A Day In Your Shoes

I really wish this idea was possible. I am constantly curious about how other people feel, think, and perceive things. It truly truly intrigues me. I wonder what motivates people, what makes them behave the way they do. How they feel about me, how they perceive me. Its funny to me that we are all so different and so unique. Our minds are wonderous. Just yesterday someone told me they didn't believe I used to do hip hop. The reason? Because you're too quiet. I didn't used to think of myself as cautious, quiet, and reserved. I used to be so outgoing, accepting, and yes, loud. I was always looking for a way to make more people happy and to include as many people as possible in whatever I was doing. I was completely extroverted. To hear myself being described as quiet felt kind of weird. I guess it shouldn't have surprised me. As my lack of sleep has caught up to me over these past 2 years I have noticed myself that I am not as active as I once was. It has made me more timid. I felt a little more secure in who I was when I was younger. Now days I sometimes wonder where I fit in and who I am trying to be. I think in a sense it all boils down to what drives us. What are our passions, what do we seek most in life. Where are our priorities. Mine are not usually on par with the people around me everyday (the kids at school) so I in general feel like I don't fit in to the things they are pursuing. Which I guess would make me less inclined to open up to them and include them. Which in turn would make me appear to be quiet. But if you know me (Heather!) then you know that I am not usually quiet when we are hanging out and having fun. I can be funny and crazy, or possibly just plain crazy ;P I like to talk and keep things lively. Unless I am dead tired. So like I started off with, I am intrigued with other people. People so different from me. I really wish I could live a day in someone else's shoes. But not to just live in their life, so really experience their mind. What a curious thing...

Mistake

Ok I'll admit it. I messed up big time. I thought it would be ok to pop two benadryl and forget about my allergies and enjoy a thanksgiving dinner around friends and family. Now I'm laying in my sister in laws bed crying on and off from the intense pain I'm in. I took two more benadryls once I realized I must have eaten something with corn In it. But it doesn't seem to be helping. I'm having a really really bad allergic reaction! Everything hurts and itches really badly :( I hope I feel better fast.




P.s. My tummy is making nonstop rumbling loud noises and threatening to make me throw up whatever forbidden thing I shoved into it :(

Determined

I'm determined to get these flower pins/clips perfected for Christmas :) Here is my second batch taking the suggestions I got into consideration. Please tell me what you think of the new ones!





These are a set of grey hair clips. The fabric is cotton, from an old dress :) I wanted to make the sets coordinating but not totally matching. Plus this second batch I made all the flowers smaller and less busy :)




The flat one




The ruffled one




The black set. Once again made from the fabric of an old dress :)




This ruffled one is a hair clip




This one is less ruffled an has an antique button on it. Plus this one is a pin.







And last but not least, the cream set.




This one has a more stiff fabric. And I used a blue antique button. There was only one hole in the middle which is why I sewed it the way I did :) This one is a clip.




I love this one. I plan on making more with book paper :) This one is a pin.


So what do you think of this batch? Better?

flower pins

I have been trying to figure out some homemade gifts for Christmas that people would actually use. I feel awkward about receiving homemade gifts that we all know I'll never really use. And since we are trying to save money where we can homemade gifts would be great for us this year. One think that I personally love are those fabric flower hair accents, or cardigan accents, or even shirt or purse accents! Plus there are so many different styles! I thought that making some homemade flower pins would be a good idea for a homemade gift. Here are some photos of my first attempts.




the first one I made!




a semi side view to see the layers




a close up

This one was such a project! At first the pink layer was too big, so I cut it in half and redid it (which means that I restitched it by hand) Then I did the same exact thing for the grey/brown layer and the cream lace layer. Then I incorporated the tulle on one side. To finish it off I sewed some crystal beads in the center. Is this something that you would use? What do you think of the colors, textures, and such?


Next I wanted to make one using some fabric from an old tank top that never fit right but I couldn't bring myself to throw away.





