Un-sweet sweeties.

My boyfriend's grandma is just the sweetest thing in the world.

And in a strange twist of irony she's diabetic. So my normal back up plan of buying candy wouldn't work. 

So I /of course/ made a bag. 

And filled it with non edible sweeties. 

Insta-dry nail polish and apple pie flavored lip balm. 

and the Youtube video I used for this bag is here~

The only change I made to The Crafty Gemini's tutorial is I did not interface.

My courdoroy fabric was very stable so I didn't really need it.

Also I didn't use her measurements. 

I just sorta eyeballed it.

~I'm quite proud~

Another excuse to buy candy.

In mid-project I decided to organize my ribbons.

It was a well needed 

I decided that I wanted to be able to easily browse my ribbons and notions.

I also wanted to buy gummy Sharks.

So I up-cycled the cardboard container for the gummy into a ribbon holder. 

So neat and tidy~ 

For this tutorial you'll need

~unruly ribbons~

~a candy box~

~scissors~

~and tape~

First you cut off the sides of your box 

Then you use some kind of straight edge to mark were your notches will  go.

I used the skinny side of the box. Even though there was a perfectly good ruler in the drawer next to me. 

 Oh well. 

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Cut your notches. 

Tape your ribbon to the card. It makes it easier to wrap it. 

Then you just wrap it and tie it off when you get to the end of the ribbon. 

Cerial boxes work just as well, but candy is more fun! 

How do you store your ribbons? I have seen lots of great methods.

A Wonderfully Wicked Birthday

Out of all the modern Musical greats Wicked is by far the most well loved.

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And it's so clear why!
Oh I could talk for hours about this musical!

But I'll get to the point.

 My dear friend and fellow Musical theater lover Abby turned 18 I knew I had to blow her socks off!
and what better way than with a Wicked themed gift bag!

Here's everything I put together for her~

 She has an enthusiasm for motivational posters
also I wanted an excuse to water color
So I made this "card ish thing.

I think it's a card...

And I combed through Pintrest to find this tutorial.
buuut I used it more like a guideline.
Since I only needed a little bit.

and I added vanilla~

the main part of the gift though was a home made cosmetics bag!
This post and this video were super helpful!
 

I also cut out a cardboard bottom and glued my lining fabric to it.
Since I forgot to interface....

And of course I wrote a Wikked quote on it!

Also I happened to have some of my emergency flower hair clips laying around.

All in all its a pretty great gift bag, if I do say so myself!

Pants party

As you know if you read this post I recently Costumed 1776 the musical. 

And that means I sewed pants.

Colonial era pants.   

I forgot about these more or less until I brought them up to my Insta buddy Kate.

She was intrigued, as she should be.

So I held a fashion shoot and brought sexy back to the colonial era!


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Honestly I feel like the world would be a better place if there were more fun pants!

I drafted the pattern myself, it's just two seams and three channels with elastic strung though.

Oh and look at that Jabot~

 And this one will have a matching hat eventually. 

There's a bit of a side project in the works.

*cough cough* You- Tube mini series *cough cough*

The man that wore thes in 1776 managed to rip them three times... 

But whats a musical without some ripped seams and frayed nerves!

and My lovely assistant Annette helped me though all of the rough patches.

She also sewed three pairs of pants! 

I have some odd things lurking in my closet 

What strange things do you have hiding in your closet?

A late costume

In my recent absence I actually got a bit of sewing done, I just haven't been taking good pictures. 

Sorry. 

So obviously for Halloween I made my own costume. 

How could I resist?

Sorry for the low camera quality.

But doesn't it read a bit star-wars? 

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The fabric is a polyester tablecloth from goodwill and some "no pill" brown fleece from Walmart. The brown trim around the edges is "satin blanket binding" also from Walmart. 

AND THE BUTTONS 

 I got these beauties at a going-out-of-business sale. 

oh! and even though i was crazy busy I managed to take a picture while I was in the progress of making the cloak! 

I evened out that uneven length when I hemmed it, don't worry!

Everything else was just clothing that I already had in my closet. Along with a pretty stellar paint job ;) 

sadly I only have two pictures from the night I wore it. And both of them are from snap-chat. 

When will I learn!

Christmas with the kiddos, Lee-Lee

My little nephew is the absolute cutest thing in the world! I would provide evidence but my sister is rather privite so Ill restrain myself.

He's an older toddler, about three.

So he's getting a whale. 

Yup. You heard right.

🐋A whale 🐋

I found the free PDF pattern on Pinterest (here's the link) 

I made mine out of old here's that but the dust a loooong time ago. But they are nice and soft from being worn to death. (There's a hole in the -cough cough- bum/crotch) 

And I thought this quarter yard of grey scrap fabric would make a good belly.  

I forgot to take process pictures. But here's some pictures of the final product. 

I added a little snap for his lips

He's just so lovable~

Christmas with the kiddos, Cher-Bear

My sister is about eight years older than me, and on top of that she got married rather young, so I get three fun playmates and she gets a messy house.

I think that I get the better end of this deal ;)

The oldest one who I call Cher-bear is a five year old girl, and we share many passions. Such as doll dressing and furnishing. So she's getting a brown fuzzy love seat and a wardrobe.

The love seat is made from a Kleenex box and some old minky scraps I was never going to use. 

Now on to the doll clothes! 

for a good month I didn't have any non-ballpoint needles. So I looked through my closet, pulled out some ratty shirts and cut them up into cute little doll clothes.

There lots of fun combinations here. I only used four shirts and some project scraps, so it's pretty monochromatic.

But I'm sure she won't complain!

The little cardboard models that I made were a stroke of genius I must admit. They are cut from old cereal boxes and It really makes the whole set look more professional.

Never doubt the power of packaging 😊