Monday, January 31, 2011

time spender

i am a stay at home mother. wonderful! so, what do i do with ALL :) my 'free time'?
let baby g watch me make lovelies of course.
he doesn't seem to mind- for now.




pretty little burp cloths for a friend's new bambino. hooray for little girls!



this sewing table and chair are a wonderful little story about a girl, me, who yearned for somewhere to put her new sewing machine, but did not want to pay a lot of mula for this said table. so this girl constructed an email and sent it to about 20 craigslistings and one seller had pity and gave the very happy girl this lovely set for free! love a good deal! makes me, the girl, so very happy! :)


a little inspiration...

and voila! it's amazing what a can of paint and some new fabric can do, eh?


matching paper crafting corner (don't mind the mess).


now this lovely story begins with a yard sale where two lovebirds went a hunting and came upon some sellers ready to be rid of all their 'junk'. so they gathered a whole lot of goods for the price tag of $1! another sa-weet deal!


moral of this story?
take the free table cloth and turn it into 6 dish towels. hooray!


and some little pretties for a dear mother's birthday present.


i told j-mann that my new dream job, there is a list, would be to make pretty packages.
it makes me simply giddy imagining the receivers face.

so, go ahead- DO SOMETHING!

5 comments:

Chris and Michelle said...

You are DARLING Brooke, and so are all your projects! I LOVE your craft area and way to go on the sewing table makeover! I think you've inspired me! I have so many projects in my head, I just need to go DO THEM like you said!
p.s. you & J really had us laughing on my blog - thanks for your comments! We loved them! :)

Emily said...

A girl after my own heart...except you actually do all of the cute projects in your creative mind! I need that pic of the "do something" lol

Al and Eli said...

I know I've said it before, and I'll say it again, RIDICULOUS!!! Where do such ideas and things come from? I wish I could say I'm inspired, instead I already feel tired from the few things a day that I do, which are not an ounce as creative as yours. You are amazing! I wish I lived closer to you and could use your brain to shake something going inside of my own.

Dallings said...

Sweet desk. Okay that's it, let's get together and make pretty things.

Em said...

I love those dishcloths you made! I want to learn how to do those little flowers. But wait...my sewing machine(s) are in other states! Your lovelies are darling!