A Happy Distraction

Skirty Bag and Lickety Split

AHappyDistraction — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:48:51 +0000

I know you’ve missed me, right? Well, I’ve been busy wrapping up some personal projects. You might remember my mentioning this pattern from Keyka Lou in my last post. Well, I had been eying it for a while and finally picked it up on sale, and let me tell you I lurve this pattern. It’s [...]

Look what I got . . .

AHappyDistraction — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:38:53 +0000

I know I’m supposed to actually make something and then be like “look what I made.” But the truth is that I’ve been eying this pattern for a while now and I finally bought it. It’s just so stinking CUTE. Anyway, I have several of Keyka Lou’s Patterns including the Lots of Pockets, City Tote [...]

Adorable Gift Card Holders

AHappyDistraction — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:27:37 +0000

Over the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend I started playing with some leftover material I had from other projects. I had seen a couple of tutorials for these gift card holders, but wanted to make them my own. This is my take on them, but I started with this tutorial from Sew4Home (BTW, I LOVE Sew4Home. [...]

My First Video ‘Commercial’

AHappyDistraction — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:39:11 +0000

Yes, I know. I’m not as cool as I think I am right this second. Don’t worry that will wear off. Eventually. But I’ve wanted to do this for a while now and I had everything I needed and never did anything with it until today. Today, by the way, is Black Friday and I [...]

Thanksgiving first please

AHappyDistraction — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:02:00 +0000

Is it just me or does Christmas arrive a little earlier every year. Doing Thanksgiving shopping this year, I was bombarded with the tinny Christmas music in the lobby of the store along with a HUGE display of Christmas gifts. Seriously, people, just let me enjoy my Thanksgiving first. I came across this cartoon a [...]