To be crafted...

Here are the three pieces of fabric I found on my trip to Mood.  I was planning on making a few dresses for myself and maybe one for Olivia, but I found that red print in the middle and I thought it would make a sweet little skirt for her.  I am going to be making this one without a pattern, so I better get it right! 

Mood is definitely not cheaper than the local JoAnn's!

The print on the left and the one on the right are to make myself some dresses.  The blue print on the right is a jersey knit, which I've never worked with before.  I'm not sure what style I'll be making with them yet, but I was only able to get 2 yards of each, so I'm a bit limited.

Brad was as overwhelmed as I was in Mood.  The store is so big and so many fabric rolls are just shoved on top of each other, you might have to lift 4 or 5 just to find what's at the bottom (which is usually really ugly...that's why it's on the bottom)

I could have spent hours in there, but alas, I was on a budget and I couldn't tempt myself anymore than I could afford!  I did browse the home decorating fabric floor and wanted to redo my entire house. They have the greatest prints there...When can I got back!

Dust on the machine

I had to put the sewing machine away for a little while so we could actually use our dining room table.  But, as soon as the table get a nice new cloth on it, I covered it with scrapbooking junk.  I have not scrapped in a LONG time.  How long?  Well, Luke is 3 and the last page I have for him is from his 1st birthday.  It's really sad.  I have boxes of pictures that need to be sorted, and trimmed and then actually put on pages in the book. 
I did manage to put a few pages together for our summer beach scrapbook.  I try and put in 3 to 4 pages for each summer we've gone down. 
I also made some really cute invites for our MOMS club's annual banquet.  Since we're a non profit, I wanted to make them super cheap and I lucked out at Michaels in the $1 section.  I found cute long blank cards with kind of a bamboo theme at the top.  I printed the invite info on cardstock and then glued it on.  They came out really nice and I was happy everyone got something in the mail rather than just their inbox!
I made a trip to Mood in NYC this weekend, so I'll be dusting off the old machine soon!  I was planning on waiting until the kids were in camp when I would actually have some time to myself, but that's a whole month away, so I might have to pencil in some time soon!

Birdy Skirt

Here is Olivia wearing that cute skirt I made her a few months ago.  I loved the way it turned out with the little ribbon at the bottom.  I could make it a bit shorter, but since the waist is a bit loose, she'll be able to wear it for a while!  Although it's a light flannel, and it was 85 million degrees today, she still seemed comfortable in it!

If only I could sew for Luke...because his choice in clothes these days is really sad! 

I've been working on a cute skirt for me...should be finished tomorrow, so i'll post a picture once it's done!  And I have a dress I forgot to post too.  Wow, I've been behind! (and busy sewing in my few minutes to myself a day!)