Promise part 5

3000 miles and 6 months later...

Look at these Angel Wings, Mom!!!!

Took my first spin class tonight.  It was a lot more boring than I thought riding a bike for an hour would be.  Have a feeling I wont be able to stand tomorrow though. 

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

~ Robert Louis Stevenson

Promise part 4

A game of mini golf to start the weekend off right!

My swing is so bad I look like a caveman killing his lunch.
~ Lee Trevino

Promise part 3

I recently met someone at a BBQ and we bonded over talking about crafty things.  She gave me all these different gauge wires this week.  How cool is that??? 
p.s.  The wire is for jewelry making - I'm thinking of branching out. 

Promise little and do much. ~ Hebrew Proverb

Promise Part 2



My coworker brought me a cupcake this morning.  Long story.  It was yummy.























But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep...
~ Robert Frost

A promise

I was reading back over old posts and just realized how negative my writing has gotten recently.  I'm sorry for that.  Apparently I only blog when tired and out of sorts and annoyed??  I don't know.  I'm not an overly negative person I don't think.  Hmmm....

So...I promise that I won't say anything remotely negative for the next 5 posts.  Even if I have to lie.  So this entry won't even mention  my second week of three 12 hour shifts or my neighbor who felt like revving his Harley outside my bedroom window for 2 hours this afternoon when I was trying to sleep.  :)

So instead, here's another "look what I made!!!"

I used this tutorial, and made a diaper bag for my retired supervisor.  His first grandchild is due this month.  Normally I don't go around spending 5 hours sewing for old supervisors, but one of my coworkers asked me to.  Plus, I get to keep the extra fabric as payment.  (Score!)  He's a big WSU fan, in case you were wondering. 



The fabric up close.  Who knew how hard it would be to find Washington State University fabric IN Washington State?  I resorted to shopping online.



There's 2 front velcro pockets and a velcro pocket on each side.  Ignore that thread.  I'm going to go cut it off right now. 

The inside is gray vinyl with several elastic pockets.  I officially hate sewing with vinyl.  This was really nice stuff and my machine hated it.  I had to resew over most of it because my machine kept dropping stitches.  I was constantly adjusting thread tension and length etc trying to find that perfect combo.  I never found it.  I think the vinyl was too thick.  AND...one of the pockets started to rip away already.  AAAAAAAAHHHHH.  I need to fix that.  Oh, and yes...I used a Starbucks mug as a prop here.  I don't have any baby bottles laying around.

The back zippered pocket

I'm making you look at the bag again....

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte

Debate

Whats's more depressing...

- working graveyard during the Pacific Northwest winter and not seeing the light of day for 3+ months?

or

- working 3 12 hour shifts in a row during what was described as "the warmest days since September" and sleeping through almost every last bit of sunshine?

Its a toss-up.

I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. ~ Agatha Christie

What I've been working on lately

Weather report:  June 1st.  50 degrees and raining.  If I see one more Facebook status that talks about needing air conditioning I might scream.  To borrow from my friend Katie's Facebook status, she writes:  "Northface jacket, Keenes, sunglasses, windshield wipers on high, iced mocha in hand. Yep, it's June in Washington."  Yep.  Thats us.

But I digress.

This is what I've been working on lately....



Reusable coffee sleeves



I gave them out to a bunch of friends.  Grace chose this one - it has a big antique button and thread sketching of hearts on it.  After her boyfriend saw it now he wants one.  More manly, of course. 

Still my favorite thing to make.  Stacks of cards.

I gave a bunch of these out too.  Since then I've been told of two local cafes that sell homemade goods and that I should try to sell my things there.  I'm pondering it. 

Some of my favorite cards...

You can tell this one is made of scraps - 8 to be exact.  I like to look at them and see the different projects I've made:  This one includes remnants from two Ninja turtle masks, a purse, a pillow for my niece, another purse, a laundry bin liner, and an apron. 

A blanket, an old tshirt, and a stash from when I went yard-saleing with my mom.

My friend Sarah is thinking about re-entering the work place.  I thought she would need a sophisticated purse (that doesn't have baby remnants inside of it).  Its also an extremely belated birthday present.

This is called the Josy clutch.  I actually bought the pattern from Ithinksew.com.   The pattern called for an o-ring, which I was going to skip until I looked at my button stash and found what could pass for one.  I'm not sure what the ring was in an original life, but now it proudly sits on the bag strap.  I used chartreuse for the lining and hot pink for the stiches.  Just to make it fun. 

Recent fabric purchases.  Technically, its a Christmas present - thank you mom. :)  Pacific fabrics was having a clearance and I had a gift card.  I've been in a turquoise, orange, and brown mood lately.  If you couldn't tell.

I have a long list of things to do that I neglected to do this weekend.  I should probably get started.  Back to my regular shift tonight after 2 weeks of being away from the radio. 

Sanity is madness put to good uses.  ~ George Santayana