes haha I have a big stamp collection. Now if I would actually use them maybe they wouldn't be a "collection" haha.
I'm workin on getting better at commenting on other's blogs. (insert sheepish smile) Sometimes I just don't know what to say and don't want to sound lame lol
Hope everyone has a good day.