Gnome-y Monday.

Good morning everyone. Happy Monday. Or Happy Bench Monday to be exact. Just like Creative Space Thursdays, I’ve been seeing this project all over the blogosphere. It’s called Bench Monday. The premise is pretty simple: take a picture of yourself standing on a bench on Monday.
Featured in the photo is my other pair of PJ pants. Also very tempting to stay in all day.

In other news, I’ve mentioned before that I finally gave in and signed up with a Facebook account. You’re welcome to come swing by my page and “become a fan” of Liesl Made. I’m thinking in the future I’ll be doing giveaways there and offering special discounts but for the time being I still have to get the hang of having a Facebook page. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Observations of a Former Insomniac.

I’ve spent a large portion of my life as somewhat of an insomniac. But over the past six months or maybe even more, I’ve been sleeping like a semi-normal person, keeping decent hours. Instead of being unable to fall asleep until I’ve gone out to catch the sunrise or morning mist in the back field, I catch the morning when I wake up. These photos are from the beginning of the week when I was up in time to see the dew still lingering on everything.

Elderflower and Veggies and Yet Another Feather

Brother and I have been enjoying a bottle of the latest batch of elderflower water and fresh veggies from the garden.

And while scouring the berry patch I found another lovely feather. There are a handful of cardinals and blue jays that I can see flitting around outside my window, resting on the posts of the garden fence and in the Japanese Tear Drop.

Wishing you a wonderful weekend. : )

Friday Recap and Some PJs

I finished up the PJ pants I mentioned yesterday. Here is one pair made with Harmony Art “Fields of Honey” print. (The other pair features Harmony’s “Garden” print.) I did not want to change out of these this morning. They are so comfy and cute!

(Pardon the strange photo. I played around with the blur tool in Photoshop… Didn’t really work out, did it?)

I also have a handful of interesting things found over the past week.
-Genius idea, originally found over at How About Orange: Mini Jello Watermelon Slices!
-Mini Rose Stem Swizzle Sticks via Laura Walls Taylor over at Etsy

-A lovely mix of nature and lace wall organizer.
-An adorable Checkerboard tutorial over at i heart linen.

My Creative Space.

I’ve been seeing this project all over the blogosphere and I finally decided to participate this fine Thursday.

Today in “My Creative Space” I’m finishing up five new zip pouches and two PJ pants. The former for the shop and the latter for moi.
On Monday I picked up Alicia Paulson’s “Stitched in Time” from my local library. It’s got a lot of cute projects I’m itching to try. (Why aren’t there more hours in the day?) I’m thinking the Peppermint-Heart Garland would be a great gift for a one year old girl. Luckily I have until September.
I also have to get around to a self-portrait today seeing as it’s also Self Portrait Thursday.
And a heads up that Fabric.com is having a Designer Cotton Print Blowout. 50% off! Yeah, I just emptied my Paypal account there…
Happy Thursday to you all!

Snille Cushion.

I’ve made a cushion for my new Snille chair with a print from Valori Wells’ Delhi collection. Much more comfy and much more stylish.

Red + White = Love

The Garden Speaks.

While my parents are in North Carolina for the week, I’m in charge of the garden. I went out yesterday to see if anything was ready for the picking.
Cucumbers said No.

Tomatoes said No.

Squash said Soon.

So I ended up with a collection of fallen walnuts, yarrow and a feather.

So Much Better.

After my brother told me my pattern storing situation looked like something you’d find in a dorm, I was more than inspired to get to work right away on the new boxes.

I was about to buy interfacing to make the pattern boxes via the JCaroline Creative tutorial when I realized I still have the huge cardboard box the Billy bookcase came in. And I figured I could easily cut out the pieces, add a little packaging tape and some hot glue and sew a pretty slip cover. Kind of like I did for this and these. Not to mention, it’d be a lot studier than interfacing.

And that’s just what I did. To not waste fabric, I didn’t bother lining them, just tucked the fabric on the inside and glued in place. I didn’t see the point because all four are packed full of patterns you can’t see the inside anyway.
I’m so happy with how they turned out. Now to figure some baskets or boxes for storing fabric scraps…

No Apple Pie or Fireworks for Me.

In typical Liesl fashion, I spent my holiday quilting. I was rushing to get something done by today–and I met my goal.

That something is the previously mentioned baby quilt. All hand quilted for a little girl named Emma Sophia. I used a secondhand pink cheater print and two panels of solid pink for the names, cotton batting and brown patchwork binding.

Now to get to work on the one for little Hayden–which I believe I’ve decided to hand quilt, even if it takes longer.

Happy 4th!

Wishing all my fellow American bloggy folk a Happy Independence Day!

Things have been a bit quiet on the blog front. I guess I just haven’t had much to say.
I’ll redirect your attention to some great things I’ve found recently:
-Apparently, tea trumps water.
-I’m in love with these wallpapers.
-I’m planning on printing this out ASAP and hanging it on my Inspiration wire. (Originally found over at randomness–a worthy blog to check out.)
-A great card via Dudeandchick over at Etsy.
-Regina Spektor has a new album out.
-So does Pete Yorn.
-Etsy has implemented a new feature called Facebook Connect. So I finally gave in and got a FaceSpace thingamajig. I’m not good with social networking sites so we’ll see if it lasts. Anyone have any opinions on Facebook Connect so far?