Remember a few years back when toilet paper pumpkins took Relief Society enrichment meetings across the nation by storm? Well. A few nights ago, in an effort to be festive, I decided to dig out my fall-time and Halloween decorations from our storage room—only to discover that our storage room has a good, solid leak. And since it just so happened to be a rainy day, a soggy mess stared up at me. So what did I do? I closed the door and walked away like nothing had even happened. Figured I'd just deal with it another day. Besides, soggy makes me gag.
So much for being festive.
Anyway, the point that I'm slowly getting to is that my precious T.P. pumpkins were among the waterlogged and otherwise unusable victims of our leak. However! Since "crafty" is practically my middle name these days (shoot—you should have seen the name tag I made for myself for the Oh My Crafts cruise), I decided to make more. For one, I remembered that they weren't that hard—but most importantly—I was dying for a project to occupy my time so that I could put our mountain of laundry off even longer. It's the same pile that we came home with from our cruise. Compounded by last week's selections. I don't know, I kind of think we're at a point now where we can make a contest out of it. See how long we really can last before starting up that washer.
Pathetic—or courageous? Feel free to discuss in the comment box.
Back to my original topic: I wasn't actually planning to make six. But fabric is just exciting to me. Especially fabric on sale. And don't get me started on ribbon. As some of you might already know, in recent months I've acquired a strong itch to learn to sew. Which would be a huge undertaking—for a girl that's never even sewn on a button. Pathetic —or courageous? Oh, nevermind.
Part of what's slowing me down is that I don't have a clue where to start. But I did have fun dressing up these rolls of toilet paper.
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These are so cute!!! I haven't heard of TP pumpkins, but its a good idea for not a lot of money!! Thanks for the idea!
And the best part is that in a pinch these festive pumpkins can be used for leaks of another kind! Double duty preparedness!
yessss love your blog too! so glad we can blog-stalk each other now. and btw i just got a sewing machine & am sloooowly learning to use it. you should come over :)
Those are so cute! I think you're so courageous with your laundry. I would love to play that game, but my laundry chute is not taking any more drop-offs, which means I can't put it off any longer. Good luck with your sewing.
So cute! I want to make some! Did you just think them up yourself?
Season, can I just say it...those are quirky. I'm with you on the fabric thing, though. I have too many sewing projects started just because I like the idea but then I lack a little something to finish them. I discovered a yarn store, though, the other day that has me mesmerized. The colors were absolutely gorgeous. I have to go back, but not 'til next month when I can splurge for more yarn.
You ARE a maverik! By the way, we have a sewing machine you can learn on if you want to. We'll pull it out at Christmas and you can take it home.
i totally remember doing those!!! how fun...yours are super cute!
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