30 Days of Truth. Day 2

Day 2: Something you love about yourself.

Oh, that is so easy! My craftiness! Once I can envision what I want to do, and I set my mind to do it, it will be done!

I've posted some pictures as examples but these are just barely scratching the surface of what I'm capable of doing. Sometimes it is hard deciding what to do when I go back to work. Too many options. I'd love to work in a bakery! I've made every single birthday cake for my family and some extended family since we were diagnosed with our food allergies. The Hello Kitty cupcakes were for my sister-in-law's birthday.

My husband has also joked about one of us making our clothing. He said it'd fit better :) I ended up making this dress for Keely on a whim. I used all the leftover material from our bus curtains and she loved it! I always enjoyed sewing, but it is very hard to do with little ones around.

 For several years I have been making all Halloween costumes. I like to do themes. One year we were all characters from Alice in Wonderland. To the left is a picture of Rory's makeup the year he was a lion. I did his makeup myself and then did my own, meow, I was a kitty cat! All I did for the makeup was look at a few face painting books and I was set. I love reading! Books are great for inspiration! This year our theme was anime characters so Jared was Lupin the III (and I'll tell ya that red suit coat and gold tie were really hard to find, but I was prepared to make them from scratch if I had to.) and I was Kiki from Kiki's Delivery Service. I was sad tho, my costume wasn't technically finished. I was going to make a black cat that looked like her cat Jiji using felt and pipe cleaners for his whiskers. Needless to say mom always comes last. Luckily I had a spare black cat that I used :)

So many other things I have done such as making cards, (I even sold a few!) screen printing shirts, and I made a pop art poster of my sister-in-law as a gift. Future plans are painting murals on my kid's walls and my bathroom, sewing more clothes and curtains, and my kids's birthday's are coming up, I've got to whip up some awesome gluten free cakes!!

I get complimented a lot on my craftiness and I amaze my family and friends. I really take pride in being able to create so many things.

There are a few things I'd like to get better at and they are drawing, crocheting, and woodworking.