Going green

It seems lately that "being green" is the cool, hip thing to do. So that is what I consider that we are doing as a family. Being green sounds a whole lot better than the truth which is that we love a good rummage at the Goodwill. I don't know what the obsession with the Goodwill is lately for us, but we seem to go there quite frequently. Either to get rid of our old crap or to buy someone else's. Anyway a few weeks ago we were there and I saw a sewing maching that looked pretty good. I've been wanting one for awhile and talked Jeremy into getting it. It was in pretty good shape. It just needed a few screws tightened and some de-gunking, but other than that it has worked great.

I've been working on a few projects since then. Mostly mending rips and tears in our stuff, but I have found some things to make.

My mom gave me this dress last year, but it was a little too short and you know how that works in Sacrament meeting with 3 kids. Before I know it, it would be up around my waist. So I added the strip on the bottom and now it is the perfect length.


This month for Bunco the theme was "Service/Talent exchange". And as exciting as it would be for me to take someone to BodyPump or refer them to a good book I had to come up with something a little better. So I saw this cute bag in a book I was reading and decided to whip it up. It was pretty simple to make and turned out cute. I added the blingy buttons because the girl I made it for is a blingy type person (at least I think so).

Brynlee has been on a dress kick with all the nice weather we've been having. This particular one was made by Grandma Price (my mom) and she loved it. She had another one on that Jeremy said made her look Amish, but it was adorable. It had butterfly buttons and giant rickrack. It's great to have such a talented Granny.