New Bathroom Curtains

There is a great fabric store in Springfield, Missouri called the FM store. It's a whole in the wall, but they have the best home decorating fabrics at dirt cheap prices. Since my sister, Ginger, lives in Springfield I go to the store every time I am in town. I've never really bought any fabric, just drooled over it.

We spent the Thanksgiving weekend with her family so this time I went with a mission. My birthday was at the beginning of November so I had some birthday money burning a whole in my pocket. I set out to buy fabric to make drapes for our formal living room (currently the toy room) and the bathroom in my room. I found some great fabric, brought it home and it has been sitting every since.

It's not that I haven't had the time to sew. It's just that my craft room/guest bedroom is freaking cold during the winter. Over the past couple of days I set up a space heater and faced the elements to get my drapes done.

I've finished the drapes for my bathroom.

Here's a before picture:

And here is the after picture:

This is how they look closed.


And somewhat opened.

I think I will get some kind of tassels or tie backs to pull them back over on the sides. They won't stay open on their own and look the way I want them to look. This way they look kind of sloppy.

I love the fabric and the results.

Riley wanted to be in the picture, so here she is with the new drapes and part of Sam, our dog.

Piggy Mittens

Throughout my blog searching I came across a website called Ravelry. It's kind of like a Craigslist for knitters. You can sell knitting supplies, articles that are hand knit and knitting patterns. One of the patterns I came across was one for piggy mittens. The best part was that it was a free download. So...I downloaded it to my computer and have been working on making Sydney and Riley piggy mittens.

They don't take long to make. The hard part has been knitting with five needles. I have knit with four before and it wasn't hard. Five isn't so hard either, it's just that they are smaller needles and the finished product is small. It would be easier too if I wasn't interrupted constantly by a 2 and 3 year old. I really should learn to knit harder things AFTER the girls have gone to bed.

I have one pair complete. These are for Riley. I think when I make Sydney's I will changed the cuff. I don't think these mittens are going to stay on very well, but they are cute!

Welcome to My New Crafty Blog

For the past month or two I have spent a great deal of time looking at people's craft blogs. I have some great ideas of knitting, painting, sewing, home decorating, and food making projects. I have a list of 5 blogs I check and daily. Only one of them is updated daily. The others update periodically.

I decided as I was looking the the blogs that maybe I should start my own. I doubt there is anyone out there who will find all my various projects interesting, but you never know. I'm sure when Pioneer Woman and the Yarn Harlot started their blogs they had no idea they would become as popular as they have.

I have no special talents to share. I just like a variety of crafty hobbies and keep myself busy in the evenings by knitting, cross stitching, blogging, etc.

So...here's my shot at my crafty blog. We'll see how it goes. Who knows, maybe I'm a Yarn Harlot or Pioneer Woman in the making.