Crafts galore!

As everyone knows I, like my mother, LOVE TO CRAFT! Lately I've been making anything and everything!! For fathers day Kenzie and I got our dad an antigravity chair and we decided to make him something also, so I went pinteresting!! And I came across THIS


Kenzie and I took the general idea and changed it up a little bit the finished product turned out great! We were really happy with it and billy loved it :)


















Next came my moms birthday! We wanted to make something really special for her so we decided to make her personalized photo canvas. I found the tutorial Here!

These turned out great! The first one I made was super easy, Kenzie had a little difficulty with one. We figured out that if you put too much mod podge over the tissue paper the color comes right out of the photo. I also cut the tissue paper larger than 8 1/2 by 11 and taped the tissue paper on the back of a regular piece of paper! I also changed my printer setting to fine paper so the tissue paper didn't rip! Those couple changes made my life so much easier! She seriously loved these... Tears were shed! Haha





In addition to the canvases we made, I also made these beautiful candle holders, also found on pinterest! Here

Seth helped me with the spray painting and they also turned out amazing! I was so happy!!





Now that I was done with my gifts (for awhile) I decided to make myself a couple things :)



I have been wanting a maxi dress for quite awhile now, but because I'm cursed with these abnormally short legs, I can never ever find one that fits, thanks to, once again, pinterest, I found This pattern to make my own!

My mom and I made a trip to our favorite store, hobby lobby :) I found this adorable fabric and decided it would be great for my dress and I bought a $4 tank top from wal mart!





 It took me a couple try's to get it perfect and the elastic thread was a pain in my behind, but the finished product turned out great! I can't wait to make another!!!



And finally, even though I am homeless and have no where to live next year, I'm of course thinking ahead and planning my bedroom! I wanted to make a pillow that would be the focal point and basis of my whole room, of course I found the perfect fabric at hobby lobby! These were Caiti inspired, no pinterest here folks :) they both turned out way better than I even expected! I am so proud of them :)

This weekend was the first time I used my sewing machine I got for Christmas and now I think I'm addicted, I want to make so many more things! I'm so so so happy with how everything turned out!! And I can't wait to make so many more things :)

Now I'm back in columbus and preparing myself for another busy couple weeks. Working two jobs, looking for a nursing job, looking for an apartment and studying for my boards is keeping me very busy!! I'm hoping that everything just works out in the end!! off to study!