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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Happy St Patricks Day!



We celebrated with green eggs & ham as always but this year I added an etible rainbow (cloud included). It was a big hit! Definetly will have to do this again!
The table was set with Green & Shamrocks of course. There were also Pots 'o gold at the end of the rainbow! Oh what fun it is to celebrate even the littlest of holidays!

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Where it all began....


So I was thinking the other day (watch out) and wondering when,how, where did this love of crafting that I have come from. Well, I think it all began with the first pillow I ever made when I was 5. My mom (a self taught seamstress) was always working on a sewing project- for one of her 7 children or anyone else who asked for help (hemming pants, altering clothes, making prom dresses,baby quilts,etc.) The sewing machine was usually out on the formal dinning room table. I remember my excitement as I sat down to the machine & began sewing for the first time! I can still smell the machine oil on that antique singer sewing machine *sigh*.

My creations grew as my imagination did for things that I could create. I made doll clothes, dresses (not skirts but whole dresses), baby clothes, etc. Of course there were matching hair bows to be made to go with the dresses as well as shoes too. I had a pair of shoes I had spray painted to match my teal prom dress - we looked high and low to find matching shoes we couldn't find any so I made them. These same teal shoes received a makeover a few months later. I made a dress and with leftover fabric I had the great idea to Modge Podge the fabric to the shoes to create custom shoes for my dress. I wore the matching outfit for years! (Circa 1990)

From then on, I have always put my "touch" on things. As my husband would say "Jenifer-ized"! I enjoy crafting and hope my hands & eyes will last for many, many more years of happy crafting!

Thursday, March 3, 2011

What have you been up too?




Well, FINALLY I have taken pictures of various crafts that I have been working on....not that anyone cares nor reads this but here is what I've been working on my CUSTOM APRON! I bought this fabric last fall when the kids went off to school when I thought I'd have oodles & oodles of free time to sew to my hearts content ;)