Sewing, Crafting, & General Creative Fun
The town where I live is has a ton of second hand shops. (that and mattress stores) I don’t often get to visit them, since they’re generally so crammed with stuff that taking two small children along isn’t a good idea. I say “second hand” because my favorite store doesn’t really fit into the “thrift”… [Continue Reading]
Yesterday, I was reading another blog where the writer said that she generally refused to sew for other people. Her reasoning was that they had no idea the effort that went into sewing something, and I guess asked too much and thought they were asking very little. I’ve actually been volunteering to sew for others… [Continue Reading]
Before I broke my sewing machine last week, I was on a roll sewing curtains, pillows, and things for the house. (I do have a new machine now, which I wrote a bit about here.) The last bit of home decor I did was new curtains for Taylor’s room. But with the whole sewing machine… [Continue Reading]
I’ve sewn three sets of curtain panels in the past 12 hours. Two of them are in my bedroom. I’ll show you the other one tomorrow. (It’s in Taylor’s room.) I wish I could go back in time and give my past self a sewing machine. I’ve bought quite a few curtains in the past.… [Continue Reading]
When I was at the fabric store buying the fabric to reupholster the ottoman, I found another pattern that I thought would look great in the bedroom. That room has never had curtains. And, I’ve been wanting a headboard. The print was on the $5 a yard discounted table, too. I texted a photo to… [Continue Reading]
I went into Hancock Fabrics to get curtain material for Jacob’s room last Tuesday. The first place I looked, hoping to get a good deal on his curtains, was the $5 remnant pile. There wasn’t anything there for his room, but the selection was still pretty amazing. I took a photo of this fabric to… [Continue Reading]
Today’s projects kind of snowballed, and suddenly Taylor’s room was finished. I still had time to get Chick Fil A and let Jacob play for an hour before we got Taylor. I’m exhausted! It all started with painting more clothespins. As I mentioned yesterday, Taylor was immediately envious of Jacob’s art wall, hung with red… [Continue Reading]
First off, I’ve been playing a bit of musical furniture here lately. Luckily, our floors are wooden, so I can fairly easily slide furniture around the house by myself without much effort. My husband is actually having back surgery very soon, so just to clarify for anyone who might be worried, he’s not moving furniture… [Continue Reading]
Last night, I kept waking Matthew from an almost-sleep to brainstorm cheap/free ideas for decorating Jacob’s room. I’m sure he was thrilled. But I came up with some good ideas, I think. First up, I’m working on an art display area for Jacob to display his creations. The big wall that the bed sits against… [Continue Reading]
Hi there. I'm Sarah. My life these days is a happy result of the recession. I found myself unemployed Christmas 2010, and we decided that I should stay that way. So now I spend my days with my kids, playing and making things. It's really the best! Read More…
