I'm a sewing maniac!

So after i finished Monster's bed i decided to make a blanket for a friend who's about to have a baby girl. She hasn't had much luck finding black white and pink blankets for her little girl bc everyone is going neutral these days so she said if i needed a project she could use one! I'm excited about this one bc it only took me about 4 hours total .. not that its huge.. but big enough for a baby!

the whole thing.. its about 3'x4'

a close view of the patterns and the ties

just another shot.


on another note... curious if anyone has ever used etsy to but and or sell stuff.. i'm considering making things like that for people.. i cant just make my self and the fam 10 million quilts!

crafty crafts

i'm always looking for crafty things to do to occupy my "down time" .. aka.. when noah is napping.. i've been known to cross stitch, paint, sew, cook, and make decorative signs (not sure thats very descriptive of what i'm talking about and i only have one of those...) So anyway if anyone has any crafty ideas that they enjoy i'm all ears.. just this morning i finished making a dog bed for monsters crate complete with zipper for restuffing. The last part is only significant because as i was starting to make the bed i realized that i've never sewn a zipper before and i managed to do a pretty decent job on my first go round. I felt bad that he was just sleeping on the metal pan in his crate while watching nala sleep in one of the 2 fluffy beds next to the crate and the other being empty. However he doesn't know the rules well enough yet to stay off of the carpet and NOT chew noah's toys while we're asleep. so here's a few pictures of monsters new crate bed.

I really thought i would never do this!

Well.. hopefully this blog goes better than Noah's totsite... that lasted a few months and then i realized i was just posting all of the pictures and stuff on there that i was doing on facebook so there was really no point... 
I'm thinking i'll use this to keep updating my crafty projects that i do when i have those few minutes to work on them.. perhaps type up good recipes as i come across them... follow the antics of the growing child and pups that keep me busy... whatever else comes up :)