Mustache Mayhem

People at work won't know what hit them....

"Bonfires burning bright
Pumpkin faces in the night
I remember Halloween
Dead cats hanging from poles
Little dead are out in droves
I remember Halloween!"
~ Misfits

Another weekend, almost gone

I haven't done anything creative recently to post about.  My weekend was filled with social activities so I didn't get a chance to make anything.  Tomorrow I'm planning to making a new type of cookie for Atticus (it includes ground turkey), but otherwise, nada.

Gonna go raid the fridge now...

"Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit." ~ R.E. Shay

Too much work

I'm working too much.  I can admit that.  Too much overtime.  Not enough time at home.  I really pity the fool who tries to cross me because I'm feeling particularly vicious from too much caffeine, not enough sleep, and frustration with my week peppered liberally on top. 

Wiped.

"Some folks should just sit down and shut up. Every time they start talking, they demonstrate why the gene pool could use a little chlorine." ~ Jim Amundsen

A flower rug

I saw this idea, and thought it would be cool to make my brother, Jonathan, a rug like that.

So I hunted through Goodwill, and in very short order, found a sheet:

Perfect.

What was not perfect was the next 10-odd hours of rug making process.  Cutting into strips and braiding it was okay - that just took watching The Office for awhile.  Not a hardship.  The problem came when I first went to sew the rug down.  I broke 7 needles (I think that was the final count).  And when I finally pulled the rug away from the machine, it looked like a giant bowl.  I was ready to throw the whole thing out.  Instead, I ripped up what can only be described as a ghastly amount of thread, pinned the rug together this time, and re-sewed.

Its still a little curvy but it is no longer a big bowl.

And upclose...

Jonathan called this morning and said something to the effect of "Thanks for my batman flower rug".  Hmmm...whoops.  Didn't mean for it to resemble a flower, but now that I look at it...

Oh, yeah, and here's his card.  This is getting to be my favorite part of any project - making a card from the leftover scraps.

Happy belated birthday, brother!

Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment the floor may open up. Of course, it almost never does; that's what makes it so boring. ~ Edward Gorey

Wordless Friday

Only wordless cause I'm laughing too much...

Carry laughter with you wherever you go. ~ Hugh Sidey

Something for me

My friend Sarah gave me two oversize red quilted pillow shams with the question, "Can you use these?"

Why of course I can! 

While I'm not really a red quilted bag kind of girl, here's a look at a bag I made for myself yesterday....I used the general idea from when I made Katie's leather purse, but tweaked it a bit. 

With an up-close look at the Moda fabric interior (clearance from fabric.com!)

Its a bit too big to be just a purse, so I turned it into my new work bag/purse.  It satisfies my need for variety.

p.s.  Mom - another big button!!!!

"I've neutered almost all the males in my family." ~ m.s.

New life

Its nice when I realize I can still do some things right...

African Violet babies.  :)

Finishing up my homemade watermelon wine before I head to bed.  (My coworker makes it.  And to answer your next question - it is 10 shades beyond delicious, but highly potent!)

"Gus, there are no rules against having a seance.  Anyone can have one.  It's like a garage sale.  Or plastic surgery." ~ Shawn Spencer, Psych