More crafty stuff

Here is a onesie I made for my cousin who is due at the end of the month. They are waiting to find out the gender of their baby so I just made a patriotic onesie for the 4th of July.




I also made a similar t-shirt for Mia, although I forgot to take a picture of it, but it basically looks the same.

No more sewing for me this week as I am getting ready for our trip to the Outer Banks, NC!

Are you kidding me!?

The Indians were swept by the Reds! THE REDS!! Arghhhhh! I don't know how to convey my irritation in words right now.

I am currently sulking in the basement.

It's a gas...

Holy shit, gas is $3.95 a gallon here in Hilliard, Ohio. Luckily I was able to fill up for $3.68 yesterday morning. I actually said "what the F" out loud when I saw the Speedway near my house yesterday. I am just very happy that I drive a Civic!

Speaking of cars, B.J. and I have been doing a little research in anticipation of us buying a new vehicle next year. The truck will be paid off soon, then we can save up for a big down payment on a bigger car. The issue we are having is that we really don't have a car than can transport us, Mia, and Flanagan. Currently in the Civic, Flanagan has to go in the front while one of us (usually me) sits in the back with Mia. This is annoying because Flanagan is crazy when he is in the car. An example of this is one morning B.J. took him for a ride in the truck (it's an extended cab Ford Ranger) and Flanagan broke the sliding back window while he was barking/lunging at a goose in a parking lot. Flanagan wants to kill all birds, he's part hound. So, we have been reading up on SUV's and station wagons. And by station wagon, I mean any Subaru. Who knows what the price of gas will be next year when we are ready to buy, but that will definitely make a difference in what car we will purchase. I am partial to the Mercury Mariner Hybrid, but we will see.

She's Crafty

I may be crafty, but I am not a bum. Extra points for you if you know what song the blog title came from.

I FINALLY got around to take pictures of the shirts I made for Mia. The first one I made I forgot to take a picture of so I will have to post that later (Mia is in bed). Basically this started because I wanted Mia to have something special to wear for her birthday party. I looked on Etsy and found one I liked, but it was $20! Way too much money to spend on a kid's shirt, so I decided to make one myself. After the birthday shirt, I made these:

This was for Spring/Easter. I embroidered around the collar, but later decided this was not a good idea since that part of the shirt needs to stretch to get over the head.




This is one of my favorites. Mia has a pair of blue pants that looks great with this shirt. It really brings out the little blue dots in the fabric.


I made these a few weeks ago, front and back are shown.








Close up of the applique:


All the shirts are from Old Navy because I like the thickness of the cotton. Plus they were on sale. The designs were stolen from other websites, I am not creative enough to draw my own figures, and I can't draw. I cut out the figures from fabric, fuse them to the shirt with that iron on stuff, then hand stitch around to give them that "hand made" look. I actually really like doing this, and find the stitching to be very relaxing. So if you want me to make one for your kid, send me an email and I will for a small fee. B.J. thinks I should sell these, but I am not sure how I would go about doing that. Any ideas?