It's craft time!

What have I been up to this past week?

I've caught the CRAFT BUG!

A couple weeks ago I attended a craft night, 

held by my sister's neighbor

Maria - go to her blog here.

Maria is a very crafty girl, 

just one look at her blog and you'll see that.

She comes up with a craft, then hold a craft night so all of the

creatively stumped people (I am one of those!)

 can have cute decor too.

Here was my project:

Wood blocks painted black, paper modpodged on, then vinyl lettering

I LOVE the bright colors!

With my next craft, here's a little history...

At work everyday I look at an array of blogs.

When things are slow or I need a break, I read blogs.

(Thank you google reader for keeping track of all of them!)

One blog I read is makeit-loveit.com

Recently I bought a skirt pattern from there.

I used to sew a lot but haven't since I was in high school because I didn't have a sewing machine.

Well, now I have one and I'm going crazy with projects!

Some have worked out, and some haven't (a brown yoga skirt...)

These two things I made today worked out, and I'm in love!

The Lily Skirt:

It is a knee length skirt with a smocked waistband. 

Have I mentioned I like bright colors?

 A close-up of the smocking

In the next picture, I had leftover fabric, so I made a little rose to put on a headband.

I can't remember what website I got the idea from, 

but it matches my skirt,

and I'm pretty dang excited to wear both of them!

Oh, and here's some roses my husband got me! 

It was a nice surprise after having

such a crappy week at work as I've had the last couple weeks.

So thanks babe! 

I'm lovin' my roses and they smell amazing!

Have a great week!

I'm crossing my fingers that my 3 days of work

will go by fast!

Come Thursday morning I'll be heading to St George!