Showing posts with label padfolios. Show all posts
Showing posts with label padfolios. Show all posts

Monday, October 20, 2008

getting ready for lots of making.

hello hello!
i'm having a good morning so far, how is yours?
i think it's because...
* i had a great night in last night! monday evenings, my best friend usually comes over. we have dinner together, and she does her school work (she is in teacher's college) and i do my crafting, with the promise that i will not talk to her (which is difficult sometimes because there's just so much to say and she and i talk a lot. haha). BUT nothing tops having your best friend over and just standing by the counter eating nutella and ice cream right out of the box. she literally made an ice cream sandwich- nutella and ice cream inside this really yummy soft bun. sigh. love you, A.
* it's finally cold enough to wear gloves and a hat, and cold enough to stuff my pants into my boots. harhar.
* and it's really quiet here in the office...i like it that way in the mornings. unless it's a friday afternoon. or when i'm overtiming. then my co-workers and i would belt out queen, madonna & celine dion songs (celine dion songs is one of my guilty pleasures, i have to admit).

on a craftier note, i've started buying supplies and fabric for christmas presents! yeah!








i got these from etsy!


these are sold at the workroom.

i'm thinking of making:

coin purses
little sets of gifts tags/tiny christmas cards
little patchwork pouches
more turd guys/softies for the boys
neckties for men (if i'm able to take classes...i signed up for it but not sure if there's still any space left *crosses fingers*)
throw pillows
zippered pouches
padfol!os


i also have to begin work for the backtack swap.
my very talented swapping partner is kirsty.

hello kirsty! :)


here are a few things that i made last week:



i finally used the cloud fabric to make an envelope throw pillow case. the other pillow beside it is the VERY FIRST thing i've ever made on the sewing machine! it's funny, now that i look back on it, it took me more than an hour to make it. this time it took me 15 minutes to whip this up. measuring out a perfectly sized rectangle took forever though.




nadine, this is part 1 of benjamin's presents (john has the other part and will send it to you with this one). it has its imperfections though, i hope you don't mind! i'll make you a better one next time, but know that this is the first pouch i've ever made and you get to have it. :)







this was for an adorable little girl named jennifer.




and that is all.
i hope you guys have a great day!
and thank you for all your sweet comments...it's really, really nice to meet all of you!

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Thursday, August 28, 2008

sew much sewing.

as a good bye gift for liz, i decided to make her an accessories pouch with a matching padfol!o. the fabric i used was a tablecloth that i thought was too nice to use to put food on top of.
i used my zipper foot for the first time. i've done this before at the workroom, but it's different when you're doing it at home.






fabric gift tag that i made.


AND. instead of signing a card...i thought it would be cute to make felt fortune cookies instead and write our good bye/good luck notes and stick it in the cookie.

baking cookies. haha.




AND. AND. my built by wendy sewing pattern collection is growing. after searching high and low online, i found pattern 3835 and was able to get it for half the price.


in other none crafty news, tomorrow pam will be coming over with her 90210 dvds and attempt a marathon. i was never allowed to watch 90210 as a kid, so this is a first for me. i can't wait. teehee.

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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

snaps for the workoom!


Snap Coin Purse class, originally uploaded by the workroom.

teehee i am so excited for the snap coin purse class in september.
so excited that i already called to register for it.
i've been dying to make one, ever since i bought my sunglasses purse from anthropologie.


image from hayden-harnett

unfortunately anthropologie is not available to us canadians yet.
i also thought it would have been nice to make them as presents...small ones for coin purses...bigger ones for clutches.

and tonight i shall:
-finish off some more padfol!os
-start making the turd guy from the softies book
-and felted chinese fortune cookies for liz

woohoo for craft nights :)

speaking of nights...i'm dying to see my blueberry nights with norah jones, natalie portman and jude law.

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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

everytime you sing i want to cry along.

i didn't know i had all this in my backyard.













this is a padfol!o


a cute little handmade envelope for your sanitary napkin...for discretionary purposes. ladies, you won't have to hide them up your sleeve anymore!
would you like one?


how does one get used to saying good bye? i'd like to know.
because i've done it so many times and each time feels like the first. and even worse.
i miss you already.

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