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freezer paper stenciling... adella's making a sparkly star shirt for the talent show at school!

70/365 - full circle

after working on this all week (a bit obsessively perhaps) it feels really good to have this one finished!

i drew this little doodle and then screenprinted it right onto fabric. for the embroidery, i just picked out a bunch of floss colors and started stitching right over the lines. it was really easy, really addicting, and really really fun!

(i printed a few extra fabric pieces, and thought i'd offer them in the shop soon if there is any interest :))

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more embroidery work-in-progress

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an embroidery design i was playing around with today..

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another wrap bracelet... (this one's for me)

let's make some capes

this is such a quick and easy project, i'm not even sure i can call this a tutorial. and it's such a cute and clever idea that i can't possibly be the first genius mama to figure it out (but i'm not even going to google it to find out).
nevertheless, i think they turned out so stinkin' cute that i just had to share!
it's so super easy, and so super cute. no sewing needed! no excuses! i promise it will take you longer to read this post than it will to make the cape.

super-hero capes are one of those projects that have been on my 'to-make' lists FOREVER. i know the kids would love them, and i know they are a super easy sewing project, but for some reason i just never got around to it. and each time i think about buying some, i talk myself out of it with the old 'nah, i can just make them myself' bit.

so, adella's school field day is coming up. their theme is 'super heroes', and they are allowed to wear costumes or capes, or any super-hero garb that they want. and there's nothing like a little pressure to get me motivated to DO something.
we picked out some fabric, i started thinking about the measurements, binding, and other details... of course griffin wanted one too... and i started calculating the amount of sewing time i might actually have vs. what i needed.

and suddenly this idea popped into my head! hooray! a couple of t-shirts, a few simple scissor snips and five minutes later, the kids were donning capes and flying around the house, out the door, and into the front yard.



...get the whole tutorial here ...  or click on the handy link over on the sidebar.

enjoy!
xo

sail away

making

i've been feeling a little dull and indecisive in my crafting progress lately.  frustrating.  but i'm trying to push on through, so i've just been puttering the last few days...

a vintage trivet-printed cork trivet:


i might like where this is headed.  i'll need to use some thicker cork, though.  a nice big casserole needs a heavy-duty trivet.

i screenprinted some vintage fabric (i picked this up years ago, and i'm not even sure what it is.  but it's nubby and weave-y) with the doily design.


they were later fused to cork, and became coaster sets.


i've had new babies on the brain lately (are you really thinking that?  no, no.  we're good, thanks!) and also, all things spring.  birds, nests, eggs...  throw in some sweet mini-flag buntings and an eBay lot of vintage feather birds (in the mail, on the way), some time on my hands, and you get this:


i'm not sure what i'll do with it yet.  maybe nothing, maybe something.  we'll see...  in any case, it was good to translate an idea into something sweet!

long time, no see...

hello there!  remember me?  i know, it's been too long.  what can i say?  with the rush of the holidays, two birthdays, getting back into the kids' school routine, stitching pillows, and life's various other crazy happenings, it's been hard to find the time to post.  but, i just wanted to pop in and say *hello!*

if you're visiting from WhipUp, welcome!  thanks so much for stopping by.  it's so nice to have some new faces.  and wow -- i apologize for the lack of interestingness of late and the shameful state of my categories.  i'm afraid the posts and categories have been a little neglected these past months, but feel free to poke around!

if you're wondering who in the world i'm talking to, and what i'm whipping up (no, not some super-impressive culinary creation) then i'm happy to tell you!  a little while ago, i made this sweet little valentine wall art piece:



and i wrote up a tutorial so that everyone else can make one too!  
and, the lovely folks over at WhipUp posted it on their amazing crafty blog.  thanks WhipUp!!

so, hello everyone!  new friends and old.  i know the corners are dusty and we could use a bit of airing out, but i'm still here.  and i hope to tidy up the blog a little more and give it a bit more life very soon.  though things are pretty quiet around this space, there has been lots of living and crafting going on in real life, so i've got some fun stuff to share!
xoxo
:)