No, I didn't forget.
So I wanted to get back to that "being happy" thing I wrote about before. One of the goals was to do more creative stuff, partly to reduce stress and partly because I miss it. I have made a lot of progress on that front the past few days.
First off,the skirts. Now, I am a very impatient sewer. But I think they came out pretty good for not knowing what I am doing.
Next,the 4th of July "windsock" made from a painted coffee can and some ribbon. Stained everything and then wiped most of it off to make it look old.
Then there was a bag (that is big enough for my laptop,although I didn't intend to use it like that when I started)
There was also a matching ipod "cozy". (And a frustrating adventure through using the buttonhole setting on my sewing machine!)
And tonight's finished project is a porch decoration that I estimate cost about $2.00.
I like the "primitive" folky style of decorations they have at the craft store,but honestly it's so expensive. This looks the same and was made out of some old shutters that I think came from upstairs when we first moved in. Also a bird I cut out of some old wood I found (I get 10 points for using the jigsaw and not cutting my finger off). Add some old remnants from a Christmas wreath,and there you go.
Oh and I did have some help with the sewing :
This is Eliot. He can't sew, but that never stopped him from trying.
First off,the skirts. Now, I am a very impatient sewer. But I think they came out pretty good for not knowing what I am doing.
Next,the 4th of July "windsock" made from a painted coffee can and some ribbon. Stained everything and then wiped most of it off to make it look old.
Then there was a bag (that is big enough for my laptop,although I didn't intend to use it like that when I started)
There was also a matching ipod "cozy". (And a frustrating adventure through using the buttonhole setting on my sewing machine!)
And tonight's finished project is a porch decoration that I estimate cost about $2.00.
I like the "primitive" folky style of decorations they have at the craft store,but honestly it's so expensive. This looks the same and was made out of some old shutters that I think came from upstairs when we first moved in. Also a bird I cut out of some old wood I found (I get 10 points for using the jigsaw and not cutting my finger off). Add some old remnants from a Christmas wreath,and there you go.
Oh and I did have some help with the sewing :
This is Eliot. He can't sew, but that never stopped him from trying.