Contest In My Etsy Shop!!!

I am having a contest that starts tomorrow August 1st 2011 and ends September 30th 2011. Just in time for Halloween. (If your anything like me or my friends then you will love this bag all year round! For every $5 you spend in my shop http://www.etsy.com/people/RockMyTote you will get an entry number to win this bag! So, go to my shop and spend spend spend!

Wow!

Wow it has been a really long time since I have been on here. I really need to get back into this, not that I ever really got into it.

I want to start posting at least once a week. I want to have contests and tutorials and all kinds of fun things.

Wish me luck!

Is that a monkey with a coconut?!

I was going to make a crayon wallet this Friday but my 2 year old Liam had other plans....

He got a hold of my box of crayons, and I lost all motivation to make it then. So instead I decided to make some pants for Ryker my 8 1/2 month old. (=

I was thrift store shopping with my friend Shonda last weekend, and I came across some knit "fabric" that had coconuts, palm trees, and says shake your coconuts. I had to buy it. When I got into the car I found that it was 3 pant leg pieces cut off of pajama pants? No clue... But still cool.

Then a few days ago I was trolling the new uploads on crafster and came across a user that also has a baby boy around Rykers age. She posted some cute clothes that she had made him. At the end of her post I saw that she had a blog :

I then HAD to go check it out. I saw on there tutorial for the little pants. I knew right then and there I had to make these pants out of the coconut fabric.

The tutorial has a pattern you can download. Very easy to follow. And of course I messed up. I didn't flip the pattern over to make the 2 pieces line up right so the back part is not bigger like it is suppose to be. Good thing Ryker doesn't have a butt!

Why I made this blog.

So, I made this blog so that I could post my attempts at re-creating other peoples tutorials. And post my success and or complete failures! Now that my moms birthday stuff is done, I will start doing that. I have a revamped tin can that has different projects to do. I will pull one out once a week and show you pics, give the link, and tell you about how much fun I had making it, mishaps and all.

Life willing I will start this on Friday. (=

My White Whale

So, I finally caught my white whale. The Sophia Carry All bag. I hate that bag with a passion. And I love it. It was a pain in the ass to make. I will tell you that. But, I will do it again. One of these days. A may do on piece and then not do another for a month. I don't know, maybe I will have my bag done by my birthday (Dec.) LOL.

I forgot to take pics of the end result. But I do have pics of the lining pinned into the bag. Sorry, I got so excited when I finished it I wrapped it and packed it up into my mom's package. (=

Sophia Carry-All Progress

I got the thread and needle to the fabric. The main pieces are done. Thank goodness. I was so jazzed by that I almost finished the ouside of the bag in one night, almost. I got to the zipper and end pieces, and started making dumb mistakes. So, for once being smart I put it away. Hopefully I will get the outside done tomorrow. Wish me luck!

On My Way...

After much procrastination.... I have finally started on my mom's Sophia bag. I got all the pieces for it cut out! I am soo excited. I just had to finally put my foot down and say, "Today I am not going to spend my whole day cleaning!" And I stopped myself and went to tracing and cutting.

Cross your fingers for me that tomorrow I put some thread to this fabric and get to sewing!

.... I would really like to get started on the millions of projects I have running through my head. Come on Sophia BAG!!!!