Im feel'n funky...

and if u are too, come on down to the Sew Funky Craft and Vintage Fair!

I'll have more Full Body Bibs, Contoured Burp Clothes, Bandelero's (for boys and girls!) and Subways Art!  I'll also have vintage style messenger bags  and so much more!

If you stop by, remember to say "Hi!"

Hope you have a great weekend!
Andrea

Red, White and Cool

I guess I'm feeling Patriotic.  We have a lot to be thankful for as Americans.  So, it's fitting that I couldn't sew a project if it didn't shout "Americana!" or whistle the Star Spangled Banner.  Take a quick look at what I made Saturday.

A fun little red, white and blue pillow case dress.  I made my own pattern for it and morphed it to look the way I wanted with extra binding.  I love the patterns of the fabric, love the vintage feel to it.

Patriotic Apron.  Again, I made my own pattern which is getting increasingly fun and I'm getting more secure with my sewing knowledge the more I try and the more tutorials that I read.  My next apron I'll put a pocket - it's actually reversible - the back side is denim. 

See what I mean about the fabric?  Isn't it sweet?  I LURVE it. 

We're off for a few days of fun and frolic!  Have a very Happy Fourth of July!  See you later this week! 
Andi

Happy July Fourth Weekend!

Hello!

I am so happy that it's a 4 day weekend in our household... 4 days off together... sigh.  It's a great thing.  We're also taking a little overnight trip on the 4th to San Diego so we can go to... drum roll please... Legoland!  Whoot whoot!  Adam has no idea what legoland is, but he knows that it's exciting!  We also get to watch fireworks from the beach, which is always so amazing.  Anyways, I wanted to show you a little of what I've been working on lately... just in case you're taking advantage of this long weekend to get some crafting done!

For the Page's DT challenge this month we were supposed to work with a grid design.  So, here's my layout:

I did a pumpkin patch/Halloween page... I know, it's a little strange in June but it's what worked!  So, I painted my background and then sewed on a grid with my sewing machine.  I then added wallet sized photos of the two cutest little pumpkin hunters EVER!  I cut from MM Toil and Trouble Halloween paper the "Double Double Toil and Trouble" little poem and used it as my title.  Here's a few close-ups.

I used little miscellaneous doo-dads on the rest of the squares... transparencies, buttons, patterned paper, work stickers... this is a great way to use scraps!

Here's a card that I created with the same grid concept.  This was a super quick card - took me about 10 minutes.  Take a look.

I punched out a few scallop circles and glued them down, evenly spaced.  If my sewing machine hadn't have been put away, I'd have sewn down the centers of each scallop circle.  I added a punched star with button on one of the circle, then a little tab at the top and a Pink Paislee Soiree number stamp on the top.  When I figure out who gets this card for their birthday, I'll put clear dew drops over the number of the birthday!

If you want to see more of the challenge, head on over to www.pagesfromtheheart.blogspot.com.

And, here's 2 cards that I'm going to be teaching in July's card class at Collective Journey.  Call them and sign up if you're interested - 909.793.2200.  The class date is July 16th, 10:30-1:00.

AND

Have you guessed the theme?  It's a shaped card class.  We'll be creating 5 cards that all are different shapes - it was fun creating these cards because once you have a shaped card, making it cute is pretty easy!

I'll share more of the cards from the class next week, or you can stop into Collective Journey's to see the samples.

And one more picture to share!  Phew - this is a long post!  My BFF (19 years and counting) was in town from KY for a few days and our kids got to play together... there's not much that I like better than watching our kids play together. 

 

Hope everyone has a great and safe 4th!
Andi

A 5 minute, FREE project!

Yes, I promise.

5 Minutes

FREE

Oh, and cool.  At least, I think it's cool.

Here it is.

See the banner?  It's paint chips from Home Depot.  I picked 5 of each color hue: red, white and blue.  I then sewed them into a banner.  So easy.  I've thought about punching out a star randomly on different paint chips, but I'm afraid I won't like it and then I'll have a banner I don't like anymore.  I'd also sew it a little looser so that there'd be more space between either chip. 

I also downloaded some patriotic subway art from eighteen 25  - you can download it here.  I then uploaded it to Costco and viola.  A red, white and cool little 4th of July mantle for under $1 if you count the money I spent on the subway art.

That's it for today! 

See you all later!
Andi

Under wraps

Okay, real quick - this is what I did today! 

Made a beach/swim robe.

Bribed my child with 2 M&M's to let me take a picture of him in afore mentioned robe.

Took picture.

In the house, next to the couch... in our beach/swim robe.  But the smile is killer, even if the setting doesn't really enhance the robe.

Then I got this pose.

A peek of leg.

Nothing cuter than a semi-bare child and a little stuffed bear. 

This was my first time sewing sleeves or a hood.  Actually, first time sewing any piece of clothing.  It was fun, it took me a little while last night to cut the pattern out, then the morning to sew it together.  I let Adam pick out his towel and the fabric for the binding, hence the lovely patterns with green.  I'm cool with it, he's the one that has to wear - at least, that's what I thought before he didn't want to wear it. 

Sigh.

Someday I may NOT have to bribe my child to wear and love what I make for him.  Maybe.  We'll see.

Have a great weekend!

Andrea

A new layout to share!

Hmm, so, I'm down to a new post a week.  Not really where I want to be, but it's better than not posting at all, right??  I've been debating about taking a hiatus from the blog world, like taking a month off till I get back on track with all of my work obligations and being a Mommy.  What do you think?  Blogging takes a lot of time and since I already do one Design Team blog every morning at Pages, doing mine falls to the wayside.  As does the laundry, cleaning... you get the picture.  But, I decided to not stop blogging and just to limit my posts, so this is a apology in advance for the haphazard posts over the next month or so.  Okay, now that that's out of the way, here's a Page's Design Team 2 page layout.

Little Firecracker Layout

I know it's a little difficult to see, but I machine stitched around the banner/picture square and I used my sewing machine to create the fireworks.  Here's a few close ups of the stitching.



Sewn firecrackers with rhinestones



Since part of our DT assignment was to sew on one of our projects, I grabbed my machine and tried to think of a unique way to use it.  I figure that using it to create an image would be pretty cool and I really like the way it turned out.  I added the different color rhinestones in different clusters to give the fireworks the "bang" that they need!

Here's a few closeups of the banner, embellishments and a picture pocket that I created.



Banner



Die cuts as a title



Pocket with stitched border and picture in center





Embellishment with journaling tag




Die cuts stick in pocket for journaling

I used My Minds Eye American Made paper line for my projects and I absolutely love it!  I love how versatile it is!  If you remember, I used some of the paper in a vintage dress form card from a few posts ago.  I used a sketch from http://www.sketchsupport.com/ for my inspiration, you should check out their website if you're looking for an idea!

That's it for today (maybe this week?).  I'll be back as soon as I can !
Andrea 

Pages to share!

Hello again!  I have a few layout's to share that I completed for my PageMaps sketch class at Pages from the Heart.  Take a look!

I used My Minds Eye Hooray line, which was very fun to use and I think, if you were particular with the paper selection, that it would be gender neutral.  I made my pages a little more feminine because I don't get to create feminine pages very often!  So I took my chance!  Here's a few close-ups.



Button Balloons



Pocket for extra photos

And here's the other layout.  I used the same paper, but created a fun little cupcake journaling or hidden picture spot!

Cupcake hidden space



Cupcake pulled out of pocket



Title space - circle created with bakers twine

  

Well, that's it!  This class is coming up this Saturday at Pages, so call Kathy to sign up!

Hope you have a great day!

Andrea