Lotus bag
Friday, February 22nd, 2008 Posted in embroidery, general crafts, sewing | No Comments »February has been a busy birthday celebration month. It might be the shortest month of the year, but we've already celebrated two friend's birthday and there is another celebration this weekend. Days before R's birthday, I was looking at PurlBee's sewing ...
Luna de…fabric?
Thursday, February 21st, 2008 Posted in sewing, skirt | 2 Comments »The honeymoon, Luna de Miel in Spanish, is defined as "a holiday taken by a newly married couple" never did I think it would involve buying fabric! It was a crisp, beautiful October morning in Madrid and we were heading to ...
Simplicity 5914
Monday, February 4th, 2008 Posted in sewing, skirt | No Comments »This is one of the skirts that brought back the seamstress in me after more than a decade. I was a little nervous to sew again; for many years I had only sewn hems, lots of pillows and a picnic blanket...but ...
My hips don’t lie
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 Posted in sewing | No Comments »When I was a kid, I loved making my dolls dresses and fancy skirts, furniture, houses, etc, etc. Doll's clothes were extremely expensive for someone without an allowance (and a bit hard to find in a small-town-third-world-country setting) so there ...
Mum-o-rama: the making of.
Saturday, January 26th, 2008 Posted in Flowers, Wedding, crafts, general crafts | 3 Comments »Well, we already discussed how I liked the pomander balls....now here is how they were made: 1. Beheaded LOTS of mums! 2. Went glue gun CRAZY! Nah, seriously, these are the changes that I made to the pomander idea:
Mum-o-rama!
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 Posted in Flowers, Wedding, general crafts | 1 Comment »Picture this: September, 2007; a beautiful hot summer in Philadelphia. Leaves were starting to turn beautiful golden colors but the weather remained around 70's. In our little garden, tomatoes were still being harvested; the basil was giving up and the eggplants ...
Fork You does Thanksgiving!
Sunday, November 18th, 2007 Posted in Fork You, food | No Comments »Most of the people that read this know that i'm the camera woman at Fork You (well, most of the time, last month I had a honeymoon to attend to so I was unable to fulfill my Fork You responsibilities). One ...
We LOVE burgundy.
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 Posted in crafts, hobbies, paper crafts | No Comments »So once we had a basic idea for the invitations (burgundy, square, with a ribbon accent that would prove to be useful and small cream-colored contrasting LOVE* embossed square) we started to play.
Brainstorming is better done in two.
Monday, August 13th, 2007 Posted in crafts, paper crafts | 3 Comments »After looking at a few pictures of invitations (you can use Flickr.com, Knot.com or WeddingChannel.com to find images that inspire you) I found one that we both liked. It was square, it had a ribbon holding the "extra" paper inserts ...
R.S.V.P. - Reserved Savings Vanish (in) Paper
Saturday, August 11th, 2007 Posted in crafts, paper crafts | No Comments »So what do you do when you walk into a Center City stationary shop that shall-remain-unnamed and are given a quote of $500 for 100 wedding invitations? If you're me, you thank the person and walk out. Then, later ...