My New Work Space

I mentioned in my previous post that we were rearranging things.  My main crafting station (once my computer desk) and sewing spot (once a foldout table) are now combined in the corner of our bedroom.

I'm still trying to clean it up, but this is kinda close to what it will look like in the end.  I need to reorganize some of the stuff, but for the most part this is it.

We got the shelf, desk, and drawer at Ikea, although the I had the drawer for a while now.  The peg board was from Home Depot.  A lot of the little drawers and containers around were from Staples or Target.

I really like that my sewing machine almost fits perfectly in the shelf, it sticks out a little onto my desk, but I can definitely live with that.  Most of my cloth is stored in a closet, but anything I couldn't fit ended up in the shelf for temporary storage.

Everything that's on the shelf is not necessarily completely organized.  I'm really trying to figure out what works best for me.  I'm also trying to keep the lower shelves somewhat free of anything dangerous to my daughter.  She likes to actually play underneath the desk, so the four shelves there are her toys, books, and random other things she enjoys playing with.

Sorry for my lack of posts recently.  I've been trying to sleep early (with success most of the nights), but that's also my prime time for posting.  Hopefully I'll get a post up soon of some of my recent creations.

Last Minute/Late Night Papercrafting

I should stop waiting till the last minute to work on my cards for friends and family.  In less than 12 hours my brother will be getting married, and I should probably get to sleep soon.  I only have a few more details I want to put on my card for them, along with typing out something thoughtful for the inside.  I keep trying to think of a way to embellish the card even more, but honestly... I should just stop while it still looks decent ha ha.

If I remember to take a photo of the finished card, I'll post it up here :).  Hopefully I can remember...

Edit: I remembered!  I will also sleep right after this.

Tools of the trade.  I don't usually use that particular glue, but my desk is war zone, and my usual one is lost in it.  I find the one I did use causes the paper to wrinkle a bit (boo).

Finished product.  I had to look several times to made sure I spelled Shiela correctly, since it's not a usual spelling I'm familiar with.  By check, I mean look at Facebook ~_~.

 I did add a little on the inside of the card, but didn't want people to read my mushy stuff I wrote to my brother and his soon-to-be wife.  It also looked silly when I blurred it out, so no go.

Craft Preparedness

So this weekend my sis-in-law got married, and it was fun, but they definitely made us work!  The wedding was held at a "Resort," although it was more like a small, upscale 6th grade camp location.  My husband, baby, and I went up the day before so that we could attend the wedding rehearsal and family/wedding party BBQ afterwards.  Before and after the rehearsal and dinner I was basically trying to keep myself helpful.  I asked what was needed, and apparently a box of some sort was needed for love letters and chocolates (something they used during the ceremony).

This is where the craft preparedness comes in.

I knew I would be needed to do some crafting or artsy thing while I was there, so I made sure to bring what I thought would be needed throughout the weekend.  What did I stuff in my bag o' art supplies?  A large pad of Bristol board, Prisma marker set (48), an X-acto knife, my cutting mat, scissors, double-sided tape runner, pencils, pens, and a sketchbook.  I used everything in my bag at least once.  I probably could have used more stuff, but everything turned out nice.

I was also in charge of embellishing a woven heart thing.  I wove some red tulle through the front of the heart.  I then took other colors of tulle and tied bows on the front.  Used some ribbon so it could be hung on this arch thingy the wedding party walked through.

The day of the wedding I was assigned to write all the names on some wooden blocks with chalk paint for everyone's place cards.  I kind of wish they had sanded the wood before they painted them, the names would have looked so much smoother and nicer, but they still looked super nice anyway (even if I wrote the names upside-down, oops!).

Everyone pitched in and I would say that everyone had a good time at the wedding.  It was definitely a group effort, that's for sure.  A ton of the stuff they did was DIY, and it turned out great.

... I also may have ANOTHER wedding to attend on Thursday lol.  Soooo much happening.