So I recently joined Pinterest, only to discover that everything looks shinier and prettier than in real life. I tried a hairstyle I found on there the other day that seemed relatively easy. Well, it wasn’t. And it didn’t look even half as good. In fact, I didn’t leave the house with it done that way. Then the other day I found this beautiful scarf project:
Pretty, right? The tutorial was SUPER easy and I can sew so I headed out to my local fabric store to grab the fabric I needed. I chose a solid black and a polka dot pattern. I was pretty sure it was going to be best ever. It isn’t. It was relatively easy to sew and follow the pattern, but I’m just not in love with the look of it. I found that it was too much material, and not long enough. So when I double loop it around my neck, it feels like it’s strangling me and there’s just too much bulk. So I’m going to take it all apart and make it more narrow, and possibly even do away with the braid (but I like it!) in order to make it longer. Here’s my finished project.
Today I saw something else I liked too. Go look at it here. I loved the idea so I made up my own cheap version:
I have tried a bazillion different kinds of chore charts. This one is most likely to make me very broke, but at least I could have some order in the chaos that is our home. I just put it up this afternoon when the kids got home from school and already I’m down over $3, but my living room is clean, there is no crumbs under my table, my dishwasher is unloaded, kids beds are made, some toys are cleaned up downstairs and the mirror in the kids bathroom is clean. So, win. We’ll see how long it lasts.
My latest project I am working on is this. I will post pictures when it is done!
I would LOVE a hoodie like that for Christmas. Hint hint….