I-Spy

How many of you guys out there are into the I-spy quilts?  If so I have something for y'all.  My friend over at Mrs. Sassy Crafter she is doing an I-spy swap.  So if you wanna swap some fabric here's the LINK

Go check it out.  If you aren't into I-spy quilts, go check out her blog any ways!  Lots of good stuff over there.  :)

I'll be back in the morning with a tutorial for y'all!

In The Works

I have a very easy tutorial in the works. I am hoping to have it up tomorrow. I already took all of the pictures but now I have to shrink them and save them all to my lap top. Sometimes that takes forever. Here is what I will be showing you how to make.

I have searched and searched and searched for fabric flower tutorials. There are some flowers people make and sell that I just couldn't figure out how to make. I was staring at flower someone made one time and something clicked. I couldn't find a tutorial any where I looked ( I am sure there is one SOMEWHERE but I couldn't find one! ) So, I got out my camera, some ribbon, a needle and thread and went to town. I think they turned out super cute and they are actually really easy. So stay tuned until then.

I am off to run errands.

My Dear Crafters

My dear Crafters....I am in need of some advice AGAIN!  This is one of the things that is so wonderful about a blog.  I can ask a wide variety of people a questions and hopefully get some opinions on something.  I made me a new purse and I love how cute it turned out!  I was in a hurry when I made it and ran out of time to finish it the way I wanted it to be.  Here is what I got NOW

I love the little band that goes across the top and ties on the side.  I wanted to accent it more so I put the flower on it.  My original plan was to do this to it

I wanted to do the 3 flowers on ONE side only of my purse.  Once I got the one flower on and ran out of time to do the others I thought I liked that better any ways.  I was staring at it during church yesterday and now I am thinking the three flowers will look better.  So what do you guys think?  Should I leave it as it is with just one flower in the center?  Should I leave the one flower and do a matching on on the other side of the purse so they match?  OR  should I do the 3 flowers on the one side and leave the other side blank?  I really don't want to do 3 flowers on each side.  I think that would just be WAAAAAY too much girlness for me to handle.  But I do love the three on the one side.  So I need opinions please.  All comments are greatly appreciated it so help a sista out and leave me your comment!  THANKS EVERYONE.  I am linking up to some other blogs!

SCORE

So did anyone else venture to JoAnn's on Memorial day for their sale?  Actually it was the whole weekend.  I begged my husband to drive me since I still hadn't gotten my license in the mail yet.  He was nice and drove me and dropped me off and then took the kids to Target.  I got there at 9:05 and they opened at 9.  I was expecting a crowd and the store was actually pretty empty.  It was AWESOME.  They were having a sale on Simplicity patterns.  5 patterns for 5 dollars.  I grabbed 5 of those and then some interfacing, some very pretty buttons, some elastic, a bow, some parchment paper and a couple of fat quarters.  My receipt said I paid 29.70 ( with taxes ) and I saved 93.50!  SCORE!!!!!  Mainly because the cheapest pattern was 14 dollars and the most expensive one was 16.  The buttons I bought were all expensive too and they were on sale for 50 % off so I got a really good price on those too.  Then I had a 15 or 20% off off my whole order plus a 50% off coupon for any regular priced item.  I was giddy all day long!  :)  Here is a picture of my loot

I can't wait to get started on something.  I already used the interfacing for my new purse.  I will post pictures of that later on this afternoon.  In the meantime, I am going to get some cleaning done and a few hair things for my etsy shop.  I also need to run some errands and I am so happy to report my license came in the mail Tuesday!  WOO HOO  It was kinda funny actually because I almost cut off a cop car on my way to the post office.  I was a little freaked out.  I got to the post office, opened up our PO BOX and there it was.  THANK GOODNESS!  haha

Baking Soda Face Wash

We are back from Disneyland and every single muscle in my body hurts!  Two days in a row was rough but the third day was torture on my body.  Especially since the kids were so tired too and wanted to be carried ALL the time.  We gave away our stroller when we moved so we didn't have one.  FINALLY half way through day 2 we couldn't take it and went to rent one from the park.  We ended up getting two and Tyler actually sat in one the rest of day two.  Day three we only got one and then they kept fighting over it.  FINALLY we put Tyler in it and Kayla on his lap.  Worked much better and they looked so cute.

