Once upon a Saturday..a girl got crafty..

She baked the muffins..cut the ribbon..and tied the twine..

added sugar and spice...

and packed up everything nice...

and sent it to friends :)

house beautiful

i watched an episode of "the middle" this weekend..
the mom was given "a day to herself" for mother's day..
 the was overjoyed at the thought..as her kids and husband headed off..
she wandered around the house..organized the junk drawer
and that led her to defrost the freezer...found an old unpaid bill
and spend hours on the phone pressing one for english..etc..
 at around 7pm she realized she had realized the whole day
had been wasted on little tasks that could have
been saved for another day (well except the bill)..
so here comes my president's day off..bound and determined i
would not waste it.. woke up at 8..open the fridge..
ready to make a nice big breakfast for my husband and i.. 
the eggs expired yesterday..the milk a week ago..
(i have an excuse..we've been out of town..i really am more up
 to date in my fridge) ..trip to the store ..milk..eggs..
 pancake mix.. ate vday chocolate on the way..pancakes
didn't sound good anymore..husband ate a  frozen sausage
 biscuit..poor husband..he could have had pancakes.. got back
 and started laundry..six loads mind you.. which led me to rotating
 my winter/spring clothes..lining up my shoes by flipflops/heels/boots
 and by color.. folding clothes..which led me to organizing
dresser drawers..and jewelry drawers (i hate untangling jewelry!)
and organizing junk drawers (they do look amazing!)
..then dusting the dresser..end tables.. finding gifts that i had
saved to mail to friends...looking for addresses..baking muffins
 for friends..taking photos of cute muffins i made for friends..
packing up packages.. cleaning the counter of valentines
cards/candy/teacher gifts i received..thinking wow the
 counter looks bare! ..making flower arrangement for the counter..
got out the flowers..why not make another for the end table..
 it rains..it storms...stew would be cozy.. hence my day off..
i did pay some bills : )  i do feel accomplished.. we will have clean
 clothes for the week.. i'll be able to easily accessorize..
we have eggs and milk...  the apartment is pretty again..
and my friends are getting surprise packages in the mail..
AND i found the password to my blog!

this project was too easy to pass up... i found the idea on pinterest..which if you haven't realized by now..i'm stuck on that website.. i didn't understand pins and pinning and whatnot at first.. but now after a thousand pins.. i get it.. and am glued to it! i like my little pinboards..all nice and neat and organized.. the only thing i wish is that i could make pinboards within my pinboards.. (is that obsessive?) like folders on the computer.. like pinboards for shoes/jewelry/dresses inside a pinboard for "things to wear."  i honestly have spent more time looking at craft ideas on pinterest than actually crafting.. i did make this ribbon wreath.. the actual wreath was $3 from Michael's craft store..and i cut up a variety of ribbons i had and a pastel plaid easter table cloth that had shrunk in the washer..haha...good re-purpose don't you think? i hung it outside my door and then immediately took it down.. its a bit bright for 30 degree overcast sky february weather... my mind is thinking vday is over ..time for spring! forgetting that yeah i guess we could still have a snow day... i think i'll put it up at easter and make a burlap, navy blue, and ticking beach wreath for summer..

a pincushion i made for a friend..

felt

so over the break..i got into "felting" or what i think is felting.. (i don't know if the term qualifies since i'm just a beginner and honestly i only know a few basic stitches i got off of youtube..) so one night,after the fascination of making cake pops wore off, i wanted to sew.. i didn't know what or how or with what size needle or what kind of thread.. i just wanted to make something.. i googled and youtubed and eventually accomplished a few felt pieces to be proud of..  i got a little over confident and thought i'd make felty things for everyone i knew for christmas ..thinking this was my coupon gal money saver cost cutting hippie chic gift idea.. well i ended up only making a few things to give as gifts to make in time for Christmas..(see prev. posts)  i did pick up this felting phenomenon again lately.. i crafted a pin cushion and a something ..i don't know what to call it..a wallet..organizer..coupon holder?

coastal butterflies

Inspiration for this mounted butterfly art comes from a new favorite blog of mine mondocherry They used hues of grey which i love..i love love love grey!..i have about twenty grey t-shirts and about three sets of yoga pants that are all in varying greys..its such a cozy color! especially charcoal grey..i would love to have a room with dark charcoal grey paint and white white trim! ..so back to the project... i tried to select a background for my butterflies that was a dark greyish blue.. i wanted to do a grey and yellow scheme but couldn't find any yellow that wasn't school bus yellow at the craft stores.. i'm really attracted to grey + yellow and grey + blues right now...for the print.. i adored mondocherry's use of my favorite book "Anne of Green Gables".. wanting to keep my beloved book intact..i cut up a French Quebec City magazine instead...it adds sentiment from our honeymoon and provided a great way to re-purpose a momento... the magazine had Victorian photos of sightseers on the boardwalk in front of the Chateau Frontenac where we stayed in Quebec City...i cut a template freehand of a butterfly..then traced and cut the twelve butterfly shapes from scrapbook paper, card stock, and the magazine.. i glued everything with a scotch tape runner which made the project easy and quick.. this project is easy..fun..and gets me in the mood for spring! time to take down the Christmas decor and back to decorating this newlywed nest in vintage coastal blues and neutrals...now watch us have a snowstorm ..haha