Small Sewing Breaks

I made some Dressy Towels...again.  :D    The cupcake ones were for my boss and the green one was for a friend of mine. Yes, they are hand towels. No, you can not wear them.

 Another friend of mine just got married and so the night before the wedding I whipped together my first casserole carrier. I really liked the colors and the way it turned out. When I make another one thought I do have some adjustments I'm going to be making.

And that's all I've had time to sew recently. Hopefully more to come soon!

Gone is the Old and Here is the New!

As some of you my know I have been in the process of moving recently and am FINALLY settled into the new house. It's taken some getting used to but I'm really starting to like the new house. We went from a 4 story house to a 1 1/2 raised ranch. The hardest thing for me was to let go of having a private sewing room. I now have a sewing corner and though it's not the same I am starting to like it also.  I am really excited about my new room though! I have been wanting to give my room a make over and this was the perfect opportunity for me. And now a look at the rooms......

 One of the things I miss about my old room is seeing this. I don't know why but I loved the way it looked there. It's nothing that spectacular but it seemed to light my imagination spark and get me going. I found it by the road one day and I have no idea what it is and haven't seen anything like it since. Wish I could see in alive and in bloom...whatever in bloom was. :)

 Here we have my lovely full closet complete with cubby holes and drawers the whole way around for storage. You wouldn't believe how much it could hold! ~sigh~ I loved that closet. But I do have a nice closet now. Not quite as efficient, but nice none the less.  I had two shelves on the wall plus the cubby holes for my porcelain doll collection and am now down to just two shelves but that is okay!

 I LOVE green. It's one of my favorite colors and when I got my own room for the first time I wanted it green! It looks lighter in the picture. It's really a pretty rich green with some emerald tones mixed throughout. It had a marbleized look.  Don't mind the bed frame.

 This was some of my storage set up. I had my costumes hung up on the left (obviously!) and had ribbons, trims, sparkles, bangles, and all kinds of accessories stored on the shelves and in the drawers. My dad made that storage unit for me when our fridge broke and we got a new one. I got looking at the shelving and the way it was put in the fridge as we took it apart so the garbage men would take it when ~lightbulb~  there's nothing wrong with them and they are adjustable! DAD!! Isn't he great?

You can see a bit of the dresser on the right. It was over against the far wall when I was in the room and had all my sewing needs stored in the top drawer and fabric in the rest of the drawers. I also had the far left corner in the picture filled with boxes of fabric. It was soo nice!!

Now onto the New!

Here we have my new sewing corner! It's a work in progress but it's starting to grow on me. I also have half the closet on the right for my sewing supplies. It's so full it's about to explode. I'd kinda like to see that....

What you first see upon entering my room. For some reason it keeps reminding me of "MOM" haha.

My mom and brother helped me paint my room. I had never done plastic bagging before. It turned out exactly how I wanted my room to look! Thank you guys!!  I also have a daybed now! I have been wanting on for a bit and  it is perfect! The rose decorations match my wallpaper almost perfectly as if it were a set. I have a few of my dolls out as you can see but I didn't want them ALL out so I left some in storage. I'll rotate some of them out when winter comes since some of them are angels or in winter clothing.

 This is my one of my favorite things about my room. I LOVE MY BOOKCASE!!! It has twinkle lights! And a wishing well! And who can resist the flowering tree thing?!?
Can you spot the difference between these two pictures? No. It's not that the light was on in one and off in the other.

 Here's a picture with the light on so you can really see what you are looking at. I love the little fairy in the front with the castle in behind the rose wall.

 My wonderful mom helped me paint the dresser. The original color was showing through in spots where the paint had scratched off and that was just unattractive. It had been a burnt red color before we painted it a pretty white to match the rest of my furniture. Mom also helped me cut the scallops on the wallpaper boarder. It had the dark print on top and bottom so we each took a roll and followed the scallop design and voila! Instant Victorian boarder. The carpet is even one of the light shades of pink on my wall. How perfect is that I ask you.

 And what room of mine is complete without a fairy corner? My mom made the fairy on the right for me. She does beautiful cross stitch. This was a kit she did for me and she said never again would she do one. I guess she didn't like that the pattern didn't match what the printed on the canvas. weird.

 And on my other window we have a picture of my best-friend Rosie! No, not the one with the wild hair. sigh~ you are so obtuse sometimes. I think you do it on purpose. She's the one in the pink hoodie in the far left picture. The other beautiful pictures were had drawn by a very talented friend of mine and she does have cards available for purchase at a good price!

And finally what girly room is complete without a shoe shrine? Yes, thank you. I do know that the rose isn't a shoe. Really, now I know you are doing it on purpose. I'm so onto you. If you hadn't noticed the angel isn't a shoe either. So there. I just thought they looked nice with the shoes so I put them there.

And that completes the tour of my old and new rooms! I couldn't have done it without my mom!

Thanks for stopping by!