Dateriles Triple Max Tons katie did - katie did journal just moments after pulling off their bat costumes last year, the girls decided that for the next halloween they wanted to be ghosts.. or witches.. or mermaids. when october rolled around there were several rounds of deliberation, but they finally, officially, decided on being ghosts. because in addition to being the one and only day of the year that the girls like the color black, it is also the one day they like to be "just a liiiittle tiny bit scary." i love their choices- so traditional, so simple, and so reminiscent of my own childhood. after a few exciting blocks we made our way home, past the plaza, past the library, through the few drops of rain and into our little apartment where we washed faces, chose two (more) candies to eat, cozied together to watch a show and called it a good halloween night.
(studs and pearls) rostitchery it is september already! this is national sewing month in the states, and despite the fact that life has thrown me several curves recently, i am going to do my best to post every day this month. i'm not promising these posts will be good, but they will be published. :) today i worked on a secret project—i can’t tell you what it is or show it to you yet because the recipient of the gift sometimes reads this blog. so instead i’ll show you a nifty trick i used to complete the gift. the project required corners, and since this is for someone i love, i decided to go all out, skip the serger and make mitered corners on the sewing machine. since i can’t show them to you, here is a paperized version of it. press one edge to the finished width. press the next edge to the finished width. press again so that each raw edge meets the folds. this is where the point of the corner will be when you are finished. fold diagonally to create a crease that you will use for reference.
oh my! handmade goodness Always Order Dessert Runway DIY.com | Page 11 DIY Fringe Croakies image via nymag.com My prep school days have made me a sucker for croakies. Where I use fringe trim below, you could swap in almost anything. I bought my holders on ebay from carolina beads. To start, push the metal spring all the way up to the end of the holder. Take one end of your fringe and thread it through the open end of the holder. Fold this trim over and sew it down to hold the holder in place. Slide them onto reading glasses or sunglasses. Boyfriend DIY: The Bowtie disclaimer: not my actual boyfriend. but he could soon be yours! Happy belated Valentine’s! Since I am making the crafts, I generally focus on making things I want and I can wear, but Valentine’s seems like a good time to focus on the men in your world. First decide how long the bowtie needs to be. Cut out this shape, and half way down the band. Cut this out, then trace this and cut out another. Paint one side of each of these with any design you choose. Eventually you will have this: DIY Arm Warmers