Excuses, Excuses...

Some of you must be wondering if I've given up sewing and crafting! It's been a while since I've had a good sewing tutorial. I have a couple of excuses, one lame one and one legitimate one. :O)

First: my good excuse! Paige and I have been busy getting ready to start kindergarten! I'm working on getting my homeschooling certificate which requires me to read about infinity books. (Not my specialty.) :O) 
We've also been enjoying the last bit of summer. Like going to the county fair! A friend took us the other night and we had a blast! It was Paige's first time doing everything. So fun! I snapped a few photos to share...










And my second, way-less-cool excuse? For the last month, my craft room has looked like this:

That photo is totally genuine, no staging. It really was that bad. I needed the shelves for something else and in my usual non-thinking spontaneity I just threw the fabric wherever.....Yeah. Who could sew in that?? BUT. I finally had a full day yesterday to devote to it, so now it looks like this!

Ahhhh. I can breath-and sew! So don't worry, I've got tons of projects I want to get started on and the tutorials will be flowing in in no time. :O) (And-before you call "Hoarders"-I promise the rest of my house doesn't get like that, just my craft room for some reason!)

I'll see you soon! Hope you're enjoying these dog days of summer!
Love,
Disney

Comments

  1. Hannah Alexander CarpenterAugust 21, 2011 at 1:43 PM

    I am SO glad you posted that picture of your messy sewing room!!!! That's how most of my house looks so I love seeing others' messes! Thank you.

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  2. SkinnyGirlSetFreeAugust 21, 2011 at 1:58 PM

    Haha! My craft room looks like that, too!!!! :) I neeeeedd to clean it! I'm super-excited to see what you're gonna come up with! I neeeeedddd some inspiration! ;)

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  3. SashaAugust 21, 2011 at 2:06 PM

    Awwwww...it looks like you two had a really great time at the fair!

    p.s. I love love love your craft room...it's pink!!!!!! And I really love that you took a picture of it all messy :) hehehehe

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  4. CassandraAugust 21, 2011 at 2:20 PM

    Love your sewing room! I've been visualizing how I want mine lately and I was thinking the same idea with the desk with shelves. Currently I'm using an old table in our living room and there are stashes of material through out the house! I think it drives my partner insane.. hehehe.

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  5. arieschkAugust 21, 2011 at 2:30 PM

    Yes! Thank you for the messy pic!! I'd like to see all the sewing blog post a pic of when their room gets messy! Then we might not all think you are superhuman. :o)

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  6. AngelaAugust 21, 2011 at 2:47 PM

    So excited for you and your precious one! Home schooling ROCKS!

    just curious....where are you located that you need a home school teaching certificate? What is required?

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  7. Hannah @HannahHandmadeAugust 21, 2011 at 3:03 PM

    Yayy! COme stop by my blog! :)) Hugs!

    www.hannahhandmade.blogspot.com

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  8. JuliaAugust 21, 2011 at 3:28 PM

    Way to go for homeschooling your daughter! I was homeschooled my entire life and LOVED it, I am so thankful my mom did it for me!

    Your craft room looks so cute and fresh... I've fallen in love with your adorable pink bookcase/sewing machine table/desk! :) Too sweet! :D

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  9. LeilaAugust 21, 2011 at 3:39 PM

    I just cleaned my sewing room last week. It was scary! It is so much nicer to sew in now. Nice to know that other's craft areas get crazy too. I would just rather Do something than bother to clean. :)

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  10. June K.August 21, 2011 at 3:51 PM

    Your daughter is such a cutie.

    Are you ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE that the before and after pictures are of the same room? Looks SO different. BTW love your room.

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  11. JeanetteAugust 21, 2011 at 4:03 PM

    1st~ Your little girl is so cute. I have a little one starting kindergarten tomorrow too!
    2nd- Beautiful pics! I think you could sell the one of the ferris wheel! So pretty.
    3rd- Your craft room looks so gorgeous and peaceful! Thanks for sharing all the pics with us!

