Tote Bag

Today I sewed together a small tote bag (11.5" X 7.5" with a 4" bottom) out of fabric left over from my recent pillow covers project. The material is heavy and made for outdoor items - which makes this tote bag weather durable and washable.

Black & White

Yesterday I made a bag with the leftover material from the baby blanket I completed this past weekend. The purple material on the inside of the bag is the only fabric not used in the blanket and was left over from a different project. 

One Flower

Two Flowers

Top View

Handles

Wonder Woman Upcycle

Mom found this little table for my sister... we set to brainstorming right away... my sister decided to go with a Wonder Woman theme... with a little paint and some vinyl, here's what we come up with! :) just need some gold rope for her Lasso of Truth!

Before

Super hero tees

Wanted to do some more super hero stuff.... here are some tees I painted and/or ironed vinyl to:

Captian America is painted on blue tees

LOVE the vintage feel :)

Ironman is glow in the dark vinyl on dyed tees

Superman is layered vinyl on a dyed tee

Still have to perfect the layering of the vinyl. If you look closely the red shrank differently than my black did... not bad for my first attempt... we'll just pretend its supposed to be that way!

Baby Quilt

   

Flowers

Just finished a baby quilt for a friend over the weekend. 

Final size was 36" X 40". 

We got this idea from Pinterest at:

http://pinterest.com/pin/176695985353024482/

Front

Back

Hooked on Avengers

So I've been waiting to do this post til I got them all done, but I just can't handle it cause they so adorable...

Loki was for a friends birthday present... and Thor and Captian America will soon be joined by Ironman and hopefully the Hulk...

I'm so excited they are turning out so great!

Swimming

Royer Pool

So.. this morning I swam laps at 6 AM and about 20 minutes later I was done.. real done. I haven't gone swimming for just exercise (apart from swimming lessons as a child) ever. I can already feel a dull pain in one of the muscles in my right arm/shoulder region that I haven't apparently used in a while. Although I must say that swimming is a lot less harsh on my joints compared to running and much more refreshing. 

I am hoping that (like running) I will be able to build up my endurance and swim for longer the more I do it, but we will have to wait and see I guess. 

I am hoping to swim laps from 6 AM to 7:30 AM every M/W/F and to run with Ryan at 7 AM on T & TH.. I will be taking the weekends off to rest and gear myself up for the next week! Wish me luck!