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!

Sewin' Night

My craftiness has been reduced the past week due to work and school obligations but I finally found time tonight to catch up on a project. I found the most adorable pattern for a purse/bag a few weeks ago. Well, I made one and I get compliments on it all the time, so I am slowly but surely making them for everyone that wants one. I found the pattern here . It was cheap and the website has lots of other VERY cute tutorials and patterns (there are even free ones!) Here's the bag I made. It's called The Abby Bag.

Tea and Wine

Like every other girl out there, I spend countless hours on pinterest. I'm pretty sure I've planned my life out according to things I see on there. It's so ADDICTING! :) Something I've become obsessed with lately is depression glass.  It's just so delicate and shabby chic, so I'm trying to stock up on the colors I like for my future house. So, ever so often, my mom and I will set out to our two favorite consignment shops, Seek-N-Find and Wood Stock Shop on Preston hwy, they have tons of houseware items. When we were out one day, I found a couple darling little teacups. Well, I had also found this fab idea on pinterest of making candles in teacups. Cute!

I got my candle making supplies at Hobby Lobby...fairly cheap too!

After several minutes of boiling, stirring, and pouring...voila! Finished product!

My next project was also 'pinterest' inspired. I love to unwind with a glass of wine. So, when I saw this I knew I could put my old corks to good use! A wine-cork corkboard....how fabulous! And super easy too!