My friend Nancy and I spent a rainy Labor Day laughing and making fun background paper. It was delightful.
Showing posts with label Crafting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crafting. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Rubber stamp pad dye re-inkers + water + a nonporous surface
If you mix drops of rubber stamp pad dye reinkers and water on a nonporous surface, you can make the coolest background.
My friend Nancy and I spent a rainy Labor Day laughing and making fun background paper. It was delightful.
My friend Nancy and I spent a rainy Labor Day laughing and making fun background paper. It was delightful.
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Sunday, August 19, 2018
Friday night shenanigans
Ingredients:
3 crafty friends
Copious amounts of laughter
A room full of craft supplies
A bag of Angie's brand Sweet and Salty Kettlecorn
A dash of tears
Monday, July 2, 2018
Psalm 134
I have a Cri-cut. Not by my own doing. God prompted a gal to mention to my mom that she had upgraded her Cri-cut and didn't really need her old one. My mom then mentioned that her eldest did not have a Cri-cut which then prompted the owner of the device to hand it over to my mom for me. Oh and she passed along several cartridges. What a huge blessing.
My craftroom has not been completely put together as of June 28th. However I am happy to report that on my mental health day off (06/29/18) I, Angie Good, purchased a used office table and a used desk. They are both to be delivered tomorrow (07/03/18) which is just on time for my Wednesday holiday off!!!!! Fireworks-sccccchhhhhmireworks. This girl is hoping to stamp or paper-cutting with the Cri-cut or both. The sky could potentially be the limit. I may go on a craft binge which could include the following:
1. Card-making
2. Ice cream consuming
3. 7-layer nacho recipe trial run before making it for friends
4. Pillowcase sewing
5. Ironing
6. Online rug purchasing
7. A visit to the lake w/my was-July-but-thank-you-Jesus-is-now-our-August-bookclub book
8. Cri-cut cutting out of vinyl Psalm 134:2 to use as wall art
Once I get the two new pieces, I will post craftroom progress.
Monday, April 30, 2018
It's done!!!!
My first chalk-painted dresser is done.
I am so glad I used Annie Sloan's Florence colored chalk paint. Her stuff is the cream of the crop. Totally worth the investment.
Thankfully Walgreens carries Crayola chalk. 99 cents. Good bargain!!! I totally expect to find my box of chalk now that I purchased new boxes.
Sunday, July 30, 2017
Mukwonago, Wisconsin
A week or so ago, my crafty friend Nancy asked me to join her on a fun card-making adventure in Mukwonago, Wisconsin.
The card-making merriment was to commence at 1 p.m. A class demonstrating the use of blendable Norwegian markers. They are the rage.
Mukwonago is a about an hour plus 10 minutes from Rockford especially when we are starting out in the heart of the city - not where I reside near the interstate. I forgot we would be leaving from the heart of the city. *sigh*
Two days before our adventure my traveling companion called to reserve our seats for the marker class only to learn that the class actually begins at 9 a.m. Said traveling companion called to be the bearer of bad news...well, well, well...guess who was delighted by the early morning traveling? The caffeine-loving gal who is blogging. YES! I love mornings. Yep, I'm on of THOSE people...a morning person. Give me a mug of coffee and a shower and some nice praise & worship music and I'm delighted with early mornings. Take away a third of that mixture and, well, let me quote Mr. T, "I pity the fool..." What fool? The fool that would remove a third of my equation.
So when Nancy said we would need to leave at 7:30...I'm not going to say that I was jumping up and down with excitement...I'll just say I was happy that we were getting an early start. Also it should be noted I was happy to know that I had a FREE drink coupon (that replaced my icky-made-with-cow's-milk-latte). So there's that.
We headed out a smidge later than we intended because how was I to know that the coffee establishment would be busy on a Saturday morning. I guess I just assumed it was only busy on week days. I'm so fickle and nonsensical before proper coffee consumption.
The beauty of hanging-out with Nancy is that she's hilarious.
I spent 3 hours total (2 classes each 90 minutes in length) laughing at her absurd remarks.
