Recent Projects

It's been awhile since I posted any photos of my recent projects so I figured I would use this lazy Saturday as the perfect opportunity to share.  I'm not using my normal camera in these photos because it needs new batteries so please excuse the really crappy photos. 

These are 2 of the tie applique shirts I made for my boys.  Both of the ties were made from scrap material I had in my stash and the 2 t-shirts had small spots right down the middle from some kind of messy food.  I couldn't bring myself to throw the shirts away because they still fit my boys, but I don't like it when they wear stained clothes because they look sloppy (I get that from my mom I guess).  Aren't they cute I will make sure to take photos of them with their shirts on when they wear them to visit their Grandparents tomorrow.

These are zipper flower hair clips that I made for my nieces, our little town is a football town (we live in West Texas, say no more right) and the school colors are green and white.  The 4 on the right are the ones to show school spirit and the ones on the left are just a few other ones.  Since I don't have any daughters the only time I get to make anything really girly and cute is when I make it for my nieces.  I've made a bunch of these so far and these are the only ones I've managed to take photos of, I'm still trying to get in the habit of taking photos of all of the things I make so I can blog about it.  I LOVE LOVE LOVE zippers so these are always fun to make and not to mention so easy!!!

I've been preparing for our move, so I've been making all kinds of things to help with organizing my craft supplies because I won't have as much closet space at the new house.  We use to have a toy cabinet type thing that had collapsable fabric drawers in it, but we got rid of that when my youngest started climbing on everything.  I'm a little on the frugal side so I'm not going to go out and by those fabric drawers when I can make my own so I did just that.  I plan on adding alot more color to our new place and these drawers will be a great start!!!

I mentioned in my last post about the crayon rolls that I was making for Christmas presents. These  are 2 of

the ones that I've made.  The one that is unrolled is made out of pieces of scrap flannel.  I didn't have any crayons to put in the little pockets for the photo so I used a highlighter, but you get the point right?

I have found myself recently loving yarn wreaths so I decided I had to give it a try.  For my first attempt I don't think it turned out too bad.  I love the colors, the navy blue with the ivory and cocoa colored felt roses and the vintage buttons that belonged to my grandma.  It makes me smile everytime I look at it.

WOW!!!  I have really fallen behind when it comes to keeping up with my posts when it comes to my projects.  I'm going to try and do better because I think I've missed a few since I was trying to catch up.  Until next time......

Happy Crafting!!!