Are you like me? Do you bookmark any craft / project / recipe you would love to make although know that you may never get to it? Last week, I came across this Ric Rac project I had filed away who knows when and thought it’d be a perfect was to use this random pack of white glow-in-the-dark Ric Rac I have had for a while. The project is here at Knick Knacks & Ric Rac.

What do you think? Perfect little addition to purses, headbands, tshirts, jackets… anything! I’ll definitely be making more of these. So cute!

And yes! You’d be able to find me anywhere with this snazzy accessory!

Hello to anyone out there who is still checking SewTrashy! Bill, my most loyal fan, this post is for you.

I can’t believe it’s been (almost) three months since I posted last. Does anyone else feel the year flying by? Sheesh! Life has been good, busy and full of fun things. Although, not much time for making and creativity. Hopefully that will change soon.

Most recently, Dustin and I went to New York City for a quick 2.5 day weekend trip along with some of my family. We took the bus, which was super fun and only cost $4.50 roundtrip TOTAL for both of us. I mean, you can’t beat that! We had a blast while we were there. Dustin took all of these photos. Enjoy!

Grimaldi’s Pizza was amazing! Totally worth the wait. We walked across the Brooklyn Bridge which certainly worked up our appetite for pizza! I would recommend trying Grimaldi’s (and walking the Bridge!). The space is quite small and a little noisy, but it’s also cozy and fun. You can watch them cranking out the pizzas in the back. Super thin crust, baked in a coal brick oven. YUM!

Amazing cupcakes. Well, at least they look amazing! We tried the Mini Pumplin Whoopie Pies and Coconut Nutella Macaroons which were both pretty spectacular. These baked goodies come from Street Sweets. A blue lunch wagon bakery on wheels! Try it if you see it. Bring cash, unless you want to buy $10 worth of goodies on your debit card.

Here’s my lovely Mom and super cool brother. We went through craziness trying to get tickets to see West Side Story. Finally, we lucked out and paid $35 for balcony seats and ended up with center orchestra seats! Amazing. Great show. Super fun. Made me want to dance!

The only photo of Dustin the entire trip.

Wrong stop. Lots of extra walking.
Definitely earned all the yummy food we ate during the trip.

Do you have a favorite New York City restaurant or activity? I’m going back in a couple weeks, and would love your input!

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Finally! I have photographed (Thanks, Dustin!) and added these two notecard sets to my Etsy shop. I designed and printed these back in November for my first craft show. These are sold in sets of 5. They are blank inside, perfect for any occasion. These are original designs, printed in my home studio using my Gocco printer. I’m hoping to use the “Robots Unite” design for tshirts soon! We will see how that goes. Also, I was toying with the idea of using the blue swirls for a fabric design via Spoonflower. I have never designed fabric before, so that could be fun! My Etsy Shop. Enjoy! 

CLICK HERE TO VISIT MY ETSY SHOP >>>

 

The Standoff, originally uploaded by sewtrashy.

…to say “hello”. I had surgery this week on my mouth. BLAH! Braces are no fun… borderline torture I say. Not too much longer to go. That’s good.

Now that I’m feeling better I hope to finish up my projects for the Crafty Daisies Book Club on Bend the Rules Sewing. This was “due” yesterday, but I was knocked out on pain meds all week. Hope to share my makes with you later today or tomorrow.

In the meantime, this photo taken by my husband made me laugh. I love our dog, Bonsai. He is such a character.

For the past several months, I’ve been drooling over this vintage table and chairs set. It’s gone down in price a bit from the original listing, but still was not in OUR price range. I’ve kept an eye on it, hoping it would drop enough for us to purchase.

Today the unthinkable happened… SOLD! I guess it’s time to find a new dream. I think I’ll survive. <wink>

It has been very, VERY cold here in Maryland lately, so… I had to buy Bonsai a sweater since he plays outside every day! And, of course, when I saw this Kelly Green one, I knew it was meant to be. I really have a thing for Kelly Green. My friends used to call it “Whitney Green” because I loved it so much, and come to think of it, I wore a sweater this exact shade of green that I’d picked up from a thrift store. Ah, I miss that sweater. What ever happened to it? 

