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so many projects……
so little time! I was a busy little beaver this past weekend. Friday I decided to clean up, clean out and rearrange the craft end of my office/craft room/sunroom. It took me most of the day, but I’m very pleased with the way it turned out.
I consolidated my stock (stash) of candles that are left over from my candle business ~ we officially closed the business December 31, 2007, so all of the unsold candles now belong to me. When I consolidated the candles, it opened up a lot of space on the rack where I keep them, so I moved all of my rubber stamps to that rack. I also stashed a few other crafting items under that rack.
Then I rearranged the rack where the rubber stamps had been, opening up some room for my smaller canvas bags full of yarn. I moved the wire cubes I use to hold my 100% wool yarn (for felting) over next to my desk and rearranged a few other items.
(This picture makes my craft area look so small ~ just realize there’s more space on the right hand side once you get past the bookcase and white cubes. The wall cuts back an extra 2 feet or so ~ there’s a steel shelving rack full of scrapbooking materials and yarn just past the white cubes that you can’t see in this picture.)
The wooden cubes where I store my 8 1/2″ x 11″ cardstock as well as scrapbooks waiting to be filled had been sitting on one of my 6′ craft/work tables. I decided that really was not a good use of precious work space, so I moved them over next to the bookcase. Now I have 12′ of working space for crafting, scrapbooking, stamping, cardmaking and whatever else I can come up with. 
Thanks to Barb @ A Chelsea Morning, I have started another new project. I’m going to make my grandbaby some nice burp cloths. Barb posted a tutorial here. The thing is, I don’t own a sewing machine. And even if I did, I wouldn’t know how to thread a bobbin, much less sew a straight line! So, I’ve enlisted the help of a lovely young lady who loves to sew. I’m going to do the majority of the work, then pass them along to her for the sewing-up part. It should be a fun adventure for me to even get them ready for her to sew. I’m just going to follow Barb’s tutorial ~ I’m pretty sure I can do that. I’ve decided to do a LOT of burp cloths ~ 12 for Ashley to keep, and 12 for Nana (that would be me) to keep at her house. 
I’m adding micro fiber cloths under the fabric, and I’m using flannel rather than cotton fabric.
I also started a recipe book for Ashley. When I got married, I had absolutely no idea how to really be a housewife/homemaker. None, whatsoever. I took 1 home ec class in high school, and the only thing I learned in that class is how to cook scrambled eggs. Now, don’t get me wrong ~ Roger loves eggs, but we couldn’t live on JUST scrambled eggs! So, I put my nose to the grindstone (so to speak) and started learning the hidden art of homemaking. I’m still learning ~ and I am so thankful to those precious ladies out there who are willing to share their know-how and mentor the rest of us! Since my daughter is 19 and pregnant with her first child, I figured it was time for me to step up to the plate and share with her some of the things I’ve learned. I bought this 3-ring style recipe book for her (I found it locally at Mardel for $18)
and I have written down a few of our family favorite recipes to get her started.
When she comes to visit in March I will give it to her. I made a few minor changes to the recipe book itself. The front cover had this little dollhouse-like set of silverware, a plate and a little napkin glued to it. Personally, I thought it was rather ugly ~ I love the recipe book itself; the 3-ring style and the red leather are beautiful and exactly what I wanted. But that place setting on the front cover just didn’t do it for me. So, I removed it, and replaced it with the bottom right-hand corner of one of the recipe cards I bought to go along with the pretty red leather book. I cut out the corner of the recipe card, glued it to a piece of black cardstock, then glued the whole thing into the place where the ugly place setting had been. I think it turned out beautiful.
I also found some cute little fleece sweaters and pants for my grandbaby. I’m not usually a fan of yellow or green when it comes to baby clothes. But these were just so cute ~ and they were marked down so much!~ that I just had to buy them. They’ll be perfect when the baby is 3 to 6 months old and the weather begins to cool off a bit.
I still have to finish the wedding afghan I’m making for our niece and her groom, and I have a couple other small projects to complete before we go to Colorado. I have plenty of time though ~ I should be able to get all of the crochet projects done, and maybe even have my part of the burp cloths finished so I can pass them off to be sewn before we leave. That means I’ll be spending less time on my computer. I’m enjoying the craft projects though ~ I’ll post pictures as I get projects completed.
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I love the recipe binder. It’s fun to hear about all you are up too…the burp cloths will be darling. I always vote for flannel over cotton for baby things. The outfits are cute.
still praying.
I love the recipe binder. It’s fun to hear about all you are up too…the burp cloths will be darling. I always vote for flannel over cotton for baby things. The outfits are cute.
still praying.
You’ve been a busy bee! =0 Have a great week!