i'm crafty.

so yesterday's post was a little heavy.  let's talk about something much lighter today... like how i've become a crafter.  it's got me feeling like an old lady... but i don't really care.  my mom brought me a hand-me-down sewing machine last week & i'm weirdly excited.

she helped me make a little tablecloth runner thing to get oriented & if anything, i'm more intimidated than before.  setting up the thread, bobbins, sewing corners, figuring out stitch length & all those other things have me thinking i'm in over my head.  but i'm gonna try.  and there was a serious sense of accomplishment when i finished this little tablecloth.  i am so in love with it!  so i'm already trying to figure out what i want to do next.

any ideas?  any hints of where i can find fun beginner projects or patterns?  i'm already thinking curtains, throw pillows, a bunting for p-ray's room, & some other stuff that a girl with a five-year-old's-sewing-ability could do.

i've realized i have a creative monster inside of me dying to get out.  i'm going through crafty withdrawals now that parker's party has come & gone & i became totally obsessed with finding ideas & adapting them to my own theme.  and now i feel even more like a stereotypical mom who "crafts" & "sews" & thinks those things are cool.  which is weird.

but being crafty can be cool, right?  because seriously... how cute is this tablecloth.

how about a vote if you think crafting is cool!  or... even if you don't.