Posing for me.
Pretty sure there is a treat hiding above the camera. 
 

Tired of pictures at this point.
 

Later in the evening. For some reason he crawled on top of
a plastic bin to relax while we were swapping rooms. 
 

And, yes, he is drinking from our water glass.
He had a full water bowl, but he prefers to drink from the glasses we are drinking from.
(No, we don’t drink it after he’s claimed it) Would you look at that tongue?!

So, I’ve been waiting and waiting and waiting to paint the condo we are renting. It took me a while to settle on the colors, but I’m so happy I finally decided to just dive in! Most of the painting will be shades of gray, however, I wanted to throw a pop of color in to make things a little more interesting. Yellow certainly brings that POP! Not normally one of my top color choices, but I’m very pleased with how it turned out. I like that when you walk into our condo now, it’s like you are bathed in sunshine! It makes me happy. I hope it will make our guests happy too! This color is called “Mellow Yellow”, but it’s anything but mellow! Here are a few really less than great photos to share with you. I just couldn’t wait any longer!
 

BEFORE :: In need of some color.

AFTER :: LOADS of color! 

I’m not certain yet if I will put anything else on the walls. 
This “Hi” sign is one of my favorite thrift store finds. (Thanks, Amanda!)
It was only $1.00. Not only offering a lovely greeting to guests, but
also reminds me of Hawaii where we lived for the past 2 years. 
 

Have you ever tried photographing yellow? It’s mighty difficult. These came pretty close to showing the true color, but it does look better in person. I’m thinking of doing some sort of interesting nature inspired graphic on this wall. I think it would be interesting and maybe break up a little of the yellow. For now, I’m happy with this, especially since I’m off to paint the living room now… it will be “Manhattan Mist”. What a lovely name. 

Hope you are having a splendid week so far. It’s almost the weekend!! 

Hallelujah! EndureLife’s etsy shop is finally up and running!! We’ve been printing like crazy for the past 3 days. And I will say, we have been having a BLAST! It’s so rewarding seeing your ideas and dreams finally becoming a reality!

We really wanted to actually screen print our designs ourselves. However, we are renters right now with NO WHERE to get messy and dirty and properly expose screens, etc. So, our 2nd choice is this transfer press method. We send off our ORIGINAL designs to be screen printed onto transfer sheets. Then, we use the press to transfer our designs onto tshirts, etc. The great thing about this method. We can make them as we receive orders! 

I am excited to one day do the whole screen printing thing. I love that process, but for now… we must show our transfer press some love. He is certainly getting the job done! 

Here is a little photo spread of our printing adventures for you! Oh, and check out our shop! Enjoy!!

Dustin at the transfer press…
waiting for results on our patches!
 

Peeling back the transfer sheet. This is so fun!
 

Dustin modeling our first shirt!
What a hottie!

Girlie version! Love it! 

Peeling back the transfer paper on some small patches. 

Yes, unfortunately, I had to be a model too.
I do like this photo though!
 

Love these hats, but I have no clue how to wear it.
My cousin, Lynsey, would look great in it. She looks perfect in any hat!! 
 

Our 2nd shirt design! Dustin’s idea. Love it! 
 

Yes, totes too! I told you we went crazy printing!!
 

Dustin’s idea to print this on the bottom. I love it!
However, it doesn’t always print well, still working out the kinks. 
 

Alright. Now go check out the shop!! We will be updating it regularly! Hmm, my SewTrashy shop is feeling neglected. I must get my new items up! I can’t wait to show you what I have been working on. 

I just love IKEA fabrics. And, I REALLY love browsing their AS-IS section. A few weeks ago, I picked up 5 Dining Chair covers in this great black and white fabric. Not sure what I would use them for, but I couldn’t resist at .99 cents a piece! 

Well, my cousin had a housewarming party this weekend and I thought it the PERFECT time to use one! So, for about $2 total this 14″ throw pillow was born. Hope to have photos for you soon of her place! Trust me, you’ll want to see it!

Pillow photographed on our “new” orange thrifted $10 chair. Wait til you see the pieces we got! What a steal!