Mrs. Handyman

I cleaned out a place to store all my bottle paraphernalia and noticed it was way low to the ground. So I went to Lowe’s and purchased a shelf drawer for all my goodies to be stored. Now, did I wait for Eric to get home to install it? Of course not. Even at 8 months pregnant I can not wait (and wait and wait) for the handyman of the house to get around to it. I got my fat belly in the floor and did it myself. The hardest part was actually taking out the big, heavy wood shelf and putting it back in. The actual installation was fast. There were holes made in wood and screws screwed in….yes, it was a REAL DIY project. (haha)

Without further rambling on and on about the installation, here’s the finished project:

^I put the white baskets in there to help with separating all the little bottle parts and what not.

Here it is stocked with said bottles:

^A place for everything and everything in it’s place. We’ll see how long it lasts!

It’s part of a sock

I’ve been working on my sock today. I got the heel turned and the decreases done on the instep. Blah blah blah…here it is!

It’s kinda a bad angle from the back. But you can kinda see the instep and heel right??? Just say yes!

Oh here’s another thing I did:

I dyed Nathan’s newborn diapers! They were SO boring…just white…blah! Now they are super cute. I used Dylon dye from Hobby Lobby. The colors are called turquoise and lime. I wish I had left the prefold diapers in the dye a little longer cuz they are lighter than I’d like. BUT the Sandy’s fitteds turned out almost perfect! Can’t wait to put them on my little pooper!

Nursery Pics

YAY! We’ve got the nursery “done” enough to post some pics! Drum roll please!

^Here’s the crib to the right of the doorway:

• Blue vibrating chair: shower gift
• White Sleigh Crib: gift from Mom
• Blue Boppy: Gift from DB and DSIL
• Vidoe Camera Monitor: Gift from DSIL, and 2 DAunts
• Bedding: shower gifts from various people
• Walls: painted mint green by DFIL

^Close-Up of the quilt handmade by my DGMa, that’s my favorite square cuz it looks like Maggie Mae!

^Close-Up of the letters, painted white by Eric and altered by Me

^Bassinet & Swing on loan from DNephew

^Glider and ottoman: Gift from DILs

^Changing Table: Gift from Mom, (I MADE the changing pad cover!!!)

^Inside the closet, Stroller Travel System: Gift from DGMa

^Maggie Mae likes to hang out in the nursery

…and sniff her daddy! (notice her tail wagging!)

Other Projects

So I know I promised a pic of the graduation card I made on Monday, but I already put it in the mail. So, you’ll just have to imagine the most amazing grad card you’ve ever seen, cuz THAT’s how good it was. Heh heh.

Here’s the finished monkey eating banana burp cloth:

And a cool picture frame I made for Nathan’s Room:

• Stamps Sets by Stampin’ Up: I’m Here, and Short Order Alphabet
• Ink: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Barely Banana, Pretty in Pink (yes for a boy’s item!!)
• Card Stock: Bashful Blue, Striped Card Stock from the SAB Simply Scrappin’ Kit
• Accessories: Buttons, Ivory Organdy, Light Blue Gingham, Hemp Twine, Light Pink Gingham (yes for a boy!!!), Celery Grosgrain, Sizzix Tag Die, Glue Dots, Stampable Frame from WM

Embroidery

Here’s my newest crafty undertaking:

^I embroidered this cat on a birdseye cloth diaper. I’m going to use it for burping the baby (not cloth diapering for heaven’s sake!)

^The first attempt: a football, I’m having a boy BTW.

^A frolicking giraffe

^And a monkey eating a banana WIP.

These get finished really quickly, so it’s a great project for me since I like instant gratification.

Dude…it’s been forever!

Ok I know everyone reading my blog was in stitches wondering about the socks and the paper fashions and all the exciting stamping I got going on. Well honestly there’s not been much of any of that lately. Probably because I’ve been totally busy in school *eeek*, but mostly because I’ve been working on THIS:

YAY!!!! I’m 6 weeks pregnant! I am so excited and scared and moody! hehehe. What a blessing!

It’s called a Petal Person

I made this:

It’s a Petal Person.

Checkout this book:

I bought it with my Paper Fashions book from Amazon. You know how they’ve got that free shipping with $25, so I couldn’t stop with just the Paper Fashions…or the Petal People for that mater. Yeah I got 3 books! Check back with me to see my creations from the other book!

Post-It Note Holder

Here is a post-it note holder we will be making for an upcoming workshop. It’s personalized, that’s why it’s got an “M” on it. This is a really cool project to make in mass quantities because you can cut 3 bases from 1 sheet of card stock. I also used this same design for holding my SIL’s gift card I got her for her B-day. All supplies are Stampin’ Up!

• Stamp Sets: Bodacious Bouquet, Letterpress Alpha, Paisley Background
• Ink: Always Artichoke, Elegant Eggplant, Pretty in Pink
• Cardstock: Always Artichoke, Elegant Eggplant, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla
• Accessories: Spring Bouquet Punch, Word Window Punch, Corner Rounder, Wide Organdy Ribbon
• Technique: Rock ‘n Roll (Beginner)

I really don’t cook…

BUT look what I made tonight for dinner!

It’s Chicken Breast Stuffed with Goast Cheese and Basil. Find the recipe here. It has an awesome mushroom sauce. I put some orzo pasta on the side (it’s great with the mushroom sauce too.) I think the next time I make it I will add some sundried tomatoes to the stuffing part.

