Sweet Tooth

Just a little something I made tonight to take to my work friends tomorrow...

Baking is definitely one of my most favorite things to do (just ask my friends, family and co-workers as I am always shoving sweets in their faces). The rosettes on this cake are fairly simple to do. All you need is the Wilton Tip #2D, a flexible wrist, and voila!

This one's for the boys

I know that Stefan (my fiance) has got to get tired of looking at all my 'girly' crafts, baking, crocheting, sewing etc that I do all the time. However, I know he puts on a good face and goes along with it (Brownie points for him!) So, I wanted to use my 'crafting' abilities to make something for him. Recently, he began brewing his own beer and has become quite the beer connoisseur. I found this awesome idea on a blog I came across and thought it would be perfect for him. So I made him start saving all his bottle caps. And I turned them into these:

Beer Bottle Coasters!

This was my first experience with Resin. After reading all the instructions and warning labels on the containers, I'm not gonna lie, I was a little afraid I was going to come out with no fingers! But I was really surprised at how easy it was! The only part I had trouble with was letting it harden (about 8 hours).  

My only suggestion to using Resin is to make sure you use molds that are Resin specific. If you're wondering why, take a look at what it did to the solo cups I used to mix it up in!

Bow Clutch

This week is my spring break. I'm so excited to just have a chance to relax and do as I please and actually have time to sew a bit. I don't know what I was thinkin when I thought I could take 21 hours this semester, work, and STILL have time to do what I wanted. I have managed this far and I only have a month left, so I'm super excited! I was being super lazy this morning just lounging around in my pjs in bed and ran across this super adorable blog. Seriously, this girl is so adorable! She also has a super cute etsy shop. I ran across this tutorial of hers to make a bow clutch. You can find it here. Here's my final products:

 messed up on the brown one a little bit but oh, well :)

diy heating pad

My job on the orthopedic floor involves a lot of heavy lifting. I am constantly picking people up, tugging, pulling etc...by the end of a 12 hour day my feet are burning and my back is achy. So I found the easiest little diy heating pad. Not to mention, if you're a woman, this can come in handy once a month! :) 

All you need is:

Fabric (I just used some I had left over from a purse I made)

Rice (just the cheap white stuff)

Lavender oil or chamomile teabags (to mask the smell of the rice)

Supplies:

 I used Chamomile tea and just sprinkled it in with the rice

I cut my fabric 16x8.5in

 Pin it so the outsides are both facing each other

When sewing it together, leave an small opening on one of the sides 

Turn your fabric right side out now...

When I got done sewing, my fabric ended up being 15 inches long, so I just started sectioning it off every three inches and drew a line in pencil on the fabric leaving about an inch at the bottom

These lines will be your guides when sewing off your sections, just stop your line about an inch from the bottom!

Once you've sewn your lines, fill 'er up!

Fun-Filled Sunday Afternoon

Today, my mom and I spent some quality time together. It started off by first going to my first bridal show and can I say how OVERWHELMING fun it was! I definitely feel like I need to get on top of planning things! But we shared good food and some good laughs. Later this evening we took a painting class at Uptown Art Uncorked (used to be SipsNstrokes and will forever be SipsNstrokes by me) and we had so much fun! And I even have a new pretty painting for my room :) Here are some pics from our evening:

My finished Product....