Ta-Da! my mom cave

My little crafty space has been needing a cleaning for awhile now. But, it's finally clean, and all I want to do is go sit in my room and stare at it. Too bad I don't have time!

My favorite thing about the mobile I made from Craft Paper Scissors, by Patricia Zapata of A Little Hut, is the little orange seed beads under each white flower. I love looking up at it!

One of my favorite paintings. I love the brightness and the tulips. I painted it while I was still in college and had that sort of time.

my 12x12 scrapbooking open stock paper. I like to arrange it by color because usually I'm looking for a specific color. I use it for all sorts of crafts, but especially making cards since I don't really scrapbook.

These drawers I've organized using the bottoms of gallon milk jugs. They've worked perfectly and it was a good way to recycle them. Plus, they were free!

I always think it would be fun to display my ribbon out in the open, but I can't find a good way I like that's still easy to use them. Especially when I need to take one with me somewhere. For now, the drawer will do.


Anyway, there it is, obviously I could use a chair and a lamp. . . of course you know my first preference, but it's always a work in progress!

painted headboard

the "new"

the "old"

The end of our old headboard came when my boys were wrestling on the bed. They ripped it in half! But that's because I made it out of cardstock-and stuck it to the wall with spray adhesive (after I let it get tacky first). Despite it's humble origins I was in love with it, but I didn't expect it to last too long. Surprisingly it lasted over a year. I have had a hard time figuring out what I wanted for a new headboard. I just don't like that empty space above the bed, you know? I was cleaning off some shelves and came across these four canvases. I think I like the result. I don't know if I'm in love-but I'm in like, and that's better than the cavernous emptiness.

(pardon the pitiful pictures-the colors match a little better than these pictures let on.)

a month of december

Yeah, I'd say it's almost been a month since I posted, not for lack of things done, but because I just didn't feel like sorting through photos. Lame, and lazy I know. But, I'll try to make up for it by posting lots of photos . . . Merry Christmas!


these are the stockings I bought last year at the dollar store and "upgraded" with sillouettes which I LOVE for than just about any other style, and our names embroidered with a font printed off word.


I made these blocks last year after doing some at our Relief Society Enrichment Super Saturday for the little one. They're fun, and I don't mind the two year old playing with them to his heart's content.



the TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS . . . fridge magnet silhouette nativity style




Hopefully there will be more posts coming soon!

thankful tree

A friend of mine had this great idea for a thankful tree made from a branch put into a potter. Then you could hang leaves with thankfulness written on them all over it- a great Thanksgiving activity. I loved it, but as I was trying to figure out how to do it in a cute way I had this mental block. My mind doesn't do 3D I've decided. It can, but only with sewing type stuff. My brain has problems. It likes 2D much better. I think the only reason I got an A- in my sculpture class in college was because I was pregnant and the teacher felt sorry for me. Alas. So, I had to make my thankful tree 2D. I'm really excited with the way it turned out. I used gold wrapping paper (from after Christmas clearance last year) and drew a tree outline on the back, cut it out, and taped it to the wall. The leaves are light green, white and brown cardstock. Easy, fun, and I read and think about the grateful words on it every time I walk past. Happy Thanksgiving!

bright center piece

My kitchen has a distinctly lemon theme running through it, and so I thought I would add this little piece to the assortment. I originally thought about doing a round quilt block. But after looking around I found myself bored. So, without too much thought I started cutting out scraps of fabric at random angles. I stuck with three fabrics to keep it from getting too wild, a light green may have been a nice touch. . .but you get what you get right? I sewed all the pieces together before I cut it into a circle. Anyway, it will do for now.

post modern frame

I cut this frame out of plywood with a jigsaw several months ago. I had grand ideas of making lots of them. But I think I will leave that to the pro's. Anyway, I finally got around to sanding and painting it this weekend. To turn it into a frame I simply hot glued a thin 8x10 frame to the back of it. I think it worked out pretty okay. I'd thought about doing a light green paint, but I think the white will be more classic . . . I don't know what do you think?

what I've been up to

It's been a bad week or two for blogging eh? But I've been busy. I've just had so many things on my mind, I keep procrastinating a new post. Here's a couple things I've been up to (sorry for the bad pictures):

new lamp shade covers. I detested my old ones, these aren't totally what I want, but they are a step up:


fabric for the quilt I'm planning to make my little buddy:


I've also been working on some finger puppets. Clearly the pattern needed improving with that first one. I think it looks more like a cross between an elephant and a mouse. I'm in the process of finishing a pig. (I was almost done but my husband threatened to watch Lost reruns without me, lame I know :)


And finally paper dolls for my etsy shop (I promise I will open it next week):