organizing: sneak peek

I'm still organizing around my house (probably will be for quite awhile) and I've been painting and helping out at my parents lately too.

 

 

Here's a look at one of my craft cupboards (in progress)

 

Hmm... I don't remember putting a cat in there.... he's my little helper, I guess, lol.

end of summer

I can't believe how quick summer flew by... we're trying to fit more "warm weather" activities in as long as possible.  Have to break out the wetsuits soon if waterskiing is in the future :)

 

 

I've been organizing my house lately, and planning for some exciting things in the next few months!  I'll post in depth on the organizing in the near future. 

Fabric labels

I made fabric labels to sew onto my luggage tags using an amazing tutorial from Dolls and Daydreams. 

 

Here's how the labels turned out:

(this was after I used some of the labels)

 

I had a little trouble feeding the fabric/freezer paper through my printer.  It took a few printer jams and lots of grinding noises before I got it to work...  I may not have cut the paper just right.  Eventually it worked though, and I'm happy with the outcome.  (and my printer survived... this round at least!)

 

 

 

 

Business cards

I've been working on my Etsy shop a lot lately.  Here's a look at some business cards I made:

 

 

After making a few cards, I decided to order some from VistaPrint.  I'm anxiously awaiting their arrival in my mailbox :)  I'm still planning on sewing fabric onto those when they arrive, so they should look pretty similar to the ones above.

 

 

Next project for my etsy shop.... (besides adding new designs) is making fabric labels.  More on that later!

Wood beaded shirt

You know those shirts with the large wooden beads on the neckline?  I thought they were pretty cute, and bought one awhile back.  BUT, of course it was a hand wash only.  With my particular shirt the only reason it needed special care was because of the beads (not the fabric).

I didn't want to hand wash that shirt, so here was my solution:

 

I removed the beads  (and the entire strap) from the fabric and used a hot glue gun to attach little snaps to each bead (and sewed the other side of the snaps to their associated spot on the shirt)

 

This way the wood beads could be removed so the shirt could be washed, and then snapped back in place when the laundering was done.

 

It worked well for me for quite awhile... but then I forgot the shirt was in the laundry...   Basically it went through the laundry with the beads still attached, and now I see why the shirt was hand wash only!

 

Well, the straps broke, and little beads were all over the washer and dryer... OOPS!

 

But, in the past, when I remembered to remove the string of beads ahead of time, all was well :)