Stickles is a product that puts a semi-clear coat of glitter on cards and notes and scrapbook pages. Nancy told our corner of the table that she sometimes puts the Stickles on her glasses. People who do not know Nancy are not fully aware of her sense of humor. So for her to say that she was putting a semi-clear film of sparkles on her glasses, the teacher just stared. I, on the other hand, died laughing. STICKLES ON YOUR GLASSES!!!!!! Hahahahahahaha!!!!!!!
Another funny moment in the classtime was that the class pretty much behaved like arts-n-crafts e in 2nd grade and / or children's craft time during VBS.
Half of the table listened and jotted down notes. The other half...well, the other half had a crafter who glued her hanging-from-a-tree-limb sloth upside down. As in the sloth was stamped holding on to the branches and she turned him (holding the brand) upside down...think a sloth "standing" but his appendages were hanging...or supposed to be hanging. AS ALL SLOTHS DO...?
So many other funny things happened...someone impaled a bottle of Stickles-like sparkles so of course the double-holed bottles was then leaking the sparkles.
I wanted to stand-up and tell the class, "Ok. Everyone put your supplies down. Stop talking to one another. Hands in your laps and let me see your eyes." And then I thanked Jesus that I'm not a crafting instructor and that my new church does VBS during the daytime when I am at work. I forgot how difficult it to lead a group during crafts. And apparently kids or adults - crafting is complicated. :)
We made 6 cards. Three were embellished with die cuts and three were the Norwegian markers.
I'm thankful we took the class...especially the marker class...because I now know I'm not a marker shading kind of gal. In my head, the markers blended better. In real life, they do not. I prefer my PrismaColor colored pencils and blending tools.
This is a good thing because I already own said colored pencils and the Norwegian markers are quite costly.
Look at me - not getting hooked on pricey markers. :)
Between our classes, we ate lunch at Fork in The Road. It's a local establishment. My shaken salad (yes, shaken - not tossed) was deeeelish. Black beans, chicken, Romaine lettuce, tomatoes, a yummy dressing - all shaken in a huge clear container.
After our classes, we went to a cute local grocery store called The Elegant Farmer. It was quaint. I told Nancy it reminded me of a country-fied version of Whole Foods. They had so many unique things. I got artichoke spread, some apples, 2 pretty red peppers, and a hankering for apple crisp. I blame Nancy for the latter...as we were walking through the store looking at jars of apple sauce and other almost-Fallish items. You know what? The store reminded me of a grocery store meets the apple orchard. Yes! That's what it reminded me of. It was lovely.
We then traveled home omitting a stop at the Goodwill we could see from the road. We'll save the Goodwill for our next adventure.
The card-making merriment was to commence at 1 p.m. A class demonstrating the use of blendable Norwegian markers. They are the rage.
Mukwonago is a about an hour plus 10 minutes from Rockford especially when we are starting out in the heart of the city - not where I reside near the interstate. I forgot we would be leaving from the heart of the city. *sigh*
Two days before our adventure my traveling companion called to reserve our seats for the marker class only to learn that the class actually begins at 9 a.m. Said traveling companion called to be the bearer of bad news...well, well, well...guess who was delighted by the early morning traveling? The caffeine-loving gal who is blogging. YES! I love mornings. Yep, I'm on of THOSE people...a morning person. Give me a mug of coffee and a shower and some nice praise & worship music and I'm delighted with early mornings. Take away a third of that mixture and, well, let me quote Mr. T, "I pity the fool..." What fool? The fool that would remove a third of my equation.
So when Nancy said we would need to leave at 7:30...I'm not going to say that I was jumping up and down with excitement...I'll just say I was happy that we were getting an early start. Also it should be noted I was happy to know that I had a FREE drink coupon (that replaced my icky-made-with-cow's-milk-latte). So there's that.
We headed out a smidge later than we intended because how was I to know that the coffee establishment would be busy on a Saturday morning. I guess I just assumed it was only busy on week days. I'm so fickle and nonsensical before proper coffee consumption.
The beauty of hanging-out with Nancy is that she's hilarious.
I spent 3 hours total (2 classes each 90 minutes in length) laughing at her absurd remarks.
Stickles is a product that puts a semi-clear coat of glitter on cards and notes and scrapbook pages. Nancy told our corner of the table that she sometimes puts the Stickles on her glasses. People who do not know Nancy are not fully aware of her sense of humor. So for her to say that she was putting a semi-clear film of sparkles on her glasses, the teacher just stared. I, on the other hand, died laughing. STICKLES ON YOUR GLASSES!!!!!! Hahahahahahaha!!!!!!!
