I finally tried out Saartje’s Baby Booties pattern from Ravelry found here. This is such a great pattern!!! I will be using it again and I highly recommend it! It it slightly difficult because of the straps and all of the loose ends/sewing… but that said it was well worth the effort! It only took me one afternoon to make them… granted it was an afternoon of football games on TV during vacation, but still. đ
I get inspired some days to make a TON of whatever I’m working on… stacking bracelets, knit coasters, drawings, earrings. I just had an earring day, I made five pairs!!! The sad part is I will probably not feel like making earrings for a while now…
Two pairs that I gave as a gift…
The other three…
Oh I’m so happy I gave this a go! I think it will be one of my new favorite things to sew! What is a great gift for someone who just got their drivers licence? A lanyard to carry keys! I was inspired to make this when I saw the hardware pieces lying around in my jewelry making drawer, and I had been invited to a 16th birthday party… so:
Mwahaha, I have defeated you sewing machine! Success!
(I usually lose when battling it out trying to create something with the sewing machine) đ
You know… I really love buttons!
I made an outfit with this necklace that I had made some time ago, and realized that I had never posted about it! Oh the shame… I even took pictures of it right after I made it. Once again I remind myself how forgetful I can be.:)
Anyway… on to the necklace!
I thought about making a tutorial for this, but all I did was wire the buttons together with flexible jewelry making wire. As you can see in the second picture, there is one clasp attached to the side of the necklace and another clasp attached to the chain on the opposite side… I can use any necklace chain with this bib piece! I think it would be fun to make another one in a v-neck shape, or a circle… the possibilities are endless people!
I wanted to type this up to share one of God’s most recent bits of awesomeness in my life.
I ordered a new camera bag to fit my new Canon 60D camera right around the time that I ordered the camera. It seemed like it took forever to get here! When the bag finally arrived I pulled it out of the box and cringed, it was huge! The main reason that I chose this bag was because of the removable insert that I could put in other bags… apparently the “mini” size that I selected did not have this feature. *Sigh* We returned it, and the search for just an insert began. After looking for about a week (a loooong week) I finally found the perfect insert… so I thought. It arrived and was at least two inches longer than the description said! There was no way it was going to fit in any of my purses or bags.
At this point I was getting frantic. We had to leave on a big trip in about a week… at the end of which I was going to take the photos for my cousins wedding. I had my old camera bag but it was way too small for my new DSLR, when I tried to fit the new camera in it I couldn’t even get it half way in! I searched the internet for what seemed like hours for anything that would protect my gear. Imagine a teary eyed girl staring at a monitor with quivering lips sighing every five minutes… it was pretty pathetic. During this whole time I kept absently praying “please help me, please help me find something…” but I was still really worrying about it and trying to fix the problem myself.
Finally I gave up and started sobbing on my bed. Yes, I was crying over a bag… or my lack of bag. I needed a bag if I was going to take my camera. Then I started to  pray and trust. I had done all I could think of, and nothing was working. I finally gave my worries to God and decided to trust Him.
I don’t really remember what I was thinking, but I got up and brought out my old camera bag. I started to empty it out, the whole time saying to myself “I already tried this right? The camera doesn’t even fit in the opening! There is no way I can use this.” Finally it was totally empty and I put my camera in it… I put my camera in it. Down in the bag, with the flap closed over it… it FIT! I think my jaw dropped to the floor, but I’m not sure. I opened and closed the flap three or four times, it FIT! Emptying all of the pockets did the trick.
So, once again God proved how amazing He is… and also reminded me that His plans are better than my own, even in the little things. Makes you trust Him more with the bigger things in life. đ
Some of the stuff I’m into this week:
Isn’t this jacket from ModCloth cute!?! It feels like fall is coming super fast!
source: modcloth.com
I love this necklace!!! I also love how ModCloth shows how it lays when worn, a lot of sites don’t do that.
source: modcloth.com
Eeeek! Look at all those cute shoes from Ruche!
source: shopruche.com
This dress from Shabby Apple looks sooooo comfy!!!
source: shabbyapple.com
I’m also getting into feather earrings, yay!
source: shabbyapple.com
Well that’s it for now, happy Thursday!:)
It has taken me a while to get into feathers… mostly because I didn’t think they went with my curly hair. But I think they do work with curls! Yay, I’m experimenting.:) So, I found these feathers buried in a closet (with some help, thanks mom!) and got right to making a pair of earrings.
I used:
I made a loop with the wire and twisted them a bit to make a stopping point, and then put the beads on. To secure the feather all you have to do is put the crimp beads on the wire and then slide the feather in the crimps. Then I just attached the ear wires. It only took about 20 min.!!!
I hope I don’t start wearing them too much, ’cause I love ’em!
