Initial plaque

Here is a quick pic of a little plaque I did for my niece. Her first initial is a "J". This one turned out so well because the paper was already amazing. I covered the cereal box cardboard J in pages from an Italian book. 

It will hang on her wall (I'm certain) in a smart collection of other decor. My sis is pretty good at that. 

Here is another plaque that I gifted to a friend's son last fall. Yep- more cereal box letters covered in Italian book pages.  I used paper, paint, modge podge, and lots of love. to my niece- "Happy Birthday!"

I am halfway there

Hello again! I have been quite busy working on projects and researching some great stuff online and in our city of Staunton. Plus, the kids and I went on a winter retreat for their youth group. We all went snowboarding and returned home injury free! (very, very sore, though)

I whipped up a pillow last night. I had this map tea towel with detailed embroidery from a fave store of mine. I have been saving two of these towels for a couple of years. Well, I finally decided to cover a pillow with one of them. (The other will be waiting in storage just in case the pillow gets stained so badly that I just have to make a replacement.)

 I decided to forgo the zipper and just make the slide in style (like a pillow sham), so the back is open. I know, it's kind of lazy. 

So, there ya go. I am halfway to my goal of Six pillows.

Keeping my Bible

I just recovered my Bible. It is a journal style with wide margins that I have not yet filled, so it still has time to serve its purpose and the inside is still in decent condition. Oh, but the outside was bad.

 The binding cover torn and looking was rough. Then, I pulled the fabric a little more which made it uglier And weaker. Yet, I still used it and carried it to church. A tad embarrassing.

Here is the finished product. It required some sewing and a little bit of super glue.

I used some felted wool, suiting material, a button, and a fun clothing label I had been saving for just the right project. Here is the tutorial that helped me: moonstitches. I did not follow all the steps (like I did not use interfacing) but it gave me ideas of how to quickly fix my bible cover.