Day late and a dollar short...

Just a day late for the weekly Run 2 the Wild sketchbook prompt!


This week's prompt was as follows:

   "Rest your pencil to a fresh sketchbook page, close your eyes and begin to move your pencil all over the page for 15 seconds. open your eyes. spend the next 15 mins turning your scribble into a recognizable image!"

Got busy yesterday and didnt get a chance to jump on to see the new task!
  I will admit, I was a bit worried once I read the prompt. How on Earth can I draw random lines and then create something with them?!

Well I did! And ended up with a stalagmite filled cave! I decided to draw my initial doodle lines in red so they could be easily seen with the sketch over top. I only used a light blue colored pencil over but for some reason it looks as if its got a shade of grey along with the ridiculously bright looking blue! Oh well, ya win some, ya lose some.

Double Posty

Going to do a bit of a double random post here!  Well it's not so random...

The first part is going to be about my New Year's Resolution project! Ya know the one sewn piece a month, all year long! Yeahhhh! And the second portion will be my first sketch prompt from my friend at Run 2 the Wild's blog!

Sewn Project for January! 
   My plan was to create a pleather pull over hoodie! I had absolutely no patterns for this, so was just sort of winging it from one of my favorite pullovers! It's still a bit unfinished due to lack of budget... but wanted to update on the progress. I forgot to leave a bit extra for seams because well... pleather does not stretch like most other fabrics. Haha, so it's a bit snug! But hey that gives me more incentive to get healthy so I can rock this baby when it's finished!  As you can see below it still needs to be hemed. I need to find a cheap place to buy some black ribbing to finish it off! Oh and also need to figure out how I want the neckline finished (a simple swoop neck or a v cut) But in all honestly it turned out much better than I originally thought it would without having a pattern.

- On a side note, I should invest in a serger! Trying to reinforce the stitching with my sewing machine was quite the task!

I will post a finished product whenever that may be and also post some ideas for next months project!



Run 2 the Wild's Sketch Promt #1: Conceptual Self Portrait

 Courtney at R2W has started up an awesome sketchbook workshop! Every week she will post a new prompt to get our creative juices flowing! It's been quite a long time since I have just sat down and "doodled". So this definitely caught my interest! I am going to limit myself to drawing what I can in a 10 minute span. The shorter the length of time the better I think, shows what you can do in "crunch time". Hoping this will also help improve my long lost drawing skills.

So here it is... My first sketchbook entry in a very very long time.
(need to figure out a better way to get a picture of these on here)
Looks much better in person. Silly camera flash!  Cant wait until next week's prompt.

Happy New Years

So it's that time of the year again where we all make our lists of resolutions for the new year. If any of you are like me... you hardly ever follow through with your newly set goals. My goals generally consist of the regulars: lose weight, be more productive, sell lots of things online, be happier and on and on. Maybe I have set my hopes far too high. I am only human after all, there's only so much I can do in a short year!

This year I am going to set a simple easily attainable goal! While browsing some newly found blogs I came across Emma's post on her blog Hello Beautiful! She set a goal to create one useful item of clothing for her self each and every month! I absolutely love this idea! I am going to put my own spin on the project and attempt this feat myself.

My guidelines will be outlined below, to keep myself on track and maybe even inspire some of you to start a project of your own.


I want to create one new sewn project every month of the year. Wether it be for personal use or to be used for a new "product" for my Etsy shop. I want to take it in a new direction and this resolution goal will help me achieve that.

I want to create my own patterns for these projects or piece together other projects to create something one of a kind. There will be posts to follow along with each item posted here on my blog. Showing the finished products and some of the steps I took to accomplish them!

So stay tuned and be sure to follow along to check up on my progress! ❤

Lots of awesome new stuff to come!

Hello there everyone!

Again, long time no see. I think that this time I will be here for quite some time. I miss having a creative outlet from my day to day life. So expect lots of new Etsy listings, DIY's and other fun posts from me!

But in the mean time, I hope everyone has an AWESOME weekend! ❤

DIY: Birthday Card

    Okay let me apologize in advance, I started this card around 3:30 or 4:00am early Wednesday morning! There are a few pictures missing but I will hopefully provide enough detail that you can figure it out on your own. It's just a diy birthday card nothing needs to be absolutely perfect anyways. And this is just a little post to give you ideas for making your own cards! This lovely is a card for my mommy's 41st ...ehem...I mean 29th Birthday! I know she's sleeping so I can post this without her seeing it before tomorrow morning!


 For this project you will need:

• 2 or more colors of paper 
• I used brown craft paper for both of mine. But I printed a pattern on my second sheet of paper for contrast
• Ruler
• Double sided tape or glue
• Xacto Knife or any cutting tool
• Needle and thread of matching color
• Small seed bead for flower middle
• Pens, Markers, Pencils or Stamps and Ind pad

Start out by cutting your first color of paper into the size card you would like. From there you will need your ruler and a pencil to draw lines for your weaving slots.

    Pictured on the left, you can see that my slots are 2cm wide. You can make your slots how ever thick you feel fit. A smaller width would produce more columns going across your card, which could create some really intricate weaving. So just play with it and see what works best for you. 

     Make sure you dont cut clear to the top of your paper, so your weaved pieces will have a nice border to hold them in place.

    Then you are going to want to get out your second  color of paper. Cut a section that is about the same size of your slotted section on the front of your card.

    After you have cut a piece of paper from your second color you will then next cut this into strips to be used as your weave. These can be varied sizes depending on the look you want. You could also use
multiple pieces of paper for this part as well. I just kept mine a simple 2cm wide to make sure everything was consistant and I ended up with a nice clean square looking weave for the front of my card.

    Next you will use your double sided tape or glue to make sure the edges are secure while you're "weaving" your paper.

    After weaving all of your paper strips and you have secured them to your card. You are ready to decorate! The skies the limit with this simple card. I added a paper flower, twine and a simple tag to the front of my card. Kept the feel natural and cozy.

     I hand drew a couple of various sized flowers and cut them out with an xacto knife. I then bent each flower petal together as if to fold them in half to give the flowers dimension. Using my needle and thread I sewed the the flowers together using a seed bead to form the middle of my flower. And then I just attached it to the front of my card by a couple simple stitches.

    The above pictures are of a handcut tag I used for the front of my card. The stamp set and ink pad I picked for only $1 each. The alphabet stamps were a find at my local Walmart in the craft section and the ink pad, which is a rather good sized pad, was purchased at a Dollar Tree. I dont have the best hand writing so I opted to go for a stamped front, instead of hand labeling. 

As you see, theres so many possibilities with this basic card style. Depending on your paper color choice, personal preference and unique style, this could be used for any occasion. Get crafty and make a loved one something special whether it be for a birthday, thanks or even just to tell them how much they mean!


Everyone loves a homemade gift!