Terrible-ness

 

How terrible does this forecast look for next week? perfect time to do some sewing :)

 How terrible does this look? yup - those are my bobbins. 

up until last night, I was having some SERIOUS issues with my bobbin winder on top of my sewing machine. but I'm pretty sure I've got it figured it. I've seen alot of people complaining about the bobbin winder not winding tight enough, so I'm thinking doing a tutorial on how to solve the issue. Hopefully that will go up this weekend. I've also got a cute scrapbooking project that will be uploaded this weekend! in the mean time...check out {grace is overrated} for some super cute journaling projects!

I got a pile of more blocks sewn for BigMans Quilt, and I've decided to a Zig-Zag quilt instead for my parents quilt instead of a modified bento box. Lots of sewing will be going on, now that I've solved my little issue and LittleMan seems to be okay if I sit down for a few minutes and sew now. whoo!

I`ll leave you with this happy picture up our pup Elvis!

p.s. is terrible-ness a word? I'm declaring it a word :)

Watercolor Painting 101

I've always had an interest in water colour painting, but have never thought that I would be very good at the actual painting part. The shading and gradients of colours and blending is all very intimidating to me. 

but I'm determined!

I j ust recently stumbled across this site that goes over each method of painting and breaks it down and gives you tips. 

and encourages practice, lots of practice (which I'll need!)

check it out, let me know what you think!

Watercolor Painting Tutorials

Weekly Goals: May 1st

1) Secret craft project/tutorial for ya'll

2) upload secret project

3) yoga, pilates and Zumba - all once.

4) organize spare room - finally. really truly this time.

5) purchase a new filter for the fishes before it's too late and they're...swimming..with the..fishes?

"Sunny Days, sweeping the blog away..."

the weather has been SO nice here lately.

BigMan and I got a little sunburnt. LittleMan looks like he's starting to tan on his arms.

The fence is up, the plants have been out. 

The dog's are tired from chasing the kids around the yard. 

and the cat? she's to scared to go outside, so she spends the day sitting on the window sills watching birds.

I've joined the "Quilting Is Murder" mystery club.

it's all paper piecing, which I've never done before.

and you get one week to find all the clues, and complete the block.

*crickets*

I'm gonna try. I'm gonna try.

I've got a couple other crafty ideas up my sleeve, I will share them once I've got them done!

and I've been photoshopping lately - but 99.9% are of the kids. They turned out great!

Hopefully more blogging will be done even though the weather is superb! but I'm sure you can understand!