Here Goes Nuthin'

Ok...my first blog post...EVER. I'd pretty much grown up thinking I had not a creative bone in my body - that my sister got all the artistic genes in the family. I found out not too long ago that it's just not so! I was inspired by a handmade toy I bought last spring for my youngest bean. For some reason it was just the thing to get me going.

Of course I'd been to Michael's and JoAnn before, and I even bought the stuff to start scrapbooking (and it still sits in a drawer some 6 years later) but I would never dare say I was a crafter...nothing I'd made would actually be called a craft. OK, I sewed some bean bags once and even painted those wooden letters to spell out my older two sons' names for their rooms, but really, anything more than sewing buttons was pretty beyond me. But now - NOW - I'm starting to think of myself as a crafter. Sewer (is that what you'd called it?) for the most part , but I find myself adding lots of other kinds of crafts to my ever-expanding "to-try" list.

I've got to say that I'm pretty proud of myself and wanted to start this blog to toot my own horn a little bit and show you that anyone can "make stuff". I'll share some of my projects and tell you where I found them. I won't be spending money on patterns just yet - gotta stick with the freebies for now. There are some awesomely creative gals out there, blowing my mind with the cool stuff they make!

Drumroll please...my first share:

My very first attempt at a bag. From far away it looks pretty good, no? It actually turned out pretty well, all except the bias tape around the top. Bias tape is not my friend and I'm not so sure it ever will be. Only time will tell. I used this tute and it was pretty easy, even for a super-duper novice like me: Rag Bag Tote

Hope you like it! I've actually been using it as my diaper bag...next time I'll add a pocket or two. My keys and cell phone keep getting lost in the midst of all the baby junk!

I've got some other projects in the can, too. I'll post some of those and some of the other stuff I'm working on (mostly Xmas presents right now...only how many days left?). Off to sew a bit while the littlest man of the house sleeps. Well, it's either that or shower.