Pirate Costume

This summer went by so fast. I didn't realize how little time I would have to do crafts!

Unfortunately, that also meant another project I have been planning snuck up on me: my pirate costume. My one nerdy vice is that I go to a renaissance faire with my older cousin every year, as pirates. Well, he always looks so good, and my costume always sucks. So this year, I want to have a mindblowingly awesome costume, and of course, I'm designing it from scratch and on a budget- $100. 

I also decided to create a seperate blog for that project, as there aren't many sites out there for constructing a good, authentic-looking pirate costume without spending a lot of moulah. 

Here is the link: Design on a Doubloon (haha, get it?)

So peace for now =)

FINALLY!

A new post!

We started this blog in a fit of excitement while finding lots of great stuff at Goodwill and flea markets and whatnot, and since then have been slacking on actually doing anything with it. I know, shameful. Oh well. But the good news is, I finally finished a project!
I finally got a hold of a sewing machine, since Manda's is having issues. My grandmother lent me her spare one (the one she uses now is so awesome, it's like it has a mind of its own). Though it was made in the 70's, it worked fine as soon as we figured out the tension. And then i got to work:

Ta-da!

YAY! I've had my eye on this peacock pillow for ages now, it was one of the first projects I saw that drew me into crafting. I found the tutorial here. I changed the colors to match my bedspread set, and I'm so excited about how it turned out.

Hello!

Welcome to our blog!

I'm Rachel, and my sister Manda and I started this blog to document our adventure into crafting. I'm eighteen and a college student at University of Hartford; my sister is twenty-eight and teaches at Sacred Heart School. So other than some part time jobs, we have a lot of time to craft together!

We like finding good things at thrift shops to fix up- We have a lot of good ideas planned!

Lots to come soon ☺