Guess what?! I've been nominated for a Newbie Blogging Liebster Award by Evi from Ev's Eats! Check her out, she has some awesome recipes!
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Liebster Award!
Guess what?! I've been nominated for a Newbie Blogging Liebster Award by Evi from Ev's Eats! Check her out, she has some awesome recipes!
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Craft Fair Apron Tutorial
Hey there! How have you been? Around here we are gearing up for craft show season to start in about a month (eeek!). Nicole from No Time for DIY (check her out, she's awesome) and I will be hitting the circuit together. I've done craft shows before, but it's been a while, so I thought I would give you guys a glimpse into how we put things together along the way.
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Journal Cover Tutorial
I am a list maker. I have to do lists, to buy lists, lists for homeschooling and girl scouting and menu planning. I love nothing more than to see all those items crossed off *sigh*. I so look forward to back to school shopping season and all of the fresh, clean notebooks and supplies.
On that note, I also like to personalize the things that I use on a daily basis. I love a composition notebook, but the standard black and white cover leaves something to be desired. So, I made these beautiful, reusable, washable journal covers. The cover has a pocket inside the cover to hold your pens and a ribbon bookmark to hold your place. These make for beautiful diary covers and when you fill one book, just swap it out for a new one!
On that note, I also like to personalize the things that I use on a daily basis. I love a composition notebook, but the standard black and white cover leaves something to be desired. So, I made these beautiful, reusable, washable journal covers. The cover has a pocket inside the cover to hold your pens and a ribbon bookmark to hold your place. These make for beautiful diary covers and when you fill one book, just swap it out for a new one!
Monday, August 24, 2015
Fast and Easy Ironing Board Cover DIY
I honestly can count on one hand the number of times that I have used my ironing board for clothing. 99.99% of the time it is solely used for my sewing projects....which means that it is still used on an almost daily basis. My poor ironing board was looking rather ragged, so I decided to make a new cover. New cover for me, quick new tutorial for you!
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Sunday, August 16, 2015
Rag Quilting
Hey, Y'all! This week has been crazy busy! We are in the middle of building up our homeschool co-op, I have taken up a volunteer position with our Girl Scout service unit (plus, actually just gearing up for our troop to start back up for the fall), we are prepping for our craft shows coming up soon, all on top of the normal mom and wife day-to-day activity.
I did however manage to churn out a lovely little crib size rag quilt for some friends who just had the sweetest little baby girl. Since I was already making the quilt, I figured I would put together a tutorial for you! I tend to do things a bit differently, so this is just the method that works best for me and has given me the best end results. I have made several of these quilts at this point, so you get the benefit of learning from my (many) mistakes. :)
Monday, August 3, 2015
Building Castles (and a Vistaprint review)
Sunday, July 26, 2015
New Beginnings
Summer is always a hectic time for our family and this summer is no exception. We just got home from a trip that involved 2 weeks of visiting family and another week at Disney World (courtesy of the girls being Top Sellers for Girl Scouts this year!) Oh, and adding to the fun is the fact that all 5 of us have our birthdays in July! Yes, that's right....all three kids, plus the hubby and myself.
Somewhere in the midst of all the chaos I managed to start a business. So, welcome to Dixie West Designs! I will be posting about everything from sewing to recipes to homeschooling (yep, we do that too!). You might even see some woodworking!
My kids (14 and 12 year old girls and a 9 year old boy) keep me on my toes, my husband keeps me grounded, and sewing keeps me sane. I will do my best to post at least a couple of times per week. :)
~Melissa
Somewhere in the midst of all the chaos I managed to start a business. So, welcome to Dixie West Designs! I will be posting about everything from sewing to recipes to homeschooling (yep, we do that too!). You might even see some woodworking!
My kids (14 and 12 year old girls and a 9 year old boy) keep me on my toes, my husband keeps me grounded, and sewing keeps me sane. I will do my best to post at least a couple of times per week. :)
~Melissa
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