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  12. StephanieAugust 21, 2011 at 4:59 PM

    I love your crafting space! I hope one day I can have my own space...my crafting supplies are all over our apartment!

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  13. ElizabethAugust 21, 2011 at 5:21 PM

    Gorgeous photos and Paige is so cute - her face paint is adorable! I hope kindergarten goes well!

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  14. AnonymousAugust 21, 2011 at 5:24 PM

    Love your blog; it's been in my reader for months! I'm curious... where do you live that requires a homeschooling certificate? I was homeschooled, too, and I've never heard of it before.

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  15. ChristinaAugust 21, 2011 at 5:34 PM

    Haha! Yeah, our craft/office/storage (mostly storage room) room looks like that. What can I say? It's a room I don't have to go in that often that has a conveniently closable door. Pretty much, if I don't have to live with it, it just gets messy!

    That fair looks so fun! Lovely face painting :)

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  16. Anna @ Blissful WhimsyAugust 21, 2011 at 5:43 PM

    wow i love her face paint. so pretty! how exciting for her to be starting kindergarten soon! you have to get a homeschooling certificate where you live????

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  17. Laura GerencserAugust 21, 2011 at 5:51 PM

    I love fairs!!:)

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  18. Shanea August 21, 2011 at 5:51 PM

    Your fair pictures are fantastic...such a cutie! I love the after of your sewing space- I am sure you will be churning out some good stuff from that serene space!

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  19. KelseyAugust 21, 2011 at 6:04 PM

    Haha, my sewing room looks like that too...I have several projects going and my boyfriend is building a computer in it too. lol...can't wait to see your next project!

    silverrosesewing.blogspot.com

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  20. Dear LillieAugust 21, 2011 at 8:13 PM

    My garage is my craft room and it looks just like your before shot! Tomorrow it is on the agenda to clean it up - although I have been saying that for a week now! =)

    Love the fair pictures. You and Paige both look so adorable!

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  21. marieAugust 21, 2011 at 10:19 PM

    oh wow! your craft room now looks fabulous! it seems like the perfect place for sewing

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  22. Kara @ Mine for the MakingAugust 21, 2011 at 11:15 PM

    Love the pink sewing room...and that you arent too cool to show off your messes :) Your daughter is getting to be such a big girl! So adorable! And I have the same question as Angela from above...where are you that requires you to get a home school teaching license and what is required? I am a teacher turned home schooler...this year. My daughter is 3 and I am doing preschool with her. Just curious :)

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  23. AllieAugust 22, 2011 at 3:30 AM

    My craft room goes through cycles of looking like your before and after pictures. :) It happens. Excited for whatever you have in store!!

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  24. ExchocolateAugust 22, 2011 at 5:42 AM

    don't have a sew room , I have to use dinner table for doing that that's one of the reasons I gave up sewing , lot of work before , during and after sewing.

    Nice to see yours.

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  25. JennyAugust 22, 2011 at 6:21 AM

    Wow! Your sewing/crafting room is inspiring now! I have to get some ideas to spruce my half-room up. I actually share two half rooms with a guest bedroom and the home office :-) a bit odd.

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  26. ElenaAugust 22, 2011 at 11:30 AM

    Such a cutie! Your daughter is adorable. I am a single mom to two girls.

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  27. ErikaAugust 22, 2011 at 2:38 PM

    Love your sewing room!!!!can you tell me what sewing machine you use?Or can you recommend a good one for beginners?thx

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  28. NikellAugust 22, 2011 at 7:03 PM

    I haven't been to a fair in years. It looks like Paige enjoyed herself. I'm looking forward to more of your fabulous how-to's

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  29. KimberlyAugust 23, 2011 at 9:06 AM

    Those photos are gorgeous! Did you use any photoshop on them? How did you take the night shots? Tripod? Stunning

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  30. DisneyAugust 23, 2011 at 10:42 AM

    Kimberly: Thanks! I used photoshop on several of them, yes, just to warm up the colors a little. The night shots are original though, no tripod, just lucky shots! :O)

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  31. The Slapdash SewistAugust 24, 2011 at 11:44 AM

    Beautiful photography and I love that you shared a messy photo of your sewing room. I did a before and after shot of mine several years ago. It, erm, hasn't really been cleaned up again since. Time to get on that.

