Just a little bit of pink

So in my last blog, I mentioned that I needed to turn my  guestroom into a place that I could craft as well. The first project was to redo my old dresser, which was in dire need of new paint. I decided to go pink with silver hardware because I hope this will eventually be Princess A's and I'd rather only redo it once. :) I think it works very nicely in the grey room! (now if I could only find a way to pay for new carpet...)

Tinkerbell Tutu

So I've been collecting fabric for a little while now but have not have the chance to make anything out of it because I've been so busy painting (got some new stuff again but that's for another post). So while watching Lord of the Rings: Two Towers with the girls on Friday night I finally got around to cutting up the tulle I had purchased and started to assemble a tutu for A. Turns out I didn't have quite enough to make the two tutus that I was hoping (one for A and one for my niece) so I had to go back to the fabric store (a real hardship! lol!) and pick up another 4m. I opted for green since they didn't have the same purple I had picked up originally, thus the Tinkerbell Tutu was created. "A" loves her's! 

 

 

The Great Pumpkin

So I stressed for weeks about whether to take A out for Halloween. I definitely felt pulled in both directions. On one hand, growing up, we started trick or treating but then later stopped and did other things with church to celebrate Reformation Day instead. K has no issues with it and thinks it's just a fun time. So in the end, I did take her out to a few houses. We went with friends who were taking their boys and Auntie J.

 We got a pumpkin from Grandpa W that K had lots of fun deciding how to make it geeky... we debated putting the Pi symbol on it. And if you get that, you're a geek too!

Instead he went for the storm trooper from Star Wars. Did an awesome job of it too! Though he was disappointed with how few Trick or Treaters were out and how few got to see it....

 It was a bit on the chilly side and the wind picked up while we were out so we only went to maybe 10 houses. "A" had lots of smiles for everyone. :) Except the camera it would seem.

 Aunty J found the costume at a garage sale this past summer and bought it for A for Halloween.

The Great Pumpkin hanging out with Daddy. Definitely needed the black hat when we were outside. That little bit of orange fabric would have done nothing to keep her head warm!

Swirls, and Flowers and Lady Bugs Oh My!

So I just found that more of my hairclip holders have been posted on Little Dragonfly Boutique! Each one is unique because I don't like to just do the same thing over and over again. I'd probably do a repeat if someone wanted one specifically and it was already sold but for my own state of mind, each piece has to be unique. Plus it more fun that way! So here are a few more pieces. The frames are $20, the mini plaques $8 and the phrase plaques $15.

 Can be customized to you colours and/or initial.

Family Portraits...

Saturday, October 1 was cold and windy and just a little bit rainy.  But despite all of this we dress up to fight the chill and headed out to Thunder Lake in search of a good spot to take our first official family portrait. A new friend, who happens to have an awesome camera and a nack for PhotoShop (just shave off those extra few pounds, eh?), agreed to take our photos for us. These are just some of the results...

Yikes! That's some red hair!

One of my favorite poses!

Princess A tried to climb through the frame. She didn't like having it in front of her. :)

Colour, colours everywhere!

So I finally finished a few of the projects I blogged about earlier. The first one was really easy and A loves to play with it while she's nursing. Beats her trying to pull my nice necklace off!

These beads are threaded onto jewelry wire so it's impossible for A to break it. :) Though she's got quite a strong pull so my head is often pulled down. lol!

Below are some of the frames and plaques that I purchased and painted up to make them hairclip holders. I included some flowers from a friend to show how they would work. :) I'm having lots of fun playing around with the paints and trying new things. We'll see how they sell.

Large Frames -8x10 ($20)

PLAQUES ($8)

This is a "one of a kind". The pieces were already glued together so it drove me to distraction trying to get the paint perfect!  (This one's $10)

 SMALLER FRAMES- 4x6 or 3x3 ($15)
Add a mirror (only 4x6) or a picture into the space, attach your hair clips onto the ribbons and hang your headbands on the hooks.

This is one that I particularly proud of! It turned out great!

I set prices for them but how much would you pay? Am I asking too much or too little?

NEXT PROJECT....

To turn this into a crafting space

And this into an eating space!

To Create or Not to Create? What A Dumb Question!

So today K, A and myself headed to the city to do a little shopping and banking (which didn't happen because the bankers decided to take the WHOLE weekend off! Gasp!) En route, we made stops in Spruce Grove to pick up what I promise will be the last (okay, 2nd last) order of clothes I bought on consignment. My Princess A has WAY too many clothes as it is (what can I say? Hello, my name is Mommy and I have a problem...) Someday I'll take a picture of the tubs (yes, I said tubs) of clothes I have for her. But I digress...

Oh yes! We also made a stop at Fabricland, which much to my surprise and delight was having a HUGE sale! So my promised 10-minute-stop took more like a half hour, and that was me running through the store, grabbing wonderfully coloured cottons, manly plaid flannel, a few spools of thread and some elastic.

 A few of these beauties will become outfits for A, while others will become part of blue jean diaper bag project.

 These two will become flannel pants for my handsome husband who has trouble finding ones that are long enough.

 These are the 5 pairs of old jeans I had lying around (or were given. Thanks C!) and want to turn them into fun diaper bags (to sell and pay for more fabric :) )

I took a note out of my mother's book and made K's old tackle box into a sewing kit, so the next time Mom comes, I'll know where my pins are... :) Ironically, at this point I do not own a sewing machine. Christmas?

Next we made a stop at the GoodWill to drop off a bag of clothes and to pick up some cheap picture frames that I plan to turn into hair clip holders.

A little paint, some wire and a pretty patterned backdrop (aka scrapbook paper) and they are going to look awesome! Might even figure out a way to put a hook or two on them to hold the headbands... (All that paint was a Dollarstore purchase back in Barrhead. 2/$1)

Then we headed up to Rod and Dianne's (because I forgot to take the coupons I had printed from Michaels, so we needed to print them again.). Made a nice place for me to nurse A and K to practice his "soccer" & "golf". We also took home MORE apples.

Pretty Ruby Red apples that are super sweet and good for just eating. Of course we didn't stop there...

 At Michaels I picked up some wood piece and lots of ribbon that I plan to make into a 2nd kind of hair clippy holder. The ribbons will be attached to the bottom of the painted plaques/frames. If you don't get it, you'll have to wait and see...

Princess A likes to pull on my necklace while she's nursing so I decided that I'd buy some beads that were on sale and make her a "nursing necklace". Basically I'll make a necklace for myself to wear that she can play with while nursing so she doesn't break the one that K gave me :). They were on sale.

AND finally, when we got home we found this little number on our counter (thanks Aunty J!). Which was a wonderful investment because we still have:

 AND...

to still peel, core, slice and freeze! I think we have enough apples.