Hemming jeans

          I am 5'1" and a bit... curvy... yes, curvy; that's a great word... The combination of the two makes shopping for jeans difficult. If the jeans are the right length, they are way too tight, and when the jeans fit my waist, they are either highwaters or way too long. I found this tutorial a few weeks back, and finally tried out the technique. So far, I'm loving it!

I took about 2 1/2 inches off these jeans, wow! I wish I had taken a before shot so you could see the difference, believe me, it's huge.

                                  

     It was my first time hemming, and I am still very novice at sewing, so considering, I think they turned out pretty well. I love that they don't look hemmed (unless you look really closely) they still look natural since they have the original hem. I still have to throw them in the washer and dryer and see how they wash. I have a feeling I might have to iron the bottoms after every wash, but that is a small price to pay for pants that fit!

My first Craigslist buy

  I have been looking for an inexpensive chair I could refinish for my craft room. I went to the DI- but all their furniture was way overpriced for being a thrift store. I found this one on Craigslist, and it was in better condition than I thought it would be. I planned on painting it, but the color is actually pretty fun in person. Someday I would like to recover the seat, but for now it's fine how it is. I think I will be using Craigslist a lot from now on!

Headbands

     These are a few of the headbands I made using the yoyo and flower tutorials from the previous post.

                                                             

                                                                      Yo Yos

Flowers

(the black flower is just ribbon)

 

Modge Podge Frames

            Super Craft Saturday for our ward is coming up, and I was just called to the Enrichment committee... I was thinking of inexpensive but easy craft ideas, and these came to my mind:                                            *** frames found here***

                  I made some for my house, and they are so cute and easy! The mirrors are from Ikea, but I found frames at Ben Franklins and Roberts that are similar for $2.25 a piece (less if you have a coupon!). I made a few last night to display for Super Craft Saturday.

(Brooke and I made these frames a while back)

-{ Fabric Flowers}-

My husband has school on Mondays and Wednesday nights until quite late. So usually I spend my weekends thinking of lots of grand crafts, then Monday I shop for all the supplies, and Tuesday and Wednesday nights are spent doing nothing but crafts!

My craft for tonight is making lots and lots of fabric yoyos and flowers. I started practicing yoyos on Sunday with some scrap fabric I had around the house. It took me about 2 yoyos before I felt like I was getting the hang of them. They take me about 10 minutes a piece, but I am getting faster. The bigger the yoyo, the easier, I think.

Last night I attempted the flower- and I thought that since the bigger the yoyo, the easier, the same would apply with the flower. I made the 'large' flower... and it is huge! It would be cute clipped to a bag, but I am more interested in smaller flowers for pins, hair clips, and headbands, so it won't work for what I need it for. Tonight I will try the 'small' flower and let you know how it goes!

*Lots of cute flower ideas found at Little Birdie Secrets

*Window Treatment*

You'd never be able to tell, but Little Green Notebook made these using inexpensive foam board. I think they look so expensive and complicated, but surprisingly enough- they aren't!

I have a room that is always changing so I hate spending money on it. If you have a room like mine, these would be a really inexpensive fix because if you ever change the decor, you could just recover the box using different fabric.

*[ Cake Stand ]*

How cute is this cake stand from Crap I've Made?

The cake stand is just a bowl and a plate from the Dollar Store glued together. I was thinking melamine (like a hard plastic) would be great for this project, and Target has some really cute melamine bowls and plates for really afforable (less than $2 a peice). For that price, you could make a new cake stand for every occasion!

(You can find the giant cupcake mold a lot of places - but it runs about $32. Yikes! I bought mine at Michael's using a 50% off coupon.)