Well, kinda different. Those who follow me on instagram (bakerbowie by the way!) might have noticed that my pics are not always cooking related. While I always maintain that the best thing to chill me out after a stressful day/week/month/year is to get in the kitchen and start cooking, I have found another hobby that seems to do the trick on the stress front. That hobby is sewing. And yes, I am aware that I am utterly predictable in my love of all things pink, sweet, girly so to imagine my sewing on would not be that big of a stretch.
Don’t worry, I am still cooking and have a few goodies to serve up in the next few weeks, but I want to share a few cute (simple) projects that i’ve been working on. It all started with a cardigan that I ordered from Asos a few months ago. While it looked lovely on the model, it looked pretty plain on me. When will I learn that what looks amazing on an online model will almost NEVER look the same on an ordinary human being?
It looked like this.
Cute collar, but pretty average everywhere else.
So I hopped on etsy to look for some buttons to brighten it up. Who knew that changing the buttons on a cardigan would completely change it? Now that i’ve let you in on the not so secret admission that i’m totally predictable, can you guess what kind of buttons I bought? Bows you say? Absolutely.
See? Cuteness magnified about 100000000%
So, while I work on my sewing machine skills which are pretty average, I though that I would start small by customising some cardigans. I went out and bought myself a few more to experiment on. At $10 a pop, how could I just stop at one? So I bought five.
Don’t judge. I know that you wouldn’t have passed that up!
I added swarovski buttons
sugar sweethearts? Nah, plastic buttons, but cute nonetheless!
And I like their use of the imperative.
HUG MEEEEEE!
So yes, all my sewing things are pink too…
which is nice when i’m sewing buttons on a pink cardi
because we all know that matchy matchy is the way to go!
these ice-cream buttons are just so damn cute it hurts.
It hurts in all my cuteness glands.
By the way do you like how even my sewing is cooking/food related? Thought you would!! So what do you do to chill out, lovely readers?
I love the bows and the swarovski crystal ones. I never would have thought to look on etsy for buttons. I will file that one away for a rainy day 🙂 I like to quilt to relax.
Kiki I have to admit that I spend far too much time trawling through etsy! I do find that it is always a good stop to find sewing supplies though. Quilting sounds like a good idea although i’m not sure I’m mathematical enough for it!
I love this! Always good to add your own touch to certain things. Love the buttons 😉
Thanks Tina!