Posts Tagged ‘Crafts.’
(Birthday) Week in iPhone #13
Just a late iPhone photo update.
Last week I painted my nails a lot. I have really been trying to not bite them and the only way I won’t bit them is if they looks nice. So I have to keep them well manicured. And since I am either sewing all day for work or chasing kids around for work, my polish doesn’t usually last too long. So, I have been painting my nails almost every other day to keep up the pretty. It’s been fun experimenting new manicures!
Last week I turned 29! yikes. It sounds so old. I do not feel 29. I am not sure what is up with that. So, I will continue to completely disregard my age. On my Birthday ( Thursday) I sat by the pool, played in the pool as if I were 10 years old. I participated in synchronized diving, synchronized underwater handstands and flips, dove for coins and rocks on the bottom of the pool for literally hours! It was a good time. After a day in the sun and splashing around in the pool, Stephanie and I hopped in the car and headed to one of our favorite malls. We did some Birthday shopping at Forever 21 and H&M, and grabbed some Wetzel bits on the way out. Again, a good time. The rest of the evening I spent sewing a bit for the Car show I was selling some bags at. My sister also baked me a cake!!! Awesome. Double yellow cake with chocolate frosting almost all to myself. Birthday win. I had a lovely day!
My Birthday celebrations continued with a night out with my friends for Sushi on Friday night, and an AWESOME early BBQ dinner at my Aunts on Saturday. Again, I played like a 10 year old, this time with my niece and nephews on the lawn. Cartwheels, and somersaults, and just chasing the rascals around. I Love being a kid. I think I’m done with this growing up nonsense. Where is Peter Pan when you need him?
Another BIG part of my week was preparing and setting up a booth to sell some bags at in a Vendor spot at a Car show. I spent a lot of time creating a 40 bag inventory and planning how to set up my spot. It was so fun!!! And although, I did not sell anything, I am so happy I did it. I have attended this car show with my girlfriend Laura for years now and it’s just a really fun show to hang out at. While I will continue to attend this event for years to come. I know that my bags may not have a place in it. And that’s okay. You gotta just try things out, right? This is still new to me and I am not going to know how and when I will do good right away. I had NO idea I would get 17 bag orders when I went to meet my Aunt and her workout friends for coffee morning, just like I did not know that I’d prepare quite vigorously for an event I would not sell one item at. There is some trial and error, and that’s okay with me. I am stoked to have the inventory and the NEW bags I now have for the shop or future potential events that I am applying to.
Part of why I am so happy I did do this event is that it really pushed me to work extra hard in the weeks following up to it. I took it as a chance to really belt out a solid line of bags to represent my shop and my style. It is a cohesive line now. where as before I was just putting out a bit of a mish-mash of items as I was building my shop inventory. So, with that said… Look forward to a bit of a shop makeover with NEW bags!!!
My Leese, and her Easter stripes.
Lisa had something to do with this bag coming to fruition. She has a lot to do with a few upcoming designs too. She’s a thinker! Lisa mentioned she had liked the original striped clutch I had done. And while I planned to eventually do another. Lisa had requested one for her personal collection and it really accelerated the process. So, Yay Lisa! Because, this might be my favorite bag.
I am so happy she sent me these photos tonight. I Love seeing my clutches in use and being enjoyed. Makes my heart all a flutter.
Check out Lisa rocking her clutch at Easter brunch, looking gorgeous! (Peep the nail polish! Love it.)
AND, of course… Get your own in the shop! Black and White Striped zipper clutch on Etsy.
Crossbody debut, and serious sun in my face.
I took these photos on Friday. The sun was SO bright, because I took these a lot earlier than usual. So, the photos are pretty washed out. But, whatev.
Shirt: TJ maxx
Tank (worn as vest): Old Navy
Jeans: Old Navy
Wedges: H&M
Purse: KRUST.
Go see them all in my shop! Krust on Etsy.
Sunday handmade roundup.
I LOVE finding new DIY’s, tutorials, and neat handmade projects by other people about the internet. So, I thought it would be fun to showcase my favorite recent finds from time to time, possibly even weekly!
I will try to keep this as a Sunday feature. That way it serves as burst of inspiration for the upcoming week! Good idea? I think so.
Here are some Great handmade projects I came across this week:
A Tablecloth reborn by Naomi of One Avian Daemon
This gorgeous top was made from a vintage tablecloth. SO pretty.
