My husband & I have a few co-workers who are expecting babies any day now.  So in preparation, I put my VERY novice sewing experience into practice to make the following:

I used the pattern from: http://www.homespun-threads.com/patterns_tutorials.htm. I am still at the point where everyone tells me to give people what I’ve made and all I can see are the flaws.  It makes me really “nervous” to give people stuff I’ve made.  I hope they enjoy them and think they are unique!

Sorry for not really posting regularly.  A lot has been going on on the home front and I’ve had to deal with that on my off days!

I have a friend of mine having a birthday, the day before mine.  I wanted to do something simple and special.  I took a picture of her puppy from offline and did a simple silhouette for her.  I hope she enjoys it! 

It was very easy and took only minutes!

Another piece of furniture down.  Now all I have to do is completely redo a family wardrobe.  Look at the before and after picture.  For some reason any time I’ve been taking pictures of the furniture I’ve done, it comes up with spots in it.  Interesting…

For a while, probably over two years, I thought about adding a zipper to this sweater!  Well I finally did it.  It was my first sweater reconstruction and for the fact, first clothing reconstruction.  Below are the results!

There are still things that probably need to be improved about it; however, for the first one I’ve ever done and my limited sewing ability. I think it will do for now!

It seems like lately, I have been super busy.  Well finally, I am able to show you what I’ve been SOOOOOOOO busy doing!

It has taken me almost a year to finish my maternal grandmother’s dresser, but well worth it.  My mom even asked for it back.

This is the before and after pictures of the dresser.  My mom did not like the stain of the dresser probably in the 1970s to 1980s and decided to do a faux finish using gold paint.

My husband & I bought some night stands on craiglists.  The previous owner said they were “Art Deco,” which they are.  Somewhere along the line, the two nightstands use to be an art deco dresser with probably a round mirror attached.  However, someone decided to be creative and split the dresser to make two nightstands and used wood putty to fill in the holes.  It probably wouldn’t be what I would have done, but the damage was already done.  So I decided to strip it half way and sand the rest, then repaint.

Let me know what you think! 

Years ago in nursing school, I had a clinical instructor that made this wonderful chicken salad that wasn’t too dry or mayonaise filled with grapes in it.  I love it!  I haven’t seen grapes in chicken salad since until recently.  I found this recipe online at LollyChops.  She even created a recipe card for you in a pdf format.

The only version I made was used 1/4 cup mayonaise and 1/2 cup sour cream.  Next time, I will probably just use sour cream, since I do not like mayonaise at all!  You will have to try it and tell me what you think!

I made this apron, using the 1 hour tutorial by Jonag.  It was super easy, especially when I have a hard time following directions.  I also think it turned out wonderful for my first time sewing an apron!  YAY!

Tell me what you think!

Jonag’s Entry: http://jonag.typepad.com/stop_staring_and_start_se/2008/12/your-christmas-gift-from-mean-apron-in-an-hour.html