Another funny moment in the classtime was that the class pretty much behaved like arts-n-crafts e in 2nd grade and / or children's craft time during VBS.
Half of the table listened and jotted down notes. The other half...well, the other half had a crafter who glued her hanging-from-a-tree-limb sloth upside down. As in the sloth was stamped holding on to the branches and she turned him (holding the brand) upside down...think a sloth "standing" but his appendages were hanging...or supposed to be hanging. AS ALL SLOTHS DO...?
So many other funny things happened...someone impaled a bottle of Stickles-like sparkles so of course the double-holed bottles was then leaking the sparkles.
I wanted to stand-up and tell the class, "Ok. Everyone put your supplies down. Stop talking to one another. Hands in your laps and let me see your eyes." And then I thanked Jesus that I'm not a crafting instructor and that my new church does VBS during the daytime when I am at work. I forgot how difficult it to lead a group during crafts. And apparently kids or adults - crafting is complicated. :)
We made 6 cards. Three were embellished with die cuts and three were the Norwegian markers.
I'm thankful we took the class...especially the marker class...because I now know I'm not a marker shading kind of gal. In my head, the markers blended better. In real life, they do not. I prefer my PrismaColor colored pencils and blending tools.
This is a good thing because I already own said colored pencils and the Norwegian markers are quite costly.
Look at me - not getting hooked on pricey markers. :)
Between our classes, we ate lunch at Fork in The Road. It's a local establishment. My shaken salad (yes, shaken - not tossed) was deeeelish. Black beans, chicken, Romaine lettuce, tomatoes, a yummy dressing - all shaken in a huge clear container.
After our classes, we went to a cute local grocery store called The Elegant Farmer. It was quaint. I told Nancy it reminded me of a country-fied version of Whole Foods. They had so many unique things. I got artichoke spread, some apples, 2 pretty red peppers, and a hankering for apple crisp. I blame Nancy for the latter...as we were walking through the store looking at jars of apple sauce and other almost-Fallish items. You know what? The store reminded me of a grocery store meets the apple orchard. Yes! That's what it reminded me of. It was lovely.
We then traveled home omitting a stop at the Goodwill we could see from the road. We'll save the Goodwill for our next adventure.
Saturday, April 29, 2017
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
A new craft supply
My gelatos arrived. NOT the tasty ice cream treat.
The gelatos I speak of are pigment sticks. The set I found on Amazon came with a brush and some sort of circular sponge to make the perfect polkadot.
I have never tried these water soluble gems. I am looking forward to using them on cards and in my journaling project.
Sunday, March 5, 2017
Creative juices
Before you check out my very artsy Sunday afternoon picture, I want you to know the truth.
The picture you are about to view is not my attempt at showing you that I, Angela Good, have my life together.
It is not to make you think that I have arrived.
It is not to say to the world that I did my devotions today.
This picture represents a weekend of me embracing the REAL me. The girl who needs to escape from work responsibilities. The girl who needs to meander through a craft show. The girl who wants to mark up and make creative notes in her Bible. The girl who wants to know more about Jesus and journal her journey for the likes of the younger gals who come behind her.
Yep. That's it.
That's me.
Just a girl and God's Word and some amazing craft supplies...just growing in grace and drinking decaf coffee.
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
My February Blog Project February 24th ~ Craft supplies
I never have to answer for a craft supply.
This past Saturday I went to JoAnn's for the following 2 items: Embroidery floss {cross stitch floss} and an embroidery hoop.
Two items.
Somehow the book Doodling Stitching ended-up in my basket. How did it end up there? Well, it all started when I had some embroidery questions...sooo I went to the book section and saw the delightful cover. I picked it up and began reading the introduction. My downfall was glancing through the pages of sample embroidery projects.
A cute foursome of those Russian nestling dolls and a little embroiderable gnome and I was sold.
I left the store with 3 items. I won't count the individual bundles of embroidery floss but rather count them collectively as 1 unit. { Wink, wink. } I'm no fool, blog-stalkers. My mother did not raise a fool, she did raise a nut...a craft-loving nut.
