Reclaiming UFOs (un-finished objects, that is) from the Black Hole.

Remember I told you about my black hole drawer last post?  

 

Here's a picture of it in case you forgot how terrible it was.

And here is is all laid out, minus a few things that never even belonged in there in the first place.

 

 Want to know what all that stuff is supposed to be?

Diaper inserts, a skirt for my aunt, a hooded cape, an owl pillow, a tutu dress, a peasant top, mobile pieces, Junebug remix sew along challenge, a pillow for the nursery, a sweatshirt for my nephew, a poofy sleeve shrug, a wet bag & 2 American Girl doll tops.

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Yeah, I have a really bad habit of starting stuff and not finishing it. 

That's why my word of the year is COMPLETION!

Speaking of which,

 here is something I actually completed!

 Okay it wasn't in the drawer but it is finished. The secret is I crochet in the car while the hubby is driving. We had a 45 minute drive to the in-laws place to watch the 49er's beat the Saints on Saturday. ( GO NINERS!) It's for my cousin's new little girl, Molly. I made her a little (key word here) camo hat as a baby shower gift totally forgetting that the dad's head is twice the size of a normal person's head and that baby might (did) inherit this trait. So I had to make a bigger one that will actually fit! And now that we know she's a girl, I got to add the cute bow.  I think the hat turned out cute & girly even though it's camouflage & safety orange.  Besides having a huge head (love ya Dan!), Dad is also a little bit of a gun nut.

 And because I refuse the buy those bubble envelopes, I cut up a paper bag, addressed it, stitched it up leaving one side open, inserted the cute hat and finished stitching it closed. Then I did a second seam, careful not to catch the hat, to make it extra secure. Yeah I'm kind of awesome. ^-^

Destashing project

I have scraps. Tons of scraps. I don't know why I save them all. I just can't help myself. So one of my goals this year is to use up my scarps & improve my quilting. Confused on how these 2 things go together?

Scrappy baby doll quilts!

                                                                  (source)

Ta-da, two birds with one stone. This way I get back some storage space, improve my skills and have a stash of cute handmade gifts for the little girls in my life when every I should need them. (So I don't have to stay up until 2am the day before the gift is to be given. Sleep, sweet precious sleep!)

My other goal is this drawer.

 

This is the drawer where I hide all my unfinished projects. Which wouldn't really be a problem if I ever took them back out and worked on them. But no this drawer is kind of a black hole, once it goes in it doesn't come out.

 

So this afternoon during quiet time I'm going to take everything out and make a list of what's in there, post the list on my side bar & work towards FINISHING them!

Wish me luck!

Things I did in 2011.

Went to Disneyland.
Bought a house.
Got knocked up.
Learned to crochet.
Finally got up the courage to go to the doctor and take happy pills.
Sewed up a storm.
Refinished some furniture.
Figured out what I really like in decor.
Got greener.
Discovered I'm an organized person & channeled my power to tame a lot of the clutter around my house.
Figured out what I want from life & what I'm willing to give-up to obtain the life I want.
Embraced my curls.

What did you do?

New Year

I'm not really one to set New Years resolutions. But seeing everyone else's has kind of made me stop and think about myself. And here's what I figured out.

1. I like little birdies. A lot. Not real ones, well I do, but I'm talking decoration and inspiration for my home.
2. I hate my apartment. It is seriously small like not quite 900 sq. feet.
3. No one takes me seriously, not even me.
4. I doubt myself too much.
5. In the interest of keeping peace I give into stupid ridiculous ideas I know are going to fail.
6. My husband and I make fairly good friends but that's all.
7. I am depressed. (That's probably why I hate sunshine and people.)
8. I don't care about half the stuff I pretend to.
9. I didn't enjoy or remember most of 2010.


So in the interest of actually living and not just going through the motions I'm going to stop censoring myself. I'll try to be polite but I'm not going to fake my life anymore.

And I deserve an Emmy. Because I'm fairly sure no one knew any of this before right now. Well maybe the part about me loving birds and hating my apartment but the rest is new.


SO here they are my resolutions.
1. Make my apartment function better for me so I hate it less.
(This means more projects and less CRAP!)
2.Try to enjoy my kids. I rarely play with them because I have so many chores to do by the time I have time to play I'm tired and want to relax.
3. I'm going craft more.
4. I'm going to try not to hate my husband's face. (Which is just code for not staying mad at him)


So Happy (belated) New Year. And let the fun begin.

I'm going to end with a new project.

My new throw pillow.
Inspired by Suzanne of Just Another Hang Up.