A Little Blog Break

When Eric feels tired he just crawls up on the boom and has a little break.

That is how I feel right now, I'm going to have a little break. It's time to catch up on some work obligations and such, so instead of feeling guilty about neglecting my blog, I'll just have an official break for a couple of weeks.

How's that?

Scotch Tape Sewing

Before Eric learned how to use the sewing machine, scotch tape was the name of the game. If you want to make some pjs for your monkey, just grap some scraps and some tape.

We like to name animals for what they are around here. That is why our kitty is named "Kitty" and Eric's monkey is named "Monkey". Just keeping it simple.

Happy Valentines Day?

We've all been inundated with hearts in pink and red and cupids and roses and after awhile it can be a little well, tiresome. Yesterday while listening to the radio I heard two commercials in a row. The first one telling me to forget about cooking on Valentines Day and to go out to eat with my loved one. To let someone else do the work and pamper you and your honey. The next ad was for a grocery store telling me there was nothing more special than staying in on Valentines Day and cooking for your honey so you could have that special alone time in the most intimate setting, your home. (Obviously written by someone without kids!) It's hard not to be cynical with everyone throwing their angle at you about how you should feel and what you should buy on February 14.

Despite it all, I'm still feeling good on this Valentines Day in 2009. Still fresh from the turn of the new year and some small successes that keep me plodding forward I thought I would spell it all out for you here in Red and White.

R eally apprecaitive for what I have
E ager to meet new challenges
D etermined to get better and better at what I do

A rdent about my craft
N ever bored
D iligent about details

W illing to adapt
H appy to be self employed
I nterested to see what is next
T hrifty and loving it!
E xcited about the possibilities

Whether you stay in, go out, celebrate with your honey or your kids or your Mom and Dad, have a Happy Valentines Day in black and white or pink and red or technicolor. As usual, it is just what you make of it.

Felting Hagrid's Sweater

I had an extra half an hour today between obligations in Atlanta so of course I seized the opportunity to pop into the thrift store. I found a couple of great sweaters, and then there is this one. The GIANT snowflake sweater.
The funniest thing is, the tag says Medium.

Medium!!!

This sweater is enormous. I can just see Hagrid of Harry Potter fame sitting in his cabin feeding his baby dragon on Christmas eve wearing his favorite snowflake sweater. Of course he would call it his "snowflake jumper" being from England and all.
I'm going to try to felt this tomorrow. I'm pretty nervous though, because red dye is the worst (just ask Jordi about his "Inca Cola" T-shirt and 2 years worth of pink socks) and I fear this will be a red and pink snowflake sweater after the first wash. I can already envision 3 purses that I want to make from it so I really don't want to ruin it. Although maybe it will be pretty in pink and red.
I'll keep you posted.

I've Been Tagged

Well, I've been ignoring my blog duties again.

A couple of weeks ago Wendy from Bags and Buds tagged me to name 7 random things about myself. Of course I would like them to be random and interesting, but I'm not sure if I will succeed. Here goes, 7 random things about me.

1. I'm not very neat, but I'm a binge cleaner. Every now and then I get totally fed up with the mess and clean. I never know when this will happen though.
2. My favorite food growing up was Chicken Fricassee. I always requested it for my birthday dinner because my brothers LEAST favorite food was Chicken Fricassee.
3. I'm a morning person. Could it be the coffee?
4. I wanted to change my name to "Candy" growing up. My parents wouldn't let me.
5. I love toasted almonds on anything.
6. I have read "Gone With the Wind" 3 times.
7. Even though I have an Art degree, my favorite class in college was Astronomy. But please, don't ask me to remember anything about it!

Well, there you go, pretty random stuff!

A Happy Sewing Birthday

One of the more fun things I have gotten to do since becoming part of Beehive Co-op is to be the designer in charge of some Crafty Birthday Parties. This is where we open up the back room to some creative kids and let them create the project of their choice for a couple of hours while celebrating their birthday.
Saturday was Keely's turn, and check out the pictures for some serious creative energy going on. 11 and 12 year olds are the PERFECT age to begin sewing because they have enough motor skills to be able to pick up on the machine right away, they know EXACTLY what they want to do and they bounce back from mistakes very quickly and without a lot of fuss. Each girl designed her own project using thrift store item such as sweaters, jeans and jean skirts and then decorated it with felted sweater wool and a handle. I love what they came up with! It was a great party, and the cake was fabulous!