Birds and the Beads

I mentioned in my previous post, Birds and the Beads is the name of our new ‘crafty’ venture together. Cheryl as you know already makes beautiful beaded jewelry AND she’s even created a little blog so she can journal about it (finally) ;-)  I am more than thrilled as I love reading my friends blogs, it really is like getting a little letter from them each morning. You can see her link over on the left under ‘blogs I like to read’ or you can CLICK HERE.

So, we’ve been putting our heads together this weekend trying to think about how we want to show off our ‘wares’ and create our ‘booth’ for the craft fairs. I’ve also been busy with my sewing machine. I still haven’t shown you what I’ll be selling, because I’m still working on that project and haven’t taken pictures yet, but so you don’t keep wondering what it is I will tell you that I’m making bird feeders (not with the sewing machine)! . With my sewing machine I thought I would make a ‘gardeners apron’ – it kind of goes along with the ‘outdoorsy’ them with the birds.

I bought some material on Friday and this is what I came up with. . .  no pattern, just some measurements, a fold here and there, and a pretty flower.

Voila!

I love it!  And despite the fact it took me forever to pick out coordinating material at Hobby Lobby I am SO pleased with the end result. The flower clips on so it can be removed when the apron needs washing.  These aprons can also be used as a vendor apron so this one I made was for Cheryl, and I will have one just the same so we can wear them at the craft fairs.

 

I can’t wait to go shopping for more material to make some other styles. These are also great for crafters, and I tried it on Kristen, and it looks cute on her too. I would need to size it down a little to make a younger child’s version, but wouldn’t that be cute to have a matching little apron like Mommy :-) I’m also thinking of selling my hand knitted wash/dish cloths in terracotta pots as little gift items. I’ll be sure to share with you when I get them made.