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Saturday, April 18, 2009

When fabric just begs for you to take it home... BIG BAG

Going to the fabric store can be dangerous, but thankfully I have a budget and stick to it. Lucky for me I found some cute fabric yesterday that just begged for me to take it home with me, AND it was in my budget. YAY! :o) I had the perfect project for it too. I think it was Tip Junkie that led me to Melody's Big Bag Tutorial. For those of you that know me, you know that I cannot leave projects unfinished, so last night I started this project and then finished it this morning while the kids watched some cartoons and played. It was fairly simple and I only changed a few things, using d-rings instead of key rings, adding a accent color on the outside fabric and I eliminated the key fob, simply because I never remember to use them anyway. It was fun to make and everytime I look at it, the fabric just makes me smile. Now I have a large bag I can take the the library with me... or the park with the kids... or anywhere I choose, AND it's cute. I still need to get the foam board to put at the bottom, but even without it the bag itself can stand on its own, and i like that!!
I'm thinking it's about time to make a new blog just for the crafty things I am working on... I'm sure I may neglect to blog about how wonderful and crazy and cute my children are :o)Back to reality,

Friday, April 10, 2009

Little Long Legged Big Haired Annie Doll

I actually did it! I made a doll! It looks a lot different that the original (not nearly as cute) but I'm still excited I got it done. I got a little discouraged near the beginning turning and stuffing this doll because I don't have a turning tool so my fingers became very sore, and also because each piece was SO tiny it took for ever to turn and then I had to figure out how to stuff it. But eventually I got it all done. It's not perfect by any means, but I didn't give up and I finished! YAY. LOL, just don't look to closely at her. I'm still debating on whether I am going to take the time to tea dye her dress so that it looks antiqued. I forgot to do that when I dyed the muslin and I was too lazy to do it after... but it just looks all wrong... hmm... maybe next month. I keep looking at this picture thinking "man, she looks scary..." my kids didn't think she looked scary though, hopefully it's just the picture.