Pics from the Fair

October 3, 2011

1. Carousel

2. My baked potato

3. Me & a big tractor

4. Me & Kevin Fowler, he put on a great show

5. Chris buying a foot long corn dog, Me, Chris, & Create your own slushie truck

What's Making Me Smile

September 30, 2011

Chocolate cupcakes...yum

This week has been a really great from last week's crazy schedule. I've been able to actually get some sleep and feel good enough to start school back on Tuesday. Tonight me and the boyfriend are having a little stay at home date night. He's making dinner and I'm taking stuff over to bake brownies...oh and I'm bringing vanilla ice cream. Don't you think brownies straight out of the oven are the best with ice cream? The rest of the weekend will probably be spent hanging out at the fair. I plan on getting on all the rides, my favorite one is back this year and eating everything that's bad for me like foot long corn dogs, turkey legs, funnel cakes, lemonade, & a bunch of bbq. Yeah, I'm so not being healthy this weekend but hey I'll be happy :) Here are a few other things making me smile right now.

Getting more items ready for my etsy shop.

I'm shooting for Monday...I'll let you all know :)

This lavender macaroon candle has been burning in my room lately.

After buying a few good scents about a week & a half ago from Bath & Body Works, I went to buy some more the other day. This one is my favorite!

Being done with this dress. I didn't win the competition but it's okay, my sewing skills are not at their best. This is what I was making the fake fur for...a lot of hours of weaving yarn through netting. Honestly, I didn't care about winning, I just wanted to finish. It's the first dress I've actually made...so happy :)

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What's been making you happy lately?

If You Want Something, Do It Yourself- Fringe Ankle Cuffs

September 29, 2011

After seeing these lovely booties online somewhere, I fell in love.

I was instantly inspired and knew I could do something like this myself.

Do you want them too?? Here's how to do it yourself!

Supplies

1. Fabric (I used faux leather)

2. Velcro ( You need 2 sets of connecting pieces to make both cuffs)

3. Scissors

4. Felt (I measured around my ankle & added about a 1 1/2 overlap)

5. Needle & thread ( I hand sewed mine but you can use your sewing machine)

1. I measured my faux leather to the length of my felt & cut to make the first layer.

2. I pinned over about 1/2 an inch so that when I sewed it onto the felt it would have a more finished look.

3. Sew the first layer (the bottom layer) onto the felt (about 1/2 an inch from the bottom of the felt)

It should look like this once you have sewn the first piece on from step 3.

4. Repeat steps 1-3 for the top layer: cut, pin, & sew.

5. Cut strips to create the fringe as thick or skinny as you like.

My first few cuts were a little crazy as you can see but they looked better as I kept cutting.

6. Place the cuff around your ankle and locate where you want your velcro to attach to each other for a good fit. Pin one side of the velcro to the outside & sew into place.

7. The other side of the velcro will be sewn to the opposite end on the inside of the cuff. This is the end that will wrap around your ankle to meet where you've placed the other piece of velcro that connects to it.

8. This has only made one cuff so far, so you need to repeat all of these steps to make the second one.