Fabric hunting

Saturday I went to a local fabric store with my mom to hunt for some pretty spring fabric to cover the pillows on my couch and loveseat. The pillows that came with them are red and brown and have a rather generic design on them. I liked them really well when we bought the furniture about three years ago, but last spring I really started craving some soft colors and pretty designs and ended up staring at them rather resentfully for the whole season. So! Since my mom is teaching me how to use a sewing machine, I decided it was time for some pillow covers. We searched and searched and dug and dug through the fabric and I just didn't really find anything that I loved. We eventually dug through the overstock under a table and I found a fabric that I hadn't seen out on display:


It wasn't really what I had in mind, but I fell in love with it so I bought it. :o) I think we'll get started on making the pillow covers next week. I can't wait to see how they turn out!

Inspiration Board

Hi there! Is anyone else glad it's almost the weekend? :o)

I wanted to post some pictures of the inspiration board I finished for my Indie Biz class. First of all, I should say that it's a little different looking. When I went looking for the appropriate sized bulletin board, I was annoyed at how expensive they all were!! I ended up buying some cork squares from Walmart and then bought a canvas from Hobby Lobby. The lesson we had suggested painting clouds on the bulletin board, so I decided to paint the canvas like a cloudy sky:


Then I stuck a couple big cork squares on and painted it like some of the clouds were overlapping onto the bulletin board part:


And then I made some paper butterflies out of white cardstock to put on it and found some of "my favorite things" to attach as well:


I'm pretty happy with it and hopefully it will serve it's purpose...to inspire me!

Have a good weekend!

I'm still alive...

Obviously I haven't mastered the art of blogging on a regular basis. Ahem! Moving on...

Week 1 of Indie Business class went well; although I am finding it challenging to fit time in for everything I want to accomplish. I am also not the type of person who can just leave the dishes piled up in the sink or let the laundry get out of control. I like to have a picked up house. Aren't artists supposed to be messy and not mind those types of things? Hmmm....

Here's what I've been working on lately (and yes, I was a little behind on getting it done). Our first project was making a binder for our Indie Business workbook. I could not find the type of binder they suggested that you can paint on, so I decided to create my own drawing for the cover. I'm pretty happy with it...it's sort of a self-portrait.



Have a great week!

New computer and bag

I wanted to post a picture of my cute new laptop...I am very happy with it so far!



I wanted to buy a nice bag for it, but I wasn't quite satisfied with the look of the one I bought, so I added some fabric yo-yos that my mom gave me to make it a little more cute.



Sorry that my pictures are rather washed out...here's a closer look at the yo-yos:



I think I want to put yo-yos on more stuff...they are just too cute! Here are some things I found on Etsy that have yo-yos...


You can find this cute baby hat here.


And here is a really pretty yo-yo necklace:


And I LOVE this purse that is covered with yo-yos!


You can find it here.

I just love them. I think I'm going to be hunting for more things in my house to put yo-yos on!

Happy March!

Can you believe how fast this year is already going??? I can't. Well, I need to head off to bed, but I just wanted to post a picture of my now *completed* apron! I still can't believe I made it.



I think the next project my mom is going to help me with will be some pillow covers for the pillows on my couch and love seat.

Tomorrow evening I'll try to post a picture of my very own NEW laptop! It is cute and I am very happy with it...more happy than I thought I could be with a laptop that is not a mac!