I did it! I made a dress!

After much fighting with my sewing machine, I finally made a baby dress I was happy with. I found a fantastic fabric I wanted to use for little baby Sophie but first, I had to do a trial run...
Let's take a moment to remember the poor fabric that had to be sacrificed before getting a winner... and here is the finished product!!!

Its a reversible dress, which after I got the hang of it, was surprisingly easy!

White on the outside, yellow on the inside!

Close up of the fabric.

BUT the final dress will be made from this beautiful fabric:


Isn't it gorgeous? I can't wait!

Vibrant Etsy Treasury

The wonderful Cynmb has been kind enough to feature one of my Note Scribblers in a treasury!

Check it out!

Thank you Cyn! What wonderful company you have me in!

Treasury

New Frontiers

I ventured into new and unknown territory this past weekend. I received some beautiful felted beads from HandBEHG and decided to make some earrings, and a few necklaces. I have to say I was very surprised at how difficult it was! I now have an even GREATER appreciation and admiration for all the fabulous jewelry artists on Etsy! Its hard work what they do!

So this weekend I made two necklaces: a simple one with ribbon and beads, and a more complicated one with ribbon, beads, felted balls and chain. It was so pretty and I wish I would have taken a picture (I'll post it later). I showed my little sister, who is my toughest critic and to my surprise she loved it - so I gave it to her.

The necklaces will have to be my next project but, what I want to show you now are the earrings! My good friend Maisy from Etsy, encouraged me to list them, so they MIGHTgo up this weekend...if I don't chicken out!

She gave me some awesome tips on wire wrapping and how to use the pliers, so I hope I can master it! I gotta say though, its not as easy as it looks! And Maisy has A LOT more experience than I do. If you haven't already, check out her shop - it's absolutely fabulous!!

DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!!

And now for a display as to how a professional does it...

Sodalite drops - Maisyh

Cherry Flower Earrings - MCNovelties

I HEART white howlite brushed sterling - MCNovelties

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If you haven't already, head on over to her shop, its filled with eye candy!

Maisyh and MCNovelties.

Etsy's New Feature

Refer a friend!

Its not like people weren't doing this before but now they have a way for you to send a message out to specific email addresses. It's an invite to join Etsy and it gives the person a direct link to your shop!

So if you haven't done it already, check out Etsy!!! Hello and welcome to your new addiction...

Click Here

Hello - SarahJaneStudios - $24

If I had a million dollars... (part one)

...to spend on ETSY this is what I would buy:

Radiolaria Brooch - Nervous System - $75.00

I've been drooling over this brooch forever! So pretty, plus its ridiculously elegant!

Handmade Wilderness Project - RubysLounge - $345.00

When we buy our new house, this will be our housewarming gift to ourselves!

Granny's curtains - StarOfTheEast - $50.00

Beautiful, I think the picture speaks for itself.

Pui Coasters - StudioWonJun - $40.00

Wow! The color is magnificent!

Knitware Vase - AlyssaEttinger - $150.00

This would make any arrangement look so elegant!

Blue Haired Sea Side Doll - MilkRun - $175.00

Oh man! Just look at her! She is so cute with her little blue hair and cute little octopus!

Hand Painted Glass Vase - MaryWibis - $80.00

This would go perfect with my kitchen! Also, check out the Spring pitcher!

Twig Pendant - EhmeGlass - $48.00

I love the blue one - all of her beads have beautiful colors; check out her bird beads!

Mustard Pea Coat - Stewwie - $180

The Utah snow ain't got nothing on this coat!

Ahoy Vest - MissBrache - $68.00

Ahhh! So cute! I want! I want!

That wraps up this addition of "If I had a million dollars".

My Studio...

I finally had the guts to take pictures of my craft space and allow the world to see. I don't know if I'm really proud or severely ashamed! Proud at how I turned a 7 foot by 7 foot "room" into an actual studio, or terribly embarrassed to even call it a studio since it's nothing more than a no name room as we like to affectionately call it! Here goes!!!

A little background first. This house was built over 100 years ago and when it was constructed it had no bathroom and ended at the kitchen. When it was remodelled, there was no place to add a bathroom but "outside" the house, so its got this weird little addition to the back just off the kitchen. If you look closely in some of the pictures, you can see the siding and shingles from the orginal back of the house! Anyway, it resulted in this weird little no use "room" that I decided to turn into MY space. Here you go!



Here's my messy, messy, desk. See the funny thing is its not messy at all but I have SO MUCH junk it looks that way, doesn't it? That border you see along the top of the desk is a little wall built that covers the staircase that leads to the basement. Yes, the basement we NEVER go down to - well, I don't go down to. I am so terrified of it I bought that white curtain and hung it from the ceiling so I don't have to look at the staircase and think about monsters attacking me while I have nothing to defend myself with except a glue gun!

