Monday, December 14, 2009

New Shop = GIVEAWAY!


I've decided to start selling a few of the things I enjoy making! I've created a website like BLOG at TerriannHart.blogspot.com and opened an ETSY shop at TerriannHart.etsy.com. Things are very much still in the beginning stages but I thought to give it a jump start I would GIVEAWAY one of my bags! There are 4 different styles and the winner gets to choose which one they like best. (Pictures solely to show bag design, I may or may not be able to purchase the same fabric as seen in the photos although I already have the top right bag finished and in stock.)

To enter once go check out my new blog and leave me a comment telling me what you think (suggestions for improvement?).

To have your name entered twice post a link on your blog and then leave me another comment with a link to your blog so I can go check it out too.

If you really want to win you can post a link on Facebook then come back and tell me about it so I'll know to enter your name a third time.

I will announce a WINNER when I get back home to Missouri on SATURDAY, December 19!

Good Luck!

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Temple Tote

I made this bag for a gift exchange I'm going to tonight with the Relief Society. Fabric selection is EXTREMELY limited here (meaning the only place to get fabric here on the island is walmart). It's a garment bag that you can hang up in your closet so your clothes don't get all wrinkly but then it folds up into a cute tote that you can carry into the temple with you. It also has two pockets, one for the temple packet and one for your slippers!



Sunday, November 22, 2009

New Dress



I loved the fabric that I used for the skirt I gave away so I decided to make a dress for myself out of the same fabric. I found a pattern for a "peasant" style shirt and decided I could lengthen it, add ruffles and a belt and turn it into a dress. That plan probably would have worked pretty well if I hadn't accidentally bought the pattern in the "large/extra large" size. Even after I tried to slim-down the size large I ended up with something that looked like a moo-moo ( I'm not sure if that is how you spell it, but I'm talking about those huge dresses that you're grandma wears around the house). Needless to say I had to take the dress in even more (around 8 inches more actually) and even now it is still rather large but once I tie the belt I think it looks ok.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Ribbon Headbands

I wanted to make Taylor some headbands for Christmas but I wasn't exactly sure how to do it. I found some great tutorials here and here and decided to give it a shot. All you need are two hair ties and enough ribbon to fit around your head, and something to sew it together with.

You start by linking the two headbands together like this...

(I just used two different colors so it would be easier to see how to do this part)

Once you have the two hair ties together you take one end of the ribbon and loop it around one end of a hair tie, fold it under, and pin in place like this...
Once you have that side sewn down you determine how big you need it to be (or you can do this before by actually measuring) by "trying it on" and holding the other end in place. Once you determine how big you need it, you cut the ribbon and sew down the end just like you did the other side so that it looks like this...

Wahoo! You're done, wasn't that soo easy?
OR, you can add some other fun things like this...
Or this...Once you know what you're doing it only takes a few minutes and since they only cost about 0.25$ you can go crazy. See, I made all of these while Wes took a nap, and had still time left over to blog.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Twirly Skirt


A Young Women in the ward here is collecting dress clothes for people that may need them. I was looking around the blogosphere looking for something I could whip up to donate and came across this twirly skirt tutorial and decided to give it a try. It was soo super easy, and I think it came out pretty cute. Amy and Jamie decided they wanted to give it a try too so today I had a mini sewing lesson with Amy and she made one too. It was fun, and now two little girls will end up with a cute skirt to wear to church :)

Friday, October 30, 2009

Experimenting with Photoshop

I've been experimenting with Photoshop. I have A LOT to learn but I know more now than I did a year ago so maybe someday I'll get it all figured out (someday far far in the future). This week I learned a little about layer masks, how to alter hue and saturation, and lighting effects (Filter>Render>Lighting Effects). I applied all three to this photo I took of a butterfly outside. I increased the saturation of the "orange" tones to bring out the color in the butterfly wings and the flowers behind it. I also used the lighting effects to make it look like a flashlight was shinning on the picture. Overall I'm pleased with the picture. I won't be doing anything with it, but it helped me understand a little bit more about how Photoshop works, and it will remind me of Hilton Head.

I love to learn

I started a new blog and let me tell you why. I love to try new things. Yep, it's true I do. You see the thing is, that I get bored really easy, so I'm always trying out something new. I figured that this blog could be a place for me to share with you the things I try, in case you have an issue with boredom too.
It took me a while to come up with a name for this blog because I wasn't exactly sure what all I would be posting on it. I love to sew, and cook, and bake (oh how I love to bake), take pictures and see what I can turn it into with the help of photoshop, and lots of other things I haven't even discovered yet. But when I do, I'm sure I'll post them here and then if you want, you can try them too.
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