She's Crafty...

Since I've managed to slack a little on the whole blogging thing, I figure I better catch people up on what I've been doing so that you don't think that I'm a complete slacker on all things blogging and journaling.

Lately, I've been trying to be better about working on my goals for the year, and one of them that I had was using my mom's sewing machine (since I've had it for 2+ years at this point) to make things for the boys and for me and for family and just for fun. I've managed to make (although I wouldn't say master) a couple of pairs of pajama pants for both of the boys, with a couple more still left to go. Then, I made these for my niece's birthday (Julie, I guess you are getting the preview of K's pj's ahead of time after all):


They are a kimono style pajama, and for my first time ever making this pattern, I don't think they turned out too bad (hopefully my niece will like them). It took me a little longer than I wish that they had, but it was a lot of fun picking out the fabric and making them.

I've also started making jewelry again (and can I just say, thank goodness for a library that has a lot of different books on the subject so that I can get ideas for free!!). This bracelet was for another niece's birthday:

It's got little princess charms on it (since she is currently obsessed with all things princess, as every young girl should be in my opinion). I've also made a couple others that I'm trying to decide if I want to try and sell somewhere or if I'll just give them away to friends and family as gifts or just because.