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Craftsy Mystery Box - Quilting

So I get Craftsy's email about their daily deals. A couple of weeks ago they had their Mystery Box 50% off. I fell for the temptation and purchased it. I was nervous of what would be in it and scared I would hate it.

It arrived today and....

I LOVE IT!

Check it out! My wonderful new additions!

FQ Bundle (21 total) and 5 charm packs (6" squares!)

 

UPDATE: I am still happy with my purchase but wanted to let ya'll know that some were not so happy and even sent theirs back. Not all boxes are the same, though they say it is $100 worth, you may not think it is. I haven't bought again but just because the budget has allowed me too. I would probably buy again though.

New diaper bag/tote in the store

I tried my hand at making a diaper bag/tote. It turned out better than I thought and wasn't as hard as I thought either. I kinda followed a pattern but I did my own size and left off some stuff. Mainly I followed how to put it together since I have only done one purse with a lining. My husband, though, ask me when I was going to try a zipper, still scared of those. lol

So for now snaps or velcro will be my staple.

Here are some pics of the tote:

We also had a long day of rain, which is much needed so I won't complain. Little Bit was scared of the rain until last month when I took her out to play in it. Now she wants to go out as soon as it starts to sprinkle. She has fun and isn't scared anymore, so I am happy to let her go out. Plus I get some great pics of my little girl.

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My Little American Girl

I made Ashlee this adorable skirt using fun4me2 pattern. Actually Ashlee now has 3 different colors of this style, I just love it. I wanted to make one for the 4th of July so I bought some fabric at JoAnn's when it was sale. This skirt really is simple to make. The shirt is one I bought at Wal-Mart but it was too big so I used some scrap fabric from her skirt to tie the back. It work and I think it looks cute. The lady at the storage place loved it and had to go get her coworker to look at it. But she always talks about how cute Ashlee is when we go pay our bill. lol Oh and being that she is 4 and loves to twirl or pull up on her skirt, she has white legging under it. lol

I tried to get some good pictures with the little waterfall in the background, but well she is 4 and there is water to try to splash in. lol

Enjoy my little girl and her American skirt.

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No soliciting wreath

So we seem to get a lot of salesman to come to our subdivision. I don't like talking to them and Jamie hates it. So when I saw a wreath done up with a cute no soliciting sign, Jamie said to make one. lol

Well I didn't have a cute wooden board for the sign but I made one on thick cardstock since our front door doesn't get rain on it. I just used scraps of fabric from Ashlee's skirt and Jamie's quilt for the design.

Mom loved it so much I had to make one her when she came to visit this past weekend. lol

Here it is! I hope the salesmen read it. lol

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Phew, what a week

I don't get much done during the week since Little Bit is home, plus she has therapy twice a week for her sensory disorder. And we went to the Splash Park once this week and spent the rest of the week outside in her new (to her) pool.

But I did get some organizing done thanks to my wonderful husband. He built me a new cutting/sewing table! Yay, no more cutting in the floor!!!

Here is a:

BEFORE: See all the mess...I couldn't take it anymore. It was driving me insane. I like to be organized.

AFTER: Yes, all my fabric, minus some scrap pieces are in the drawers. No they are stored by color or size, but they are folded neatly and I know where each are now.

Nothing too grand, and it was an old desk that we got for free. Just bought some wood for the legs, the shelf and chair at Target for around $50 total. Not too bad. I think I will go get another shelf to put to the back of the existing shelf for my shipping stuff for Etsy. And I plan to paint the wood black, I think.

Update: Still haven't painted the wood but I added the fancy masking type to the desk edge and got another colorful storage unit.