Week 47: Abigail from New Dress a Day.
Seriously, home girl is amazing at revamping random thrift store finds. I love this sweet blue dress paired with these boots!
Go look at what the dress looked like before!
Handmade Crochet Doily rug by Dainty Loops.
Super cute. Buy it here.
Maeg-it yourself, Leather Lanyard Bracelet by Love Maegan.
I Love just about every Maegan does. But, this is an extra awesome idea.
Krust.
Clutch switch!
I carry THIS clutch everywhere. I keep everything in it and if I want to carry another BAG (I always carry at least one of my own bags nowadays, because I love them), I just transfer the clutch to another bag. It serves as an insert of sorts housing all my purse contents. It make switching between bags regularly so very easy.
But, tonight. I cleaned it out. I moved everything into the new giant zipper clutch I made today! I’m pretty excited to get out and carry it tomorrow!
I have one in solid black that I made this afternoon as well, to list on Etsy tomorrow after I photograph it. It will eventually be available in more colors in the canvas, when I can afford to buy more of it. For now, I will be using up my insane collection of varying fabrics… So, there will be a lot of one of a kind pieces available coming up!
My personal collection of handmade clutches is getting quite large… I do love clutches, but pretty soon they might need there own storage shelf.
Side by side sewing.
Today was super fun. Danny and I had chatted via AIM last night about making a clutch that he wanted. I had told him I was planning to make a large zipper clutch as well. So, we planned to get together to work on them, since we basically wanted the same thing. A giant clutch. He wanted one large enough to hold V magazine. I wanted one large enough to carry all my shit. Danny packed up his sewing machine and come over for the day.
dual workspaces.
finished clutches.
Danny’s is a really neat black on black houndstooth print with anime character print lining.
Mine is an embossed black paisley fabric with polka dot lining and white accents.
I had a lot of fun. We talked about varying projects we want to work on in the future and it just got me really pumped! We talked about our dream workspaces and sort of half planned a shared work studio! I loved having someone to sew with!!!! As long as Danny and I have been friends, we never have actually sewn together. It made the day a lot less lonely. It was like having coworkers again. And Danny has worked me in multiple jobs funny enough. Maybe, we are meant to work together forever. That would be good deal. It’s pretty great to work with someone so creative and inspiring.
More bag pics later. And an outfit post with it tomorrow. AND I have a crossbody bag to debut tomorrow or Friday too. I’ll get it photographed tomorrow. I need more days! This week is going too fast.
A recap of recent creations.
Just separate post to showcase some of the recent felt creations I had worked on for the party. See the party post HERE. I don’t have pics of EVERYTHING yet. But this is most of them. Some items will be available in my Etsy shop later today.
There are a good number of tapestry rounds featuring various felt woodland critters (top and bottom left). I think I may list them in sets of 3. Not positive yet. The woodland creature playset (top right) may not make it on Etsy. I may try to do a variation. I just wouldn’t know how to price it yet. It was quite a bit of work. The standing toadstool plaques (bottom right) will be available, as well as all of the hair clips and brooches (center). The clips ended up being a hit. I wish I could have done more. They were all been adopted at the party!
Update! Critter hair clips are available in the shop now!
My niece and nephew turned 1!
This last week my twin niece and nephew turned 1!!! And on Saturday my Sister in law, Emily, threw them a big party! She had come up with the theme for it, maybe a week after having them. So she had been brainstorming for about a year. We talked over the year about putting it together as a team. She let me help with the DIY decor for my oldest nephews first birthday last year. I always have so much fun with anything that involves CRAFTS! So I was stoked she included me in the planning for the twins party this year. We had a blast talking, and shopping and researching and getting ideas (crazy ideas) throughout the year. During the last month we really cracked down and did some WORK! Emily had amazing ideas! Some she admittedly was inspired by other parties or things she had seen around. She was always coming up with things on the fly though. And I loved it. I’m not good at the idea part. But, I love a good challenge. So i would get excited when she was juiced about some new idea, and I in return would get juiced to get to work on it! She debated locations for a bit, and eventually she decided on Coyote Point. It is an awesome park right next to the bay. She reserved 6 picnic tables in a spot that had 2 tables perfect for a couple buffet style food setups. It was a short walk to a huge play structure built just a few years ago called Magic Mountain. It’s giant castle with crazy slides coming off all heights! It’s pretty rad. Anywho, I Thought I’d share pics of the setup. Sadly, I didn’t photograph EVERYTHING in it’s deserving detail. But this is what I got. Hopefully you get the gist.
