1. Tell us a little about you and your blog.
Something inside of me comes alive when I get to create. Using my hands to make something beautiful out of nothing is exciting and fulfilling. I love it! My favorite tool is my sewing machine and I use it everyday. Through that little machine, my blog was born. It began as a way to document my sewing projects and share how to’s with other seamstresses.
2. How and when did you start crafting?
Oh my, I don’t know! I feel like it has been a part of me forever. My mama crafted and created even before handmade was cool 
I think it is a part of my genetic pool.
3. How often do you craft?
I craft all day in my head (does anyone else do this), but only get to do it with my hands when my kids are asleep!
4. Where do you get your inspiration?
Other creative people inspire me.
5. What is your favorite medium to work in?
Fabric, Needle and Thread
6. What is your guilty pleasure?
Eating an entire bag of Flipz chocolate covered pretzels found in the checkout line of Hobby Lobby on the car ride home, hiding them from my kids. So bad!!
7. What makes you smile?
My amazing husband and an entire hour of kid free sewing
8. What is your favorite thing to do (other than crafting)?
I love to play in the yard with my kiddos.
*You can learn more about Jama and see her SYTYC projects on her bio page*
Well, at first I really was stumped when it came to scraps. There are so many things you CAN do – the options were overwhelming. I love watching my daughter play with her cousin’s doll house, though, and I thought a version just for her would be perfect. She’s a little young for the tiny, intricate pieces. PLUS, we have an airplane trip coming up. With all things considered, I finally put it all together into one project -
I had so much fun with the details – and could honestly make a ton more because it was so much fun to put together.
Before you start assembling anything, you’ll need to cut out squares for your walls and triangles for the roof. You can make these any size you’d like, it’s totally up to you and where you want this to fit. When cutting your squares and triangles consider the following:
which pieces of scrap compliment each other the best? What color do I want the outside of my house to be? (this will be your largest scrap) What kinds of patterns do I want to include or avoid on the walls? Do I want to make an “attic” or just leave the inside of the triangles the same color as the outside?
After perusing your scraps and planning the walls and roof, you can start cutting the base pieces. You will need four squares for the outer walls, four squares for the inner walls, four triangles for the outer roofs and four triangles for the inner roofs. In addition, you will need two squares of the same color for the floor. Once all of that is done, you can move on to [click to continue…]
*If you missed the Upcycle results post, you can see it here.*
I hope all you had a wonderful Mothering Day! Not only was yesterday Mothers Day, but it was also my 6th wedding anniversary. I got spoiled. But the best part of the day came later that evening when we got a call that made yesterday one of my top 3 best days of my entire life! Nothing is official yet so I can’t share much, but I’m bursting at the seams with happiness and can’t really contain it. I’ll fill you all in as soon as I can.
me and the hubs coming out of the SLC temple 6 years and 1 day ago
So now that I have the little bit of metaphoric sunshine in my life, and that summer is coming to my next of the woods with literal sunshine this weeks post with all it’s Sunshiny goodness came at a very opportune time Just like always, the poll is in the sidebar and will be open until Friday night! [click to continue…]
