Mad Skills Monday Link Party #43

Hi everyone!  Hope you are ready for some more Mad Skills!

Last weeks favs are...

This too cute robot party from The Teleporting Toddler

This super cute Valentine pillow from Messy Mimi

This beautiful crocheted head band from You Seriously Made That?

This DIY book shelf from Full of Great Ideas

and lov'n these personalized water bottles from Crafts and Crap

Great work everyone!  Loved checking everything out this week!

Due to time constraints, I was not able to post comments to each and every link.  I will try my very best in future parties to post to every link, but may not be able to.

If you were featured today, please feel free to snag the featured button for your blog!

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This week I'm sharing the table runner I made with LOVE from my mommy...

Now its your turn!

1. Link up something crafty, creative, or fun that you wanna share! 

2. Please link to the blog post and not your main page.

3. No shopping pages please.  An offer to buy your item at the end of a tut is welcomed!

4. Snag the Mad Skills button and include it on your tut post so others can see where you've linked!  (PS- this button was designed from my sons art work....if you are interested in a custom button, please contact me!)

5. PLEASE VISIT AT LEAST 2 OTHER LINKS IN THE PARTY AND LEAVE SOME COMMENT LOVE!

This linky party will end on Friday the 4th at midnight.

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What a week...

Hi everyone!  Phew...what a week its been!

We've been busy over here trying to get life back on track from a weird week.

Our regular sitter (Michael's grandmother) was gone all week due to an ill family member...that meant the kids went to a drop in day care center, which was interesting for the boys.  

Then there was out "camp out" at my SIL's house because of the electricity fiasco!

And when we got home from the "camp out", we found that my older dog had gotten sick... 

ALL OVER MY COUCH!  

Unfortunately, there is no hope for the couch now...the trash men will be hauling it away on Monday.

So that means, re-arranging to entire living room to accommodate two arm chairs instead of the couch...what a mess.  But it ended up being a nice change, so I'll post pics of the "new" living room soon!

So all in all, one CrAzY week, but all is well...at least for now!

Ginger

SSB

Whatever Wednesday #20

So, its Wednesday night (10:36pm to be exact) and I am just now posting for Whatever Wednesday.  This is because when I got home this afternoon from work, I found

my ELECTRICITY HAD BEEN CUT OFF!!!

Seems they get irritated when you pay your bill the night before and...

"I'm sorry mam, but it just didn't process in time."

Horse sh*t.  In the end I suppose its really my fault...but I'll deny it.

Oh well, it can't be helped, so to avoid sleeping in a freezing cold house in the middle of January, we're camping out at my SIL house!

At least the kids are having a blast.  sigh.  Hopefully the water is still on tomorrow.  EEK!

Just kidding!

Ginger

SSB

Dress Rescue Part No. 2

So you saw my first dress rescue...I have one more...but it was a little trickier.

And I loved how it turned out!

The white ruffled part was already on there, but again...this dress had a REALLY low neckline.

(about an inch of my bra cup was showing on each side!!  And I wasn't gonna post a pic of it.)

But I couldn't rescue this one like my other three dresses.  Hmmm...what to do?

I decided to alter the sleeves and pull it in about an inch in the shoulders to bring up the front.

By turning the dress inside out, I pinched the back and front necklines together and stitched a new shoulder seam (starting an inch down...tapering up to the corner seam for the shoulder).

The result is full coverage in the front :) and...a cute little capped sleeve!

There were belt loops on the sides...but no belt.  No biggie...I had one that would work and with my altering, the waist line was shifted anyways.  I snipped em off and here is the new waist line with a smart black belt.

Yippee!  I'm wearing it to work tomorrow!

Ginger

SSB

I'm linking to these great parties!

Table Runner for Mom!

So I loved my new table runner so much that I decided to make my mom one too.  I saw this too cute BBQ theme fabric in white, red, and black in the remnant bin for $3!  

Perfect!  My moms kitchen is decorated in those colors!  I snagged some coordinating colors is fun patterns and...

Ta-da!

I made moms a square shape.

Here's a bit of a close up...

Hope she loves it!

Enjoy!

