Sabbath Mantis

Ok, so it's actually a Praying Mantis but I thought it was appropriate that I found him on my Fuchsia plant today. :) He's so tiny! I took a picture with my finger next to him so you can get perspective. They're really good for your plants since they will eat all the pesky bugs.

Little Momma

Here's the I made for my friend, Stephanie. I have 2 more planned already!
Pregnant women are so cute! :)

Damask Thank You

Here's my latest for the Card Club:
THANK YOU in a Damask print.In sticking with my goal of not buying any new supplies, I printed the the damask print, the middle crest and the thank you circles on white cardstock right off the web. The pink ribbon was a leftover from a previous craft. So, all-in-all this was a pretty inexpensive card club!

My toddler shirt dress - FINISHED!

Here's my first attempt at turning an otherwise normal (but completely unwearable from a fashion perspective) ladies shirt into a toddler dress for my niece. I picked up the shirt from Goodwill for about $4. The beach scene seemed like it would be perfect on a little girl I know who actually lives right on the Bay!Here's the finished dress! It took me about 4 hours because I changed my mind on the sleeves halfway through and basically unpicked the entire dress and started over. haha. I always find a way to turn a simple project into something difficult! :)
I opted not to do the waistband since it was already going to be a bit small since I started with a womens shirt which is quite a bit smaller than the mens shirt recommended. But I did keep the original shirt length so I didn't have to redo the hem, which was an added bonus.and here it is on my adorable niece!

Shirt Dresses for Toddlers

This toddler shirt dress is way TOO CUTE! Can you believe it was made from a mens dress shirt? Check out Made blog to see more photos of this dress. Click HERE to go straight to her easy tutorial to make one of your own. It looks really simple. I think I'll make one for my niece. HERE you can see a bunch of toddler dresses that others have made from mens shirts, too!

Groovy Dancing Girl

LOVE this vid. i totally want to dance like this. :)

Duct Tape Mini Me?

Ever heard of making your own dress form out of duct tape? I read a how-to article about it a few years back and I think I even bought the downloadable ebook on how to do it but I've never actually done it nor do I know anyone that's made one. Well, for everyone else that is waiting for someone else to try this crazy idea: it's your lucky day! JP has agreed to help me make one this weekend. I'll post the pics (maybe some vids) of how it turns out. :)

Threads Magazine has 4 inexpensive options to make your own dress form, all with photos. YouTube also has some good instructional videos.

In the meantime, here's a vid on how the professional dress forms are made. Kinda nifty:

Too Cool

Aren't these crazy cool?! How fun would it be to take stuff like this and go to Hawaii or Costa Rica and see the coral reefs! Super cool!

Transparent Canoe-Kayak

Digital Camera Mask

Swim, little fishies!

JP and I went to the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park to see their new aquarium exhibits. It was amazing! They have a 4-story indoor Rain Forest with exotic birds and butterflies that ends with a stroll UNDER the aquarium so the fish are all swimming above you! Plus, the world's largest aquarium coral reef with over 2300 fish!

Here are a few little vids of what we saw:
African Penquins


Big, hungry lizard


Diver Dan with the Philippine Coral Reef


Octopus


Sting Ray Tank


Rain Forest Butterflies