(Re) Chic

So the Ugly Christmas Sweater thing has become a trend and I had found a design that someone had shared on this Silhouette group that I follow that I really wanted to use to try out some Heat Transfer Vinyl I had purchased online. Cue Megan-December Birthday-Best Friend-and Ugly Christmas Sweater/T-shirt Connoisseur So as a bonus add-in for the mug I made her for her birthday I decided to make her a t-shirt. First of all, I wish I could give a cookie to whoever uploaded this design on Facebook cause its hilarious and probably took way more patience than I will ever have to do something this cool. Silhouette Cut File .   Cause once the design was cut I had to pick out all the little in-between pieces of vinyl from the design (the technical term is "weeding") and I kinda wanted to shoot my eye out (yes that was a blatant Christmas movie reference) Tiny little pieces The other thing that was nice about this file was that I didn't have to worry about remembe...

I seriously have the DIY bug but feel that I don't have the tools to make it happen. I have this excellent coffee table that I want to refinish that I "rescued" from Josh's alley but have you ever sanded something that has multiple layers of grossness with just sandpaper.  Someone forgot to take her patience pill when the DIY bug bit her!   And today I just found this EXCELLENT idea of how to turn an old pallet into shelving that I LOVE.   Kim at Too Much time on My Hands is BRILLIANT!  And I want to make one of these for every room.   But I'd have to rip the pallet apart with my bare hands. My cabbage plants are nearly ready to begin their journey into becoming saurkraut (I'm determined to make this myself) but I also lack a recepticle large enough to make it in *(my family has promised me a crock that I've yet to receive).  I'm also ready to try making Pesto.  I've always said I was going to but its always been daunting.  I f...