This past Saturday I went to JoAnn's for the following 2 items: Embroidery floss {cross stitch floss} and an embroidery hoop.
Two items.
Somehow the book Doodling Stitching ended-up in my basket. How did it end up there? Well, it all started when I had some embroidery questions...sooo I went to the book section and saw the delightful cover. I picked it up and began reading the introduction. My downfall was glancing through the pages of sample embroidery projects.
A cute foursome of those Russian nestling dolls and a little embroiderable gnome and I was sold.
I left the store with 3 items. I won't count the individual bundles of embroidery floss but rather count them collectively as 1 unit. { Wink, wink. } I'm no fool, blog-stalkers. My mother did not raise a fool, she did raise a nut...a craft-loving nut.
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Crafting-I-go-along-life's-road... :)
Yesterday I learned the coolest craft....mesh wreath-making. Technically you don't "make" the mesh. You buy it. And then you cut it. Then bunch-it-up and wrap wire around it. You, lastly, take the bunched-up wire mesh and twist it to a wire frame. Fluff it out and ta-day!!! You have a mesh wreath.
There are so many options of mesh. Plaid....solids...sparkly....printed....the sky's the limit.
My first wreath (oh ~ because there will be more) had burlap brown mesh with chevron burlap ribbon, milk chocolate brown burlap ribbon, and teal sparkly mesh.
I was going with a coffee + teal theme. I think it worked lovely.
My last step will be to purchase a sign or initial for the center. I am thinking the world peace & pedicure sign I saw all Hobby Lobby.
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Crafting is my therapy!!!
What do you think of when I say the word therapy? Sometimes therapy is...
coffee with your best friend
working-out and gabbing
going shoe shopping
laying on a black leather couch and talking to an actual therapist
Today therapy means creating. Friday is VD. For those of you who have not been following my blog for lengthy time, VD is how I refer to Valentine's day.
So YES - Friday is VD. The single person's least favorite day on the calendar.
This year VD happens to land on the Friday of Presidents' day weekend...Yeah for a Monday off post-VD. :)
Saturday, October 5, 2013
These are a few of my favorite things...
I've been humming These are a Few of My Favorite Things {by Julie Andrews} and trying to change the lyrics to crafting supplies. Sooo far, this is what I got... :)
I've been gathering items and jotting down notes, "Don't forget to get a gallon of apple cider!" for next Saturday's ladies stamping event. I just love this time of year and I love being able to share all my crafting supplies!!!
Cardstock and ink pads
Glitter and do-dads
Ribbon and crafty things
These are a few of my favorite things.
I've been gathering items and jotting down notes, "Don't forget to get a gallon of apple cider!" for next Saturday's ladies stamping event. I just love this time of year and I love being able to share all my crafting supplies!!!
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Friday and Saturday
I had the most difficult time focusing on work on Friday afternoon. You see, I kept daydreaming about getting a pedicure. [INTERJECTION: Boys say that girls are difficult to understand. Not so, menfolk. We like pedicures, fresh cut flowers, and sappy chick flicks. Not complicated.] Any-who...I opted for a cross between sky blue and Smurf blue. I must confess, the color is perfectly un-natural but totally fabulous...as all toenail nail polish should be. (Can I get an "Amen"???)
Pedicures. Check.
Errands ran for the Saturday stamping event. Check.
And lastly it was home sweet home or in my case, cottage sweet cottage.
Saturday was a blur. Literally a blur... Some delightful chipper chirpers woke me up at circa 6 a.m. How can you be upset with little birdies, right? Well...it was Saturday morning. Since I had a list this long (imagine my arms stretched out - full width) to complete before 10 a.m. I decided to rejoice in my feathered friend's serenade.
After some time in Psalms and Proverbs, a mug of steamy coffee, and a shower - I felt more prepared for the day. As I started pulling stamping supplies out willy-nilly, I had an epiphany....oh, it was an epiphany about an epiphany. Stay with me! You know when cartoon characters have epiphanies and light bulb bubbles appear over their heads???? Well, wouldn't it be cool if when I had crafting epiphany if a glue gun appeared over my head.
This crafting epiphany about epiphanies caused me laugh for a solid 3 minutes. Non-stop laughter. I am not right. The cat just stared at me all the while probably wondering which of my relatives would adopt her once they locked me up in the nuthouse.