Ginger

SSB

I'm linking to these great parties!

Mad Skills Monday Link Party #42

Hi everyone!  Hope you're ready for some more Mad Skills...

some of last weeks favs are:

this cute Valentines Day garland from Table Scraps Diner

This too cute alien bib from See Kate Sew

Lov'n this subway art Valentine Pillow from Dittle Dattle

Check out this awesome table re-do at Taradara

And this lovely candy "cake" gift from Fireflies and Family

Thanks so much everyone for all your awesome projects!  All the creativity is just too much!

Due to time constraints, I was not able to post comments to each and every link.  I will try my very best in future parties to post to every link, but may not be able to.

If you were featured today, please feel free to snag the featured button for your blog!

 



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This week I'm sharing my Carpet Sample Area Rug!

Now its your turn!

1. Link up something crafty, creative, or fun that you wanna share! 

2. Please link to the blog post and not your main page.

3. No shopping pages please.  An offer to buy your item at the end of a tut is welcomed!

4. Snag the Mad Skills button and include it on your tut post so others can see where you've linked!  (PS- this button was designed from my sons art work....if you are interested in a custom button, please contact me!)

5. PLEASE VISIT AT LEAST 2 OTHER LINKS IN THE PARTY AND LEAVE SOME COMMENT LOVE!

This linky party will end on Friday the 28th at midnight.

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Carpet Sample Area Rug

So what else can you do with a bunch of carpet samples...?
Sunny over at Life In Rehab had a good idea.

Duck tape (is it duct or duck...?) the bottoms together and I have an awesome new area rug.

Eek!!!  I love it!

I just snagged some more of those carpet samples, laid out my color design like a giant puzzle and taped it all together.

Close up.

Even Turkish the dog martian likes it.

Beautiful!

A quick and easy area rug!  Yippee!

Ginger

SSB

I'm linking:

Punkin Seeds Productions
Its a Hodge Podge Life 
Fingerprints on the Fridge 
Sew Can Do
Keeping It Simple
The Trendy Treehouse
These Creative Juices
All Thingz Related 
The Girl Creative

What Can You Do With Carpet Samples?

So if you are me...

what do you do when the carpet place next to your office tosses a bunch of these...?

Why you steal snag a bunch...

And now you have lovely new bathroom mats!

For FREE!!!  

I think I'm gonna snag a few more for the front and back door!  :)

Ginger

SSB

Scrap Quilted Table Runner

I was off on Monday, so I finally had the time to make this runner I first saw here and then here.

I knew I wanted to make one and this is a GREAT scrap buster!

Best of all...my husband actually likes it!!  Hehe!

He even thinks I should add some color like this to other areas of the house.

Hmmmm.....

Got to use a lot of scrap fabric that I love and haven't been able to part with.  In fact, just before seeing this project, I had gone thru and thrown out a bunch of stuff I could have used :( on this one.  

This'll teach me...

Can't wait to make my mom one!

And  my SIL, and my MIL, and my friends...

Ginger

SSB

I'm linking:

Night Owl Crafting
Blue Cricket Design 
Sew Much Ado 
Fireflies and Jellybeans 
Somewhat Simple
Thrifty 101
House of Hepworths 
Punkin Seeds Productions
Its a Hodge Podge Life
Fingerprints on the Fridge
The Trendy Treehouse
Sew Can Do
Keeping It Simple 

Whatever Wednesday #19

Look guys, I'm doing my Whatever Wednesday on time this week!!!

Anyhoo, hope everyone having a good week...I was off on Monday for MLKJ day so I got to squeeze in some crafting...more about that later.

Today's Whatever Wednesday is some pics I took and then doctored up with Paint.  

Who needs to have professional pics taken by a photographer...? 

This is a pic Michael took this summer while the kids were fool'n around in the kiddo pool.

Isn't he beautiful?

You might remember this pic from here.

Looks a lot different, huh?

I just played around with all the bells and whistles in Paint until I got something that I thought looked really nice!  Plus, I got great new pics for nothin!

Ginger

SSB

Mad Skills Monday Link Party #41

Hey folks!  I am feeling a lot better now and have a ton of projects rolling around in my mind!  Can't wait to show them to you all!

