I am back to the blogging world

Wow! It has been an extremely long time since I have blogged! I have so many things that I want to tell you guys about so I will be following this post with many more! I haven't been on here for probably 6 months(I would come on but not know what to post about) but anyway they have a new feature that told me that I have 5,000 views!!! Thank you guys so much! I really want to make some changes to this blog and express more of my personal feelings instead of just my crafts, but I promise the crafts won't stop! Thanks to all of you that have been reading my blog and been patiently waiting for me to come back to the blog world!!

My garden

Hey crafters! For a while I have been wanting a vegetable garden but never got around to it. So this year I decided to make one. My dad helped me make it. Here is what it looks like:

 My dad and I did this project together and it was super fun! My dad was responsible for the stone wall around the garden, isn't it beautiful? 

 I originally had the idea to create square wooden signs to mark the plants, but I have to say that my dad made each of the signs. I love how unique and beautiful they are. We found the distressed wood behind my house and decided not to just waste it. I love how they look!

These little babies were the first to grow. The radishes have cute little heart shape leaves that were so cute! I love my garden! Keep crafting!

T-shirt Scarf

Hey there! Sometimes in crafting, you just want an easy project that you can get done in one day. That is definitely how I feel a lot of the times. Pinterest has helped a lot with finding fun, fast crafts. Today I will show you how to make a scarf made out of old t-shirts. I actually had a friend show me how to make these...but i also found a pretty good tutorial here: http://www.alanataylor.com/post/6341370041/diy-hipster-t-shirt-scarves-grab-some-cotton.
Here's how mine turned out:

Then here I am modeling it: 

There are so many different possibilities! You should try one!
See ya later!

Sweater to Pillow

Hey Crafters! Happy Valentines Day! I hope that your day has been full of love!! A few weeks ago I picked up this sweater for really cheap(not intending to wearing it) because I like the pattern on the sweater. I thought and thought of what I could make. While browsing through Pinterest I saw these really cute sweater pillows that I loved! So I decided to make one two! A few years ago my sweet brother gave me a heart pillow on valentines day and I loved it! It has gotten a little worn out so I wanted to make one just like it!
                          Here's the original

                                  
                          Here's the replica

                                  

Now I'll break it down for you

I first took a sweater and cut off the top and bottom so I just had a loop rectangle. Next I cut the loop so I now have two pieces like this.

Next I traced the original heart and made a template. And then pinned it to one side.(I added another piece of fabric under the sweater fabric so the stuffing wouldn't come out.

 Next cut around the template. Do this to the other sweater piece. Next put the two pieces together and sew around, leaving an opening.
Turn the heart inside out and start stuffing. After your pillow is plump get a needle and thread to sew up the opening on the one side! Now you have a cute heart pillow!

Keep crafting!

Guest Posting

Hey Crafters! The day has finally come for the guest posting! Yay! I am at Harvest Kitchen Sisters today with the post. To see the guest post click HERE .  I hope you all like my lace wallets!

Keep Crafting!

New Year

 New Year means new goals. I have a goal to post on here at least once a month to keep you guys updated on what I am up to. I have been quite the slacker this year and I promise to post more in the new year.I also want to read a lot of books and finish the books that I have started a million times. What are your New Year goals?
  How was your holiday season? My holiday season was awesome and went way too fast! I had the chance to sleep in every day, stay up late, craft whenever I wanted to, read in bed for 3 hours, stay in pj's all day and just relax. Ahh, don't you just love the holiday's? 
 I have some very exciting news! A very nice blogger asked me to guest post on her blog! I have created my project for the blog and it's almost guest posting time! And even greater, I made up a whole new tutorial! Keep watching for the guest post!
  I just wanted to thank all of you crafters that are reading my blog. You guys are AWESOME! Have an awesome New Year!
Keep Crafting!

October

One of my favorite months of the year would have to be October. I love how the leaves change color, the air is getting colder but not to cold, and of course Halloween. I am not into scary things, but I still love the candy. This weekend was my fall break, so I got to be home and do whatever I wanted to. I absolutely love cooking, so I made a few treats this weekend. First, I started with my mom's delicious taco soup. It is so simple, I just added the ingredients to the Crock-Pot and let it heat up! Then I made fruit salsa with chips. The fruit salsa had mango, strawberries, kiwi, and apples. The chips were just tortillas baked with cinnamon sugar on top! Yum! Then I made Mini Cheese cakes that were delicious! Sadly, I was too late to get any pictures, because we have now eaten most of it. On friday, I made oreo cookies with cream cheese frosting. They did turn out a little doughy, but still really good! 
  At my school, I am in the National Juniors Honors Society. If you don't know what I am talking about, National Juniors Honors Society, or NJHS, is the students that have had good citizenship ship or good grades get to be in it. To be in the club, you have to have 4 hours of service per quarter of the school year. I was trying to think up some good service and finally thought up service that would be fun. Making quilts for children hospitals. I have just started sewing the 5" by 5" squares into rows. Here's what it looks like so far.

 

I wanted it to be a mixed matched quilt. So, another bonus, I got to use a lot of my scraps from previous projects! 

A week ago, my family was fortunate enough to take a family vacation in Mazatlan, Mexico! It was one of the best trips I have taken. Mazatlan is so beautiful. I was able to take some pictures while I 

 was there.

It was so incredibly green there!

 I thought this milk sign was kind of funny. 

 When we got to the resorts there were peacocks,

lizards,

 flamingos,

 frogs, (sadly this little guy didn't make it)

and hairy caterpillars.(my sister-in-law found this little guy in the swimming pool and we decided to save him, except when we would put him on the poolside, he would jump back into the pool!!)

The trip was amazing!

I hope all of you are enjoying October as much as I am!

Keep Crafting!