Little birdy framed

I had been meaning to stitch up something small and cute for my good friend Meredith for months. Her birthday was in May and I bought this frame on clearance back around February or March thinking it would be a perfect canvas for a little embroidery. I never got around to stitching anything in time to mail it to her and felt like a bad friend. Finally her visit up to Portland kicked my butt in gear and I made this with her in mind.

I love it and secretly wanted to keep it for myself! It turned out so cute. (a little bit more detailed close up shot is here.)

blue and white bunting

I got the idea in my head that I should make a ton of bunting to hang all over the backyard for a 4th of July party. I should have started earlier, but as it turned out I (with some help from Vanessa) was able to string together over 10 feet of bunting to string up! I would have liked to have about twice that much but it looked pretty cute if you ask me.

little felt triangles waiting to be strung together. (photo by Matthew)


Strung up along the side of the house and shed. (photo by Matthew)


close up.

A couple of stitched cards.

Cards are probably my favorite thing to embroider little things for. I have always made handmade cards since I was a teenager and this new skill makes my cards a ton more awesome.

Here are two stitched cards I have done in the past few months.

This was sent to my mom for Mother's day. This photo is from my phone and is pretty terrible. I forgot to take a picture of the finished card, but this is the design i did, sort of modified from a couple Jenny Hart patterns and stitched freehand onto felt.


This was done as a wedding card for a lovely couple. I stitched this freehand onto felt and luckily it was just the right size. I heard they are planning to frame this! So proud of it. It took sooo long but it was so worth it.


I have a handful of projects in the works and am going to revive this blog if it's the only thing I do all summer! :)

KEEP OUT, this means you!

So I made this cute little mini diary. I love it. Someone should buy it. or buy anything in the shop! Got a request? Tell me!

WTF OMG EGGS

I have two projects to share with you guys today!

The first one is something that just came to me when I was at work, thinking of what I could do with this pretty fabric I bought a while ago. I have a lot of it, and wanted to do something with picture frames. Then it came to me: OMG WTF. Who doesn't love those phrases. I know I do.



Both of these are for sale in the Etsy store.


The other project is really cute and fun. I decided to host a small Easter dinner this Sunday and Vanessa decided this week that craft week would be Easter themed. I was planning to make a banner with all kinds of Eastery shapes cut out of felt but we decided to do a table decoration instead. Here is a picture of the work in progress.


I'lll post the finished product too, once we get it done.

Happy crafting!

Embroidered notebooks

I am sure I am not the first person to do this, but I am kind of in love with these little moleskines I stitched up last night!

M and V! I drew the letters right on and then punched holes and then stitched 'em into cuteness. And I just noticed that the colors of the letters match our banner. Whoa.

You can get your very own in our Etsy shop!

First item for sale!

So last night I finished and posted the first item in our Etsy shop!



This adorable and versatile banner was really fun to make and it is hanging on my closet right now, making me smile until someone buys it.