looks like someone has a case of the mondays

and that someone is me. It's been one of those days...
BUT, as promised, here's a picture of my Itty Bitty Baby Dress. Isn't is absolutely precious?! I love it.

I don't think the picture captures just how small it is. It really is tiny. which only makes it cuter. I followed made by rae's tutorial to a T, except for the piping at the waist. I didn't have any piping, so I opted to instead use a plain fabric strip (minus the piping inside). OH, and all the fabric came from my stash. Go me.

bee block

Today I worked on a block for Corey of my Scraptastic quilting bee. She sent the Kona charcoal, and we each supplied the colorful prints from our stash. I love how it turned out! Plus, I got to use up some scraps. I'll be back later to post a picture (as soon as I take one) of my Itty Bitty Baby Dress. Hope everyone has had a pleasant weekend!

friday night in

My poor Charles is sick. So, we spent our Friday night on the couch catching up on t.v. shows we had missed throughout the week, and then going to bed rather early... except I wasn't tired yet, so I brought my laptop with me, and took advantage of the time by perusing Flickr and my favorite blogs for inspiration. I could really spend hours and hours online without evening noticing... probably not a good habit. Anyway. It hasn't been a good week for sewing, and I have to work tomorrow, but Sunday... Sunday is going to be a crafty day - I can feel it.
I've had the Itty Bitty Baby Dress bookmarked on my computer for a looong time, and I think I'm finally going to get around to making one. My sister-in-law is expecting in June, and baby Maggie definitely needs a handmade dress from her Auntie Claire!

it's a beautiful day

I had such a successful morning out garage/estate sale-ing! Along with the cute little owlies above, I got a small fawn AND a bunch of gorgeous vintage fabric. Now I feel fueled up for a weekend of studying for my tax test. Bring it on "taxation of capital gains" and "depreciation recapture"!

Goodness gracious, did I fall off the face of the earth?

Okay. Clearly I'm not great at this blogging thing. It's been many many many days since I last posted! Geez...

So why the long hiatus? Well. mainly because I graduate in May, so I'm finishing up my last semester here at OU - something that is both exciting and stressful. Also, I've been in somewhat of a crafting funk. Anyone else ever get that way? I have lots of ideas, but I feel like I can't get my brain focused in one direction. And, I realized that I am NOT happy with my fabric stash (which is of a moderately large size)... maybe I've just been staring at the same fabrics for too long, I don't know. 

Anywho. On a more pleasant note, I've been taking an Indie Business class (taught by Elsie Flannigan, Leigh-Ann Keffer, and Jill Munro), and it has been absolutely wonderful! I will admit I was a bit hesitant at first to blindly take a class like this, but I am sooo glad I did. It has been incredibly valuable. I'm really hoping that Charles finds an oh so wonderful job that will financially allow for me to stay home and focus full-time on getting my crafty business going. 
I actually did do some sewing this past weekend... but alas no pictures to show. Note to self: must take more pictures. 


Well. If anyone is still reading this... have a wonderful day!


-claire

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Liberty of London has a collection coming out at Target!

Be still my beating heart. 

-claire

not a good day

Hello folks
I'm writing this post in an effort to truly blog about everything that happens in my life - not just the positive. Last night I had to make a trip to the ER for some weird allergic reaction I had. My eyes were swollen about halfway shut (which has actually happened before, I was advised to take Claritin every day, and if it happened again and my throat started feeling tight to go to the ER). So, I of course took my Claritin yesterday like a good girl. But around 4:30 my eyes started swelling. When my throat started feeling puffy as well, I decided we should go. It's scary, and I hate it. ...Luckily we have some savings (I've been able to work more this semester, as I'm only taking my last two classes), to pay for the ER visit and a forthcoming visit to an allergist (since I have no idea what I'm allergic to). Blech. Not a good day.

But on a happier note, anyone noticed that Teddy Grahams have belly buttons? It makes that much more delicious I say. : )

-claire

P.S. Looking forward to some major crafting this weekend. major.

all you need is love

I must confess, I'm not a big Valentines Day person. But, I will admit this V-day snow was magical!

Enjoy your day with the one you love!

-claire

tax on the brain

I'm doing this:

(studying for a tax accounting exam)

but I would rather be crocheting... or basically anything but studying.

brown bear, brown bear

I am in love with this hat! I finished it over a week ago, but haven't been able to get a good picture of it. So when we were out walking around downtown yesterday morning I had Charles snap a quick picture of it in front of the pretty red brick. (By the way, I LOVE our downtown.)

I've really been making an effort lately to experiment with things, and not be bound to patterns. So, this hat was definitely an experiment. Next time I will: 1) make a ribbed brim instead of rolled, 2) make the bow bigger, and 3) change up the way I do the decreasing stitches towards the top. But still. I lovelovelove it.

-claire