Thirfty LOVE

I have a new appreciation for being a thrifty shopper! 

I have always loved going into thrift stores... but I made the ultimate find two days ago... 

I went to my usual and was going to buy about $10.00 worth of fabric that I chose. The lady was ringing me up and said ya know I have 3 boxes of fabric in the back that if you name me a price I will give them to you. 

So we went to the back to look and 3 boxes turned into 4 + what I already had... I told her $25 for everything and she agreed! These were 4 big boxes. I had to throw some of the fab away cause it was useless  fugly.. like 1970's even the hippie's wouldn't wear it ugly. But I got a ton of really good fabric! 

I even found some red flannel that had the yardage tag from walmart still on it... from... 1985!!! Never been used..!

There was also this bolt of gorgeous floral from walmart that was sold to the previous owner for 1.50 a yard... 20 yds total... & a finished quilt top... (underneath the 20 yds)

Oh and I got this adorable shirt for .50 that Bug is wearing. 

Successful shopping trip? 

I think so.

Confessions of a Etsy-Holic

I have a confession... I am a etsy-holic. 

Yes I have a serious problem... 

Are you an etsy-holic too? 

Signs and Symptoms:

*Nervous twitching when you can't get your computer to go online.

*Flushed face when you click your bookmarked etsy link.

*A bookmarked etsy link.

*Hours that just somehow got lost and when you "come to" your madly clicking sifting through etsy.

*You find yourself saying {or thinking} "Hmm, I wonder if I could get that cheaper on etsy."

*Panic when you realized you forgot to add something to your favorites and just know you will never find it again...

These are just a few of the signs and symptoms... If you have just self diagnosed yourself with etsy-holicism DON'T PANIC! 

There is a cure! 

A contest at Craft Gossip... Where you can shop to your little hearts content (or $100 of your hearts content)...A wonderful magical contest that has not 1 not 2 but 3 winners! 

So as a etsy-holic... this is a must do! 

What would my little heart love? Here is my "shopping" list...

$5.99 @ DMK Easywear

$17.50 @ Down Shadow Lane

$21.75 @ Down Shadow Lane

$28.00 @ Cite Fuzz

& last but certainly not least 

$23.00 @ Morgan Prather

And if you haven't been keeping track... that is a grand total of....

$96.24 

I have $3.76 to spare! 

What would your wish list be? 

Don't forget to enter CG contest!!! GO HERE or click on one of the links through out the page if you haven't already :P Whichever is easier... I am not picky! 

Quilting is terrifying...

Until you do it!!! 

It is not hard at all! Now granted I did not put together a quilt I used a solid top and bottom... but I did free-motion quilt! 

I never even opened my quilting feet! lol Sad I know... But they are out and breathing now! 

Quick Story as to why I tackled this ... 

I have been wanting to try quilting for a long while now! But the other day my son, grandmother, and I were at wal-mart. We were in the baby department and Bug saw a spongebob bedding set... so I grabbed it off the shelf and let him look at it while I searched for a price checker because it was on clearance with no price... and since bug IS getting a new crib... he needed some bedding anyway! So scanned it... and its $35... It will be a cold day in hell  a long time before I pay $35 for a pillow case sheet and puny blanket! 

So I put it back on the shelf at which time Bug started crying that heart breaking you just took my world away cry that I have never heard from him before except when he had to leave me at the hospital for my gallbladder surgery... So I gave it back to him and he stopped...

My thoughts... "Oh shit... he is in love with spongebob."

So off to the fabric dept we went where I picked up SB fabric and he proceeded to laugh and chew on it the rest of the way through the store...

After I snuck it away during a nap I was able to come up with this the next day... :D 

Oh so cute!!! 

I really wish someone had told me how tedious it is to hand sew binding on though! :P

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I have been working on getting ready to do this project for a month now! 

It is a present for someone, whom shall not be named, and I had to find just the right fabric! 

I really hope she likes it! 

This is the "buttercup bag" from Made By Rae! 

{Free Version can be found here}

I am very happy with the way it turned out... It was super easy to make and I am for sure going to buy the commercial pattern so that I can sell these at a local craft fair coming up! 

I am thinking diaper bags by making a bigger version? 

Nice eh?

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I am mommy hear me RAWR!

Yep that's right I am Rawr 'ing! 

Not only did I complete 8 owl softies in 3 days but tonight I made a kick butt pillow in 2 hours! 

