Seagreen!!!

My favorite color is seagreen.  And lucky for me, it's come into style!  Hopefully I won't get sick of it being everywhere though...  I have been dying to figure out a way to bring some of this color into our home, and since we are only renting currently, I can't exactly paint walls with it.  Then I came across this on Pinterest (go figure).

Martha Stewart strikes again!  I loved this idea, and I decided to do my own version in a somewhat less permanent way.  And with my favorite color too!

Sorry the picture is pretty bad, but you can get the general idea.  I made the frame and added some edging to make it look a bit better and attached an mdf board to the back.  I painted the board and frame initially with magnetic primer and then used paint and grout to make it a chalkboard as well.  You can see the dates written in much better in person, but I'll probably use a different colored chalk or make magnetic numbers just so it does show up better.  Cool huh?  And now I have a bit of my favorite color in my house and it can travel with me wherever we may move. :)

Travel Prep

Only 63 days till we make the journey over the many waters!  A bit nervous to be doing this trip on my own with the munchkin, but even if it's a terrible flight, it will only last for so long and then Grandma can play with the baby while I sleep.  (Sound good, Grandma?)  In an effort to make it a little easier on me and maybe a little more fun for the munchkin, I am making her some of her very own travel accessories.
First up: The Diaper Clutch.

It is always such a hassle to dig through the bag and find the diaper, the wipes, the poop bag (if needed) so I made this clutch to save sanity and to look oh so chic while on the way to the change room.  Because that is oh so important while carrying a squirming toddler who needs a change... :)

Next we have: The Backpack.

This one came about from a few reasons.  The hubby didn't really like carrying around my feminine bag with all the baby stuff.  I didn't want to go the way of the diaper bag AND purse, so everything always ended up in my purse; which ends up being the diaper bag and getting all the wear and tear of a diaper bag.  (However, now what am I going to put in my purse?!)  I also wanted the munchkin to be able to carry something of her own while traveling.  Even if it's just her blanket and a toy, those are two things I don't have to try to pack into my carry on and dig out over and over again.  I am also not a fan of themed items.  I don't want to give in to my daughter wearing Dora or Winnie the Pooh or any other character just yet.  I'm sure it will come, but I'll enjoy not having to deal with that yet.
Enough said about that, here's the backpack.

Can you believe that I had to order all the parts (zipper, triglide, and webbing) from Canada because you can't find white ones here?  I'm sure they exist here, but most stores don't have websites, or decent websites, so unless you want to drive around in hopes of finding some random store, good luck!  But that's an entirely different soap box. :)

I definitely have to give credit where credit is due though.  I have attempted to make other bags and cases and haven't figured out how to do so well with all the seams hidden until I found this tutorial.  I did do a few things differently, like the straps and shape/size, but the basic tutorial I followed step by step.  I will also be using the basic instructions for the last travel accessory that I haven't gotten to yet.  The Travel Art Desk.

And because the object of my labors is so darn cute:

I apologize for the camera phone pictures.  We moved and now I can't find the real one!

Hard At Work or Hardly Working

Wow, it has been a while since I last blogged.  Although I'm sure lots of interesting things have happened that you are all dying to know about.... blogging hasn't been on the top of my priority list.  However, I have been getting my backside into gear and have done some fun projects that I wanted to record.  We'll start off with the quilt.

 Yup, this one.  Talk about a LOT of work!  I saw this picture and couldn't help but want to make one of my own.  I had my own ideas of colors and what I wanted, but then I went to the fabric store.  Holy land of fabric!  I wandered around in this place for at least an hour before even starting to pull out the fabric I decided to use.

When the lady who works there asked if she could help, I told her that my ideas disappeared once I walked in the door.  She informed me that it happens ALL the time.  No surprise there!  

Isn't the fabric so fun?  I absolutely fell in love with the little turtles. I'm planning on making a puff turtle softie to go with it too.  Hopefully before Charli's birthday, but we'll see about that.  Now, although I am a pretty crazy seamstress who doesn't like to use patterns..... I did read through the instructions on Awaiting Ada first before attempting my own way.  Not that it was much different as there are only so many ways to puff a quilt.

Coming up next: Travel Prep.