Monday, November 22, 2010

Day 25: Cozy Day

The first real autumn storm rolled into Southern California this weekend and I was looking forward to the cold, wet weather.  I also had the weekend to myself, woo-hoo!!  I went to a local scrap booking store to learn more about paper crafting.  I have not really done any paper crafting and I want to learn a bit more about it.  There were some beautiful examples in the shop, but I felt a little overwhelmed.  I ended up buying an over-priced magazine because it had some really cute projects and instructions included. 

Located conveniently next door to the scrap booking store is a great local bar/restaurant called The Press.  With a chill in the air, a great magazine in hand, and a rumble in my belly I headed over to The Press.  
I ordered some chili and my favorite locally brewed beer, California Black Beer by Dale Brothers.




After my lunch and leafing through the magazine, I headed home ready to get a fire going and make something new.



Since I wanted to relax downstairs by the fire with the TV on I had to work on something that didn't require a sewing machine or an ironing board.  So, I brought some felt and thread downstairs.  
I tried making different felt flowers but they looked goofy, so I started on a project inspired by one in the magazine. 


 It is a personalized felt hair clip.



I started by cutting a rectangle of felt then with a sharpie wrote Mallory's name.  I embroidered over the sharpie, then added some embellishment.







I also decided to add some holiday cheer to these little mittens I got for $1. at JoAnn's Fabrics.







4 comments:

  1. Your magazine looks good! I haven't seen that one yet. I wish I had a good scrapbooking store nearby. Maybe when I head back to MI, I'll be able to hit up Archiver's.

    Cute hairclip and mittens! I sat on the couch with the tv and made yo-yo's for little girls socks...oh my did they turn out cute! When I get back from vacation, I will post pictures.

    Have a great night!
    Kim

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  2. Thanks Kim. The magazine is actually an old one, it is the June/July issue. I have never seen that publication before so I didn't mind that it wasn't "fresh", it was all new to me!
    Can't wait to see the yo-yo's. Sometimes it's nice to just sit down and keep busy without having to put a lot of thought or effort into it.
    Have a great Thanksgiving week!

    Becky

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  3. Cute mittens! I've never heard of that magazine, is it good? Does it have sewing projects in there too, or just scrapbooking?

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  4. Sara, the magazine is pretty good. There are a couple of sewing projects in it, but mostly paper crafts. Honestly, it wasn't worth the hefty $15. sticker price. But I was carried away in the moment when I bought it. :)

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