Baby Feet

For my most recent note card, I have selected this adorable picture of baby feet. The model is my very own sweet baby girl. This is a great card to give with a baby shower gift or send to someone who has a new arrival of their own. It provides a unique, hand made alternative to the cards that you can find in the stores these days. These will be up on Etsy soon!

Tulip Altered Art

This image is of a tulip taken at the National Arboretum in Washington DC last spring. I thought the colors looked beautiful, almost like a painting. In working with the image, I decided to isolate the colors of the single flower in the center and enhance it to look like a watercolor painting. The black and white flowers in the background are left as a photograph to provide contrast in both color and texture. The final image is most striking when printed on metallic photograph paper. I offer this image in my shop as a limited edition ACEO - I will only make 24 of these and then there will be no more!

Here is the original image:




Here is the altered image:

I'm back!

After a very long hiatus, I am back and will be posting new pictures and projects soon.

Where have I been these long months? Mostly at home, but busy getting ready for our new baby, getting things wrapped up at work so I could take maternity leave and then getting used to having a new baby at home. Our little one is two months old now and we have settled into a good routine so I can get back to updating my blog.

Morsbags

I upcycled these sheets into shopping bags using the instructions from Morsbags. It was easy to follow and I love how they have turned out. This was the August Craft for a Cause hosted by SewCraftyHouston. They will be donated to local shelters and homes for the elderly so they can use them for shopping and reduce the number of plastic bags floating around. They were so fun I am going to make more!

My Brand New Bag

As we are heading to Hawaii tomorrow, I decided that I needed a new bag. So, I found a pattern online, modified it to what I wanted and made it out of corduroy, a cute floral fabric and some scotch guarded fabric I had picked up from the Salvation Army store a few weekends ago. I made it big enough to hold my camera and accessories safely without looking like a standard camera bag. I even included some pockets on the inside. I am please with how it turned out.

Outside of the bag - note that the strap is lined in my floral print.

Opening the bag...there is a snap closure.

Inside the bag - with pockets and my telephoto lens. The lining is not the prettiest, but it is scotch guarded and thick so I think it will do well for the lining. I used the floral print again for the under side of the flap.

The straps are very sturdy on the sides! It was so think that I accidentally sacrificed one of my needles in the process before putting on a stronger one.

Poker Shirt

Over the Labor Day weekend, Wes went with me to the fabric store to pick up some items I needed for a new bag I was making. While there, he wandered off into the pattern catalogs and turned up with a shirt pattern. He decided that I should make him a poker shirt, complete with cards embroidered on the pocket. Here are images of the results - I like how it turned out. He is wearing it out to his poker game tonight so hopefully it will be lucky for him.

New Sewing Machine

A few weeks ago, my new sewing/embroidery machine arrived. I have finally found the time to upload my pictures of the beauty in action. The first shot is of the machine itself with the embroidery hoop attached. Next, three shots of the progress on my first design - a pretty flower bouquet on felt. Last but not least, the final product. Let me know what you think!!

The above pictures were taken using my new telephoto lens with my camera on my new tripod - so much new stuff lately!!!