And for dessert:

Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream with Grasshopper cookies and Cool Whip. Delicious and refreshing! Also, I stuck a hershey’s chocolate stick in for a garnish…WHOA! Watch out, I’m getting all cook-y.

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Also, I’ve changed my theme again. This will be permanent because I’ve been begging WordPress to add this theme. Don’t you just love the colors and design!

Stampin’ Space

I thought I’d share my stampin’ space with you today. This is where all the magic happens.

This is to my left. I sit at the gird paper. I’ve seen scrap rooms where people have to actually GET UP to retreive a tool or other accessory. Nah if I can’t reach it from my task chair, then I don’t use it!

Some interesting things to point out :

• trash can is under TV
• that’s a casseset tape spinner rack holding my ink (i got it on clearence for like $3)
• I tried to organize my ribbon for the pic (sad attempt)
• those are my scraps – organized by color – in the paper trays

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This is what’s accessible to my right.

Some interesting things to note:

• 8.5 x 11 card stock is in the paper sorter on the right – organized by color
• 12 x 12 paper is in a verticle organizer behind my Stampin’ Sponges
• that’s my card box there with the green lid
• some stamp sets are in the literature organizer

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Yay! It’s my pride and joy – my stamp sets. Kinda thin after cleaning out  most of the retired sets.

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The inside of my card box. Sweet – I’m all stocked up!

More Wedding Programs

Remember the wedding programs I made a while back? Well I was asked to make some more for another wedding. I was asked to do the exact same design except with Mellow Moss instead of that light blue color. Here’s the result:

Stampin’ Up! retired the wide silver organdy ribbon so I used ivory instead. It looks nice, but I’m not feelin’ the silver with the green so much. So here’s another version I made using a color combo I like better.

I did away with the silver and used Always Artichoke for the matting and Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder. Also the filigree is stamped with Versamark instead of silver. I think this is a softer more elegant feel with the green than the silver.

Do you have a preference? leave me a comment.

Stampin’ Up! supplies used for both:

• Stamp Sets: Letterpress alphabet, Everday Flex Phrases (&), Retired Sell-a-bration set
• Ink: Versamark, Encore Silver
• Card Stock: Mellow Moss, Brushed Silver, Very Vanilla, Always Artichoke
• Accessories: Silver Embossing Powder, Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Ivory Wide Organdy Ribbon, 1/16″ hole punch

We have a knit scarf!

Here’s my finished knit scarf I started last week sometime. It’s really skinny and long. I just knitted until I ran out of yarn. Of course it’s not very practical in 96 degree heat! I think I will wear it around the house in the AC for a while to “break it in!”

We’ll also let this serve as the “before” picture, as I am getting a haircut next week. Stay tuned…

Waiting Game

I am anxiously awaiting my Stampin’ Up! new catalog order. In an effort to occupy my mind while waiting on my goodies I started knitting a scarf.

I’m using handspun wool from TwirlGirl. It’s one of a kind custom dyed wool. It’s SOOOOOOO pretty. It’s a rainbow of color – so my style. It’s a skinny single cable asymmetrical scarf from the One Skein book.

Here’s the wool:

(almost done with my scarf BTW)

and a close up of the cabley goodness:

Extreme Card

I made an extreme card for my grandmother for her birthday coming up this week. Hummmm….I hope she doesn’t read my blog.

The front of the card:

The inside: I’m loving that new Sweet Shapes Set. Also, there’s little pocket tags with sentiments you pull out from the top.

Here’s the enveople I made for it:

Ok now I will attempt to list all the supplies I used.

• Stamp Sets: Sweet Shapes, Alphabities, Whimsical Upper and Lower Alpha
• Ink: Brovo Burgundy, Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa
• Paper: Patterned Paper by Wild Asparugus, Tags from Purse Tag Sheets and Pockets and Pieces Tag Sheets by Stampin’ Up!, Paper Accents by Wild Asparagus
• Ribbon: Heidi Swapp, Stampin’ Up!; Twill: Stampin’ Up!
• Paper Flowers: Prima for Wild Asparagus Line
• Accessories: Flower Punch, Word Window Punch, Slot Punch, Large Circle Punch, Acrylic Corner by Architexture, Vintage Brads, Corner Rounder, Close to Cocoa Marker, Staples, Card Cover Template
• Technique: Direct to Paper (Beginner), Paper Tearing (Beginner)

A Wedding Program

Here is a wedding program that I designed for a friend’s wedding coming up in the next few weeks. Everything we used was Stampin’ Up! except for the blue cardstock.

• Stamps: Letterpress Alphabet, Everyday Flex Phrases (&), A Retired Sell-A-Bration Set
• Ink: Encore Silver, Versamark
• Paper: Shimmer White, Brushed Silver, Blue is bulk cardstock from an office supply store
• Accessories: Silver Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy, Wide Organdy Ribbon, small hole punch
• Technique: heat embossing (easy)

We had to make 150. Here’s about half of them:

I know, I know. You’re like “What were you thinking?!?!” About 7 ladies assembled all these and 50 treat boxes in 5 hours. Whoa…don’t ever ask me to do it again…well maybe if you say please!

Please check out this site for instructions on how to heat emboss.