Cartwheels and Pearls

I have a nice treat for everyone today! She can introduce herself:  Hi Everyone!  I'm Cheryl from Sew Can Do.  I'm a self-taught crafter & designer who loves making unusual things.  I learned to sew just a few years ago and I share my crafting adventures, tutorials and project ideas on my blog:    I also host a weekly link party, Craftastic Monday,...

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Every few good days, you're bound to have a bad day. Well that's what yesterday was and well the whole week.  School was a mess. It wasn't too bad except for the killer head ache I had. As soon as I got in the car, I found out that my dad had had low blood sugar and drove into a building. He totaled...

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Whew. It feels like it's been a long week already. And it's Tuesday... Today I did two kind of big things. I gave a speech and drove a car. I drove at night (duskish), on dirt roads, and with my dad. Three things I do not like to drive on/with. I'm currently doing Spanish homework and listening to country music with a towel...

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This year I got lazy and pulled out last year's St. Patty's day decorations. Here they are: You can find the directions (along with some crappy photos!) here: Pennent Pot of Gold So loving my "new" camera and all the great pictures I can take now! ...

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I decided that I'm going to give my mom a photo book for Mother's day. To give a photobook, you need photos. Well, so what if Mother's day isn't until May! I decided to knock a few photos out of the way now. I've also been planning a photo wall for my basement. The photo book will have pictures of my sister and...

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The final and best part of my trip... After I got on the boat. I had a mini photoshoot with my sister in our room. We had a window!  We had so much fun....  This says "You are beautiful" if you can't read the miniscule lettering. I thought it was cool.  This whatever it is was amazing with all of the lights.  The...

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So if you read part 1 of my vacation adventures, you'd see that we went to Mardi Gras. Well here's a few snippets of what we saw:  I fell in LOVE with this little building. Those shutters, that railing, the planters! Ah. It was a beautiful sunny day! This is not my first time in New Orleans but I did refall in love with...

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My winter break vacation was so great it had to be documented in numerous parts. Also so I wouldn't bore anyone too much if it was too long! Well, we went on a cruise to Mexico, Belize, and Honduras. The boat left out of New Orleans and we got there a day early to go and see my mom's aunt.  Digging the mismatched...

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