Monday Monday

I am so thankful to be healthy. I was actually able to work on some projects. I finished my submission for the "Schmancy Winter Olympics." I have had the bear done for sometime but I needed to finish his rollerskates and perogies. I had never heard of perogies until we met some friends from Canada. So I decided I would incorporate this into my made-up sport. My made up sport for the games is quite self explanatory, but goes as follows, " Rollerskating while holding a plate of perogies." I love his expression, I mean , I think I would be shocked to try this as well. I went pattern shopping on Saturday as well. Our fabric store had patterns for $1 and $1.99. You can't beat that. I bought a couple that I knew I would totally make alot of . The first is Simplicity 2593. I love the collar!



The second pattern that I have wanted for awhile and has so many styles to it is Simplicity 2447. I want to find the perfect plaid for this. I know plaid again. I just love plaid.



I hope to make these in the near future. I have a whole bunch of projects for the next two months it seems but after that I am making time for some clothes making. I don't get as stressed out as I used to and enjoy just taking my time making clothes. Have a great day!

Sick Week

This is me this week!

I have to say this has been one of the craziest sick weeks I have had in years. The family was hit hard with some sort of flu and we got it one right after another. This the first day since Tuesday that I have somewhat felt myself. With little sleep, coughing all night, and taking care of three little ones who have fevers, it has been quite the challenging week to say the least. I am so behind on so many things, but getting better is so much more important. I have been cleaning and disinfecting things like crazy trying to get these germs out of the house. I havent' been on the computer hardly at all this week either, but when I checked my etsy this morning, I was so excited to see I was featured on the front page. I hope I can keep up with orders and other projects I have coming up with losing a whole week. I never realize how much I take being healthy for granted only when I get this sick. Well I'm off to continue to get better!

Sketches

All my ideas are sketches. I'm sure all of you work this way as well. I have been working on the "Lost At Sea" pieces and sketching out my ideas. I have one completed and will be starting the second piece this week. I really love sketching. I like erasing, and tweeking my sketches until I have them how I want them. I want to do alot more sketching this year and watercolors. I find this so relaxing. It is amazing to sketch out an idea and then see it come to life on fabric through embroidery, this is one of my favorite things to do right now. I have loved drawing since I was very young. I always had a notebook to draw in. I thought when I was younger that I wanted to be an architect. But, then I realized that I would have to be very good at math, so I didn't fiddle too long with that career idea. However, one of my fave things to do was to draw out elaborate houses, and what would be in each room. I would spend so much time doing this. I believe that is what made want to actually build my own doll house in junior high. I have always been fascinated with old structures and victorian rooms. I could sit and stare at doll houses for hours. I think it has to do alot with being a girl and wanting to decorate exactly how I like. Picking colors, furniture, accessories, all these things get a girl excited to decorate. I think the older I get, the better I get a picking color themes and what goes best together. My theme right now is vintage, bright colors with accenting black woods. That is how most of our house looks. Well I am going to enjoy this weather we are having today. They say we may get to 62 degrees! Crazy!

Saturday

This morning is such a beautiful sunny morning and I have all kinds of things that would make this day even more swell!


Drinking a yummy mocha! I love the ones at Borders!


Of course going thrift shopping and finding some amazing things!

Okay I have a confession. Lately I have been a little obsessed with "Canada Dry" ginger ale. I have always had a weakness for sugary drinks. This is the one thing that is holding me back in my attempt to eat healthy. It is so refreshing though!


I have those things that are so hard to give up, my little weaknesses. I try to run about three or four times a week, and I eat healthy throughout the day , except for my sweet tooth. It gets me everytime.

Sunshine is headed our way

I believe sunshine is headed our way. We are starting to see more sunny days than not. I can't wait until this weekend when we will get fifties. I feel like this winter has been unusually long. I just want to lay a blanket in the grass and lay in the sun. When my husband and I met in college this was one of our favorite things to do. We would head to the park , lay out a blanket, and just lay in the sun with our eyes closed and talk. So relaxing. I feel like the sun relaxes me. It does give me a healthy dose of vitamin D. I am looking forward to green trees, flowers, birds tweeting, crickets talking, ducks at the park, fresh veggies from the garden. I like just taking road trips just for the afternoon to little towns that we haven't discovered. Finding little shops and yummy places to eat. I'm looking forward to riding on my moped around the neighborhood. Just thinking about all these things makes me get excited.

Busy, Busy and More Busy

I feel like I have neglected a dear friend this week. I have been over my head with busy lately. I feel like I'm working at a snails pace on things, but family calls, and Mommy must harkin to the calls. We have been a house of snotty noses this week, and whiney folks, myself included. I put one embroidery piece in my shop this week and I have one sitting on my desk almost completed. I have a huge project I have been working on that I haven't mentioned yet on my blog. I was asked by Kristen Rask, from the ever so cute store "Schmancy" and the blog "Plush You" to create several pieces for a show at "Gallery Hanahou" in New York. The theme is "Lost At Sea" and I am having a fun time creating these pieces. I am really buckling down to have these completed by the end of the month. They aren't due until the end of April, but I don't want to wait until the last minute. I want to have time to make any changes or anything of the sort before they are sent. I am quite the obsessive compulsive perfectionist at times. I will check and recheck things. If you happen to be in New York betwen May 6th and June 11th, try and check out the show. There are so many amazing artists that will be featured. One being my all time fave Jenny Hart from "Sublime Stitching!" I learned embroidery thru her books. Eek! So exciting. "Where the Wild Things Are" came out on dvd on Tuesday. I have been wanting to see and I finally got to . So cute. The feelings of being a kid and all the thoughts and feelings you have at times that seem so huge. I thought is was so visually inspiring and the music was magical. Alot of the songs in the movie were sang by Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeah's . She has an amazing voice. One of the songs that I thought was so beautiful was originally written by Daniel Johnston (if you have never heard of him you need to rent the documentary "The Devil and Daniel Johnston, a must watch!!!!). The song is "Worried Shoes" it is so beautiful. Bye for now!

Penny and Shopping

My dog Penny will do almost anything for you if food is involved. She will shake your hand, sit perfectly still, and even let you dress her up any funny way. She is quite the obediant dog. Now when it comes to digging holes in my back yard or licking my kitchen chairs for leftovers, not so obediant (we are working on this). Today is Monday of course. I'm not a fan of Mondays so much. I did a little bit of shopping this weekend. My husband needed a few new shirts, so of course what am I supposed to do while he is looking for clothes for himself, but look for clothes for myself. Now I like Old Navy for only a few of their things. I dont' think their quality is all that good, but when they have v-neck tees for $5, I will spend that much. They had some cute colors and stripes in the tees. I bought a grey v-neck and a striped pink, orange, black and grey. I did splurge on a cute dress. I should have waited until spring, but I can wear this with a cardi for the time being. I can't wait to wear my boots with this as well.

What things are looking forward to with spring?