Battlestar Galactica

I know have not posted in ages. It has been busy around here. And sad to say, but this post is not even about scrapbooking. stamping, sewing or crafting - lol. It is to say:

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA STARTS TONIGHT!!!. I gave up watching TV when the writers went on strike, and have not intention of starting again with the exception of this show. I love it.

On a side note: My dad, my brother and I all used to like to watch Farscape too. My mom hates Sci-Fi and would call it "Far Cry" instead. I wonder what she calls Battlestar Galactica? I will have to ask her - lol.

Ok, now back to our regular programming. I do have some pages to post, but it will have to wait until this weekend.

Tagged

Amanda from Inkspirations left this tag on her blog and I decided to play along!

3 things that....

Fascinate me:

How women in other countries decorate their homes

Spiders (they are scary but fascinating)

Listening to my kids play when they think I am not listening!

Inspire me:

Other blogs

My friends

My family

Anger me:

Illegal Immigration

Child or Animal abuse

Rude people

Delight Me:

A clean house

A great hair cut

When my kids tell me they love me

Frighten me:

The rising prices of food and gas

Going down in a dark basement with no lights on

Spiders

Relax me:

Reading a good book while soaking in a hot bath

Stamping and scrapbooking

Going for a walk

If you read this ...you've been tagged!!!If you post your own leave me a comment and i'll stop by and take a look!!

Easter Bunny

I made this bunny as an Easter present for a little girl that I know. The tutorial can be found on Betz White. I make it out of cream velvet. I thought the velvet would be so soft and I was right. However, velvet is a huge pain in the butt to work with, it frays, it shifts when sewing, the seams come apart. I had to pin the fabric then baste the pieces together and then sew it up. Then I realized I forgot the ears, so I ripped apart part of the head and put the ears in and resewed it up. Then I started to stuff the bunny when I realized the front foot seam had frayed loose. I was ready to scream (I think that maybe I actually did scream!) I sewed the front foot up again, and now I can see from the photo on the left; the hind foot has a loose seam too. To bad, I already gave it to the little girl. Her mom can try and fix it. *grin*

Below is one I made out of wool for my daughter for Easter. The velvet is going back in my stash until I decided to use it for another project - which will probably be when I forget how much I hated working with it on this one - lol. I like the wool one much better. The tail is a felted Ball that I made. Look on Betz Whites blog (link is above) and she has a link to Martha Stewart on how to make felted balls. It's pretty darn easy!


This bunny is for my son, I think he secretly wants a bunny but he does not want it to be "cutesy". I stuffed it too full of pellets. I will have to let some out so it will sit correctly. This bunny is made of pink and navy wool. It's my own pattern, if I ever make another one I have some ideas to make it look better and easier to sew. His tail is also a felted ball.

Spring Easter Tote

I saw this tote on Betz White blog and fell in love with it. So of course I had to make one. Mine is not out of felted wool instead I made it out of cream felt that I had stashed. The leaves are wool but the flowers are felt. I think I went a little flower heavy but the flowers were fun to make do so I made a lot. I think I am going to make one for me & one for my daughter - it will be her Easter basket this year.

I did not line it but I made a card board bottom and glued felt on one side so that the bottom is a little more sturdy and does not buckle when something is put in it.

Pillows, Pillows, Pillows!

I made these pillows! I am silly-proud of myself. The teal pillow on the right has bead fringe and I had to sew the whole pillow by hand because my sewing machine could not get close enough to the edge without running over the beads. I made the tan pillows about 10 years ago but I am going to keep them since they look good with the other colors. I am finally getting around to thinking about decorating our guest room . Hey, we have only lived in the house 3 years, it's about time don't ya think? Anyway, I am going to paint 3 walls a light brown and the wall with the bed is going to be teal. I think with all the strong colors in the room I am just going to put up sheers on the windows (over the blinds). I think it's going to look great.

Birthday and Valentine's Day Card

A Valentine's Day card using A cat stamp from the
The Cat's Pajama's
And a birthday card for a friend. The stamp is from
Stamping Bella.
I also got the basic idea for the card from another blog but cannot remember where. I changed a lot of things on it but kept the basic sketch.

Valentines Cards and Happy Coffee

Gracie likes to have coffee with us in the mornings. She truely seems to like the flavor of it. Sunday morning she was drinking it and announced "Mmmmm Coffee! It makes Me Happy"! Of course, since I forgot to give her decaf she was bouncing off the walls for a while.

Grace and Nick had to make valentines for their class parties this week. Grace's were made out of paper doilies and paint and crayons. I will post those later. Nick asked a girl in his class to be his Valentine and she accepted! He wanted to make her a "Special" card. He used the Alligator from Animal Valentines by Stampin' Up and we attached a lollipop to the alligator's hand. He wrote Be My Valentine at the bottom. I think his Valentine will like it.