I havent been blogging I've been sewing!

Shame on me...I was so excited to start this and totally lost steam.
I have been using any extra min I have to sew (OK that and making new playlist for workouts) though and made these matching 4th of july outfits for the girls! I cant wait to take their picture in them on the beach (hence the time spent making playlist for workouts....beach bikini time closing in fast)!

So Ainsley and Ella are just about the same size, but at 2 Im pretty sure this is the last time I can put her in a bubble suit, so Im doing it :)

Ruffle butt :)

Spring handbag

Im on a mission to sew as much as possible to show D how much I really need to upgrade my sewing machine....sigh...I dont think he notices.....

I love this season and I love changing handbags with them. I have always wanted a yellow purse but never found one I like so I made one :) This printed canvas from JoAnns is great for bags, because you dont have to use interfacing, therefore it only takes about an hour to make a new purse!

The pattern is by Me and My Sister. I usually never follow a pattern all the way but then end up ripping seams to get to where I want to end up. 

This time I thought I would follow one all the way through, then decide what to change on the second :)

I have been on the hunt for vintage button lately and hit the jackpot at a cute antique store on 19th street in the Hieghts.  Now I put them on everything :)

Prayer Table

I have been searching for a long time for the perfect table to uses as a prayer table in our room. And anything I have seen that seems like it will work is just too expensive. Im in love with the new (or more accurately, old) "rustic" painted piece that are coming out of Mexico right now. They remind me of this china cabinet that my parents found when I was little that had 10 layers of paint on it. They stripped that thing for days. I walked out when they were about half way through with all the various colors still stuck in some places and I thought it was perfect, and told them to stop...of course they didn't :(

I bought this very very cheap side table when Ella was born to put next to her rocker so I had a place to put things while I feed her. It was stuck up in the attic and I noticed it was the perfect height.

 sanded and distressed: I beat it with a crow bar (hey whatever works) and put "worm holes" in with a nail.

 Layers and Layers of paint. It is stained, then four alternating layers of two different blue paints.

The I mixed plain ol Elmers glue with water and painted a think layer over the blue, let that dry then painted off white oil based on top of that, but as it was drying I added another layer of glue. All of it left over paint from the house!

 After everything dried overnight, I sanded the edges and corners to expose the blue again, and took my kitchen blow torch to the paint to make it bubble in some places.

 Most important step I think is antique glaze. I love this stuff! I used a bronze I got from Lowes.

Finished product: My little peaceful corner. 

Completed it with this Mexican style glass knob I got at World Market for $1.49!

Closer view of distressing, and paint colors.

 This Sacred Heart spoke to me at a little boutique in Rice Village.

 And my favorite piece my Grandmothers rosary. It means so much to me and it fits so perfectly.

Doodle

My Christmas gift from a good friend, who obviously knows me well! He was suppose to go out by the pool but I love him so much he as earned a place inside the house, I need to find time to paint a black and white for behind him on the wall.

Seriously how could you not love that face :)