Recent Crafts

Time has flown since our Utah Christmas trip.  I haven't quite gotten back into the swing of sewing up a storm just yet.  Mainly due to my inability to decide what to sew next.

I mentioned while my mom was in town we made some sweater mittens.  Here is a picture of one of them.  Each one is slightly different.  My sister Tracey got a pair and said she is never taking them off.  They are seriously the warmest gloves I've ever tried on.  I used a pattern I found online (as usual) and they turned out well.  

I've slowly been spending some of my birthday money.  Partially due to the fact that I went to the mall and could hardly find anything to buy.  That must mean I'm old, ha.


There are a ton of thrift stores around where we live and I sometimes go with Noelle and browse.  While I was checking out the lady in front of me had a cart full of what seemed like junk.  So when I got home I was telling Corey, "It's nuts, there are so many people at thrift stores that buy absolute junk".  He had a funny look on his face and I asked, "Are you thinking about how the rusty box I just bought is junk?".  And he was.  Anyway, maybe you had to be there.  It was funny. 


Here's the before and after shots.  It looked worse in real life.  After a coat of spray paint I thought it looked pretty sweet.  I just need to get some file folders to stick in there to organize my recipes.

With my birthday money I also bought some beesewax.  I know, random.  I wanted to make some candles, so using some old jars I had around and some store bought wicks I made these.  I also just got that beehive cookie jar at the thrift store whilst looking for a cheap pot to melt wax in (so I wouldn't ruin mine).

Corey let me know that if he were me and got what I bought myself for his birthday he'd feel ripped off.  Funny.  I'm happy with what I bought, although it is a random mix of things.  I also bought a little linoleum block carving kit and I am working on a little design for fun.  If it turns out cute I might stamp some kitchen towels or something.