sprucing up

We're slowly working on sprucing up our bedroom which is just really drab right now. The closet has no doors (and thus exposing my almost embarrassing huge collection of clothes), we only have ugly plastic blinds on the windows and no art on the walls. So I started with the easy part this past weekend, I made curtains! It was really nice to work on my sewing machine again. I've forgotten how much I love making things. Last weekend's project has definitely put me back in the sewing mood again, I even made a tote after I finished the curtains just because I was having so much fun. I hope I can keep this up!

The curtains are up in the sewing room right now, we'll see how long it take for us to move them over to the bedroom.

I made the tote for my flickr friend, hanssolo, to belatedly thank her for sending me her wonderful art .

hooray for mail!

Last week was a good mail week. Mr. Postman dropped off a few great things at my door. These goodies made up for one of the hardest weeks I've had at the office.

"Hands" drawn by the talented hands of my flickr friend, hanssolo. 

Birdcage Bedspread from Urban Outfitters. I'm thinking this will end up as curtains, though. 

Swede Floral Quilt, also from UO online. It reminds me of Orla Kiely's stem print. Thing is, after seeing it in person I think I like the white and brown print more.

the burning question

Well it's not really "burning" but that chair has been sitting at our house for a few months now. AT:SF posted my question that I wrote about the chair that we picked up from the street. I still haven't had time to research this at all what with all the moving, unpacking, travelling and working long hours at my day job lately.

In other creative news, the plan for this weekend is for us to paint my sewing room and the living room. I'm so excited to go to the paint store and pick the colors! Not so much excited about the manual labor, but it's part of the deal. I will definitely post the finished product here and on flickr. If I'm lucky enough to have time, I am also planning to make a few yoga mat bags to sell and also one to give to a new friend. My shop has been very empty lately and even if I don't sell any, it'll make me happy just to have more than 2 things there. I also just came back from NYC with my dear lenny, we stopped by the Purl Soho store and bought a few yards of ultra adorable fabric.

Stay tuned for finished products!

weekend update

Yesterday, I made a yoga mat bag for a friend. I wont post the pictures yet cuz I want her to be the first one to see it. I'll put it up later this week after I give it to her. (Hey Alison!) I still have something to show you though, this very simple but colorful book bag. I love the blue bird, do you see it? Edit: This bag is now for sale at my shop!


A few people have asked me when my store will launch. I am hoping that day will come soon, probably about a month from now. I am trying to make more things to sell so that the shop won't look bare when I open. Since I really only have the weekend to devote to making things, it's taking a bit of time.

I purchased a bunch of fabric over the last week from various sources online and in-store. I am so, so happy. As usual, my collection is ever growing but I actually have a few ideas in mind on what to use them for.


I also have a growing stack of unread books by our bed. I took most of the free books that a neighbor left at the lobby of our apartment building. We also stopped by Green Apple after dinner on Friday and couldn't resist buying a few things from the bargain rack. A few of them are for mindless reading, but there are a few gems here and there.

drool

I'm fabric (window) shopping tonight at Purl. I want everything! But this one is so special. It's $36/yard. Wonder if I can convince myself that I NEED to buy a yard or 2?

ode to spring!

Willow Branch Earrings from esdesigns

The perfect bowl from Diana Fayt

Fresh Bloom Allover Colour from Clinique

1st Sprouts of Spring from esty seller angelinepetalfoot

Hubby and I are going over to the East Bay tomorrow to watch Love For Share we will also visit my favorite fabric store as well as this lovely looking store. I'm very excited about it. I plan to spend morning to noon working on making some yoga mat bags to sell. we're supposed to have warm weather all weekend. Oh, it'll be a fun weekend indeed!

addiction

It's nice to know that I'm not the only one who's addicted to fabric shopping. I recently had to go to Ross to buy a second basket to contain my oh-so-growing fabric collection. I have a pact with myself that I will not buy any more fabric until I sell another bag, but alas I keep "forgetting" about that pact when I step into Britex or Discount Fabric. This article is definitely worth a read and fabric-holics will truly relate.