Last weeks show stoppers are...

This beautiful table runner form Family of Savages

(one of these is definitely on my to-do list)

Super cool $$$ saving tips from Rock'n Deal 4 You

This pretty mantle re-design from Green Door Designs

And lastly, these delectable dessert quesadillas from Inside BrewCru Life

(I plan of serving these tonight after dinner...hope the kids like them!)

Thanks so much everyone for all your awesome projects!  All the creativity is just too much!

Due to time constraints, I was not able to post comments to each and every link.  I will try my very best in future parties to post to every link, but may not be able to.

If you were featured today, please feel free to snag the featured button for your blog!

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This week, I'm sharing my Thrift Store Dress Rescue!

Now its your turn!

1. Link up something crafty, creative, or fun that you wanna share! 

2. Please link to the blog post and not your main page.

3. No shopping pages please.  An offer to buy your item at the end of a tut is welcomed!

4. Snag the Mad Skills button and include it on your tut post so others can see where you've linked!  (PS- this button was designed from my sons art work....if you are interested in a custom button, please contact me!)

5. PLEASE VISIT AT LEAST 2 OTHER LINKS IN THE PARTY AND LEAVE SOME COMMENT LOVE!

This linky party will end on Friday the 21st at midnight.

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Thrift Store Dresses Rescued

So I went thrifting with my mother the other day and snagged three beautiful dresses!

Great price, great colors, fabric and the cuts fit me perfectly!

The only draw back was that all three of them had incredibly PLUNGING necklines.

And I'm pretty modest, so I came up with a quick way to rescue these dresses.

I've actually seen this in a few places like here.

So, I took an old shirt that doesn't fit well and that I'll never wear again and cut a few triangles shapes out of it.

I gauged the size based on the neckline of the dress.  Just eyeball it, and go a little bigger because you can always trim excess off.

I sewed the triangle into the neckline with coordinating thread and there you go.

Ohhh...I LOVE these dresses now.  Perfect fit and now appropriate for work and church.

Great for out and about with family or out to a nice dinner!  Enjoy!

Ginger

SSB

I'm linking:

Night Owl Crafting
Blue Cricket Design 
Sew Much Ado 
Fireflies and Jellybeans 
Somewhat Simple
Thrifty 101 
House of Hepworths
Punkin Seeds Productions 
Its a Hodge Podge Life\
Fingerprints on the Fridge
The Trendy Treehouse 
Sew Can Do 
Keeping It Simple

Whatever Wednesday #18

...on a Friday...

Sorry folks, but I have been SICK SICK SICK!  

Some kinda virus thing...most likely a cold but kept me down and out for most of the week!

This weeks what ever Wednesday consists of....my new background.  

What do you think??

And a funny pic of Sam...don't ask me what he was doing when Michael snapped it...?

Enjoy!

Ginger

SSB

Mad Skills Monday Link Party #40

Hey folks!  Hope everyone had a great week!

Here are a few favs from last weeks Mad Skills Monday...

Love this cute stuffed camera from See Kate Sew

Lov'n this sleeved blanket tut from What I Live For

Some cool wall art from Girl in Air

And free gift tags from old cards at It's a Priceless Life

Thanks so much everyone for all your awesome projects!  All the creativity is just too much!

Due to time constraints, I was not able to post comments to each and every link.  I will try my very best in future parties to post to every link, but may not be able to.

If you were featured today, please feel free to snag the featured button for your blog!

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This week I'm linking up my 10 Minute Kitchen.

Now its your turn!

1. Link up something crafty, creative, or fun that you wanna share! 

2. Please link to the blog post and not your main page.

3. No shopping pages please.  An offer to buy your item at the end of a tut is welcomed!

4. Snag the Mad Skills button and include it on your tut post so others can see where you've linked!  (PS- this button was designed from my sons art work....if you are interested in a custom button, please contact me!)

5. PLEASE VISIT AT LEAST 2 OTHER LINKS IN THE PARTY AND LEAVE SOME COMMENT LOVE!

This linky party will end on Friday the 14th at midnight.

 


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