Blog Award and Girls camp

Thank you for my Blog award Jocelyn

She is always such an inspiration to me and a great Mom to her adorable Kids. And a great roll model for my Daughter and Son
Jocelyn thanks for being the special person you are.

I have had so much fun preparing for girls camp this year although My health has thrown me for a loop these last couple of weeks.But  I was still able to prepare some fun crafts for girls camp. which is next week so that's why I will be MIA for a little while in the middle of the woods with 40 girls age between 12-18 and some adult leaders Hope My health cooperates throughout the week and I make it through.
I love doing it though I am in charge of the crafts all week . But it is way more than that . It is a great way to feel closer to Heavenly father as we share our faith with each other and help to show the girls that they truly are Daughters of a loving Heavenly Father who loves them.. We all need to feel loved.and they also need to know they  are not alone
So Our theme this year is He loves me
Here is the plaque we will make.

It is painted then they will decoupage their choice of paper let that dry then add the vinyl lettering.
I go all out for girls camp and bring half my house LOL I try to choose crafts that the girls will like doing and try to teach some new techniques too.So another craft we will be doing is Fabric flowers for headbands, Pins, clips etc I have had so much fun making the samples here are a few.

Also Zipper flowers/ jewlery ( Need to take pictures) .and various other jewelery ideas . It should be so much fun. I will update pictures when I get back.I have had fun researching different ideas and making some samples.

Here is a great resource for fabric for these adorable flowers, and yo yos etc that are all the rage right now. I use Fabric sample books . These can be found at more of a upholstery, home interior fabric type store. So many textures and styles. Most stores sell these when the fabrics are discontinued or some give them away as they throw them out otherwise( Shock throwing fabric away there must be a law against it LOL)

Now I have the daunting task of packing up supplies then loading my car. there is usually just enough space left over for Me  and My daughter to fit in.
Luckily I have a wonderful husband who is an expert at packing my car up. He's had practice over the 6 years I have been doing this. I Love Him for supporting me . As It hasn't been easy for him as I do what I do best that is stress about everything ,as I have done a lot of the last few weeks. LOL
I think he likes to see some of my mountain supplies actually leave the house ! I will Miss him though as I have fun with some Wonderful young women and their Leaders . I have made some of my best friends while serving and helping at girls camp.
So I look forward to more wonderful  Memories and Fun times this year.

Write it out journals and I won a prize!

Hi all so I eventually made 40 journals for the write it out project. My 80 year old Mother in law made 16 too although 10 of hers will be sent off at a later date as I had already mailed the 3 boxes.
It was so fun to work on such a great service project . Which I will continue to be involved with in the future.
So over on Jocelyns blog



As part of this great event she organized a giveaway too
And I won one of the prizes a great Bracelet made by
. http://www.etsy.com/shop/socalsweetpea check out her Etsy store
can't wait to wear this fun bracelet . I Love Bracelets and red is one of my favorite colors so thank you so much

 

I love this prize But that's not why I signed up to do this i did it because of the strong connection i have to the military and the sacrifices they make to keep us safe. and the great sacrifices of Military wife's and family s is so close to my heart I was so humbled and great full to be a part of this project.

Prom 2010

Here are a few pictures of prom from this weekend. It was a fun but hectic saturday.This was the dress that she bought in England last year. It was strapless But I hemmed it and added the strap/sleeve at the top. I have a previous post showing the dress before.
Our Baby Girl looked stunning . Her prom date was voted prom king this year.She's not a senior so wasn't tvoted prom Queen . But She is the Queen in our eyes They looked so good together.

anyway forgive me for being a proud Mom .I just had too share.

It's all about the accessories the theme was masquerade so she made her mask. I made her a clutch bag to match and she found a glass ring that matched exactly too . She also made her necklace and Earrings

these shoes originally had just a few clear gems on them . So she changed them out and added more gems to match the gems on her dress.

