sewing the skirt!

About two weeks ago I started sewing myself a skirt as I felt I needed something new and happy but didn't want to spend too much money. Well, I admit I actually only changed this skirt but it was a whole lot of work because it was huge and very long before, so it wasn't too easy to make a knee-length skirt out of it. Now I'm stuck and I feel like I'd ruined it, too. I'm afraid I took too much fabric - the fabric itself is gorgeous but it's quite thick and I look like a mushroom when I wear it. *big sigh* I hope to find a solution, cuz it's a cute skirt actually...

bags!

Oh my, I could spend the whole day with making announcements of my latest blog discoveries! I don't know if you follow me here but I totally adore all those crafty-blogs: knitting, sewing, just being creative! These sites are so inspiring to me and it just feels good to create things yourself, to create something unique. And, yes: things get more precious the more time you spent making them... mostly ;) Well, for today I choose this ever cute site "Artsy Crafty Babe", because I discovered a couple of gorgeous items there, like those autumn-style bags here:

You can buy them in her etsy-shop! I also discovered this one which makes me want to create a bag like the above with a patchwork-pattern like this:

I love flower-shaped buttons!!!

Customizing!

If you are running out of money at the end of the month, shops are getting boring or it's just too cold and rainy to go outside to shop, there is nothing more gorgeous than customizing things you already own! Sometimes it's only details which change your clothes that much, you feel like just having bought new ones! Right now I am working on a deep purple volant corduroy skirt I never wore. I removed one of the volants to make it a little shorter and added some white cottage-style crotchet lace, which cost me about 3 Euros. It's not finished yet but I think it's a whole new skirt already =) The kitty likes it too!

DIY kitties

My project for today is to introduce to you an absolutely loveable blog I discovered. It is a site run by Mimi Kirchner, she has tons and tons of do-it-yourself-projects, which are so inspiring and cute, I couldn't but love all of them! She works with several materials and the results are enchanting! These I found in the January 2005 issue, they just make me smile, I definitely have to try to do that myself...

You can buy those adorable creatures in the cozy.org shop. They are extremely expensive but if I had the amount, I'd buy ten of them! Enjoy the stroll through her gallery and be inspired!

New kitty bag!

Today I received my new supergreat, grey kitty bag, which I ordered from an Austrian seller on eBay. It's just so lovely - I love the natural fabrics, the cottage style linen look, the wooden button and those ever cute kitties. It's handmade and it cost me almost nothing!