As guests arrived this is what they saw!
Some detail of the tent. A glittery Happy Birthday banner, cut out by Emily and sewn together by me. A woodland themed heart shaped garland that Emily put together. Inside the tent on all the bars we hung about 15 small tapestry rounds with various felt woodland critters on random fabric colors and prints.
Table 1. Aka, the Truman table. The banner pieces were all crafted by Emily and I sewed them along some ribbon for hanging. This table housed the goody bags, a gift I made that served partially as decor (I didn’t wrap it, but it went with theme), Starbucks coffee, Almonds, carrot sticks, PB&J mini sandos, Snack size pirate’s booty, extra bread, kids milk and chocolate milk cartons, Champagne (yup!), and sangria!
Some detail.
More detail. The glass bottles are from Starbucks bottled frappucinos (which I LOVE) so, Emily bought me a case from Costco. I enjoyed them, removed the labels and ran them through the dishwasher, Viola! Super cute drinking bottles! Emily found the wax paper straws somewhere online. Sorry I don’t have that info. But they were great! Here, you can also see my gift, it’s just a felt woodland animal playset. I made a few felt creatures, and a felt playmat. I also made the standing felt toadstool plaques. There was one on each of the food tables.
Table 2. Or the Sawyer table! Again the banner pieces were put together by Emily and I sewed them onto ribbon for hanging. This table housed CHEESE! Lots of cheese. Emily cubed a ton of different varieties of cheese. There was salami, crackers, fresh bread, grapes, strawberries, olives, cookies, some fancy pastries, truffles, and homemade cupcakes.
some Detail. Emily put together the cupcake plate stands and the grape plate stand out of thrift store bought vases, candlesticks and plates with some hot glue! When I worked at Urban Outfitters, the store designer made these for jewelry displays! It’s a great way to make your own cute little cake plates.
little more detail.
Emily made these terrariums filled with moss, faux trees and various woodland animals. Each table had a different set of animals. I wish I had gotten pics of them all, but like I said I sort of failed at getting appropriate photos of everything. At least I got the foxes! I LOVE them. But, the black bears were pretty darn cute too!
The Birthday twins high chairs for cupcake time! Emily put together all the pieces for these banners and again I sewed them along some ribbon for hanging.
A neat ribbon banner Emily put together. I thought it was in a perfect spot for some photo shoot action. But, we were enjoying to party too much for any photo shoots. oops.
Presents! The wagon was meant to hold the gifts. There was a slight overflow…
And, I Think that’s it for decor. Now, just a few of my favorite moments from the party.
The first to arrive! The guests of honor lead by their big brother, Hud B.
Cake time!!! Emily and I also made the Appliques for their shirts. But, most of the work was done by Emily. I I think I just cut out the toadstools and a little grass for one of them.
I think Truman became a tad overwhelmed… or he hates cake.
Sawyer contently devours hers.
And Hudson had to show this cupcake who’s boss!
Back at home, Truman checks out some critters.
The whole day was really great! I do wish I got more pics or looked decent in any of them myself. But, there’s always next time. I Absolutely LOVED being involved and helping where I could. My Sister in law knows how to throw a serious party. And I love that she let me play and live out some of my crafting dreams through this party for her babies. I wish we could plan parties together for a living. We always have a blast! And maybe go too far. Not even all of our extravagant ideas were used… maybe next time.
I love being an Aunt! I love these kids more than I can even express. They are so much fun to be around. They make me super pumped on life. For real. I Love watching the twins as they are learning to walk and sort of try to figure out their balance. I Love hearing Hudson say “Kust!” (Krust), it’s somewhat of a recent development that he’s really started to say it. My heart melts every time he calls for me.
This weekend was great, and my heart is happy.
Project ReStyle: Heart Collector Necklace.
I took apart this multi strand skull necklace that I had gotten from Urban Outfitters when I was working there years back. I never wear it, and the skull is sort of heavy and never sits right, it’s always facing down or something wacky. I put together a cluster of the canvas hearts I have leftover from making this clutch: the Heart Collector clutch, and then attached them to the chain! Jewelry making is something I have really been itching to get into, and I had somewhat recently purchased a beginners kit that had the pliers needed, and they came in super handy for this!
I plan to make a few more of these to add to the shop! Maybe a good idea? I LOVE it.
