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August 14, 2011 by foodfash

What do you do when your best friend is having a tough week and has been, not so subtly, hinting that she wants you to make her an iPad case for a super long time?  You look up the specs, cut out an i{cardboard}Pad, and…

Start making a completely different project!

It undoubtedly served me right that the clutch pictured above was a complete fail.  The size reminded me of a pencil case I owned in middle school.  I considered using it as a eye make-up bag and then realized how huge of a waste of a clutch frame that would be.

And, in all honesty, the next project was intended to be an iPad clutch, but it turns out the frame was just a tad too narrow for the i{cardboard}Pad.  Oh and I completely misgauged the length.  So that was another fail (I was frustrated at this point) until I folded the top half of the clutch over and it transformed into something wearable.

I nixed the iPad clutch idea and went back to the drawing board, literally.  I sketched and went through the motions and finally came up with a iPad sleeve that was a much better fit, both physically and functionally, than my previous plan.

And then I was on a roll!

When it was all said and done, I had a cute little pile of crafts to show for.  Here’s a link to my Etsy store if you’re interested in purchasing any of these goodies!

FoodFash on Etsy

Filed Under: lifestyle Tagged With: boho, clutch, crafts, etsy, homemade, ipad case, ipad cover, sewing

Getting My Craft On

July 31, 2011 by foodfash

In my last post, I mentioned briefly how I bought some sewing books to take my free form sewing ability to the next, less crooked, level.  I brought both books, Sew Everything Workshop and The Bag Making Bible, with me to lunch so that I could make a shopping list before I headed to the fabric store.

The laundry list of items for the bags in The Bag Making Bible were a little intense, so I decided to make the “Tokyo Tie Bag” in the back of the Sew Everything Workshop book that only required 3/4 yards of fabric and liner.  I am just as intimidated by a pattern with a gazillion materials as I am by a recipe with a gazillion ingredients.  Weird.

The second I started sketching the bag pattern I remembered how much I enjoy sewing.  I love getting my craft on!

I put Band of Horses on my iPod and disappeared in craft land.  Before I knew it, I had cut, hemmed, listened to all three albums, and finished my first sewing project in years.  Mighty impressed…

I had a decent amount of fabric left over and I wasn’t ready to stop, so I regressed to my free form days and whooped up a skirt.

The skirt turned out surprisingly well, don’t you think?

Filed Under: lifestyle Tagged With: crafts, elastic waistband skirt, patterns, sew everything workshop, sewing

A Big Time Saturday

July 30, 2011 by foodfash

Oh what a week!  I spent most of my spare time snuggling with the ice pack pictured below and, although my Saturday is bound to have some ice pack time, there are also a few solid tasks on my to-do list.  Most, not so fun, but what can you do.  I’ll focus on the fun stuff.

I cleaned out my freezer (not fun) and discovered a gold mine of frozen fruit that I used to make a killer breakfast smoothie (fun).  I’m usually a green smoothie gal, but this morning I put the kale back in the fridge and treated myself with sweetness.

1/2 Cup Almond Milk

1 Frozen Banana

1/2 Cup Frozen Blueberries

1/2 Cup Frozen Mango

1/2 Cup Frozen Raspberries

1 Acai Smoothie Pack, unsweetened

NO SUGAR!!!

My late night Amazon book order arrived last week, which I’m pretty pumped about.  I’ve been SO frustrated with clothing stores lately that I decided, rather than complain, I need to be proactive in this predicament.  Being a “free form” seamstress (meaning I don’t know how to use patterns), worked out well for Halloween costumes, but I’m ready to de-raw my talent!

Which means I need to find my step ladder and take my sewing machine down from the highest possible storage spot in my kitchen.  Apparently, I don’t iron much either…

Oh and then there’s the mini Nordstrom display on my dining room table!  I’m in desperate need of Tory Burch replacements (so cute, but kill my toes) and all of these bad boys were severely discounted during the Nordstrom Half Yearly Sale.

I’m borderlining ridiculous here because I think I may keep them all even though I fully intended on returning one or two pairs.  The problem is I don’t love any of them and they are all comfortable and equally as OK.  And OK is the best I’ve experienced since I retired my Torys.  Decisions, decisions.

Filed Under: lifestyle, recipes Tagged With: clothing, fruit, healf yearly sale, no sugar, nordstrom, sewing, shopping, smoothie recipe

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