Something Fun For Coffee Lovers!

I don't have a lot of time today as I am getting ready for my huge blowout of a yard sale. But here is my project from this week and a nice mother's day gift for my mom! And my first official quilted fun:)


I made a coffee corset cozy! I took the scraps of my previous project (magnet and cork board covers) and a template I found online (you can also use a Starbucks paper one). You can even use a fat quarter if you don't have any scraps. You will also need some sort of batting or backing to stiffen the fabric.


1. Using the coffee cozy template cut 3 pieces 1 out of the batting 2 out of the fabric of your choice


2. Pin all three layers together: batting on the bottom, outside fabric in the middle right side up, and fabric lining on the top with the right side down.



3. Sew all the way around leaving a 1/2 inch seam allowance and an opening for turning.



4. Trim seams to a 1/4" except at opening.


5. for the corset look trim ends about an 1 1/2" from each side sew the ends together


6. turn the right side out and sew the whole closed by doing top stitching all the way around.


7. get some ribbon and lace like a shoe with the bow at the top.




here is a template for this:



A happy day is a crafty day!!
Kate

Getting Crafty!!

Well, I sure do love crafting. I am really starting to enjoy sewing, which is quickly becoming one of my 3 favorite hobbies. I didn't really enjoy sewing when I was growing up and I think that is mostly because I found it very annoying and fustrating. Now, I have made some basement curtains (with the help of my mom) who rocks at quilting, and I have made a cover for a magnet board and a cork board. Which is really nice. Here are the befores and afters.

These are the matierals that you will need for each board:

1 yard of fabric

3 yards of ribbon

1 metal piece

1 foam core 2 inches bigger than your metal piece

spray adhisive

duct tape

Here is what I did wrong on both the boards, both involving the ribbons. Cut the ribbon to 3 eighteen inch peices. Then pin them to the right side of the fabric, making sure they are spaced out equally (this is for hanging). Sew! Step 2 is piecing the front and back together (making sure you pin the right sides together. sew! leaving one side open so you can place the board inside the cover. Hand sew the side closed and you will have a completed project:)



Finished product!!

A Happy day is a day spent doing what you Love!

Happy Day!

Kate

All Cleaned Up!

Sew I am all cleaned up and ready to start my next project. My next project is going to be a sewing one.

The above picture is going to be my sewing table. that is where I am going to set up the sewing machine. I am really looking forward to this sew it should be fun.

Here is the working area I will be cutting and tracing or assembling my project.

A Happy day is a crafty day!!

How do you keep your creative space...

So, the question of the day is: How do you keep your "work space" clean before, durring and after projects. My space always seems to collect all the junk in my house that doesn't seem to have a home. It really bugs me how everything ends up in my office/creative studio. How am I suppose to get anything done...LOL all I seem to do is clean my space. Anyway, here is my messy creative space. I know what I am suppose to do, is clean between all projects but sometimes I start a project and then before I finish I move on to something else...

This is the desk to the right of my main work area it is so messy. I think that what I need to do is actully finish all the projects that I have started or stop buying new stuff for new projects.

This is my actual work space, still very messy I guess I just need to put stuff away and figure out more storage:)

This is my computer area see still messy I really think that I need a tray to catch all the random junk that flows through my house:) Just messy messy messy. I better get cleaning so I can start my next project:)

Please let me know if you have any tips that will help me keep my area neat and tidy

Happy Scrapin!

Random Thought of scrapbooking!!

So, here it is I am posting two days in a row. What will people think. Anyway, here is a super cute blog that I just happen to stumble upon last night (wink, wink). Life's Little Journey, which is such a super cute blog that I had to say something about it. She has some of the cutest little things around her house and that she talks about, and she goes antiquing on a whim...lucky lucky lady. I am sure there are more antique shops around here but I only know of one, how many times can you see the same old dusty crap. Ta for now!

Happy Scrapin!

Meet Betty!

So, I have not blogged in a while. Not sure why I have plenty of time I just haven't. So, many of my friends have wanted to see my ribbon display in my scrapbooking room. So without further a due here she is:

Isn't she awesomely cute!! All she is, is an vintage wire dress form on a hand crafted stand. She is the most perfect ribbon holder ever. I have a small (very small) obsession with ribbon (OK not so small) but now with her I am actually using the ribbon I buy.

Happy Scrapin!

Old School with New School!

So I don't know if any of you out there have started to incorperate some old and new tools and gagets. But I found something really cool, all you need is a crimper tool, some light weight cardstock, and a cricut. I am trying to cut back on my scrappbook spending (a crime I know) but I have a ton of stuff that I haven't really used in a while, I was just playing around the other day with a paper Crimper

And my Cricut (which I love) and I made this really cool flower and circle tag.

Step 1 I took some light weight cardstock cut it to fit the cricut and then I used the "Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More" cartridge and cut a circle and a flower.

step 2 I ran it through my paper crimper. I used a set of these on an altered note book that I make.

I think that I am going to keep on trying to incorperate my old school with my new school gagets and gizmos!!

Happy Scrap'n!!