Finish It Friday--skirts and curtains

Finally! Something fun to post for Finish It Friday!

A couple of months ago I started this skirt for Madelyn and it sat pinned together and waiting for a hem until yesterday. Happily, she loves it and will actually wear it (that is not always a given with her--she's a little persnickety with her fashion choices)! The fabric was left over from a name that Amanda did for her etsy shop at http://www.sheachicdesigns.etsy.com/

I did some window mistreatments for my kitchen and laundry windows. I originally found the idea on http://thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/search/label/window%20treatments (it's the panel/cup hook example at the bottom of that page). I love how they turned out and I think I will hang a small fall wreath to top it off. I've got the family room windows in my sights now . . .

What have you finished this week?

Finish It Friday

For this week's installment of "Finish It Friday", I am happy to report that I regained control of my ironing basket, and it currently sits empty, after a full four weeks of adding to it and ignoring it. I usually know it's time to tackle the ironing when it's the dead of winter and the only shirts Adam has to wear to work are short-sleeved. However, last week I got so tired of seeing the mountain sit atop my dryer that I took it all downstairs to the basement storage room that sits dark most days. I felt much better not seeing that huge to do pile everytime I walked in or out of the garage entrance (which is where the washer and dryer are located). And happily, I only felt kind of guilty knowing that the pile still existed, just not in my constant sight. But now, guilt be gone--I'm free at last!

I'm thinking next week's project will be something fun, not that the last two posts of mending and ironing haven't been sensational, but, you know :)

Finish It Friday

I hereby declare Friday on my little blog planet as “Finish it Friday.” Ever since I can remember, I’ve needed deadlines to help me get things done. When I was a teenager my mom told me she should have named me Scarlet (of Scarlet O’Hara and Rhett Butler fame. She was notorious for saying, “tomorrow is another day”). I started making to-do lists back then just because I liked to cross things off, in fact I would sometimes add things to the list that I had already completed just so I could cross it off (Am I the only one who does this?)! To this day I have a to-do list that has several carry-over tasks from previous weeks. Right, as if I’m suddenly going to like tackling that ironing pile or putting patches on kid clothes. Therefore, I will hold myself publicly accountable to get at least one thing done by each Friday that I haven’t yet completed in a timely manner! I look forward to using this deadline to get fun projects done too and I can’t wait to share it electronically and cross it off my to-do list!

This week I start with one of my least favorites, which is of course why it has been on my list for 6 weeks running: mending. Madelyn and Parker both had pants that needed patches, not because they’re worn out, but because they’re brand new and I don’t want them to get worn out quite so fast. Now that it’s substantially cooler they need the pants, and this week I finally got around to it. Admittedly, not the most thrilling start to “Finish It Friday,” but the mending is done (for now)!

What have you finished lately?