Gold...and purple!

September's theme was gold.  I had this AMAZING thing planned to do but time and weather wouldn't behave so I went another route.

I had some fun gold and purple things that needed to be whipped up for this year's college football season....so I give you

LSU on a baker's rack!   Hahaha!



I made an apron (for a friend) and a ruffley scarf and a cute little crocheted cozy that I use everyday!

I hope someone else made something too....or this will be the second month in a row that I've played alone.....poo. 

July's challenge: check and check and check!

For July, we could do whatever we wanted!  I had a different idea in mind but when I saw how much fabric I had in my stash, I decided to use some up!

With that in mind, I set out to make some aprons.....

Two martini aprons, one to keep and one to share:

Two canning aprons, sent to a dear friend and her mom:

and one flirty apron....maybe I'll keep this one too...not sure yet!

Happy crafting everyone!   

channeling June....

For this month's challenge, I decided to go with a different fabric than I originally picked.  Afterall, martinis are Mad Men, not JUNE!  (more on THAT apron later.....)

Instead I used some cute fabric someone sent me in an apron swap EONS ago.  Very cute, very Betty Crockerish....and perfect for June Cleaver.

The apron pattern I used is Mango Tango out of A is for Apron.  It is precious on...except it doesn't fit.  story of my life.  Anyway, instead of altering this one as planned, I am going to stash it away.   I've made notes on the pattern though...so hopefully, the next one will fit me!

Catching Up!

 This year has been busy! I started a graduate class in January so my crafting time was put on hold. Now with the arrival of summer vacation I'm trying to catch up on posting and crafting.

 MARCH Project: This is my Dr. Seuss project. What, where is the Seuss part you ask? Well, it's still a work in progress. The letters are finally painted and are just waiting for me to modge podge on Cat in The Hat book pages. The plan is this will decorate the top of the student bookshelf in my classroom this fall. Now I just need to find a Cat in the Hat book to cut up. So far I haven't had any luck finding a used copy and I'm not willing to cut up my personal copy as I read it to the kids at school. Plus the letters are big so I have to find a book with big pages, so it's remains a work in progress.

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APRIL Project: Altered converse sneakers. This is a project I've wanted to do for months. I actually bought the sneakers back in August but didn't get to it until April vacation. I just used a navy blue Sharpie and went to town zentangling my sneakers. It took about two hours but I loved how they turned out. I love wearing these, actually I'm wearing them right now and I bought I black pair to draw on this summer.  :) 

MAY Project: This winter I took a class to learn wool felting.  I love to craft but it's been years since I've taken a class; I'm more of a "I can figure that out." kind of person. Half the fun is trying to figure out how to make it and learning from my mistakes. Anyway, after my wool felting class, I had some wool roving around the house so I felted this little purple mushroom. It took me three hours to create this tiny mushroom completely from scratch. Hopefully as I practice more I'll get faster at felting.

JUNE Project: Today I finished my June apron. I've been watching a couple of shows that have aprons featured in every episode and have been wanting to create a smocklike apron to wear at school when I'm helping the kids paint. I created it by altering a pattern from Out On The Town Bibs. I think it will work well in my preschool art area. Now I need to make a few kid sized aprons for my dramatic play center.

I think I'm finally caught up just in time for the new July theme. Yay!

sneak a peek

this may be channeling Mad Men more than June Clever....but right now, it is the fabric of choice!

June's theme and giveaway results!

First of all, Kerry won the giveaway for May...I'll be sending you a little goodie soon!!!!

Now for this month's craft along!

Every time I hear June, I think of June Cleaver from that old tv show "Leave it to Beaver."  I grew up thinking that is how I would look when cleaning house. (fat chance...I'm more like the Domestic Diva ladies you see making all the wise cracks.)

Well, times have changed but I still love aprons so this month's challenge is to make a June Cleaver inspired apron!  

I love to make aprons anyway and this gives me an excuse to make one without hosting an actual apron swap!



If you don't sew, try out washable fabric glue...and pinking shears for edges...or make jelly or jam...or whatever....

If you want to play along, simply post your finished picture here (or email it to me and I'll post it.)

I'll do a drawing at the end of the month.  I usually wait to see who wins and send the winner stuff I know they will like!

Now I'm off to locate Osa.  Give me strength, that puppy can get into a mess in less than 5 seconds! 

another angel

We had two newbies flake on us last swap so while Chris created a package for Susan,  I created one for Micki.   I know she got it so I thought I'd share what I made. 

I picked several things from her list....

The main item was this cute apron.  I had a hard time parting with it.    She listed that she adores aprons and sugar skulls...pretty good combo if I do say so myself.

The rest of the goodies..."spa treats and feets" and time travel reading and a "tardis."  I had to look that up y'all!  I couldn't make her a real one so Kaela drew her one and I turned it into a bookmark.
Also a geekie bumper sticker and cheese ball spreader......

I am thrilled she liked it!

Show and tell...and gratitude!

Here is what I sent to Amy, my partner:

A Christmasy apron, a daily devotional, a little sewing kit, a handmade pincushion since she loves them...and 3 crowns.  (I made her 3 ornies because they were small...I used water bottle caps as the base.)

a close up of the crowns...

I wrapped each item in Christmasy paper and then wrapped the whole thing up in the red velvety fabric in the first photo.....I love my fabric scraps!

And THIS is what she sent me!

What do we have here....chocolate, botanical post cards, knitting needles, plant markers, a wee garden book and a tissue holder.  Plus, Amy wrapped two of the gifts in Christmas fabric! 

a close up of the bird

Thank you to Amy for my sweet birdie package!  I love it!  

I am so happy to have hosted this swap.....now I'm eagerly awaiting a change in the weather...I'm ready for Halloween!