Happy Friday

Hey all! Happy Friday! I love Friday’s: I get to kick back and spend all night with God, my sewing machine, and some quality Criminal Minds! I am a huge fan of crime shows.

In other news (ok that was corny) but I hope to make another tutorial soon but my camera battery is dead and I lost my charger!! Sometimes brain fog is annoying!

Thanks for reading, Kirstin

A Few Lovely Things

Here are just a few new tutorials I love!

A lovely belt: http://rebekahgough.blogspot.com/2011/09/surprise-party-bow-belt-from-theresa-at.html

Some delicious apple butter:: http://scatteredthoughtsofasahm.blogspot.com/2011/09/homemade-apple-butter.html

An adorable big bow t refashion: http://wraysist3rs.blogspot.com/2011/09/bow-tie-tee.html

And finally a good idea for the (gasp) snow! That is coming soon (I hope): http://littlebirdiesecrets.blogspot.com/2010/01/cozy-hand-warming-ice-scraper.html

That’s all for today! Thanks for reading, Kirstin

Doggie Dictionary

The other day I was reading one of the many blogs I follow and they had a “doggie dictionary. Basically they listed the gibberish we all speak to our dogs and the translation. I thought this was a cute idea.

My Doggie Dictionary

What I Say	What It Means
IT”S DE PUPPY!!!!!	Hello
HowsMyPuppyGuuuurl?	How are you (pretty straight forward)
You’re so lazy!	Good Morning
You wanna go for.. ?	This just gets her excited
O sneezes! Sneezes!	Bless you!

What special things to you say to your dog or cat or whatever pet you have? I would love to read some of them!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kirstin

Guitar Strap Cover

 Today I have prepared a little tutorial for my lovely readers! It’s a guitar strap cover.  First I must tell a little back story. A couple years ago my brother got a guitar for Christmas and quickly became an amazing musician with his guitar. Now he plays at out small church in the worship department and I sing. I was very inspired by my brother’s talent and decided I wanted to learn to play. I have had my guitar for almost a year and know a whopping 4 chords! But with this strap I can rock those four melodious chords in style! (End back story), now onto the tutorial.

Materials

• Guitar or Camera Strap
• Fabric (I'm not sure exactly how much I used)
• Interfacing (the same size as your fabric)
• Sewing Machine (duh!)
• Thread to Match Your Fabric
• Scissors or Rotary Cutter
• Measuring Utensil

Let's Get Started, Shall We?

 

1.    Okay, first adjust your strap to the length you need and measure how long it is. Add an inch and cut your fabric the length (plus the one inch) and a width of 5 inches (so your fabric will be your measured length + one inch BY five inches)   .

2.   Cut your interfacing the same measurements as the fabric and iron it onto the WRONG side of your fabric (aka the side your pattern isn't on)

3.   This next one is optional. If you want to quilt your strap (I did 3 quilts of each side). Set your sewing machine's stich so its as far left as it will go. (Like this)

4.   Now line up the edge of the fabric with foot of your sewing machine. Sew a straight line and then line up your  first line with the foot and sew another one (remember to back stich!) continue this until you decide there is enough quilting on your strap.

5.   Now lets hem up the short ends. Fold the end over a quarter (1/4) inch. Then iron, pin, and sew (remember to set your stich back to normal!)

6.   Next fold the strap in half (long ways with right sides together) pin and sew.

7.   And finally turn your strap inside out and slip it over your strap.

8.   And you're all finished! Enjoy your new stylish strap!

Sorry if my tutorial was hard to follow!

Thanks for reading, Kirstin

200

I thought I should share with all my lovely readers that my blog has made it up to 200 page views!!! I’m very excited! Now I really have to book it on my upcoming tutorial because I promised myself that I would put one up after 200 views. Come back tomorrow and it shall be complete and up!

Thanks to everyone reading out there, Kirstin

New Things

Whew, I finally got enough focus to actually write a new post! If you hadn’t noticed I changed the name of my blog. I thought it was more fitting. As followers of Christ we must live every second for Him and chase the Son until the end of the day and the end of all time (which means forever!).

In other news I’m whipping up a tutorial for a guitar strap cover I made a couple weeks ago so keep checking back for when that is completed!

I also wanted to tell you all (if there is more than one person reading) than Pinterest is amazing! I just joined and have been pinning ever since! All of you should check it out!

Thanks for reading, Kirstin

Tutorial's for a Rainy Day

Hi all! It’s a gloomy day here in Michigan. These are some tutorials that cheered me up!  

1)   This is an adorable t-shirt redo with lace!! (I love lace)

 http://dramaqueenseams.blogspot.com/2011/04/lacey-lace-shirt.html

2)   This one is a cross-body ruffled messenger bag

http://pm-betweenthelines.blogspot.com/2009/11/messenger-bag-tutorial.html

3)   And finally this super cute belt perfect for fall!

 http://iammommahearmeroar.blogspot.com/2010/09/autumn-bloom-belt.html

Hope you enjoy these as much as I do! Thanks for reading,

Kirstin

Better Than Twitter

That title is a joke. I was telling my brother why blogging is better than posting a status every 3 seconds (no offense to any tweeters out there).

Well right on cue (as every year) my POTS is pushing my limits farther than usual; but it’s when I’m at the end of my rope that God comes in and extends it. I know there is no possible way I could have made it this far without Him. I pray every day for those who try to make this crazy journey without Him; it’s simply impossible.  POTS can make anyone stronger, but God gives you joy while getting there (I may just make that one my Facebook status). I’m kidding about that.

Thanks for reading!Kirstin    

Why I Blog

Happy Monday all! I surprisingly love Monday’s because I like routines and not being lazy like I am on weekends.

Well today I am going to share why I blog, in list form.

1.       love writing

2.      I love sharing my story

3.      It’s fun to journal online and let other people learn from my mistakes

4.      Glorifying God through writing is wonderful

5.      Even if no one is reading I still have hope that my words could help someone

6.      It keeps my mind on the big picture of why God is putting me through struggles

And that’s all the reasons I have!

Thanks for reading,

Kirstin

Freebie Friday

Today = another bad day. That's my math lesson for today!
Hello lovlies! I love freebies and I also love designing pages for my "old fashioned" pen and paper planner. I came across this free printable from  www.perideaudesigns.com (well their blog anyway) and i used it as my inspiration to create this:

Now if you would like the file for this lovely weekly planner shoot me an email at kherbruck@gmail.com  and I'll give it to you!
Thanks for reading,

Kirstin

Recent Crafting

Well dear readers my POTS is in full flair up mode right now! Fall is always terrible for me because of that nasty ragweed allergy! Will you pray with me for all the other people who are suffering now as well? I know they would appreciate it immensely!
Because my dysautonomia is pretty bad I decided to make a belt yesterday from one of my favorite blogs, Ruffles and Stuff. Disney is so talented and has the cutest tutorials! Here's the link for the belt I made: http://www.rufflesandstuff.com/2010/02/scrunch-belt.html
This is what mine looks like:

 And now presenting my mom's favorite Bible verse! I made her this little print for the fridge!

Here are a couple different ones you can download! (I'm not sure how well they will come out but its worth a try!)



Thanks for reading,

Kirstin