day 22

Today was very frustrating. I normally sleep in but for some reason I couldn't fall back asleep so I've been awake since 7am. I'm so tired and irritated. Tom tried making churros but pretty much set the kitchen on fire... well not really but he burned oil and got it EVERYWHERE. so I had to clean the floors and stove. ugh.

Plus I was annoyed I messed up a diaper and had to throw it out. I couldn't save the snaps or anything! I did put some elastic in these maternity pants I tried making a while ago and now they fit.  I also successfully made 3 diapers. I only have one pic tonight. The third dipe isn't quite finished, it still has pins sticking out the top. haha.

the top is a newborn size and the other two are smalls.

day 21

I reconstructed a regular tshirt into more of a maternity shirt. I sewed some roses and added pearls to the centers. plus I made a ruffle down the side. I haven't tried it on yet... lol

I also made another newborn diaper. I'll probably be making one of these a day from now on.

time for bed!

xoxoxo

day 20

I haven't started sewing yet today, but I went thrifting with a friend and found this amazing smoothie maker! I'm sooooo excited for it. I've been talking about one for so long just never wanted to chuck out 15+ dollars for one. well I found the most amazing one today, except it had NO price on it. WHAT???? so I walked to the nearest / easiest sticker I could peel off and stuck it on. I looked down and it said $0.99. HAHA! I walked straight to the register and purchased my new blender for 1 dollar! can't beat that shit!

I did hang those shelves today too. I needed space for my new blender and the coffee pot was in the way.

EDIT: I made some diapers! I bought a new pattern. I think I mentioned it in the last post. anyways, I really like how its different sizes. I made a newborn with a dipped belly for the belly button and a size small.

I haven't added velcro to this one because I need to buy a bit bigger and heavier duty velcro. I think I may start using snaps instead though.

The striped flannel was thrifted, I think I got around 3 yards for $3.50. I used PUL on the newborn size to try it out. I totally made it wrong but whatever.

day 19

so far no craft today :( but i'll still blog about my day! I had many errands to run, bank, grocery shopping, joann fabrics, parents house and also cleaning & laundry! I bought some PUL fabric for making diapers. its waterproof. I found it at joanns for 9.99 plus I had a 40% off coupon. I couldn't even find it online for cheaper! that never happens. I bought it in baby blue, I also got some remnant fleece in baby blue & "lettuce" green.

I ended up breaking down and buying the darling diapers pattern for $12.50. I just downloaded it and am going to head to my other computer to print it off. I found a few youtube videos where they use that pattern and it seems a lot better than the free one I got. I'll either try one tonight, or do that tomorrow after I shop with my bff Melanie for a new couch. Alright, I'm off to switch some loads of laundry.

oh yeah and the best part of today were these mandarin oranges I bought:

most of them have funny little stickers on them. made my day!

day 18

I tried making a cushion for my rocking chair, but I kind of failed. I have no idea how I measured it so short. haha! next time..... plus I think I want foam instead of just stuffing.

and this is Tom; my fiance, dirty from work about to shower and eating a spicy sucker from a co-worker. he was mid-sentence trying to choke out how spicy it was.

I also attempted this reusable diaper pattern, I like how easy it was to sew, but its SO LARGE! I will have to open a pack of newborn diapers and compare size. I want him to wear them at least after 1 or 2 months.

I recycled it from a burp cloth I bought at the thrift store for 99cents. So with about 12 inches of elastic, I think the whole diaper cost around $1.20. IF THAT! I like it a lot.

craft challenge: day 17

I didn't feel very well yesterday at all. I freaked myself out and didn't think I felt the baby for a super long time. So I called one of those nurse hotlines and she recommended that I go to the hospital. Of course I did that and within seconds of being strapped in with the heart monitor and what not, he started moving. I swear I wasn't making it up though! I felt like such an idiot.

Today was my 24th birthday. My fiance got me a new pink hairdryer and a 1in curling iron. I'm pretty excited!! My mom also came over and helped me stuff some invite envelopes for the baby shower... They are going out so much later then I wanted. Oops.

I made a baby quilt today! Its out of the fabric I purchased from the joanns going out of business here. We started setting up the nursery too. We mostly just organized the furniture, which my dad bought me off craigslist. Good old Ikea furniture, its so stinkin' cute.

I wanted to make something SUPER simple for the fact I only had two fabrics. I was lucky I had some brown & green for binding! I used this "Nine Patch" pattern, stitched-in-the-ditch around the middle piece and did a diagonal across the 9in blocks. Then I just did a zig-zag to hold the binding down. I love love love this. Took me about 2 hours total.

<3 Amber

craft challenge: day 15

does giving myself a haircut count?? it took me like an hour to do. my hair has been growing so oddly. underneath and the back grow insanely fast, but it seems the top and sides stay the same length, no matter what! plus my bang area seems to be thinning out, wtf???

 anyways, I took a before and after pic, I look awful! for some reason my face doesn't look the same to me, my nose looks huge??? ugh, I blame the pregnancy. My glasses gave me a unibrow shadow too, so attractive, lol.

Before:

After:

I semi regret cutting the bangs, they won't go behind my ear and are already annoying me! blahhhhh, oh wells. I should have taken back photos. thats where most of the change is. I had that "V" growing in the back, I pulled it into a ponytail and chopped it like that. I tried adding some layers, its not to bad actually.

There, I look normal here. haha