So this one has a cotton fabric (tank top) on the bottom with cute little blossoms.




The colors are off-white, blues and a little purple. So on top of that layer I added some cream lace, then some of the tan canvas.




For the crystal beads this time I sewed them on in a circle using coordinating colors to the bottom layer.


Next I used the other tank top, same exact top but different colors for the blossoms.





I sewed it a little differently than the last one so that it was more of a circle.





I didn't want to make it too thick so there is just a touch of tulle over the bottom layer.




Then a purple layer to go with the colors in the tank top. It took me a while to settle on the last layer. But I finally decided to go with grey lace. Then more crystal beads for the center.


So what do you think? Are these pins/clips that you would use? Or would this be one of those awkward homemade gifts that you never actually use? You can be brutally honest.

Eye candy

This Tumblr posts a lot of eye candy :)

Such as










Awesome.

Christmas Cards 2010

I thought I would do a post of my Christmas cards for this year. I took some photos of me making a few of them. Like I said before this years cards are really simple. That way I can finish them quickly and without having to buy anything extra :) While growing up my family liked to buy cards that had the 3 wise men on them. Every year we got a different design, but they all had the 3 wise men. I guess I grew fond of it. This year I wanted to do something with the 3 wise men. I don't plan on carrying on the tradition to do it every year, but it fit with the design I wanted to do this year :)




Proof that you can use a pink-blue-green plaid pattern on a christmas card! I forgot to take a photo of them too, but I have a dark red envelopes for all of the cards to be mailed in. So this cards is a standard A2 size. The design in on the front measures about 4in x 2in.




The inside stamped message. Then we'll add personal messages to each one before mailing them out :)




I started out with my stamp, ink, stamp placement holder, and a nice cream card stock.




This is how the stamp placement holder thing works. Its so that you can make sure to stamp straight each time :)




And you can make sure you get it in the corner correctly! This way you can use up as much of the paper as possible.




Then I use my paper cutter to trim it down.




Next I cut out a piece of patterned paper just a little bit larger than the stamped image piece.




Then I glued the patterned paper to the center of my card.




Then I glued down the stamped image piece. You usually don't want to rub your hands over the ink so I always place a scrap piece of paper down and rub my hand over that to make sure that the two pieces of paper are properly adhered to the card.




And there you go, a simple and cheap Christmas card! Exactly what I wanted this year :D This design would work wonderfully with all kinds of papers and stamps! So you should try to make your own Christmas cards this year!!

Not Time Wasted

I like to "waste my time" using this app called StumbleUpon. I pick a topic and when I click "stumble" it goes to a random blog post that has to do with the topic :) My absolute favorite lately has been doing this with the topic "art" There are so many wonderful art blogs out there :) I shared one the other day, I really like her stuff. Sometimes it doesn't take me to a blog, sometimes it just posts a photo. So I can't always find the blog that it originated from. Nonetheless I have had a great time using this app, and I spend at least 30min a day on it for sure! Today I think I have decided on a Christmas card design for our cards this year. I need to get working on them because I will be in school all the way up to the 20th, which is a bit late to start making cards! I will have to make them when I can find the free time from school. Because of this, I am making more simple cards this year. I had so many ambitious ideas, but they would take up too much time :( Plus when we wrote out the list of people we want to buy gifts for it was a small army for sure. So we need to save money where we can so that we can make this small army Christmas happy :) I hope you are all enjoying this PERFECT weather that Fall brings! I know I am! It is my favorite weather. Plus just the cheery feel of the holiday season makes my life seem better! I just can't help but to smile when I see all the fall and Christmas decorations and gifts lining the store windows! I know quite a few people who don't like the holidays, but I just think they're crazy :P I cannot wait to make some yummy goodies for Thanksgiving and Christmas. But I have to remind myself that I am still trying to lose weight! The wonderful food that will fill out house soon must still be eaten in modest proportions :D Right? Right! Well I hope this post finds you in good spirits!