Holiday Card

I cheated a little on this card. I used a pre-made template from 2 Peas. I tweaked some of the colors a little and added the message at the bottom. I'll post pics from the photoshoot I did the other day. There was one - ONE - useable picture. My daughter was cooperative, but my 2 y/o boy was definitely not into sitting to have his picture taken. It was a nice cloudy day, which made for good colors and no heavy shadows under the eyes.

Back to sewing and scrappin'

This has been a productive weekend in terms of hobbies (now grading is another story). I spent four hours at the scrapbooking store with friends on Friday and got a total 5 12X12 pages done. Last night I finally got my first digi pages sent of to be printed. It's been over a year since I started. I need to see what they're going to look like. I also finished a couple pages that are posted above. They were quick and dirty, but I still like them.

I also worked on a skirt I cut out a while back. It's Vogue 8461. I has taken me a long time to get this project going. It's made from $2 a yard teal poly gorgette-like fabric from Joann's. I decided to serge the edges before sewing the skirt together, which might have been a mistake. I think it stretched one of my side panel pieces out of shape on the curve b/c the top of the two seams didn't line up. It's all good, though. I can straighten it out.

The instructions said to clip the seams on the front, but I didn't need to do that. Don't know why. Once I'm done w/the skirt, I may decide that the seams are not flat and clip. In the meantime, I don't want to mess with my serging.