Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Curtains and Good Mail!

Here are a couple of pictures of what I've been working on the past few weeks (among a bunch of other things).

Me working on these curtains below for Alyssa's room.




This is the heavy tapestry fabric that I used for curtains in my family room, pictured below.

This fabric was SO heavy! I felt like I better not make a mistake while sewing with it because it was too expensive to waste it. So I was nervous!

Thankfully, these basic drapes were really easy!! And the fabric was originally $40.00 a yard and I got it for $20.00 per yard at JoAnn's on sale! Thank goodness for the sale because I had to buy $190.00 worth, even on sale!

Laren put those curtain rods up by standing where you shouldn't stand on a ladder (the very top part) while I held the ladder still from behind. Thankfully his 6'2" height came in handy for this since it was such a TALL project!!


And here's my GOOD MAIL!!

Dana was the first one to send me good mail and here it is:


Some cute earrings that she made, some Halloween socks and some Jelly Belly's Mmmmm!
Thanks Dana! (By the way she sent this WAY back before Halloween, but I wasn't blogging then to document it.)


Some good mail Victoria sent me. Some bath gels from Bath and Body Works. Thanks Victoria, I love it!! She also sent me a cute card, not pictured.


And finally, Bridget sent me this good mail on Monday, one of my sickest days! Thank you Bridget, the timing was perfect! The package included a cute little note book, the perfect little bag of M&M's that we all devoured quickly, some cute little Easter Cards and a sweet card to me!

6 comments:

Victoria said...

Look how talented you are! Love the drapes.

Good mail feels good, hope you get many more! :)

Bridget said...

So glad you got your package on the most needed day. Ah, the wonders of good mail.

The drapes are gorgeous!! Can you come to my house? :)

Heidi said...

very cute window coverings! You tallented little twiggy! Love the fabric, too! What a steal! Can I order some curtains from you for my new house?

Kylie said...

Gosh you are clever Kari, I would love to be able to sew. The material is beautiful. Good job.

stefanie said...

Your curtains look fantastic! Very fun good mail, too.

jenny said...

That fabric is beautiful and you said you can't quilt? You would be AWESOME at it. Wholly stash of good mail. Sounds like it was perfect timing ;)