Project 24 of many. . .

Wool Floral Handbag

I love the whimsical floral look, especially on handbags. The problem with that look however, is that it is very fragile. I am not a fragile kind of gal, I need things that can stand the test of time. Enter wool, my favorite and most beloved fiber of all time. Wool is the perfect fabric for me. This handbag could get covered in mud and once the mud dried I could take a metal brush to this bag and it would still look awesome. I know this because at first I wanted to try to distress my fabric, so I took it outside and scrapped it along the concrete curb in front of my house. It did not have the effect that I wanted. It cleaned the cement instead and created a white powder on the fabric that simply brushed off.

I have no idea when I started this handbag. My guess is that it was sometime in September, perhaps October. Though, I don't have any pictures of it before November, so it could have been then as well. I have no idea how long it took, but,  I am so glad that I am finally done with it ! I really like how it turned out. I am actually going to use this handbag. It has sentimental value, I won the wool for it about 10 years ago at the Make It Yourself With Wool Contest.

I wanted today to be productive. Really, I did. But it's just not happening. Check out this ultra cute watch I just found on etsy. . .

Buy it here. . . 

Big League

 

Cheesy. I know. But cute. I'm sure lots of people want their children immortalized on a vintage baseball card like this.  If you do, let me know and I'll see what I can do.

Should have. . .

I never answer the door. Never. To make matters worse, now that we no longer have dogs the alarm is always set to "stay" which means that if I door is opened that the alarm will go off. I have an intense fear of opening the door - this happened when we had bunch of ex-felons living next door, which translated into people ringing our doorbell at 5 am looking for drugs. Our house was also broken into, which makes me wary of strangers.  Finally, I do not know how to say "no" to traveling sales men. . . which is part of the reason why we have an alarm system.
If you are a friend, or the UPS guy or my mail woman, I will answer the door. I've also heard that you should answer the door, so that persons looking for vacant houses to rob know that your home is not vacant.
All of this is to say that yesterday when someone knocked on the door, I did not answer. I should have though. When Kyle got home I heard him turn the alarm off and open the front door. This is what he brought me . . .

 

I got a good one! Thanks love!

drool.

 so cute. . .

One of the reasons I wrote my last post was so that I would stop seeing the word "Santa" at the top of my blog. Now I'm writing this post, so that I will not see that nasty chicken goo at the top of my blog.

Chicken Nuggets

Remember those books you were given in kindergarden? Picture books, they had no words, you just looked at the pictures and made up the words. I was recently inspired by this picture. I didn't even have to read the story, the picture told all, and I was never (not that I did anyway) eating at McDonalds again. The following is my solution to the nasty gloop seen above. . . still may look a little nasty at times. . . but, you know exactly what is going into it

 Chicken Nuggets - A Picture Recipe: By Caitlyn Williams