Where have I been?

Well after reviewing my previous posts, I see that I have a bit of updating to do. The new job with the county is going well and when I thought I would have more time to do crafts on Fridays, that has not been the case these past few months. This last quarter, I decided to take on a full 12 units on top of working full-time......so my weeks were Monday-Thursday work from 7am-6pm and then class from 6:30pm-9:30pm. Just thinking about it, the word exhaustion comes to mind. But as of June 14th, I am free from school until the end of September. Well I am taking an online Spanish class, but it's not too tough.

However I did not stray away from all crafts. A family friend had a baby shower to attend so I created a project similar to this:

And here are a few other things I created:

Padded cover for MacBook Pro

Flower Clips for hair

Bow Headband

Custom decorated TOMS - Disney style

As you can see, I tried to stay as busy as possible with my projects. The flowers were created with extra material from various projects. The headband was created from a printed fabric that I found in a clearance section. As for the custom decorated TOMS, I woke up this morning with the idea to make them Disney themed. If you would like to purchase any of these, please visit my site at: StoryIsEverlasting.

the latest projects completed...

After completing my "baby shower collection" gifts, I grew a fond of sewing. It was definitely not something that I had anticipated, but I became intrigued by taking simple items and creating beautiful finished products. I posted a few pictures of the "baby shower collection" on Facebook and have been asked to complete a collection for a baby girl. I feel so bad since it is taking me awhile to complete because I am so busy with school. But it is my goal to begin sewing tomorrow. My first baby collection was for a boy and I'm very excited to do this next collection for a girl.

In addition to the "baby shower collection", I was asked by Erica's mom to make a door draft stopper. She already had one but it was getting old. Erica and I made a trip to LA on October 8th to go look for some fabric. Unfortunately because it was a Saturday, not many fabric vendors were open, but nonetheless we were able to find what we needed. We found a beautiful maroon with palm trees for the door draft stopper and I found the printed fabric I wanted to use for the baby collection. On top of that, I offered to make a baby parrot tutu for my baby cousin Taylor. Taylor's older siblings were going to be pirates for Halloween, and Erica suggested having Taylor be the parrot. So my thinking cap came on and I decided it would be cute if Taylor used a tutu with just a red top. So on my trip to LA I also bought red, yellow, blue, and green tulle and ribbon. Below are pictures of the completed projects.

Here are a few pics of the tutu. I have no idea why they are all sideways. Sorry but I guess you'll just have to tilt your head to get the right view. 

Here are pics of the door draft stopper for Erica's mom. I must say she loved it greatly too. :)

And here is a single picture of Susan's door draft stopper.

I am so excited on how wonderful everything is turning out. For Halloween, Erica and I were Mr. Fredrickson and Russell from the movie Up and I made a bow-tie for Erica. The first one I made was way too small and I didn't want to throw it away.....so this is what I did....





I secured the bow in my hair with bobby pins. And the creation of a new idea....with my extra scraps of fabric I will use them for bows. :)

Thank you for reading my post and make sure to check in every once in awhile. I have also been graphic designing birthday cards and invitations. That will be a new post in the future.
I have also created my own Etsy shop where my items are on sale. Please feel free to browse by clicking on the link...Story Is Everlasting

xoxo