Donut you need a pin cushion!

I've been re-organizing my crafting stuff and realized that I don't have a pin cushion and am in much need of one. I found this cute idea online and decided to share with you...
 

Ingredients:

• 2 pieces of felt (one color for donut, one color for icing)
• 1 pair scissors
• thread in the same colors as your chosen felt
• lots of stuffing
• 1 sewing needle
• 1 beading needle
• seed beads

 I chose to use a yellow-ish/ beige-y color felt (that photographs super orange) for my donut part. I used a dvd as a guide for the size I wanted. I traced the dvd and cut out about a half inch outside the pattern for seam allowance. For the middle of the donut hole I traced my spool of thread and left a seam allowance for that as well when I cut out the hole.

Put good side to good side and sew around the dotted line. Once you have sewed the circumference  of your donut, flip it right side out.

Stuff your donut extra full and then sew the middle shut. I just whip stitched the middle because I decided that I was going to "ice" the middle of the donut. (I sewed the middle and didn't like the way it looked so I decided to cover the middle with the icing color) 

Use the same dvd pattern for your icing. I decided to use a purple color felt for the icing. Cut out in a squiggly/haphazard way.  Before you attach the "icing" sew your seed beads on.  Then whip stitch the icing onto your donut!  Then ENJOY!!!!

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Have fun and be safe. :)

MIxing Business and Pleasure! --OOTD--

     Ok, so I love a good craft. I mean what's not to love, turning boring ol' things into fun pieces of art to display/wear?! Well I've been making felt flowers for years. When I got married, all of the bridesmaids bouquets were made out of felt flowers and buttons (4 bouquets). After the wedding I went on felt strike and wanted nothing to to with felt or flowers or even crafting for that matter. Within the past couple of months I have started doing more and more projects and now with all this extra time on my hands (the doctors have me off work until Jan. 15th) I having been crafting my little heart out. I've been making felt bobbles, adorned with hand sewn beads. I'm loving the whole process of making them and beading all of the colorful felt accessories. I've been making hair doo-hickeys and rings, but plan on branching out and making all kinds of things once I can figure out what customers will like. An amazing friend and I are starting an etsy store. (I know, everyone and their mom has an etsy store, but this is my chance to make my little slice of the Internet that much fuller and well rounded... like me!) When we have the site fully set up I will make sure to share the link with everyone. 

     I went back to the doctor on Wednesday. It was as usual a guessing game. This time though the doctor seemed pretty certain that we are on the right path. Apparently the bone in my ear is grown into my ear drum and my inner ear is no longer vibrating. This could be something I was born with or some sort of trauma caused. If it was caused by trauma that could be what is causing my headaches and dizziness. The specialist (ear, nose and throat specialist) will be able to determine this and then tell me were to go. The boy and I have been researching this and it's called surfer's ear, and the treatment is surgery were they cut off your ear and chisel the bone away and then re-attach the ear. I'm hoping that it's an easy fix and  not surgery, but in all honesty I just want to know what's going on and for life to go back to normal-ish. 

     Other then my ongoing broken-ness and crafting, I've been baking alot. Miss kaelah beauregarde at little chief honeybee. has an awesome recipe for Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Pie! Also I found an awesome recipe for Cheese Cake Squares, it's like a mixture between lemon bars and cheese cake. I will be doing a tutorial on those tomorrow! They are so good and pretty easy. I will say the hardest part is mixing the cream cheese because my mixer broke (hint hint x-mas!), so I have an old school mixer that you hand crank, not electric at all. I'm getting pretty buff from this baking stuff though!

Navy flower with beads and vintage button

unedited- purple felt flower with opal beads and pink vintage button

OOTD-

Dress- Kohl's

Sweater and leggings- Target 

Boots- New Look

OUTTAKE!!!!!

     Ok Jim is getting restless and wants dinner so I'm off to make homemade mac'n'cheese and meatloaf burgers. Hope everyone had a good thanksgiving. Till tomorrow, fancy shmansy... tootels!