Four trips to Rosie about about 1/2 of what I normally take the church stamping extravaganza and I was on my way out the door...and I was on time. I wanted to walk about the door at 8:30 and a quick glance at the clock revealed that it was 8:29. This one is for the record books.
8:47 a.m. arrived at church and began setting up. This required several trips up and down the stairs so I am going to count this towards my cardio total for the day. Wow! What a great workout -- hauling banquet tables up and down the stairs and then there was the trip down / up for the coffee.
Eight stampers (counting yours truly) showed up. If the envelope box is any indication, we made 91 cards. I didn't take envelopes out for me -- so 91 plus 24 = 115 cards. We were quite diligent and dedicated to our card making. Several times the cost of cards was brought up and how we were actually saving money by stamping. This is the exact reason why I would rather stamp...besides I love making cards for others.
After the stamping extravaganza, supplies were loaded in to Rosie and headed for the cottage. (Many thanks to Lauren for staying and helping me with the clean-up!!!)
Pedicures. Check.
Errands ran for the Saturday stamping event. Check.
And lastly it was home sweet home or in my case, cottage sweet cottage.
Saturday was a blur. Literally a blur... Some delightful chipper chirpers woke me up at circa 6 a.m. How can you be upset with little birdies, right? Well...it was Saturday morning. Since I had a list this long (imagine my arms stretched out - full width) to complete before 10 a.m. I decided to rejoice in my feathered friend's serenade.
After some time in Psalms and Proverbs, a mug of steamy coffee, and a shower - I felt more prepared for the day. As I started pulling stamping supplies out willy-nilly, I had an epiphany....oh, it was an epiphany about an epiphany. Stay with me! You know when cartoon characters have epiphanies and light bulb bubbles appear over their heads???? Well, wouldn't it be cool if when I had crafting epiphany if a glue gun appeared over my head.
This crafting epiphany about epiphanies caused me laugh for a solid 3 minutes. Non-stop laughter. I am not right. The cat just stared at me all the while probably wondering which of my relatives would adopt her once they locked me up in the nuthouse.
Four trips to Rosie about about 1/2 of what I normally take the church stamping extravaganza and I was on my way out the door...and I was on time. I wanted to walk about the door at 8:30 and a quick glance at the clock revealed that it was 8:29. This one is for the record books.
8:47 a.m. arrived at church and began setting up. This required several trips up and down the stairs so I am going to count this towards my cardio total for the day. Wow! What a great workout -- hauling banquet tables up and down the stairs and then there was the trip down / up for the coffee.
Eight stampers (counting yours truly) showed up. If the envelope box is any indication, we made 91 cards. I didn't take envelopes out for me -- so 91 plus 24 = 115 cards. We were quite diligent and dedicated to our card making. Several times the cost of cards was brought up and how we were actually saving money by stamping. This is the exact reason why I would rather stamp...besides I love making cards for others.
After the stamping extravaganza, supplies were loaded in to Rosie and headed for the cottage. (Many thanks to Lauren for staying and helping me with the clean-up!!!)
Sunday, March 31, 2013
A weekend with my brother...
I love that my brother was willing to make the 280 mile journey to spend the weekend in Rockford, Illinois with me. First of all - I love my brother. Second - whenever we get together, there is gobs and gobs of laughter. Not just normal laughter but the kind of laughter that hurts your sides and stomach.
My place of employment provides me with a holiday day on Good Friday. I began my Easter weekend with coffee at Meg's with Trudy and her dear mother. It was 2.5 precious hours with two Godly ladies who were such an encouragement and quasi-therapists. We parted ways with a promise to get together again SOON.
The spring weather was another wonderful blessing on Friday. The sun was shining and the temperature was delightful. (By delightful, I do mean around 50-ish.)
A denim skirt, purple top, brown flats, and a floral scarf made up my scampering-about outfit.
After departing Meg's, I phoned my crafty friend Nancy and informed her that her chariot was on its way.
From Nancy's, we made our way to Randall Road. First stop - JoAnn Fabrics, where I purchased brown (with a faint background pattern) fabric to make skirt "F" on my pattern and I, also, purchased fabric to make a skirt for my friend Leah.