An accomplishment all on it's own because my terror 6 month old usually won't let me sew for any stretch of time. We had some night terrors so far tonight but nothing that a little pat on the butt couldn't solve.

Want to see what I have been up to? OF COURSE YOU DO!!! 

{like you had any choice}

{my little vampire trying to help mommy sew}

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{My owl army!!! Aren't they adorable?}

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This pillow was inspired by a tutorial for a freezer paper stenciled version @ Ucreate {one of my favorite blogs to stalk read!}... Written by Running with Scissors. {Another good blog} You can see the tutorial here.

I used a ribbon as the embellishment and I used some fabric that I had left over from a Christmas gift I am making. I than used heat bond to hold the fabric and cut the birdie out using the template provided by the tutorial...Finally stitched all around the appliqué for added strength! 

This pillow is actually a case with a opening in the back so it can be washed etc!

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I am going to be doing a Arts & Crafts festival called the Sum Nelly festival, in my town come October with any luck... My friend, Emily, from Paperpixiecrafts and I are going together to share a booth! I can't wait! 

So I am going to try and not disappear but I might! 

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I am also going to try and start doing ONE tutorial every two weeks (every week preferred but I will only promise every two weeks).... Would this be something you guys would look forward to?

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I was also thinking about doing a sew along... Maybe with a new owl design I am working on... It would be a smallish pillow owl...Anyone interested? 

Enjoy your day folks!

Don't forget you can visit my store at RyBug!

The owls will be listed by tomorrow morning!

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Not so Wordless Monday #8

Not so wordless monday is my favorite time of the week! 

So let's get right down to it! 

{ARE YOU WATCHING MOM?!}

{Wasn't that cool mom?!}

{Man that was exhausting!}

{My little Book worm stole my book when he was supposed to be "sleeping"}

{my friend Emily (PaperPixieCrafts), Bug, and I, went to Sew Bee It}

{Mini Blue Berry Muffins on the left for Bug's snacks & Mommy size muffins on the right}

{Preliminary photos of the 8 owls that I just finished Sunday evening!}

Enjoy your Monday!

Cars everywhere!

Just a short post today...

My son fell in love with this fabric with cars on it... So what did I do? Buy it of course! 

I than couldn't decide what to do with it. 

He loves pillows through and I needed a small pillow to take with us places so that I could put it in highchairs since he is still too small to reach the back of the highchair with his back at restaurants! 

So here is the final product (The big car pillow is something I made for him awhile back) 

I just love the vintage cars! 

What do you need to make the mini pillow?

Poly fiber fill

1 fat quarter in your desired fabric

Cut two squares by folding your fabric in half. My pillow is approximately 9inches wide I cut it 10 inches wide. 

Put right sides together and sew all the way around leaving a 2 inch gape for turning. Turn and stuff than use a slip stitch to close the pillow! 

I also added some Bias tape but I had never done that before and just winged it. 

If I remember correctly I sewed the tape to the right side of one half of the pillow (right sides together) than flipped it over the edge and sewed all the way around kind of like quilting. :D 

Good luck!

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Enjoy!

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This pillow was featured by a good friend Emily @ PaperPixie Crafts!

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Busy bees...Organizing the crafty

I am playing the busy momma bee today! 

Bug and I have been cleaning up his room and organizing all of my fabric and other sewing/craft notions. 

All I can say is organizing with a 6 month old... MISSION IMPOSSIBLE! 

I am exhausted. 

But look at what all of my hard work accomplished.

Before

After

See those nifty things some of my fabric is wrapped around? Well I cut up a couple of cardboard boxes and made my own bolt inserts to wrap the fabric around! It was so easy and worked out amazingly! now I need some more boxes! 

I realize now too that I have wayyy to much fabric! lol And some of the fabric is not even on there I have all my scraps in a bin and projects in progress or fabric that are for specific things set aside in another drawer. 

How do you organize your crafty?

Goodies galore!

On a couple of recent shopping expeditions I acquired some really cute fabric! :D 

Some of it has a purpose and some is just waiting for a project! 

Wanna see my goodies? Sure you do! Whether you like it or not.

[I absolutely love this print! Future owl? Yep most likely!]

[These two lovelies are going to be a uber awesome diaper bag]

[-gasp- I know I went to the dark side and got some girly fabrics but its for business :P]

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And I cannot neglect my beautiful new pin cushion that I got from Hancocks Fabrics.

or my new rotary cutter & ruler!

I am feeling inspired by all this new fabric! 

Do you usually find inspiration in new fabric? If not where else do you find your inspiration?