Vacation

Hi all, I haven't announced the winner for the giveaway yet. I've been taking a break from working/blogging for a couple of days to relax and work on school but will be coming back tomorrow and starting to catch up! I plan on announcing the winner later today so keep an eye out! Thanks!

Sam

day bed

First off, Ikea was soooo cool! I'm getting excited just thinking about it! I spent all day today assembling everything and must I say that I am pretty proud of myself. I did it almost all by myself and it seems those past 4 years of working on sets for theatre really payed off! Anywho, when we went to Ikea we got this daybed;

This desk for my craft space;

and this little drawer unit to put under it for storage.

A couple nightstands and a bookshelf. We completely furnished our game room/my to-be craft space! I'm really excited. I already started moving my stuff from my room to it's new home but I'm waiting for my dad to move back into the master downstairs. He sleeps in the room right next door and I don't want to keep him up crafting all night. Unfortunately his room is a bit of a mess and has no mattress yet... I'm not sure when that'll even happen. So for now, the kitchen table is where it goes down.

We have this annual crawfish boil in April because my dad's birthday is the 24th and mine is the 26th so it's kind of a combined birthday party. Anyways we plan on inviting some friends for my dad and we're trying to makeover the house so he's not embarrassed. He's really self-conscious about what other people think of him. It's kind of cute, he's really getting into making his house look good.

So anyways we don't quite know what to do with this daybed! Here's some inspiration on bedding/pillows. By the way, I love apartmenttherapy.com

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I need to do something about a cover and pillows but I'm not quite sure what. My dad suggested converting a converter into a cover and then I guess we'd have to get pillows... I have no idea. I'm goin' to do a little shopping around now!

Tidbit: Girl Scout Cookies are going to be the death of me. My dad just can not say no and I'm the only one that eats them! In the past week or so I've eaten at least two boxes by myself. I'm disgusted in myself but they're just so good!

Harem Pants From Skirt

I'm going to Ikea today! I am extremely pumped, I have never been. It's kind of like a dream of mine to go to Ikea, I'm not sure why it seems so special. Is that just me? I've always gotten the catalogs and spent like hours just looking through them but now I actually get to go! Ahhh!

Well here's a little project I did last night. I went to goodwill and bought a bunch of skirts with cool fabric and I decided to make some Harem pants out of one of them. These are my inspiration for them. I decided to make them more like the third picture.

Note: best to use stretch knits. So here is what I did.

1. Get your skirt and make sure the waist will fit you. Mine was a button one so at the end I just added elastic.
2. Turn your skirt inside out and lay it on the floor with the back facing down and the front up. Make sure it is even so the centers of both lay on top of each other.

(my little helper)
3. Next you're going to get some kind of marker, could be a pencil, chalk, or just pins (I just used pins and they worked out fine).
4. Now decide if you want these to be long of more like capris and cut to appropriate length.
5. Mark the inside leg seam wherever you want it to be. I made my ankles about 4" and then measured the crotch 13" down from the waist and kind of connected the dots. Also after pinning, I tried it on to make sure it would fit.

6. Cut the excess material and sew or serge along your markers!

7. You're done! If you need to hem the bottom or add elastic to the waist, now would be the time to do so. Or make some size adjustments if necessary.

Also I listed a few cute necklaces last night. Here they are.

Sneak Peak

I've got some new stuff and you guys get a sneak peak! I should get around to listing it within the next week. We're shampooing our carpets so my "studio" is a bit of a mess to say the least. I need to get stuff organized. I'm kind of holding out though because I'm moving all my craft stuff upstairs eventually. Hopefully that'll be sooner than later... I guess only time will tell. Well enough about me! Here's some new stuff!

Also a video from Generation T (best book ever!). I made a bunch of these to wear around the house with like a tank or a sports bra under. They're comfy and I don't feel frumpy walking around in an old t-shirt.

Update

Working on my dreads... I was unaware when I started how long this was going to take. I need 40 and it takes an hour to make like 6. I'm half way done though! It's a good thing I decided to do it in my bathroom because it's quite a messy project. Note: fingers will be pruny and hands will be rubbed raw. It's a great arm workout though, lol. Here's a pick of one that didn't quite go the way I wanted it to.

Ignore the 90's decor, I'm in the process of remodeling our house.

I'm also working on lowering a bunch of the prices in my store so check it out!

I'm thinking of expanding my... I dunno what to call it. Making different stuff. Don't know what yet, I'll keep you posted.

I can't find a key rack that I like and we desperately need one so I'm just going to make my own. I'll get back to that later. I'm going to hit the thrift stores tomorrow to see if I can find some cool stuff.

Oh! Also there's a giveaway on this site of this beautiful skirt!

I want it (:

Inspiration Saturday

Since the obsession of the week was dreadlocks then I'll put up some pics of my "dread inspiration". I've always wanted dreads. I couldn't really tell you why, I think they look cool I guess.
Oh! My wool came in today so hopefully I'll get started on my dreads, I'll post an update later on.

I can't wait to put stuff in them like this ^^^^ It's like jewelery for your hair! I found some cool dread beads off etsy.

Peace Set of two Dreadbeads

Fiber Beads

Mitzy the Frog Squiggle

Thanks to all you etsians for letting my showcase your work! Good luck to you all!

First Ever Feature Friday!

Cliche, ya I know but whatever. Here goes. Finding your inner hippy!

I've always been kind of the free spirit, adventurous one of my family but when I found out I was pregnant I got caught up in a whirlwind of becoming a mom and everything that I kind of lost myself in the process. Now that I've kind of settled in to being a mom, I've got more time to find myself again and blending that with... mommyhood! So, off to find my hippy!

First some awesome hanging leaf earrings


Scarlet headband/dread wrap


Gorgeous Chrysoprase Stone Sterling Silver Tree of Life Pendant


Autumn Haze Slouchy Hat


Unisex pants (always wanted some of these!)


Vintage Bangles