Sew Me Silly

For a long time I've always wanted to make my own clothing so I wouldn't have to deal with the issues of "it's too big here, but too tight there!" syndrome that every woman has. Another reason why I  wanted to start making my own clothing because everything that I love (anthro i'm looking at you) is soooo expensive!

This Christmas santa read my gift list and got me a sewing machine!!! whee!!! So all amped and set to go I ran to my nearest Joann's and bought some fabric and patterns....let me say one thing....ZIPPERS SUCK!

I took out my first pattern every and studied all of it before I started to cut...now my first skirt took awhile, a lot of sewing and undoing what I did, but as you can see below (the bright green one) I didn't do too bad. A few days later I did a second one and it went a lot faster than the first. 

First Skirt 

wip second skirt

second skirt is an a line skirt

2011 holiday gift tags!!!

The creator and designer over at orange you lucky, has made some fun gift tags for free!!

FEEL FREE TO COPY:

• click on the image - it will open in its own window at high resolution(300 dpi)

• copy that to your desktop.

• print as many as you'd like in any size you'd like:)

Handmade Paper Dresses

These retro designed dresses are crafted from vintage printed maps. i wouldn't wear one....image if you dropped your coffee on you?! but....they are pretty cute to look at. I would love the Paris one in real fabric.

These lovelies are available for $195 at annex.

Free Printable Recipe Card

Print your own recipe cards featuring hand-drawn owls by Suz Sanchez, free from My Owl Barn. Download the PDF HERE