Goals

I've been taking a bit of a blog break.  I have refocused on trying to lose 30 pounds (7 pounds down so far!) and in the midst of that I had a pretty nasty cold and some long work days.  All of the above have not been too friendly to my crafting schedule.

Some things I've gotten done:

Made a "rewards" sheet to post in the house to help motivate me to lose weight

Put together a baby shower basket.  Included a painted letter with cute trains on it that I made, with a card that has the same trains to match.



Some things I'm planning to do:

• Gardening hopefully sooner rather than later.  The weather got very nice, then it got cold again.  Hoping to start our vegetable garden in the upcoming weeks and will share that with you.
• Have my wonderful husband hang some of the various things I have on the wall in the craft room, then do the full reveal.
• Create another cat bed for my princess so she can hang out in the craft room in a place made for her rather than getting hair all over the furniture!
• Start the couch upholstery project.  This one is big and scary to me, but I really want to do it!

Craft Room Curtains

I finished up the curtains for the craft room today, and I am thrilled with how they look!  The fabric was fabulous to work with, and is very dynamic.  I love how it looks with the rest of the room, and it changes character a bit from daytime (light permitting) to nighttime (patterned). Some pictures below.

Re-purposed music paper & fabric scraps

In the search for more crafts my mother-in-law and I stopped by a local thrift and antique store.  While there, I found a piano book that was for sale that had the nicely aged look to the pages.  I bought it and started turning the paper into some fun creations that I'm hoping to use in some shadowboxes for the craft room.  My mother-in-lay also created some dress forms from her scrap fabric that I could use for the shadowboxes as well.  Check out the results so far!