The trouble with JoAnn's on Randall Road is it's twice the size of our JoAnn's in Rockford...therefore, there are a gazillion more bolts of fabric...AND they have Starbella Yarn at Randall Road. I was telling Nancy that I have emailed JoAnn's about carrying Starbella in their store...apparently I need to be a more specific, "Please carry Starbella in your East State Street store in Rockford, Illinois!" All my emails must've been interpreted as "carry Starbella in all the other stores!"
After finding Leah-ish fabric and my 5 for $5 Simplicity patterns, I made my way to the check-out where I found my friend perusing craft books. She was comfortably perched on a step ladder. Had I not been finished shopping, I believe she would've spent the better part of the day reading about different crafting techniques. This is one of my favorite things about Nancy -- she loves crafts and not just one particular type of craft. She paints silk, stamps cards, alters art, etc. Her brain is over-flowing with creative juices. Whenever my juices are squelched, I call her and we discuss the subject and she always has some craft epiphany to help me out of the depths of my crafting dilemma.
Fabric and patterns purchased. We, then, made our way to Caribou Coffee. Funny story -- you know that I love coffee, right? If not -- HELLO!!! DON'T YOU KNOW ME AT ALL???? Anyway...I heart coffee. Well, on our way to JoAnn's because I was sooooooo (or could it be "SEW"!!!!!) excited about getting more fabric to make a skirt for my friend, I, Angela Good, drove past Caribou Coffee without so much as a tap-tap-tap of the brake pedal. (GASP!) Tragical, I know. I mean - for realzies - can you even believe that you are reading this on MY blog???? I will give you a minute to recover.
(Humming the Double Jeopardy theme.)
Ok. Time's up.
We went back the 2.5 or 3 miles to Caribou Coffee where I purchased a gluten-free (said "gluten-free" kind-of SING-SONGY...because I was delighted!!!) iced dark chocolate mocha, hold the whip cream. Now -----> before you remember that I had already been to Meg's that morning and now here I was at Caribou getting cracked-out on coffee again...at Meg's, I had a decaf white green tea. I have limits. And as far as coffee goes, I pretty much know my limits. Soooo the Caribou gals made my iced coffee with half the caff. Nancy wanted me to go full-caff because she was on a sugar high from a scone. :)
Iced mocha in hand, I steered Rosie back down Randall Road (from whence we came) and pulled in to find 2 things......front row parking at Archiver's and (drumroll please...) A BRAND NEW HALF PRICE BOOKSTORE TWO STOREFRONTS DOWN FROM ARCHIVER'S!!!!!!!! The sign on the new bookstore said, "Opening April 25th" too which I told my passenger, "Awwwww...LOOK! THEY ARE GOING TO BE OPEN FOR MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!"
Have you ever been to Half Price Books? Truly, their prices are half-price if not 3/4 of the price...but I think the sign would be weird and lengthy if it read, "1/2 and 3/4 priced books." Their marketing department might not like my fabulous idea...thus another reason why I am not designing store logos. Plus you read my blog, you know what I am potentially capable of.
Do you know that I've missed you? Seriously. I've missed blogging in this random-Angie-ish sort of way. I don't know what has been "off" about me for the past couple of months, but sitting here tonight, I'm thoroughly loving pounding out the keys and putting down my random favorite weekend moments.
Where was I? Archiver's. We perused the crafting supplies. I went and meandered through their journal stuff...gathering ideas...hoping my journaling creative juices would surface. The trouble is -- now that I am officially sewing (like a crazy person!), I want to take time and work on my sewing journal. I'm leaning toward the title: "My Sew-Called Life." It's not my own title. I Googled sewing journals and found that title.
Not wanting to buy a bunch of crafting supplies, I picked up a small pad of sewing related things to add to my soon-to-be-made sewing journal.
It should be noted - for the first time ever (EVER!) - Nancy left Archiver's without a single purchase. I was amazed and rendered speechless. When I say "speechless" - I mean, I was speechless from the time it took me to walk from the store to Rosie. Remember - we had front row parking. :)
Trader Joe's grocery store was our third and final stop. (I kinda feel like a flight attendant. "Please buckle your seatbelts and return your tray to the upright position. We are quickly approaching Trader Joe's.")
