I opted out of my weekly farmer's market trip last night. We're pretty set on veggies and I wanted to spend a little time at home by myself working on a creative project!
I don't know about you, but even though I love sewing and creating is part of who I am, it's difficult for me to carve out a little time and then to start something. There's always other work to be done and by the time I can sit down to work on something, I'm exhausted and just want to sleep!
So this time, I made myself use the time creatively. I quickly cleaned the bathrooms then sat down for a little crafty fun until my husband returned home!
I saw these cute pennant cards the other day so had decided I wanted to make some! I had cards and of course, plenty of scraps!
These cards are what I call "imperfectly perfect". I didn't make a pattern to trace for identical triangles nor did I measure anything. I just cut and arranged to my heart's content!
There was a time when I would've been more worried about getting everything just right. It's incredibly freeing to just create for the sake of creating! And enjoy the result!
One card got a couple black smudges on it and I cut a little heart and just stitched it on over the mark on the front.
I finished the cards off with stamping some words for birthdays, congratulations, and a thank you!
I have recipients in mind for several of these but am planning to make some more of these for my gift drawer because wouldn't a little stack of these cards make a cute gift?
I don't know about you, but even though I love sewing and creating is part of who I am, it's difficult for me to carve out a little time and then to start something. There's always other work to be done and by the time I can sit down to work on something, I'm exhausted and just want to sleep!
So this time, I made myself use the time creatively. I quickly cleaned the bathrooms then sat down for a little crafty fun until my husband returned home!
I saw these cute pennant cards the other day so had decided I wanted to make some! I had cards and of course, plenty of scraps!
These cards are what I call "imperfectly perfect". I didn't make a pattern to trace for identical triangles nor did I measure anything. I just cut and arranged to my heart's content!
There was a time when I would've been more worried about getting everything just right. It's incredibly freeing to just create for the sake of creating! And enjoy the result!
One card got a couple black smudges on it and I cut a little heart and just stitched it on over the mark on the front.
I finished the cards off with stamping some words for birthdays, congratulations, and a thank you!
I have recipients in mind for several of these but am planning to make some more of these for my gift drawer because wouldn't a little stack of these cards make a cute gift?
4 comments:
Just darling, Mary Ann! I know the recipients will enjoy the extra effort put forth into them. =)
Glad you made some special craft time ~ fun! (These crafts also save you time/money down the road!)
Have a great weekend~
Katie
Super cute!
Adorable! I know what you mean about carving out time for the crafty stuff. :)
Very cute! I think they would be a good seller in your etsy store
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