Here is a closeup where you can spot three wonderful Etsy seller's things: StitchandTells wonderful art (the blue waterfall piece in the back); ThreeMusesCrafts ACEO cards and LAOriginals beautiful plum brooch! You can also see my beloved Blythe Doll and a new ACEO I just finished - first one EVER - and a new brooch design I am working on.

Next is my storage space, it makes me feel better to call it an actual "space" as opposed to a corner! Lots of things going on here: art - finished - and in progress. Photo collages also in progress... I'm starting to see a pattern here, can you tell I have ADHD? Oh and not to mention a completely out of control Hello Kitty addiction! Oh yeah like the toaster oven? We got it for Christmas and somehow it ended up in here.


And one last one just for pretty: this doesn't have much use other than for a little aesthetic appeal and to house a few of my scarves and magazines.

Recent Etsy Purchases

LAOriginals

I got this AWESOME Plum Crocheted Flower Brooch from LAOriginals. I have been coveting one of her flowers for a long time and trust me, her work is even more fabulous in person! Check out her shop for more crochet goodness!

OurLadyOfTheUnderpas

I have been watching and watching this sweater FOREVER! I even convo'd the seller about measurements and everything but one thing or another kept coming up, so I couldn't get the cash to buy it... Then the other day, I was cleaning up my favorites and HOLY COW it was on super sale!!! So I picked it up right away! Check out the shop for other yummy vintage goodies!

Brookerpie

So I was browsing around Etsy and I came across Brookerpie. She has an amazing shop perfect for scrapbookers. Luckily on the day I found her she was having a sale of buy one roll of lace get one FREE! She has white, puple, red, yellow and green currently in her shop. Check it out!

MixedSpecies

And last but DEFINITELY not least, ihis awesome shirt by MixedSpecies.

It reads: "Jesus gives me a huge resurrection" I'll leave that one to your imagination...

My Birthday Celebration

So, we were supposed to have a BBQ on Saturday for my Birthday but we got rained in, so Jake just grilled outside and we ate inside. We had a yummy feast of veggie burgers, veggie hot dogs, grilled zucchini, and homemade salsa! Mmmmmmmm.

Also Black Eyed Susan (Jake's band) was gonna do a yard show but because of the rain we moved it into the living room. Yeah, that was quite the adventure! 30+ people in a teeny, tiny, house - not such a good idea!

(Apparently it was Hat Day for the band!)

Super fun times! We didn't end up going to bed until five in the morning! Oy, it was a long night but it was super fun, and this yummy cake made it all worthwhile!!!

Now the celebrating is all done, and its back to normal life. Until next year, sweet, sweet, Birthday!

Happy Birthday To Me...

Holy crap, I am 23 today! Eeeeeeek. Just had to share how cute Etsy is: when you log in you get a little welcome message wishing you a Happy Birthday! Can you find me? I am on there twice, with my seller and buyer account!

Also when I got in my car this morning to go to work, I found this waiting for me!!! The new Yael Naim CD!!! Hubby put it in my CD player for me so it started playing as soon as I turned on the car! He is so cute! I have been listening to it all day at work! Check it out if you haven't already, its great! She also sings in Hebrew.

I have to show off the other stuff I got as well: an awesome Slash T-Shirt that I have been wanting forever! I love Guns N' Roses - what can I say?! Oh guess what I heard on the radio this morning? Dr. Pepper has offered Axl Rose a deal that if he finishes his CD "Chinese Democracy" which has been in the makings for 17 years (!), they will give each person in the United States a FREE can off Dr. Pepper! How awesome is that? I am not a fan of Dr. P but the owner must be a pretty dedicated fan of Axl Rose!!!

Also I got an awesome Hello Kitty easter basket filled with my favorite candy - which means it was all Reeses's Peanut Butter cup related, and these earrings!!! AHHHHH! I love Tokidoki, and I love even more that Jake knows exactly what I like! Yup, I think he is definitely a keeper! Thanks babe!















He is throwing me a Hello Kitty themed party on Saturday, so I will keep you posted... It snowed today so not too sure how its gonna work out but we'll see!

She's Here...

Yay, yay, yay, yay!!!

My Blythe is here!!! I can't believe I forgot to write about her! I haven't thought of a name yet. Help me? She is the "Magic Wand" edition. She is a little magician and comes with a dove to pull out of her top hat and cards to do card tricks with. She's already pulled a few fast ones on me. She likes to move around - and no, I am NOT kidding.