Just Desserts Fabric

I finally went grocery shopping and cleaned up the living room from the last snow storm. Just in time for the next one coming in. I'm hoping Hubby doesn't have to go work snow days are so much fun with him. On the other hand I don't want his boss to get made and take away vacation time. Oh well. My brother's girlfriend is staying with us. Her roommates are gone for the weekend and we didn't want her to get snowed in by herself out in the boonies. So at least I will have company either way. I love having family nearby. 

 

In other news  I bought this fabric from the Just Desserts line by ClothWorks.  I fell in love with it back in October and bought a yard. I'm not realizing that a yard wasn't really enough to do much with. My two options are 

a) table napkins or b) a small market bag. What do you all think? What should I do with it?

Goose Beary Dolls, Video Games, and Snow Days.

 

The house is a mess, but in a good way. Piles of toys, piles of books, piles of fabric, relaxed bodies sprawled on the floor. Yes the house is a mess, but it's the kind of mess I thank God for!

An Off Day.

Today was one of those days where nothing went quite right. Nothing was went wrong exactly. But nothing went as smoothly as I was hoping. My potatoes over cooked. I let the bread rise to long. My errands took longer than I anticipated. The fabric picnic basket came out horribly awkward even on the second try. Goose is up way past bed time. The house is a mess. Not a bad day. Just a day full of reminders of my humanness (is that even a word?). 

Thankfully there was also a few quite hours at the sewing machine. The chance to try and encourage and minister to some one who was there for me when I desperately needed encouragement. A family dinner celebrating a special person. Fresh baked bread. Pretty fabric to work with. And the anticipation of an evening spent in bed with journals, fabric, and HGTV hoping, dreaming, and planning. So tonight, I am thankful that I am humane, thankful that I serve a God so much bigger than I am, and thankful for my super fluffy comforter.

Mashed Potatoes, Give Away, and Fabric Choice.

 

Maddie Goose fed herself for the first time yesterday after church. Mashed potatoes were a big hit!

I have five followers now, so I will be hosting a give away for this book mark and the end of next month. If we can add five more followers between now and then I will add a doll to the give away as well.

I finally picked out and photographed my fabric for the Amy Butler Birdie Sling bag I am making this weekend. It took me forever to pick out fabric. It wasn't until this project that I realized I tend to gravitate towards very juvenile fabric. Maybe it's becuase I sew mostly for little ones, or maybe I just like bright colors. But so much of what I was picking out looked like fabric more suited to a diaper bag, not a purse for personal use. At one point I picked out a great black, red, and white combo, but the more I looked at it the more I realized how not me it was. While I would love to be one of those amazing people who wears red lip stick in the middle of the afternoon and goes grocery shopping in heals, I'm just not. I am way more of a lip gloss, cute tennis shoes, fitted t-shirt kind of gal. And I think this fabric depicts that perfectly. What about you? Does your fabric style differ from your personal style? Does your mental image of yourself match the one in the mirror? 

Finally Being Productive

Sorry for the lull in posting. Hubby and I were struck with the stomach flu and have been down for the count the past few days. Times like this I am extra thankful to be living near family. His parents stepped in and took the girls for a few days so we could sleep. Then today they came and helped me put the house back in order. I can actually see all my floors again! It's a miracle!

After all that I was even able to go shopping for a bit. I finally picked out the fabric I will be using next weekend to make the Amy Butler Birdie Sling.

It took me forever to decide on fabric and I am so relieved it's finally done. I wanted to post pictures but by the time I got home it was to dark to take any. Hopefully tomorrow.

I also stopped at Barnes and Noble and picked up a copy of Blogging for Bliss.  I've heard mixed reviews about the book so hopefully it will be worth the money. While I was there I browsed the journal section and found an awesome sketch book and came strait home and started working on my inspiration journal.

 

So happy to finally picked something out. All in all a very productive day. Now if only the kids would sleep. :)

Day Off.

Today was hubby's day off so I didn't get much done. Well I didn't get much house work or crafting done today. I did, however, get to spend a lot of time with the family. Watching TV, meeting with our real-estate guy, taking naps. Tonight we went to a revival service at our church and had a wonderful time of refreshing and reconnecting. Tomorrow I'll clean house.

Happiness Journal

I've decided I want a happiness/inspirational journal. So I spent the afternoon online looking at ideas, journals, and other things that make me happy. I am now lusting after...

Sharpie Markers from Sam's Club.

Leather journal from  threestories over at etsy.

And this funky journal by FunTime324 at etsy.

What about you all? What do you journal in. What do you journal about? How do you journal?