This week's craftiness

I put away the hooks, and sewed up a storm.

{This was last week's bag .. just thought
I'd take it out for a shoot with the others}

{reversible bag}

New Mac Sacs.









Now to catch up on hat orders.

Crafting tote

I finally had time to sew again.

Nothing fancy, just something to keep my yarns in.

Dress Numero Dos

So I finally finished my second dress.

It wasn't difficult to make, I just took me forever to complete because I never had the time for it. But now it's done, and with a pop of color in a cutesy belts it's ready for summer, as I am ready for summer!

Happy Saturday!

Sew Random

I was caffinated quite well the other day on Dunkin Donut's free iced coffee day and decided to sew a little something for myself. I ended up sewing myself a little high waisted skirt..

Happy Sunday to you.

The Ica Dress

I love dresses.

I needed a dress for an engagement party today and I wasn't satisfied with the ones hanging in my closet so what did I do? I sewed me an Ica Dress, in about an hour's time! I planned nothing, and eye balled everything, and walked out of my house ready for a party with a totally new dress on, and my sew spring bag in hand.

Custom orders? ... lets talk.

Sew Spring!

I have no life, I like to home after work and do just about nothing but knit, crochet or sew. The only socializing I do is with needles and hooks, my sister's sewing machine and Mr. Mac, some times there's the occasional weekend outing with friends. So in lue of my sewing habits I actually crafted up a bag for myself for once. It's been a long time since I crafted for myself and to my surprise I made a pretty lovely bag.

I didn't use any pattern and I barely measured
anything ... YAY for spontaneous projects!

This is a dumb looking picture of me, but I just found it
funny that I matched quite well with my hat and all.. haha.

Sew Storm

The other day as it snowed outside
there was a sew storm brewing inside.

I'll be playing show and tell in a little bit ... stay posted.

Craft, Mac A. Roni, and Etsy

Today I got up and knew I had much to do. Work wise, as in cakies & spinach I've just a tad left to do, but creatively I've been brewing up a storm inside my head. I haven't exactly had the time to spice up my Etsy shop to the fullest, but It's about time I open up and come right out and say it...

Rini & Faith
....is now up and running, so come on in...

There's not a lot in it quite yet, but with a bit more time and a little bit of patience I will have a much larger selection of products, just you wait. I'm in the process of developing Laptop sleeves and such, and spring is almost here so I'm ideating a lot more spring products as well. Be on the look out and also please be in prayer ... I've got of ideas brewing, it's just a matter of time before I get to execute and develop them.

I'm also working on a few custom order not listed on Etsy right now so if there's something you want made that I've blogged but it's not on Etsy just let me know.

{email: riniandfaith@gmail.com or idiongzon@gmail.com}

As for my own personal "MacLovin' Sleeve"
I took time to spice it up just a tiny bit today.

I decided to go with my branch idea, that came from the general idea and use of Mr. Mac A. Roni himself. With Him I'm hoping and praying that I can branch out of my current situation and "get out there" in the design world {and or craft world} and get some sort of exposure.

So far, so good

And who knows where or what the Lord can do with me, Mr. Mac and even Etsy.


For now here's my finished product. My Branch & Buttons MacLovin' sleeve.



And because I love yellow I lined it with this awesomely soft and durable felt like fabric. Mind you, this is only a sleeve not exactly a "case" so it's thick enough to protect from scratching and ruining the face of my laptop, but simply put its like a book cover not really a book bag. In time I will probably explore thicker fabrics and quilted linings to develop actual cases, but for now sleeves are what I'll be making.

Alright, back to the cutting board for sleeve numero dose, and to the sketch book I go for more spinach love.

Happy Monday everyone.

Back to the cutting board

Sew, it's been awhile since I've sewn anything. It's been since December actually and I've gotten a bit rusty in just that short amount of time. Time to rip up some seams ... hehe

Sew Sweet

I was eyeing this cute tee online two days ago, Then I saw Tim yesterday and we finally got to exchange Christmas presents. He surprised me completely and got me this shirt.

sew sweet

UFO sightings and old projects

After doing some major "spring cleaning" this week I found a few of my really old projects. Some that I completed, some I didn't.



Out of the many things I found, I fell upon this UFO of mine (UFO: unfinished object). It had great potential, because I put together the pattern myself and actually executed it quite nicely, but what I never got to do was make the pair for it. So this lovely little hand warmer is all by it's lonesome.

While cleaning I also found the first tote I ever made. I made this tote about three years ago, knitting and sewing all the little peices together took me forever by I did finish it. I haven't really shown anyone this bag because I couldn't find it for awhile. But here it is.



This baby is my pride and joy and the quality of it is quite grand, especially for my first tote ever. Yay for old projects that bring you joy!

a crafty little fambam

Crafting runs in the family. Take a look and see.

Today....

My mom was on a mission to make a star.



Sister dearest was hard at work behind her sewing machine all day long, finishing multiple projects. She even made me a little headband. YAY sister!



You can take a peak at her finished products on her blog.

As for me,

I've been on a mission to finish this scarf.

...it's still not done...

Third time's a charm

Two days ago I made my third tote and a little cell phone case
YAY!

That little cell phone case gave me a hard time though, I ended up breaking yet another one of my sister's needles (sorry sister*). Anywhos ... I'm quite proud of myself and I've gotten better since my first tote. Though I haven't completely perfected my craft yet, I think I'm ready to sew up a storm of Christmas presents, what do you think? Well first I think I've got to run out and restock my sister's supply of cotton lining and grab some for myself
.... then the sewing can begin again.

Rip what you sew

No pun intended. I thought today would be a darling day to sew. The rain made for melodic background music and being that Thanksgiving just passed, it's about time to get started on the Christmas presents.

I started with cutting out all the fabric for my next project, then I sat my tush in front of my sister's singer and went to work. I thought I had this one in the bag because it would be my second try at making this book tote, but the catch was that I'd do it all myself from start to finish ... no assistance from my lovely sister this time, because she had her hands full with our little monster being all sick.

As I began my project I had things well at hand. But some where in the middle I realized that I made a pretty big mistake in sewing two pieces together when I shouldn't have I had to take out the seam ripper. Oh boy.

I think I sat there for more that 45 minutes ripping out a seam that went the entire length of the bag both horizontally and vertically, but I eventually got it out. I don't ever want to do that again , I've learned my lesson and next time around I think I'll get it right. Tomorrow will be the big test.

Here's the end result. Not bad ... but not perfect.

the end.