OMTWI Frame: Picture This! Pillows {Tutorial}

**Thanks again for all your votes over at One Month To Win It, I have been having a lot of fun with this and can't wait to show you my last 2 projects!**

For the frame challenge I thought what would be more fun  a summer frame project, then some Picture This! Pillows.

Each pillow is made out of a heavy muslin and decorated to suit the color of each frame. The frames are lined with clear vinyl, to help protect your picture from tiny hand and finger prints.

The bigger pillows are actually pillow covers, so your pillows can be switched out to suit summer decorations or certain colors of different rooms.

The best part about the Picture This! Pillows is that swapping out pictures is as easy as 1-2-3!!

I used my pillow cover tutorial found HERE.

I also compiled my template for the Picture Frames HERE.

- For the frames I traced the frame onto wonder under and ironed them onto the reverse side of my frame fabric.

- Once the frame was cut out, I cut out a block of clear vinyl and sewed it to the frame.

- Before sewing the frame to the pillow sew along the egde you would like to slide the picture in from. This will give the frame the apearance that it is sewn all the way around while you can still be able to change the pictures on the pillow.

- Then sew the frame onto the pillow and contiue to make the pillow cover mentioned above.

**Hope that made sense sorry I had guests the night I made these and didn't many pictures!!

hello baby sister...

Six Years Ago...

Six years ago Adam Don and I were married!

Oh boy, it is crazy how time flies...I can't even begin to tell you the journey we've been on and the things we have gone through.

We renovated a house, quit jobs, graduated college, became parents, and experienced other losses. 

{Not to mention that the pregnant me isn't so happy go lucky these days... Poor Adam!}

But we've made it, we're still in love as ever, and we haven't killed each other yet.

Ok, well who says we haven't tried... jk!

I love my Adam Don and am thankful for the great husband, daddy, friend, and partner in crime he is to me.

Can't wait for many more years to come!

OMTWI Burlap: Ombray Chevron Bag {TUTORIAL}

For the Burlap Challenge, I came up with an Ombray Chevron Bag & coordiating clutch. This bag was made from white burlap and painted into Chevrons using an Ombray painting technique.

 Both accessories are adorned with a coordinating brown burlap flower and blinged up in the middle with some matching beads.

I made the bag a bit bigger than I usually do, along with 6 pockets. This makes this bag and coordinating clutch perfect the take along for the Farmer's Market, Beach, or where ever your summer will take you!

TUTORIAL:

Supplies:

     - 1 yard White Burlap

     - 1 can of Fabric Spray Paint (I got mine at Jo-Ann's)

     - 1 yard of fabric

     - 1 yard of Interfacing 

     - Masking/Painters Tape

I started out by cutting out an 18 inch strip of white burlap and began taping chevrons with painters tape.

The I painted the burlap in a Ombray fashion....heavier in the middle and lighter on the outsides. **Be careful too much paint can leak through the tape.

Let the paint dry over night and peels the tape off.

I then continued to make the bag into a market bag. There is a similar tutorial that can be found HERE.

Also someone sent me this link when they found out which bag was mine....it's a painted chevron rug from House of Smith's...

Now, I just need to get to IKEA!

Chevron Pouches & Such

Sorry I haven't posted things this week, I have things to say just not enough time!

I have been sewing up a storm for Summerfest! Just can't wait, only 2 weeks from now...

Plus I made it to the second round over at One Month to Win It... 

So I'll be back with some tutorials and more sneak peeks and what I'm making over here.

Have a great weekend!

Memorial Day 2011

This year we made our annual bike ride up to the Logan Cemetery to deliver our flowers (Ok, the pregnant lady drove).

Only this year was a completely different experience.

I had a lady ask me a few weeks ago "how my life has changed since my Mom passed away" (exact phrasing...) and I was pretty bitter at the time that she nor no one comprehended how things have changed.

I hate changed, have I ever mentioned that?

My Mom was not only my Mom she was my best friend. I used to go up there almost everyday, I know it sounds extreme and out of the ordinary, but it's what we ALL did, I'm pretty sure we'd ALL do it AGAIN.

My life has changed immensely, but I'm not bitter.

And though I wish for a happier change, I believe in something bigger than myself. I'm thankful for that knowledge and can't imagine going through life thinking any different.

These guys are pretty amazing too...

My parents had seven children (one of them was having fun at Disneyland...) and I wish I could tell you how amazing each of them are!

In my mom's life history, which she wrote when she had just gotten married, she had mentioned several times that she wanted a big family to celebrate Holidays and go on family trips.

My Mom had a special way of making us feel like we were special, which can be trying with 7 children. But we did them all, celebrate, family trips, big christmas' and it's because of her that we are all great individuals with cute little families of our own. 

What a sweet legacy she left! 

What a neat lady she was, I love and miss her very much.

{P.S. My Dad is pretty great too, more on him soon...}

TUTORIAL: Summer Pinwheel Necklace

Remember how I was telling you about the Color Your Summer Series over at Delia Creates and Kojodesigns?

Well as part of their series they did a contest and I submitted a Summer Pinwheel Necklace... and even though I didn't win, I got an awesome shout out over at Kojodesigns for my use of the whole rainbow of color...

I really liked how this project turned out and am excited to share it with you...

My mom always loved pinwheels and quite frankly I don't think it feels like Summer without them (even thought we've had a hard time knowing what Summer feels like in Utah anyway!)

 For this necklace I grabbed some felt sheets from Hobby Lobby 4 for a 1.00, along with some coordinating ribbon.

I have a pdf you can view that will explain how to make the Pinwheels (Click HERE).

Be sure to clean your mirrors before you attempt to take picture like this...eek! 

Be careful while making pinwheels, you will find you can't stop...the possibilties are endless.

(Hint, hint, I have a few more projects involving pinwheels to show you!)

Be sure to bounce back over to Kojo Designs and Delia Creates for the other awesome Color Your Summer Projects!