Vacation and sewing with Mom

Yesterday, was a long day. We started making a slipcover that my mom has been wanting for her headboard. She had it in her mind what she wanted, but it took us a few hours how to cut the fabric and what the measurements would be. I don't know why I didn't go on youtube, because I might have saved us a little time.

My daughter's cute, little sewing machine makes a great travel sewing machine. I thought I was going to run into problems because I was sewing on thick fabric, but it worked out fine. A great little workhorse!

We did a little  fitting to see if our measurements were right. We realized we need to take a few inches off the bottom, which you can't tell. Actually we cut off 12 inches and we ran elastic through the bottom.

And here's the finish product. Looks pretty good and we saved a ton of money! Of course, my Mom's kitty, has to make herself at home

Travel update and projects

Well, after a long drive to Sacramento, I made it safely to my Mom's house. I was exhausted and since I didn't have very much sleep the night before, I fell asleep at 7 last night! Haha, so here I am up early writing this. Today we have plans to go out to lunch and then Joann's to buy fabric to make pillow covers. I brought my daughters adorable mini sewing machine. It's pretty hot here, in the 90's, so I don't think we'll be doing much outdoors. 

Positively Picturesque

I have a Paper Pumpkin video share called Positively Picturesque. I received mine on Saturday, so I'm looking forward to making these cute cards when I get back home, because I have a few I would like to send out.

If you are interested to trying it out for just a month, the link is above labeled Monthly Kits. You can cancel anytime. Everything is included in these kits except for scissors and adhesive, plus they're really fun to receive in the mail and make something creative.

I can't believe this month is flying by and there are less than two weeks of Bonus days left.Yes, you can receive $5 coupon to spend in August for every $50 you spend in July.

Join the Fun

During the Christmas in July promotion you have the opportunity to receive the Carols of Christmas stamp set, plus a free Essentials Gift Pack with your starter kit. More details here.

Okay, I'm off to get ready so we can have busy day of shopping, eating and then creating something fun! 

Happy crafting!

Paint project #1 and my staycation

Sorry, I've been a little bit missing in action, but I finally finished painting the kitchen and dining area. Well, almost finished, I have a few touchups here and there. It was a big job for me, now I feel like I can tackle any other paint job in the house on my own! Next, in the works is making new curtains, hang up the new roll-up shade (we get alot of sun in that room), and decide what to put on the walls and what to do about window coverings for the sliding glass door. Basically the walls are white, Behr's "Swiss Coffee", and I'm so happy with that after putting up with a sort of mauve-salmonny color for around 4 years. I don't know why we did that, and worse yet, I don't know what took me so long to re-paint it! Anyway, it's done! I'll have pics soon. Now I want new dining room furniture, new cabinets, stove, flooring ..... the list goes on. Sigh. Next week I'll begin cleaning and then painting my sewing room.

Today is the first day of my vacation, I guess really I should say staycation, because I'm not planning on going any where, but play around the house and beyond. I have alot of catching up to do, anyway. Today, Angela and I plan to drive down to San Diego (not that far), see her new place of work, home, and then IKEA and probably lunch. I'm looking forward to getting out.

See you tomorrow!