April, 2010 | Kristen McAshan

springfest

Category: everyday | April 29th, 2010

glide
springfest=a whole bunch of local businesses and companies with their fancy tents talking to lots of people and selling fun stuff! live music, good food, and great weather!
husband
so proud of husband and his business GLIDE. go check him out! :) i was there helping out….well, i was there smiling and saying hi! that was about it. haha. husband
husband
what a stud. hehe. i adore him.

i had to step away from the tent and do some school stuff, and of course this ahh-dorable baby goat comes by and i miss him! thankfully husband stopped to take a pic for me :)
plants
i also stepped away to pick up these lovelies! i am so excited for these to grow! i got this succulent last year from the same lovely couple. started out that small, and now it is massive!
plants
plants
in their new homes! smiles.

finished my finals for school too! super happy about that! now i can breathe, and perhaps make more pretty things during my break! hmm…what shall i do?? hope everyone has a great day!!

elastic waistband with casing tutorial

Category: DIY | April 26th, 2010

experimenting with sewing projects is fun and a little frustrating. haha. but this one turned out nicely! here’s my attempt to show you :)
before
pretty sure this is meant to be a dress…but it’s a shirt on me. there’s no waistband and i normally wear belts with it but i wanted to change it up. so i added a waistband with a casing!
measure
*mark where you want the waistband on the dress (doesn’t have to be pretty since you are going to cover it up)…measure and add 1 inch for seam allowance.

* cut out your casing fabric to match the measurement. (i used the leftover fabric from the dress that i turned into a skirt)
* make sure the casing is wider than the elastic you are going to use (about 3/4 inch wider than the elastic).
* then measure your waist…add 1 inch for seam allowance and then cut elastic to match. (make sure it is snug enough but not too tight)
fold
* fold over 1/4 inch on both sides of the casing and iron

* then fold over both edges 1/4 inch and iron. (make sure there is enough room for the elastic to ease its way through).
* sew the two ends together (right sides of fabric together) with 1/4 inch seam allowance (i didn’t do this part because i didn’t have enough fabric so i just hand stitched them together after i sewed them on) oops..lol.
pinning down
* pin the casing to the marking you made on the dress.

* sew down one edge of the casing all the way around (really close to the edge) back stitching the beginning and end.
* and then sew down the other edge (really close to the edge) but leave about 2-3 inches open in order to put the elastic through.
elastic
* pin down one end of the elastic to the dress and attach a safety pin to the other.
* use the safety pin to pull the elastic through the whole casing!

* sew the elastic together. i overlapped 1/2 inch and did a square and x method or you can do several stitches of zigzag as well.
* (forgot to take a pic) but i sewed the remainder of the casing closed (back stitching at the beginning and end)..make sure you stretch out the casing fabric (since there is elastic in now) in order to sew the fabric without puckering (make sure you do not sew the elastic to the fabric!!!!).
done
yay! new shirt/dress. :) you can do this to anything…shirts, dresses, skirts, jackets…etc.
yay
now i don’t have to wear a belt with this outfit. it has a permanent one!

peace and love
xox

why did the turtle cross the road…

Category: everyday | April 24th, 2010

my husband secretly loves animals just as much as i do!!! he proved it by saving a turtle the other day. :) we were driving (in a hurry because we were late) on a major street and all of a sudden he busts a u-turn, parks on the side of the road, jumps out of the car, runs across 4 lanes of speeding cars to get this poor, poor turtle from the middle of the street who was scared to death. my hero. :)
saving turtle
happy turtle
hehe. i secretly wanted to keep him. hope he stays away from the street! have a fabulous day!!! it’s gorgeous outside.i’ll be back with two little projects i have been working on.

peace and love
xox

earth day!!

Category: everyday | April 22nd, 2010

cookies!
happy earth day everyone!! with the girls today. they learned about making the earth happy on dora. awesome. :) thanks to Kristin at What are we doing today Mom? we rolled, baked, decorated, admired, and of course ate these!! tons of fun and threw in some education :)
yay
yay
earths
yum
who needs napkins…

enjoy your day!!! excited about doing some sewing later tonight! we shall see how it turns out…

peace and love
xox

he loves us…

Category: everyday | April 21st, 2010

haven’t had much time to craft these past few days because of school work taking over my life…but i have had time to listen to this amazing song…on repeat. :) kim walker is awesome…so are all the other versions of this song. but i adore it. and the words are so powerful. brings a tear to my eyes every time.

wanting to do a fun project for earth day tomorrow! hmmm….also still house hunting. prayers for us would be fabulous! :) hope everyone has a great day!!! i’m loving this weather! spend time outside!

peace and love
xox