crafting day

totally on a creativity high! preparing for anna's girl scout fashion show double fold. she and her friend are coordinating for the event, so we spent the day creating handmade pillowcase dresses. we will finish them up tomorrow. yes, pictures will follow! we still have another week before the event. it feels really good to not be scrounging to finish at the very last minute. we are still procrastinating, but with breathing room.

tomorrow we will also be distressing some jeans that we are converting to capris, painting and blinging a halter top, and making spirit flops with the fabric leftover from the dresses. i am stoked! i am learning so much about sewing.

my mother says that she has never seen me this excited about anything, which i consider to be an exaggeration, but i have to admit that this is thrilling. i will be doing some more web research to figure out exactly how i want to finish the dresses. should we use ribbon? should we use elastic and fashion the ties out of bias tape? should we sew up little ties out of coordinating fabric? choices, choices.

so many ideas, so little funds.

another bonus, we listened to the beatles the entire time we were crafting. this makes me happy.

in other creative news, anna and i will be making indian headbands gone chic for an art project in homeschool this week.

we never did make the aprons. i cut out a makeshift pattern for my girl, but she lost interest rather quickly. maybe someday in the near future, though i do feel negligent of little eli when we get to play, but he has to just play by himself because we are so busy. thankfully granny steps in to save the day, which brightens everyone's spirits.