Anticipation...

I know you've been just biting your nails waiting for the unveiling of the curtains LMAO! I finally got the curtains done in the dining room. I would like to make some for the kitchen window too, however, it may not be the same fabric print. I only have enough left to eek out a valance and maybe some hotpads. Here they are.



Tim the toolman after putting them up





The two windows facing front of the house












Close up of the fabric


I now realize that the Chef theme is on clearance most places so it is no longer in style. Oh well I'm usually a day late and a dollar short. You wouldn't believe that I studied clothing design my first time around in college now would you? It was nice to sew again. I bought my current sewing machine about a yr and half ago after getting my tax return. I'm still having a hard time getting adjusted to it. I had a Sears Kenmore for 27 yrs. My parents bought it for me my first year of college, so I could sew in my dorm room rather than go to the sewing lab. I loved that machine, however, it wasn't doing what I wanted it to anymore. I couldn't find parts and doing buttonholes automatically sounded so much easier. Maybe in a few years I'll feel the same about this machine, it's got a little bit of a learning curve.

Here is a pic of the front of our new place! I love it we live on a nice tree lined street and the neighbors so far seem friendly. We only moved two blocks, but the difference is noticeable.









Like the welcome mat? Noah and I were looking at them at Target after we finally got accepted for the house. He said let's get it and my unemployed self said we didn't need one that expensive. It wasn't really expensive, it's just when you're not working you don't need things right now. But he could see that I really liked it and said I'm getting it. He's taking after Tim in that respect. I do like the scrapbooky looking flourishes and the color is one of my faves.









Just about done here I have a swap that I did last week so that'll be the last thing I show you here. P.S.Carolyn, I did two out of the three you teased me about ;). Here are some mug cards I did. I had a hard time with these at least how I wanted them to come out, this is actually the fourth time I started them and actually finished them. First they were going to be out of white speckled paper, but then I wanted to do a snowman how would I get that to show up? Then I tried green bazzill but it was textured so it didn't look right, then I decided on some cardstock that was plain and stamped a snowman on the front. Well I never found the flock I wanted to use on the snowman. So I bought white felt, well during moving I just didn't feel it anymore. So I dug into my pp stash and found this dbl sided pp and used it. I found the glitter chipboard at Big Lots for $1 and added doodlebug sugar coating to the edge of the chipboard with a sakura glue pen. Found a cute little quote on www.scrapbook.com and added that to the front. I think adding it to the front of the teabag might have been better, but hindsight is always 20/20.