Any ways.  BEfore I left I was going to do another post about baking soda and didn't have time.  I was going to tell y'all two things.

ONE- if you are too scared to try the baking soda in your hair as shampoo but like the idea of it stripping all of the waxes and crap shampoo leaves behind on your hair you can just add some baking soda to your shampoo and it helps strip everything out.  I had read this and my sister reminded me of it the other day.  This is what she does now.  She likes it a lot.

TWO-  need a simple and CHEAP way to wash your face?  Wet your face with warm water and then take some baking soda and make a wet paste in your hand. Rub it all over your face.  It gently exfoliates which we all need and cleans at the same time.  Rinse off with warm water and enjoy your soft face.  So easy and so cheap!  Also, don't worry about it getting in your hair!  Last night I washed my face with baking soda before I jumped in the shower and rubbed my hands on my head after I washed my face.  Then I just got in the shower and washed my hair any ways.  If you wash your hair with baking soda any ways, you're just getting a head start!

So I might not be on here much this week.  I have some new projects  ( like the purse I made before I went on vacation ) but as far as new projects go they might have to wait a week or two.  If I don't get caught up on my family blog I might have to scream!  :)

Gift Exchange

I am so excited!  I signed up for the Craftaholics Anonymous Gift Exchange    I have always wanted to do one and the one time I did the art exchange I never received anything in the mail.  It was still a good experience though.  I am hoping this one will be much better!  I can't wait to see who I get and be able to make something cute for them.  YEAH!   And if you want to participate click on the link above and read all the rule.  Then sign up!  I don't know why I am sitting here surfing the internet because I have   a MILLION things to do today!  I mean seriously.  Between now and around 1 o'clock tomorrow I have to pack all of us for our 3 day trip to Disneyland, make a purse, fix a repurposing I started I plan on wearing Thursday, do some laundry, try and finish cleaning my kitchen ( YIKES! ), go to the post office and mail my latest etsy sale and put my etsy site on vacation!  When we get back later this weekend and take my site off of vacation mode, I will be adding some new things!  WOO HOO  I can't wait.  Adding things is so annoying but exciting at the same time.  

Well....I guess I REALLY need to get off of my butt and get going.  Sometime today I plan on writing a post.  I have a great beauty tip for y'all thanks to my sister Kim.  Happy Tuesday everyone ( I totally wrote Monday and then realized I lost that day yesterday! ) haha

Miracle Stain Remover!

So when I was talking about doing green month I asked if anyone had any suggestions.  I got one and dumb old me didn't even do it.  Sometime I get overwhelmed and sometimes I just don't follow through.  This time it was both.  The suggested given me was an all natural stain remover.  Well, I just happen to try one yesterday and it worked AMAZINGLY well.  Want to know my secret?  Vinegar.  Yup that's it.  We went to church and Kayla was wearing a flower dress with light colors.  The nursery leader was running late and so someone who didn't know the rules was helping out.  They brought RED punch into the nursery.  Of COURSE someone spilled and of COURSE Kayla sat in it!  BOOOOOOOO   I was a little sad but then I figured this was my chance to find a GREEN cleaner.  I looked it up in a book I have that I bought on sale for 5 dollars and Barns and Noble.  It is called GREEN CLEANING ad it is all using white vinegar, baking soda, lemon juice, tea tree oil or borax.  AWESOME.  I haven't even read half of the book yet and learned so much.  So I whipped out the book and looked up under vinegar something to get our berries or fruit.  I figured that was the closest thing to red punch.  It said to soak the stain the straight vinegar.  So I did.  For about 3 or 4 hours and then rinsed it out in the sink and hung it dry.  There is absolutely NO evidence that there was ever a stain. Freaking awesome. So next time you think something is ruin by red punch or fruit ( I cut fruit a lot! ) then have no fear!  Get out your white vinegar and clean away.  HAPPY CLEANING!