Great donation to the cause.Thanks Old Trail Fabrics

So I went to a local store here called Old Trail fabric today and told them about our write it out cause and they donated 50 27x27 fabric squares! That is an over $65 dollar value
This is so wonderful and generous of them to do so. Thanks Gary ( the manager)and Carol for helping count them out today.
So be sure to check them out online
http://www.oldtrailfabric.com/servlet/the-73/Craft-Bag-Upholstery-Fabric/Detail

I love this store as they Know I am always stopping buy to see what new samples and fabrics and great bargains they have. Some of this wonderful fabric  will be used to mail to the write it out project and some to start our local version of this project.
These fabric squares are great for So many uses ( there will be a list at the end of this post)


Or Check them out locally at
Old Trail fabric
3314 N old Trail ste 10
Shamokin Dam PA 17876
if going south on 11/ 15 Turn Left at Aldis then right on old trail then one block down

They have the best button table back with the fabric sample squares my kids loved playing with these and finding buttons for me when they were younger. Well they are 17 and 19 and they still like it LOL. 

These fabric squares are so great I have made purses, tree skirts, book covers ,cushions,table runners, throws
they do sell online and free shipping on some items Or all you local girls be sure to check them out.You will be finding yourself just addicted to finding another project to use these for . they also sell some great fabrics by the yard at great prices drapery, canvas, Vinyl, Upholstery, Foam .
Webbing, notions so much fun stuff.

Here's a list of the uses for thee wonderful fabrics this list was given to me from Old trail but I'm sure there are many more uses

Alternate Upholstery Fabric Uses

A: anything that can be covered, carried, bagged, appliance cover, art*

B: backpack, banner*, bookcover*

C: caddy, café curtain, cat bed, cat tepee/tent, cell phone holder, Christmas stocking, Civil War era costume, computer bag, coupon holder, crafts, craft bag, credit card holder

D: diaper bag, dining room chair seat cover, display board, dog bed, doll house furnishings*, doilies*, draft blockers, duffel bag.

E: eyeglass case

F: fanny pack, floor cushion, folding screen*, furoshiki*

G: Greeting cards*, grocery bags

H: Halloween costumes, headboard*, holiday decorations*, hot pads

I: Interesting projects

J: jacket, jewelry pouch/roll, journal cover

K: knitting needle/crochet hook case

L: lampshades*, lumbar support

M: makeup case/bag, messenger bag, memo pad cover

N: notebook cover

O: ottoman

P: pencil/pen holder* place mats, plant pad*, portifolio

Q: quilted ??

R: refrigerator magnets*, Renaissance era costumes, rugs*

S: satchels, shams, shoe organizer, shoe tote, shopping bag, shower curtain

T: table runner, table skirt, throws, throw pillows, tote, travel bag

U: Unbelievable values

V: valance, vanity skirt, vest, visor organizer

W: walker caddy, wall hangings, wall paper*, window seat cover

X:

Y: yo-yo’s

Z: zippered ??

*non-sew ideas

Write it out project progress so far

So here are pictures of the journals I have made so far. I also have some covers waiting for Composition books and a few more cut ready to sew and and ton of fabric ready to cut Anyone want to join me?

 17 finished journals ( well I have to put paper covering the insides of the books.

 

Then I have 3 covers sewn ( ran out of books) then I will add buttons and ribbon

 

and about seven cut ready to sew and a ton of fabric pulled out These are so addicting and Easy to make even a beginner can make these . Be sure to check out my previous posts for the link to the tutorial its a great tutorial with picture instructions.

Anyone is welcome to join us tonight at my home as we make more. If you really don't sew Donations are being accepted for Composition books ($1 at Big lots right now ) or money towards postage, Fabric, buttons. and don't forget the giveaway over on Jocelyn blog Make your pledge and make those journals then you can be entered into a great giveaway. Click on the service Boot camp button below for details

Service project and great Giveaway

My wonderful friend Jocelyn is offering a great giveaway in connection to Write it out service project This is a wonderful way to serve others
be sure to hop on over to her Blog and check it out

Fun sewing site

I was just blog hopping around tonight and saw this great site she does a lot of repurposing of old clothes and kids clothes and has some really cute projects. I'm all for saving money and reusing old clothes to look like new .And they look cute too check it out
she has some great tutorials
http://www.rufflesandstuff.com/2009/08/tutorials.html