ALittleWorld

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Here is the tote bag I mentioned on my last post,

and here is what I really need:

a better camera than my little point and shoot,

a few photography classes wouldn't hurt either,

yeah! OK, many classes!

For a while I have been frustrated with my pictures,

I always wait for a good natural light,

I have some white boards to reflect the good natural light;

but the bottom line is:

there is so much a point and shoot can do,

and mine has done it!

Frustration vented, now back to the tote bag.

I really wanted a leather handle for a cleaner look,

but, oh boy!

that thing was hard to sew on the bag,

I sewn with waxed cotton cord, thinking: strong,

which made it even harder,

even though the leather already had punched holes,

next time I might try some rivets.

Anyway, was worth it, I do like how it turned out.

I don't remember a time when I wasn't making something,

or figuring out how to make something I have my eyes on;

but usually is a gift, nursery goods for my shop,

or something for my son.

Last week I got my fabrics out of the closet and made

an ipod case and a tote bag with leather handles for myself,

I really like how they both turned out.

Here are some pictures of the ipod case,

I will post some pictures of the bag next week.

Now, back to my fabrics, I am on a bag/pouch/case kind of mood.

Happy week to you all!

I have seen these crayons on several blogs and

always wanted to try it, but I thought it would be too messy,

well, I was wrong, it's so easy, specially because

none of my son's crayons had the paper around it.

Here is how we made it:

Peel the paper off the crayons (done by my son throughout the last year or so).
Break in small pieces, not too small or they are going to blend on a very dark unrecognizable color.
Put the pieces in a silicone heart pan.
Put on the oven at 320F for 10 to 15 minutes.
Wait it to cool down (it's chilly and dry today so I just put it outside, it's done in less than 5 min).
Pop them out of the pan.