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  32. Sophia CraneAugust 24, 2011 at 10:27 PM

    My craft room is scary too. My husband seems to think that because it is an extra room that no one sleeps in, that it means it is a storage space. So between sewing & crafting supplies & all the extra stuff that gets put in it it is generally known as the scary room by my kids. We are putting in floor to ceiling shelves in one of the closets, hopefully it will look more like the after shot of your beautiful sewing room once everything has a place to be put.
    Oh, and congrats on homeschooling, we are just officially entering into that faze now that my four year old is reading and doing math at first grade level. I figure I should probably do something a little more official than reading to him & playing games. Luckily, I don't have to jump through hoops to homeschool in Texas. Good luck with your reading list.

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  33. Hana - MarmotaAugust 24, 2011 at 10:33 PM

    I'm one of those whose room looks like that... You inspire me to finally do something about it. At least a bit.
    And Paige somehow suddenly looks so grown-up. I think it's the dress, black is a grown-up colour. She looks no less cute in it, though. :-)
    What she had painted on her face is amazing.

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  34. AnonymousAugust 25, 2011 at 3:56 PM

    I'm sorry for saying this but... if reading books is not your specialty, than why homeschool? Shouldn't teachers like to read? I don't want to discourage you, rather I think perhaps you should appreciate more the value of reading.

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  35. DisneyAugust 27, 2011 at 8:41 AM

    Anon: I totally understand your point, but I do disagree with one thing; a teacher doesn't need to love reading. A teacher needs to know how to help someone learn. And being that I know my daughter so well and love her so much, I'm the perfect one for that job. :o) And you're right, there is incredible value in reading, which is why I force myself to do it even when I don't feel like sitting still for that long. :o) Luckily Paige loves books. (Phew!) I think she gets that from her daddy. :O)

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  36. ErikaAugust 30, 2011 at 4:01 AM

    way don't you answer my question...that's kind of rude...answering everybody else but ignoring mine...and I like your blog...I'm a big fan...Now I think I just had the wrong idea about you.
    Anyway...good luck!

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  37. KarriAugust 30, 2011 at 6:40 PM

    I am not alone! I am not alone! ;) My craft room looks eerily similar. Over summer, its become the dumping ground, because with the kids home from school, I don't have time to put things away nicely. So I just pile. On tables. The floor. Its nasty.

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  38. DisneyAugust 31, 2011 at 7:30 AM

    Erika: I am so sorry! I totally missed your question. I have a simple, inexpensive Singer. (model # 2932) I'm not sure if they sell it anymore, but something similar might be nice for you! You can see a post about mine here:http://www.rufflesandstuff.com/2010/06/meet-pearl.html

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  39. Lisa RenataSeptember 5, 2011 at 7:47 AM

    Hahahahaha! Even though my house is mostly tidy and in order, my craftroom manages to get as bad! Why is that? Glad to know I am not the only one.

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  40. MuffinSeptember 27, 2011 at 9:00 PM

    i'm so glad i'm not the only one w/ a super duper messy office. i can keep the rest of my house clean, but wow, my craft/sew/design room...crazy messy most the time! thanks for inspiring me to do a better job and keep it organized! thx!

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  41. JoeleneDecember 16, 2011 at 7:10 AM

    My house is clean for the most part! But my craft room looks like I should be locked away! I buy and just throw everything in my craft room. I blame it on the fact that I don't have the proper storage. Maybe it's a "crafter's" thing, lol. Thank you for posting this, it makes me feel normal :) I love your blog! It's my new favorite. I also adore vintage clip-on earrings. Thanks for all the great ideas.

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