This blog, that is.
Thanks for your patience as I fiddle!
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Indie Biz Notebook
The divider pages and notebook
Supplies and pocket (with name yet to be discovered!)
The notebook had some manufacturing text on it - the front bit was covered up with the title (Indie Biz) and the inside back cover now has this little reminder. It may be the end of the class (sad day!), but it is just the beginning on this journey.
My mom is in town for a visit/baby shower. We're off to finish getting ready! I'll post some pictures (look forward to a super cute diaper cake!).
-Blessings!
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Embroidery work 2
Wow, sorry it's been so long! I'm not sure where the time has gone...
Since the last post, I've started the Indie Biz 2.0 class with Leigh-Ann, Jill and Elsie. I am LOVING it, getting great info from it and it's making me think! I've set some goals for myself with this class, by the time I've 'graduated' I will:
Be blogging consistently
Have opened my own Etsy store
Be an bonafide Indie Business-lady!
I've been working on some new projects...to put in my Etsy store (!) when it opens...so more on those soon!!
Back to embroidery -
These are a few panels of a wall hanging I did for friends when their daughter was born. Her room has a Peter Rabbit theme!
The patterns for the embroidery came from coloring book pages I found on-line. There are so many great ones out there and coloring books are a great source for embroidery because they usually have such solid, clean lines that make them so easy to trace.
Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday!
Blessings -
Monday, March 1, 2010
Embroidery work 1

Sometimes pictures and/or ideas just come to me, and if I don't write them down, often times I'll lose them! This is one of those pictures.
Embroidery has been something I've really enjoyed, but just got back into recently. This is my first project with a mix of embroidery and fabric applique. This zippered, plain jane jacket is a staple of my wardrobe, but it needed some love, so I decided to put this picture on the back. I love how it turned out! I love when a project turns out just the way you pictured it.
Happy March - Blessings!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
More plastic and glass...
I finally got a few pictures taken of some of the bottles I've painted.

Strawberry vines, New Orleans street tile letters and sheep jumping over the fence
Here is a plastic bag that I tried to paper piece like you would a quilt...
Unfortunately I don't know how to paper piece a quilt, so I just made it up as I went and it shows. It was a learning experience and the bag is actually really good to take to the beach! It's all plastic on the outside and lined with some fabric I had left over from another project.

The iron was put to good use this weekend and the sewing machine got pulled out after a long rest. It's amazing what just a little break from something will do in terms of increased productivity when you come back to it! A nice little stack of projects were completed Sunday night.
Completing projects has not always been a strength of mine. But no more! I finish things and it feels wonderful!
More on those "finished things" soon...
Until then, Blessings!
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Functional Recycled Art
Good morning!
As I mentioned earlier, reusing ordinary/cast off items to make something beautiful and functional is what I really enjoy. Here are some projects i've dabbled in.
Aside from fusing plastic, I've done some painting on glass bottles (that would have gone into the recycling bin), made books using recycled paper and cereal/tea/hot cocoa/etc. boxes, and skirts from pillowcases.
This is a peek at a jar I painted as a container for tea bags for my mom. I believe it was a pickle jar in its previous life!
This was a banner made for a friend using printer paper that was in the recycle pile. I left the printed side facing out for an extra touch (the text had a 'special' meaning to the banner recipient!).
More pictures coming soon. Writing about it has me inspired to work on some new projects!
Blessings!
Fusing Plastic
The next few posts will be projects that were done within the last year or so.
For some time, I worked with fusing plastic bags (ones from the grocery store). The recycling/reusing and making something so bad for the environment into something useful and beautiful really appealed to me. Unfortunately, the fumes heated plastic put off, were not as enjoyable.
This was one of the first bags. It's a little clutch with ruffles along the edge and some embroidered embellishments.
More recycled art soon...
Until then, happy Saturday and Blessings!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)