I've been telling myself that one day I'll recon some shirts, well finally got off my butt and got at least two of them done.

Inspired by JillO reverse applique http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=267021.0

I love turtles and got an ink stain on my pretty white shirt (why do I even bother with white?) I used the turtle in the link JillO provided.



Close up



Rock on! Saw this shirt at K-mart on clearance for .50 cents! Only problem with it was it was a mens muscle shirt. So I added sleeves (another shirt in my stash) and viola. Sorry about the face, it seemed appropriate, lol.



I did screw up though, my sleeves weren't as big as the arm holes so I tried to compensate by doing a little tuck thing under the arms so it has a weird pouchy/boob deformer thing.



And a simple jean to skirt recon that I made last year and never posted. It's actually one of my favorite things I've made and not just cause it makes my butt look hot  No pic you'll just have to take my word for it.

So last night while most couples were out drinking on the town, my Hubby and I stayed home and made cupcakes (yes and drank). How lucky am I? My Hubby completely took me by surprise by how into decorating them he was.

Recipe/design is from Hello, Cupcake! Seriously folks if you haven't got this book yet you're missing out. These were so much fun I can't wait to make the rest of the book.




And a close up

Sat down after being disgusted on how many stamps I've bought and have yet to use and made some cards. Yes I know I'm a bit early/late for St. Patricks day but oh well now I'll just have to remember to send them.

St. Patricks day card and envelope


St Pattys day card and envelope take two


Both are stamped with "Happy St. Patricks day" inside.

Alien (I think he's so cute) cards.


Close up, the "flying by to say Hi" is stamped on the inside of the little card as well


Random little cards, was just trying out clear stamps for the first time, very plain and not really happy with them but I'll use them sometime I guess.


Anywho nothing to fancy, just happy I used some of my stamps

My wonderful dog decided to eat her brand new "adult" collar, well not all of it just the plastic clasp. Luckily I had an old clasp in my stash. I was just going to fix the collar but after seeing at least 3 dogs a week with that collar at work I decided Sushi needed a custom one.

Sushi with her pretty polka dot goodness, she's pouting we had to come inside cause it started to rain.


Some what layed flat, Sushi decided flat wasn't a good way for a her collar to be I guess.



Now I want to make my other babies some cute collars, need to go find some more clasps.

For whatever reason while looking at my cupcake ribbon this idea struck me for a card. Since Valentines day was coming up I decided to adapt it for that. Sadly enough the only people who would appreciate a card are my parents so I'm sending it off to them.

Front


Inside with the cupcake ribbon.

Umm I mean crocheted bikinis of course. I really want to make one. I did a search and most people say they use theirs to just lay out, but I don't lay out. Pales the new black folks, no really it is!
Anyone actually swim in theirs?

So I see all these awesome and delicious DIY weddings on here, who else is Jealous of them?
Come on I know I'm not the only one! When I got married I wasn't completely absorbed into DIY/Crafting as I am now. Now looking back I can see how many cool ideas I could've done with my wedding.
Don't get me wrong I LOVED my wedding! My Hubby and I still get compliments on it (3 yrs later). We didn't have traditional wedding party, also had home made (aka crappy) invitations, yummy cake made by grandparents and/or whatever else we could do to pinch pennys.
Anywho I know there are those who know what I'm talking about.
If I would've known the craftiness that I knew now how much cooler could my wedding of been and that leads me to my present state. I'm so glad my fellow craftster have a great crafty wedding but apart of me is well green to say the less (lease what's the right word!?).

So here's the problem, I want to make a quilt but don't have enough time to quilt it. So instead of batting I bought a fleece blanket so then I wouldn't have to quilt it. The original plan was to just bind the quilt top to the fleece blanket but then I got to thinking that it may be a bit tacky. I'm really picky about two types of materials mixing so I'm really unsure about this. What do you guys think? Should I bind the cotton quilt top to the fleece blanket or should I use the blanket as batting and attach a regular cotton backing?

Well to make a long story short I made this dress (first clothing item I made with a pattern) over a year ago, I messed it up so I got mad and put it in the back of my closet.

While I was doing a closet purge I found it and decided to get off my lazy butt and fix it. Fixed the hem but it's still a bit wonky.



It's a little hard to see in the pic but theres a little bit that sticks out on the front. I'm thinking about putting a red belt/band thing there to hide it but I can't decide if it looks right, what do you guys think?



And a close up of the fabric because I love it 

Hello all I'm looking for some good freezable recipes. I know technically anything can be frozen but some things just don't taste very good when you unfreeze them. I'm working a lot of evening shifts this semester and like to have some ready made dinner for me and my Hubby.

I know lasagna is a good freeze for later meal but I have no idea how to cook it.