Does nesting = crafting?

About a month ago I realized there were several projects that I needed to get to, some I just wanted to do and some that have been on the back burner for a while (...Chris's sweater...). So I sat down and made a list of crafts I had in mind. I had 14 things! Some are important to get done, like the baptismal gown I'm trying to sew (have I mentioned that I am crazyinsane and am trying to sew a baptismal gown for Enchilada? that's because it's harder than anything I've tried before and I keep hitting points where the directions make no sense), some are projects that seem like now is a good time to get them done (see below) and some will stay on the back burner (...Chris's sweater...).

Just so you know, a couple of weeks ago we moved Xander from his room (which I now call the yellow room to stop confusing myself) to the old guest room (the blue room). When I moved his curtain (I think the proper term is 'valance') over to the blue room it didn't look right with the blue walls. When I moved the curtain back to the yellow room I became disgusted at how poorly it hung. You know how curtains are supposed to be all smooshed up and billowy? Yeah, this curtain was not wide enough for the rod and hung there like a limp rag.

So I ripped it apart. Really, I just ripped the seams. Then I cut the length in half and sewed together the sides to make a wide curtain. But now it was too short. So I bought purple material to add to the top. Viola!

When I went to mark 'fix curtain' off of my craft list, I realized I'd never put it on the list. Oops.

Next for the yellow room I decided to make a French memory board, roughly using these directions. Xander had a cork board that we'd used to post pictures and such, so I thought the memo board would be cuter. Chris suggested making one for Xander too, since the cork board is old and is not as attractive as it used to be. It took me four freaking trips to the craft store to get everything! The big problem was I kept running out of ribbon, because I definitely used more than the 5-6 yards the directions stated.

Here is the memo board for the yellow room.


Oh, and don't get me started on getting the ribbons to line up either. My poor math brain kept trying to figure out measurements and I kept getting stymied by the ribbon not lining up at the corners. It turned out really nice, but I know they are not exact rhombi and that will always bother me.

Here's the one for Xander in the blue room.