personalized pillow cases

A few months ago , on a rainy evening i decided to try my embroidery skills for the first time... so i took out a couple of plain white IKEA pillow cases and my needles and gave it a go. Ok its nothing special or something that requires any special talent but they are really unique and so "us" !!!
i love them so much and mrB likes them too...he couldnt stop laughing when he first saw them....
now im thinking of making a whole series of personalized pillows and sheets, for us and for our friends...i just have to sit myself down and come up with simple but funny drawings.

I also made a lovely heart with some white christmas lights that i no longer use.... just shaped a piece of metal  wire in the shape of a heart and then wrapped the lights carefully around it....so simple and so cute!!!!
I just have to add some colour to the wall to make it look better...a light gray is what im thinking but im not sure yet....

happy beads and felt fabric

a very hot Sunday here in Greece...too hot to do anything...i wanted to do some crocheting but i couldn't even touch the yarns...then i though of doing some drawing but i had no inspiration at all....so i ended up playing with beads and felt fabric...
i made a few ridiculously easy necklaces...just happy coloured beads and a few plastic miniature toys (the ones you usually find in kids ice cream cups) !
and then i remembered my promise to my best friend Iwannna, to make her a little cupcake magnet for her fridge ! so i took out my felt fabrics, cut them into shape, sewed them together by hand, put some pillow stuffing inside and ready!!!! i also added some happy beads to make it look a bit cuter :)
i wanted to make more but mrB just wont let me in peace...he wants to go out for a coffee or something so i have to leave you for now but ill be back tomorrow!!
have a lovely rest of the day!!xxx

ice cream...play, eat and wear !!!!

Its summer time....its so hot outside.....can you think of anything better than ice cream ???
Ive never met a person that doesn't like at least one flavor....
Personally im not into all the new strange flavors, im a classic type...so vanilla cream and chocolate is all it takes to sent me to heaven!!! oh! and some caramel almonds on top!!!! yummy yummy :))

I haven't been crafty enough lately... its very hot to crochet anything...even the though of yarn makes me sweat... so as i was enjoying a bowl of frozen yogurt it hit me! why not make an ice cream brooch???
so i took my felt fabrics out...needles and pins...scissors and a small ball of pillow stuffing and tah dah!!!
My first ever brooch is ready!!!!! Do you like it???
I love it so much and im already thinking of making a whole series of candy  brooches !!!

This brooch is my entry for the sofan competition!!! Wish me luck!

sewing a bag

All this time i was looking at sewing projects, especially bags and i wanted to make my own although i don't have a sewing machine. I still had the fabric from IKEA (and lots of spare time) so i decided to give it a try.

Once again without a pattern i folded the fabric in the middle and started sewing the two sides together. I had it turned inside out of course, and when i finished i just sewed the two bottom corners in a triangle shape to make the bag look better. I just looked at it and sewed wherever i thought i should. I made the two handles and attached them to the body, sewed two cute yellow buttons on the front of it and ta dah!!!! My first ever bag is ready!!!! The fabric was very thick and it made the whole thing very difficult and tiring for my poor fingers but i like the final result so much that i no longer care about it ! I also made a little heart and a puff stitch flower to decorate it :)

As you see i didn't make a lining, i just didn't have the courage for more hand sewing...plus i was way to bored to go out and look for fabric (38C is too hot for me to run around...although i did go for jogging in the afternoon :p). I don't think it really matters...i will use it to put in groceries, mainly vegetables from the market...or should i carry it all the time??

April fools' day

April is here...all shinny and warm...we had a lovely morning....the little ones enjoying the sun as always, mrB sleeping till late ( we had a late night - stayed up till 4) , more flowers popping and me trying my sewing skills.

 i managed to finish the first curtain and i thing it looks pretty nice. its not perfect but noone will notice if the stiches are in a super straight line. tomorrow if i have the time ill start the second one.

this year was the first one that i didnt get fooled or  did i? i was alert all day, watching my every move and thinking twice before talking...i was sure mrB had some sneaky plan but absolutely nothing happened. maybe that was the trick..to have me going crazy over nothing...the day is still not over yet though and anything is possible.as for me...i never fool anyone..i just dont have the talent for it.i get a stupid look on my face, trying not to laugh...even a kid understands somethings wrong.
How about you?Did you get fooled?Did you fool anyone?
either way im wishing you all a very happy month full of love and sunshine !!!

a sewing mess

its been a week now and im still down with a cold so what better way to spend my time than making a real mess...i decided to start sewing my curtains..."how difficult can it be?" i thought. well it turned out to be very simple but extremely tiring because....wait for it.....i dont have a sewing machine and im doing it by hand.
i sew and i sew and i sew.....and its never enough !

 the fabrics are the ones i bought at Ikea and i love them. bright and happy, just perfect for a spring touch !

the happy hearts are for our bedroom and the one with the green birds for the livingroom.i hope that in a few days the curtains will be ready. i just cant wait  !!!
i also bought a darker+stronger fabric to make me a summer tote bag. i really love it !! on second thought...it looks good on the dinning roo chairs too.