Halloween Costume

I'll be making this for my Halloween Costume. I'm making it out of felt, not fleece, though, which saved me lots of money, but will affect the quality of the project. I have cut out the yellow and hope to do the black and lining this weekend. I'm skipping the hood; I plan on buying some of those headband antenna.

Some old pages

These are some of my first digital pages. They're a little crudy, but I like their simplicity. They're for the Disney album I'm making my parents.

Disney Book Rejuvenated

It's been a year since my parents took us to Disneyland. I need to get the book finished so that I can get it to my parents. Here's a page I put together today. I'm trying to keep the book simple - mostly blacks or whites and not overly bejeweled. This was a fun page to put together. The images are all brushes from the free "Proud to Be Digital" kit from twopeas. TFL!

Beading Digi Page

I created this this morning. I used the Martha Stewart freebie kit from twopeasinabucket.com. I was following their digital weekly challenge, which was to play with the paint brushes. I used the paint brushes a lot, but I wanted to use one I hadn't used before. The green circles underneath the title is a paint brush stroke that I think simulates the bead effect. TFL!

A bag and a new hobby

This is the bag I made using the tutorial I found online for the grocery bag pattern. You basically use a plastic bag as your pattern. I used a pair of DH's pants that had a tear in the tush area too large to patch. I thought he'd like the bag for shopping, but after he scoffed at the idea, I decided to girly the bag up by using a butterfly fabric for the lining, then fussy cutting some butterflies and embroidering a swirly design. I like it. So does DD who has inherited the bag.

As it turned out, the pants legs were not wide enough to use the pattern in full, so it's not really as big as it could be.

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I plan on making some more of these this month.

Now, I need a new hobby like a need a tall glass of acid, but here it is. I made my first piece of jewelry. Long story short: It's a very simple bracelet made to go with the blue top I made. I want to make some earrings to go with it. I'm hooked, though. I want to make more.

And here is DD making her anklet at the bead store.

Finally, A Finished Project

I finished my Simplicity 4076 top. I LOVED this pattern. It was easy and fast to put together. Plus, it looks nice. I used a soft rayon knit I found at Joann's for $2 a yard. I couldn't believe I found something that wasn't polyester and at such a great price. I made a size 14 in the shoulders and tapered up to a 16 in the hips. I added 1 inch for length because I wanted a longer style, and because of that addition, I add a quarter inch to the bottom width. It fits great and feels nice.

The one mistake I made was not basting the back neck area, as the instructions directed. As you can see in the pic below, I stretched out the neckline, but at least my hair hides it, and I'll be more careful with the next top.

This is the "right" side of the fabric, which I used as the wrong side. It has a bit of glitter in it which, believe it or not, actually detracted from the vibrance of the rich blue color. Fortunately, it doesn't itch at all.

A simple page redux

I reformatted the text in this version of the page I posted last. I can't figure out how to get Photoshop to both right and left justify text, so I did it on my own with spaces and font sizes. I think it looks a lot better than the previous. I'm not sure I like the fuzzy picture border, since the rest of the page is clean-lined. Comments are welcome.