New Materials!

Well, I'm excited! As I sit here in my childhood bedroom, perched upon my "Princess Bed" (100+ years old, gorgeous hand carved wooden framed bed), I am dreaming of all the fun I'm going to have when I get back to PA!  I'm visiting my parents in Texas for a week, and am half way through it already... gosh! Where has the time gone!?! 

My mom knows just how much I'm into sewing right now and went out and found me some awesome projects to work on.  She found a bolt of fabric that has "My First Faith Story" printed on it that I get to make a quilted book out of... my kid's FIRST BOOK!!!! So exciting to me! She also got me some adorable baby flannel to make a blanket.  She told me that she had been given a blanket with almost the exact same pattern on it when I  was born! So special!

I've also got an non-baby project that I get to work on.  Momma wants some new throw pillows for her bed and found some that she is in LOVE with in the Martha Stewart's Encyclopedia of Sewing and Fabric Crafts book.  She asked me if I'd like to make them, and of course I said yes! I get to play with my sewing machine! Score!

I don't have any pictures of the fabrics yet, but after Saturday, I plan on taking some and posting them!

Yay for new projects!

Lindsey

picnik.com!

So I had never heard of this particular website before... I was visiting "Homemade by Jill"'s blog and she had this great tutorial up about what it is and how to use it!  Basically it's a photo editing website you can use for free, or you can choose to pay a monthly subscription and get loads of premium stuff to play with. 

I set up an account just to see what all the fuss was about and I discovered that I could totally have a BLAST with this little website!  I've made a button with a helicopter on it and a blank recipe card that I can print out and put in my recipe box!  So much fun to play with!  I encourage you to check it out.  Jill has an extremely helpful tutorial on her blog: handmadebyjill.blogspot.com.  Check it out!

P.S. Here's what I've played with so far:

Super fun, no?  I think I could take the recipe card really far and make my own stationary set, note cards, to do lists, etc! Wouldn't those be super cute gifts! I think so!

Ok, it's not like I sewed anything, but I was still creating fun stuff and just HAD to share!

Hop onto picnik.com and play!