Beth's Therapy

Tutorials I Love

2012-01-25T08:53:00.000-08:00

MY OWN and A LIST OF MY FAVORITES:

Have you discovered Pinterest? Oh my. I am so addicted. All of my favorite tutorials in one place with picture references. LOVE

http://pinterest.com/curlysue77/

I have quite a few boards going, with 90% of them being DIY-ers. Check it out! You'll fall in love too!

For a fun Quiet Book!

I love these tutorials!

I just remembered this site.

The site is beautiful and the tutorials are thorough.

I have made a drawstring lunch sack with a different tutorial, but this one here is so clear and well made! I will be making more of these!, modifying the design to make it quicker and easier.

Drawstring bags are pretty easy, but I LOVE how this one is done with the casing up top!

This is the technique (I followed a different tute, but can't find it now,) that I used for patching my son's jeans. He loves them, but I am loving these fancy flowers!

I am going to try some of these tutorials at Expect Moore. There are a few that look fabulous!

I finally used this design! Baby Crib Skirt. (Fabric I designed at Spoonflower.com) This is my post here.

Sew Dang Cute hosts Crafting With the Stars. She also has some great tutorials! Click on her tutorials link along the top of the page! I actually made a new cover for my nieces stroller without this tute a couple years ago, but this is exactly what I did! My pics are on facebook.

Easy Peezy PJ Pants! I have made pants using this pattern many times. It is super easy to follow. Thank you, RookieMoms! Here is one pair that I have done, and another here.

Dana-Made-It: Favorite place of all time for tutorials!

Baby Gown Tutorial. These are super cute and super easy! Here is the one that I made.

Cap out of a T-shirt. Love this and tried it! Turned out great!

Flower Child Tutorial

Flower Child My first tutorial. Easy-Breezy Project.

(click on the words to go to the tutorial, not the picture, sorry.)

Ninja Cut Out

2012-01-21T11:29:00.001-08:00

I spent FNSI cutting up my little ninja. I will try to sew him before the weekend in over. He will be my son's valentine. My son was a red ninja for halloween this year and is intent on being that again this next year.

Got to love pinterest!

Harper Dress

2012-01-19T08:14:00.000-08:00

I LOVE getting these patterns to test! It is so fun to explore a new pattern and see how a new garment transforms! I wish I was as talented as Amy who drafted up this pattern!

So here I made the Harper Dress, now available through Peek-a-boo Pattern Shop.
She also has an etsy shop here.
Linking up to a few places this week:

Red Ninja Dragon

2012-01-17T10:18:00.000-08:00

The red ninja is complete. I found this iron-on at Michael's and instantly knew it would be perfect for the red hoodie I had already put together.

I think I like it more than the boy in the house!

Which fabric to use?

2012-01-10T23:58:00.000-08:00

HELP! I am making a little dress and can't decide on the right fabric combo!

There is this Turquoise that I HAVE TO USE!
(the bright picture with the flowers in the middle is the correct color.)

Does it look good with the stripes?

Does it look good with the flowers?

Does it look good with the printed penquin?

Any help is greatly appreciated. My camera is dieing. Don't think I'll get many more pictures from it, so sorry for that. But what do you think!? I need to cut into the fabric tomorrow sometime to get this project rolling! Thanks!

Five Minute Friday: Open

2011-12-30T11:15:00.000-08:00

3. Most important: visit, comment, encourage the person before you.

OK, are you ready? Give me your best five minutes on:

Open…

Open spaces.

Open hearts.

Open skies.

I want to be open for Christ to come in. My 6 year old tells me that the Holy Spirit is here with us. That's what Jesus left behind to guide us and help us, he says. May I be open to that wonderful gift of the Holy spirit.

Open spaces for running, how I wish I could give my son that blessing. In our cramped apartment and unsafe neighborhood, we often are left in this closed off space.

Open skies, beautiful dreams for the new year. May we be open to the possibilites that await us.

Beth D.

Baby Gift

2011-12-16T21:56:00.001-08:00

The baby has been in the world for a good two months now and I am just completing these. I don't even know if she needs any more BURP CLOTHES, but here you go. Done.

Elf Adventures

2011-12-16T08:23:00.000-08:00

Our Magic Elf, James, has done some mischief over the past few days, but he has also done some good! My son loves getting up each morning and searching the house for him to see what he has gotten into!

Doing "Elf on the Shelf" has brought us out of a dull spell; out of a sleeping-in and not wanting to go to school spell. We are definitely doing this again next year!

Last night, he made Christmas mice to share with his class:

Five Minute Friday: Color

2011-12-11T21:13:00.000-08:00

It’s Friday.

Let’s do it. Let’s just write without worrying if it’s just right or not.

For only five short, bold, beautiful minutes. Won’t you join me?

Most importantly: leave a comment for the person who linked up before you – encouraging them in their writing!

OK, are you ready? Give me your best five minutes on:

Color…

I remember Smackover, Alabama. I remember dirty railroad tracks and harsh words.

I remember color. The color of my skin, of the waitresses skin, of the man who wondered why I was on HIS side of the tracks because I obviously wasn't from around there.

I remember a neighbor who accused me of being racist because I didn't want to play with her anymore as she was being very mean.

I remember being ashamed of the skin that God gave me; something I couldn't help or change.

I went to Smackover 10 years ago, wearing an orange shirt along with 50 others, to help break the boundaries that color have created. A huge BBQ in the park, invited the white people on this side of the track and the black people on that side of the track. We invited all, even the waitress that wouldn't serve my friend a drink because his skin was too dark.

My neighbor was darker than me, colored, as they say. She hit me and took my toys, so I left. Was I being racist?

A darker-skinned man yelled and laughed at me for melting in the sun with my too-white skin.

Color on the outside, but ALL THE SAME on the inside.

Portfolios

2011-12-05T10:03:00.000-08:00

I filled my portfolios with stationary, hoping that will help people see what they are used for. You can purchase these in my etsy shop, to the right.

Happy Christmas shopping!

Elf on the Shelf

2011-12-02T00:31:00.000-08:00

Many many ideas on pinterest for Elf on the Shelf, so I made my own and he has started his own adventures already! (He is sitting in my sons room with a coloring book and crayons, waiting to be discovered in the morning!)

First, a letter in my email from Santa saying that the elf was coming to visit us to make a report for him. Then, when the Magic Elf arrived, he had written a note saying that he was sorry for being a bit late. He had gotten lost in the fog that we had for two days straight.

In his letter, he asked for a name and to be put high on a shelf to watch over us!
So his new name is James, my sons middle name. Let the adventures begin!

How about a competition!? I would love to participate!