I'm so glad you posted this idea. i have an almost identical sink and i've been trying to think of a way to make it look not so old and make the bathroom come together better. thank you thank you thank you! even my bf loves it and he is quite picky about housewares.
the bathroom basically as a whole.

last night i was just browsing craftster feeling totally inspired. and i hadn't sewn in like a month and a half. So, i got to thinking about what i had in my stash, which i coincidentally have this AWESOME hounds tooth thats green and brown, then i dawned on me, i have this Eddie Bauer stretch cable cardigan in the perfect brown. i dissected it and this is what i came up with.

The bag itself


a peek inside


someone that thinks he owns the place


close up of FABULOUS fabric

So long story short i have this favorite bag of mine, its brown leather made by sonoma (usually sold at kohls i think), and i decided i would "try" and draft up a similar style bag but with plaid, stretchy dark denim and black lace. this is what i came up with and i am really pleased with it. why is it that i CANNOT follow a pattern, but if i think it up it comes out as good as i could ever hope.




with stuffs in it


hanging out

Comments and Crit very welcome (if you see something that needs improvement pllllzzzz say it, even if it seems mean, i'm really trying to get better and i need all the help i can get.)

so i made anooooother. only this is my best one. the first one i made with the BEST fabric i didn't use the right interfacing so its floppy and i hate it....i wish i would've used crappy fabric for my first one . anyways on to the one i made for my sister today. it turned out the best one so far probably because you know practice makes perfect but anywho, onto pictures....

This is probably only the second legit usable thing i've sewn but i really loved the fabric and have been wanting to do this tutorial http://darnkat.wordpress.com/quilted-fabric-wallet-tutorial/
it was really easy to follow even for a newb like me. and turned out really well even though it looks a little (or a lot) more wonky then the actual pattern. i'd like to make another fixing some things that i didn't quite do right. but overall i'm preeeetty impressed with myself.

comments and crit welcome <3





close up of fabric

another close up. i'm so in love with this fabric. <3


So i happened to have some random scraps in my stash and had bought some halloween fabric and it matched pretty well so i whipped another one up.

but nevertheless came out pretty cute i think.
i decorated my fireplace mantel which is HUGE. like the depth of the top of the thing is as big as my whole arm basically.
I did harvesty instead of Halloweeny because you can leave it up longer
AAANNND i only spent $11.56 

hmmm. i organized my photobucket after i posted so that must have something to do with it. here are the pics

So i first saw this done by lzepeda (http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=258974.msg2897736#msg2897736), i thought it was a great idea so i made one for my pups, because i love them . So i went to michaels today, after going to 2 thrift stores and not really finding a box i really liked, and bought one for 5 bucks. also bought a few colors of paint (i had some at home also), some new brushes and 2 sheets of scrapbooking paper. total cost $14.36. i love it, its nice to have a cute place to put thier toys.











And an action shot of my sweet little clutch, even though he isn't really little anymore


Comments and Critisism welcome!

you've seen em' all...
but i like mine better
its an ipod case <3




used red heart pink stuff that changes colors and black and a really small hook so no yucky stuff cold hurt my ipod.