purse/camera bag

I just finished my latest project. I wanted a camera bag for my camera, but all the ones that I liked that looked like purses, were about $100 too much. I ended up finding a tutorial on Pinterest from a blog called Tales of My Life. What an awesome blog/tutorial!

When I was working on this, I was kind of feeling overwhelmed. But as I got closer to finishing it, I clapped out loud! It's not perfect, but it serves it's purpose and it was less than $10 to make! Whoo Hoo!

Sorry, these pictures are not the best, but hopefully you'll get the idea.

start with a purse (or you could use a diaper bag)

make the inside and voila! Purse turned camera bag.

camera strap

I didn't like the look of my camera strap, the bright Nikon I was not a fan of - plus, the webbing dug into my neck a little bit. Not very comfortable. I found a simple tutorial over at Moda Bake Shop for a strap cover.

It actually took me 3 tries to get it just right. The first 2 tries, I thought that I measured right. Good thing it was an easy thing to do. I think it turned out good. If I were to make another one - which I just might - it will be ruffley :)

kids' room decor

I was doing some cleaning and saw these picture blocks I have made. They were all done a while ago, but I thought I would share.

This one was for Emmi - the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. I saw the idea lilluna.com and got the picture from her website.

I painted a piece of 2x6 black, sanded the edges and added some stain. Had the picture printed at Costco and put it on with some mod podge. Fancied it up with some tulle and ribbon.

Here is another one I did from Lil' Luna

This one I didn't sand the edges - just kept it all black. This one is for the little girls.

What a great way to display little reminders using a block of wood, some paint, pictures and ribbon!

skirts

I was on a roll making some skirts for the girls a couple of weeks ago.

they saw this pattern and thought it was like Rapunzel

I thought I would try a different pattern. I saw this tutorial for this skirt here. It was pretty easy.

sewing

my latest projects:

skirts for the girls

kindle fire sleeve

gobble, gobble

My cousin, Kathy, sent me this idea thinking that I would be interested. And you guessed it, I just had to go through my ribbon right away and make some. I haven't made a bow in a long time (an old phase). But I happened to whip these out in a couple of hours - due to cute kids who want to help.

My biggest dilemma was deciding what size of eyes to put on the turkeys. I ended up using the bigger ones. It makes the turkeys look more...cartoon-ish (I don't know what word to use here - but they're stinkin' cute!)

Thank you Kathy and Binge Crafter for the great project today!

pumpkins

I saw these cute pumpkins (on Pinterest) and knew I just had to make these. I made some short ones and tall ones. I personally am becoming quite fond of the little ones. They sit on my kitchen table.

These pumpkins are made from a 4x4 post and a 7/8" wooden dowel. I rounded up some pine cones from a neighbor and had the paint on hand. My favorite part is the burlap tied around the stems.

I had fun making these - super easy. Thanks to everyone and their great ideas they post on Pinterest!