Hits and Misses

So, I've been feeling very crafty lately. Some went well. Some went...horribly, horribly wrong. Here are the highlights.

The Hits:

Instead of throwing out sweaters with holes in the elbow (or "L Bone," as my sister Prinna used to call it) I decided to remedy the situation without tossing $80 out the window.

This was the idea:

After one embarrassing hour at Joann Fabrics, I snagged the gold fabric appropriate for this project. I cut something called "Stitch Witchery" and ironed the crap out of that and the fabric and came up with this:

And then I did this:

And then, because I was on such a roll, I attacked Claire's wardrobe and patched up some of her pants, too.

Adorable!

Then comes the miss. I saw these nails on a Kate Spade blog and desperately wanted to recreate them. Here's what they are SUPPOSED to look like:

I spent, like, TOO MUCH TIME trying to do this. The instructions on the website show 5 easy steps to achieve this gingham look. I cut like a billion pieces of Scotch tape, waited more than three hours total for different layers to dry and this is what I ended up with:

CRAPTASTIC! Yeah. Definitely NOT. THE. SAME. Lots and lots of wasted hours. DUMB.

So, yeah. You win some, you lose some.

Let's get out there and WIN some this weekend, okay?