Well, April just flew by. We had some out of town shenanigans, lots of snow, the big melt, and running around. The boy started high school boys volleyball, so two volleyball kids meant lots of games and tournaments. I am also still looking for gainful employment, so that has been tons of fun. 😉 Here […]
Category: Creativity
I saw an ad on Instagram for some different temporary tattoos from a company called Momentary Ink. These are like your normal temporary tattoos that you give the kids, only it has a “de-glossing” liquid you put over the top of them. They also are “sticky” when you put them on your skin, so they […]
Creativity | drafting | Leather | Pinterest hacks | Sewing | Tutorials
Hip/Crossbody Bag DIY
By Stacy on April 25, 2019
There are times when I am just not interested in lugging my purse around. In these moments, it is nice to have a hip bag that I can put my phone, keys, etc. into and free up my shoulder from the burden of my overstuffed purse. There are TONS of inspiration and ideas on Pinterest […]
Creativity | drafting | Fashion fun | OOTD | Outfits | Sewing | Sewing for me | Wardrobe Capsule
Wear-all-the-blacks weekend wardrobe capsule
By Stacy on April 19, 2019
When I was deciding what I wanted to pack for my weekend trip to Cincinnati for our friends’ bar opening, I started to go through my closet. I am definitely in a “black phase”, so I decided to steer myself in that direction. The weather there was a bit warmer than here, so I opted […]
After about 15 years, it is time to repaint a bathroom right? This was a long time in coming. I was actually thinking that I had painted the bathroom this year, but it was in October. How time does fly. This was what it looked like before: I painted the room in two colors. One […]
Creativity | drafting | Outfits | Sewing | Sewing for me
Skulls, skulls, skulls
By Stacy on March 22, 2019
I seem to have a bit of an affinity for fabrics with skulls on them. Last year Twisted Needle Textiles had the perfect round for me, too! Lots of skulls, so I purchased several different fabrics in different bases and even ordered more when they had a rerun round. This fabric was from the first […]
Creativity | drafting | Handbags | Leather | Sewing | Sewing for me
New laptop bag
By Stacy on March 17, 2019
After going to a job interview downtown, and wanting to bring my laptop over some downtime, I realized that my laptop bag had seen better days. The straps were ripping off the pleather…which happens with pleather. I decided to make myself a new laptop bag out of a white calfhide side I purchased last year […]
I had another set of pillows on my “to do” list, and that was for our sectional. It kind of needs pillows to lean against and all the pillows we have are small. I made them several years ago. I decided to design a pattern for them, and ended up making 4 different patterns. One […]
Creativity | Fabric designs | home decorating | Sewing | Surface design
New pillows
By Stacy on February 24, 2019
I have a list of things I have wanted to get sewn up over the time I am on hiatus from working (i.e. unemployed). One thing on the list was some big pillows for the 1.5 chair in the basement by the fire. It is a deep chair and really needs to have some pillows. […]
In my never ending curiosity to see what I can put my artwork onto, I came across inkbox on Instagram. Having several of my designs that would lend themselves to it, I decided to give it a go! I decided to do my wolf skull tattoo, and thought it would work without editing. It turns […]
