Flower Project Complete!

Here's the photo of the flower head band I made with the pattern I blogged about the other night. Pretty cute huh?

Flower Project

Flowers are the new big thing. 

I've loved seeing them all over the place. Being the mom of a very manly little boy, there isn't a lot of room in my life for flowers, lace and all things girlie. However, that is what baby showers are for! 

Several gals at church are having baby girls in the coming months and I've been booked with baby showers over the next few weeks. So I went in search of flower crafts to make for shower gifts. 

I found this awesome flower tutorial over at Pink Paper Peppermints and I'm going to make some beautiful little flower headbands. 

Will post pics soon!

Regretsy

I'm a huge Etsy fan, made obvious by my Etsy store. I work there, shop there, socialize on the forums there, etc. So when I kept seeing the Regretsy icons on the FB side bars, I had to give in and check it out. I know this site isn't new, but if you're in for a good laugh and some interesting items check it out. A girlfriend of mine, Casie, told me about Regretsy a while ago, but to be honest, I never took the time to check it out. It sure is interesting, and a little weird, which is what I believe they're going for. As their motto states, "Where DIY meets WTF."

Sunday couponing!

It's Sunday! That means it's coupon day. 

I've recently become a coupon fan and have run full speed ahead into the world of coupons. So on my way to church in the morning, I stop and pick up the Sunday paper, (I check to make sure the coupons are in there, yes, someone has stolen my coupons before!) and then during Little Man's nap time I read through all the ad, match my coupons and make a plan of attack. 

Call me crazy but there's something about the thrill of buying cart full of food and pay $60 or less at Publix that I love!

Well with all that being said, I blogged about my new coupon organization system on my personal blog, but I never wrote about it here. After getting comments about it there, I thought I would do the same here.

I was so overwhelmed with all the little coupons I had printed out so I bought a 13 pocket folder at Target used my lovely label maker to tab each section. I organized it in the same order as I walk through the store so it's easy to find my last minute coupons in the store.

Do you coupon? How do you organize all the random little coupons you get?

DIY Flower Pins

I showed you in an earlier post those super cute flowers for your hair. Well, here you have it, a PDF Pattern for the flowers. I've gotten my dear friend Emily to show me how she makes those super cute hair pins. We turned them into flower pins for purses and bags, but the same process is done to make them into hair pins. Hope you enjoy. 

The Ivy Twines

The Woobie Shop store is featured in a blog review/giveaway from some really cool gals at The Ivy Twines. Check out the article and check out the awesome way to get free shipping! Just read the review and then become of fan of the Woobie Shop blog! 

Getting ready for a blog review

I've got a blog review going on in April and so while I'm home on spring break I'm using some of the time to get to those 70+ snack bags that need to be finished. (Remember, I blogged about those months ago!) Well some of them are done, others are still waiting, but I've gotten most of the duo sets up in the shop and ready for people to check out. Keep watching for more info on the blog giveaway. You might just win!

Cool new scissors

I picked these scissors up at Joann’s when they have 50% off all scissors. They are indeed some handy little things. I love them for making the rag quilt and they have come in handy for some other project where I’ve got to get into some corner or some small piece of fabric and snip something. If you haven’t added these to your sewing stash, I recommend checking them out during the next scissor sale!

Rag Quilt

I purchased a Rag Quilt on Etsy a few months ago for a baby shower present. I loved the little lovey so after some research and investigating rag quilts, I gave it a go and decided to make one myself. Here's how it turned out.

Pattern Organization

Okay so now that I have become hooked on patterns I’ve run into a little bit of a dilemma. When you buy a pattern it isn’t just for one item, you get 5 or so projects. Once you cut all those flimsy pieces out they never fit back in the paper holder they come in. GRRR!

Plus, if you want to just work on one project you have to sift through all those other pieces for  the ones you need. So I had to organize my patterns! Welcome to the picture my handy Ziploc bags.

So, here’s what I did:

I cut out all the pieces for each different project. I separated the pieces by project and then folded them so that they would fit into a quart size freezer bag.

On the front of the bag I labeled it with the pattern brand and number, and then with my Sharpie I write which pattern pieces are inside the bag.

(This part was a little bit of work, but so worth it!) You know those huge papers with the directions? I took those papers and folded them in half them placed them on the copier machine, shrunk it down to 65-75% and made a copy of everything. I cut out the directions for each project and placed them inside the bag with the pieces.

My final step was using the original pattern package. I photocopied the back side of the package for each bag I had and highlighted which project that bag housed as well what supplies I would need.  I even cut out the picture from the front of the pattern package and slide that in the bag so I can see what the final outcome should be.

Okay, I know this seems like a lot of work, and yes I am crazy enough to do it, but it has really paid off. Now when I run to the fabric store to get things for a project all I do is grab my little plastic baggie and I have everything I need.

Bag Contents:

·      Pattern pieces cut out

·      Photocopy of directions

·      Photocopy of supply list from back of package