shoe inspiration

Alyssa, a good friend and co-worker of mine, took a plain pair of white Tom's and made them awesome. Check it out. Oh, and if you aren't familiar with Tom's shoes, you should really check them out. For EVERY pair of shoes you buy, Tom's donates a pair to a child in need. It's pretty great.

She used fabric dye and Sharpie markers. Aren't they cute?!

what have i been up to lately? lots.

so here is a little tutorial-ish post. i made some bunting flags the other day and wanted to share my how to.


Materials:

• fabric scraps at least 1/3 yard wide
• fabric glue
• extra-wide double fold bias tape

1) make sure fabric is doubled over, wrong sides together (this is so there's no front or back to your flags)
2) with pinking sheers, cut isosceles triangles. mine are 8 inches wide and 9 inches long, but the size can be adjusted to your liking



3) on the longer sides, sew straight lines about 1/2 inch away from the edge. *if you're like me, and you don't really know how to sew, here's a tip i remembered from home ec- when you get to the tip of the flag, make sure the needle is down in the fabric, then lift the presser foot. this allows the fabric to pivot in the machine, and continue along the angle of the triangle*
you don't need to sew along the shorter side.


4) lay out bias tape on a table or floor. use fabric glue to glue the flags in place, 2-3 inches apart. *this is easier than pinning* let dry completely.


5) sew along bias tape to secure flags in place

the coolest thing ive seen in a while

i saw this and thought, "oh, pretty roses. i want this." then i noticed they werent roses at all, but KITTY CATS! and i thought, "NEED THIS!" omgomgomg..

seen on the blog: http://myloveforyou.typepad.com/my_love_for_you/

pinwheels, doctors, and thread

yesterday i woke up with my whole right arm numb and week, like i had slept on it funny- but that feeling didnt go away, so today i stayed home from school to go to the doctor. she basically told me i overstretched something in my arm while sleeping, but ill be back to normal soon- which i figured, but i wanted to make sure i didnt have carpel tunnel or anything.

after i got home, by bestie, Amber, came over and helped me make pinwheels to give out at the street fair. im hoping they will 1) attract attention to my booth, and 2) bring in some traffic to the blog and the etsy, since i printed the web address for each on the pinwheels. Amber helped me out by taking the pinwheel supplies home and she's going to do some for me in her free time, which is a HUGE help, being that i only have two weeks to get everything ready for the fair.

after dinner, i broke out the old singer and started sewing away on some fabric garland. (ill post more about that later)

today was a pretty productive day, even though skipping my drawing class put me even more behind on my drawing assignments.. oh well.. we'll see what happens..