I
spent the morning bringing stuff back in from the hallway. I have to say, once that extra desk is
dismantled and removed, it’s going to be really nice in here. So, what to do?
I
really wanted to get the last 2 changes purses made, but I couldn’t decide what
fabrics to use. I finally just reached
into the zippers and pulled out 2 – figuring I would base the fabric choices on
the zippers. Here is what I pulled out-
Orange! I LOVE orange! Next to purple, orange is my favorite
color! And this made me think of a tiny
piece of orange batik I couldn’t bear to throw away- this is a game changer – I
need 2 more purses for gifts, but now I have to make the orange one for me!
(Selfish, aren’t I? LOL) So, I added
another zipper-
At
least I decided to make the one for me last!
J
The
green one was first – found some pretty stylized flower fabric, along with a
dark mottled green lining-
Then
I had to stop changes purses for a few minutes to make something for the dog-
Okay,
so what is it? To explain, we have an almost
12 year old St. Bernard named Chloe. She
is definitely showing her age. Last
year, she developed a fatty tumor on her back near her neck. My brother, Casey, took her to the vet and
had it removed, but it has grown back, and bigger, plus the hair around it that
was shaved to take it off previously has not grown back. It is really icky looking. She will be going back to the vet to have it
removed again if the vet thinks she will survive another surgery (12 is pretty old
for a St. Bernard), but in the meantime, Casey is trying to cover it up because
it is just so gross- especially when she shows up at the dinner table begging
for food, and she is at the right height for it to be the first thing you see
when she comes up under your arm. Casey
is going to attach this to her collar.
He had made one before out of duct tape, but because she has no hair
there, it was irritating her skin. Here
is the finished product-
It
doesn’t look too bad and she seems happier than when it was duct tape!
Okay,
so back to the change purses!
Here
is the blue one- the zipper looked like it matched a lot better before I put it
together-
And
finally the orange –
This
orange batik is delicious – there is no other way to describe it! It was a fat quarter I got at Jo-Ann’s and I
will have to see if I can get more.
So
with this being the end of the year, I started reflecting back. I started this blog on November 16. I wasn’t too sure when I started if I could
keep it up, but this is post #46 – I haven’t missed a day since the first. That is amazing- I have never kept on with
something so well before in my life. (I
actually started it on a different blogging site and had to move it over a
couple of days after I started- if I had stayed on that site, I wouldn’t still
be doing it.)
I
have never claimed to be great at crafting or sewing - I’m one of those people knowledgeable
enough to be dangerous at many things. But
I do try to always be enthusiastic.
These
last 46 days have been more productive for me than the last 10 years. 20 years.
Heck, probably even farther back than that. For the first time in my life, I have been
setting goals and working toward achieving them. I have finished more projects in 46 days than
ever before. The feeling you get when
you finish something is incredible – a feeling I haven’t known all that often
before. I LIKE IT!
I
want to feel this way all the time. Since
I started blogging, I have not been as depressed – I am cutting my
anti-depressants in half and I feel great! I wake up in the morning and feel I have a
purpose in life, even if it is to feed my own ego writing about my own life. I am excited to get on the sewing machine,
have the camera ready, and the computer on. The frustration is quite often still there,
but I haven’t given up.
Clearing
out the sewing/computer room really helped me – I looked at so much stuff and
honestly asked myself – am I REALLY ever going to do anything with that? I’m talking about stuff I have had for a very
long time that was causing massive guilt for letting it sit so long. A lot of stuff went to a thrift store or the
trash.
I
hate to be cliché and come up with New Year’s resolutions, but there are a
couple of things I would like to be able to say I have accomplished by the end
of 2013:
- Finish at least 1 project per week - ambitious, but not impossible;
- Use up fabric I already have and buy as little as possible this year (hahahahaha!);
- Inspire at least 1 person to get off the couch, away from the TV and do something creative – and if I do inspire you, I hope you will let me know!
So
Happy New Year to everyone! I hope you
will visit here often in 2013 - I am going to try a couple of giveaways in the next couple of weeks!
I am glad you are feeling happier! This is going to be a great year for you, I can feel it. And I'll be checking in on those giveaways hehehe...great idea by the way. I might do some headbands, after I do your purple one. Light purple? Dark purple? What shade of grape are you anyway?
ReplyDeleteLOL I hope my giveaways are going to be exciting enough! As for purple - I LOVE all purples! I don't think I ever met a purple I didn't love! :-)
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