Hello, ladies.  I’m pretty excited that I finally got to finish my flag project.  Two flags, as a matter of fact. I wanted to paint a USA flag and a Canadian flag on old wood.  For my purposes, I used a pallet that we had lying around.  I removed the boards, cut them to the size I wanted and then we attached them together by laying a couple of strips of wood down and stapling the boards I wanted to them. Sorry, I don’t have a picture of the underside to show you how we attached them but you probably have it figured out already anyways… right?   The next step was to prime the boards.  I used Kiltz.  I wanted to prime them so that I…

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Serenity so impressed me last week when she made a skirt for Audrey, using an American Girl doll skirt as her inspiration.  She used left-over material from a jean skirt she had made for herself.   You can’t see it in this picture but on the doll’s skirt, hidden behind that fold is an embroidered heart.   So Serenity embroidered one on Audrey’s skirt.   Audrey posed like this on her own.  These kinds of things come so natural for a girl.  It just makes me smile.   Good job, Serenity. I’m proud of you!! I’m also linking up with Tackle It Tuesday.

I don’t consider myself to be really crafty.  My projects probably look a little cheesy next to some of these gals but I have my fun, so bear with me. I’ve been doing some changing around here, changing the living room and now working on the kitchen.  I’m just that way – Rearranging the furniture is my favorite thing but because of the layout of our rooms sometimes it just doesn’t work.  So occasionally I just change out little decorations but I’ve even hit a snag with that in the last year or maybe even longer.  I’ve had no inspiration.  No enthusiasm or interest. Then I was inspired by… I’m not sure what. But I did start thinking about having a kitchen command center. I…

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I just love these fun and let’s not forget easy crafts (I need easy) I find from my fellow bloggers.  I originally saw these in a book but I found a tutorial online that showed step by step instructions that I ended up following. I used cotton balls as my filler.  One thing I wished I had done differently is to spray paint the brass rings a black color.  But since I didn’t, I’m giving myself all the reasons why it’s better I did it this way. I can’t find the exact tutorial I followed but here’s one that will explain the process. Pincushion Jar Tutorial at Little Paper Dog. Check out Sugar Bee – Craft Edition to see what others have been crafting this…

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I guess I was feeling rather crafty last week and so when I took Serenity to buy some fabric for a skirt, I became inspired to make a reversible tote bag.  I found a very helpful tutorial here at Crafster – http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=91070.0.  It did take a little while an entire day to complete but I prevailed and actually have a completed reversible tote bag.  Yeah! Besides the time involved, I have about $6 invested in this tote.  If I can make this, I know you could, too. I think this lined bag is pretty cute – http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=32204.0.  Maybe for my Audrey?

When we redid the boy’s bedroom (which reminds me – I haven’t posted pictures of that) my laundry room ended up having an extra little cubbyhole.  I am thinking of turning this tiny little spot into a permanent sewing area.  By small I mean it’s only about 2 1/2″ – 3′ wide but it has quite a bit of depth so I’ll use some of that space for storage. Serenity really desires to learn to sew and I’m actually in the middle of writing up a unit study that we can do together that will cover learning to sew as well as some of the history & science of it all.  I think it would be just great for us to have a permanent place to set…

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