Trader Joe's was the main reason for our trip to Algonquin. Hahahahahahaha! Who am I kidding? The main reason was to visit the HUGE JoAnn's store. Silly me. :)
My purchases at T.J.'s included various gf snacks and my brother's favorite snacks -- cashews, dark chocolate-covered almonds, TJ's honey Greek yogurt, and some gf oatmeal.
With groceries and sewing supplies, we headed home, arriving back in town at 7 p.m. The sun was still shining - although it was beginning to set. The air was still warm with a hint o'spring. We were still chatting and laughing.
After dropping Nancy off at her house, I arrived at the cottage and threw the newly purchased fabric in the washer. I made some dinner and enjoyed some light reading. I received word from Bryan that he had left later than he originally intended, so I decided to work on Leah's skirt. This reminds me -- Nancy wins the Quote of the Day. "You are making skirts that are going to be seen across the ocean!!! You are going to be famous!!!" :) Leah later told me, "You are going to be an international sensation!"
Not having Leah here to try on the skirt made me more cautious. I read and re-read the pattern sizes. Upon determining what size I would need to cut, I ironed the fabric and then re-read the pattern. I must've read the back of the pattern atleast 6 times. I compared the numbers and everytime, I came up with the one particular size. I pinned the pattern and then did my 7th check of the back. And then I cut the fabric. I held up each piece and attempted to picture in my head how the skirt would look once stitched together. Of course, it was going to look fabulous...but would it be the right size?
After threading my machine and popping in chick flick DVD which I have watched a gazillion times, I began sewing. I read and re-read each sections directions to make sure I would not need to take a stitch ripper to this lovely skirt.
A couple hours later, I held up the finished skirt. I took the tape measure and re-measured the circumference of the waist and then I measured the length. The waist was a smidge smaller than the number Leah sent me. I decided not to freak out and I threw the skirt in the washer. Worst case scenario: I would need to make another skirt for Leah and post on Facebook that I have a skirt with such-and-such measurements. Who wants it?
Well...it turns out that the size I made will work. A couple of texts back and forth with Leah confirmed this and made my heart soo happy. I do intend to get some more fabric and make her a skirt with an extra inch in the waistband so she can wear it, as the pattern states: "One inch below waist." I'm dreaming of a day when A-line skirt patterns will read, "Sits at waist." Although -- as I type this and think about my monstrous pile o'spring and summer skirts, many of my skirts sit an inch below my waist. Hmmmmm...
By the time I finished Leah's skirt and got the other brown material pressed & the pattern cut-out, Bryan arrived. Due to the fact that the clock read circa 1 a.m. (and well, I'm not -- nor is my brother -- a night owl, we went to bed!!!)
Saturday morning, Magsters woke-us-up bright and early. No worries, she got over her feline-self and went back to sleep when she heard her name spoken in an angry tone.
9ish, we arose from our slumber and prepared for a fun Saturday!!!
First stop -- JoAnn's. I know, I know...AGAIN!!! Actually -- what happened is -- Bry asked me to make him some flannel jammie pants. He wants me to sew him something delightful. Soo far, I'm really good at skirts...however this won't work for my brother. I made him sit down and thumb through the Simplicity catalog to find a pattern he liked. He did. We bought it. We didn't have a coupon for the material so we decided to wait to purchase it. Our time in JoAnn's reminded us of our childhood...except instead of mom holding a tape measure to get our measurements, I was holding a pink tape measure trying to get Bry's jotted down.
After JoAnn's, we went to Barnes and Nobles to spend my VD gift card. Bry perused the "boy" books and magazines and I found the Sew What? Bags I saw on line.
Since we were already at B&N and I had a free cup of tea from Teavana, we made our way up the escalator to the top level...all the while, reminding each other why we don't appreciate the mall on the weekends. The place was swarming with teenagers. Now -- before you think I am anti-people, I'm not. It's just that now that I am older, I appreciate not going to the mall on the weekends. Plus it was Easter weekend and people were trying to bring their fru-fru dressed children to see the white bunny.
Teavana tea is fabulous!!! We had strawberry mixed with something else. The price is a little steep for a cup of hot tea...but we did get one of the cups for free AND I got to see a former student's big sister.
From hot tea to RED MANGO!!!!!! Bryan loves Red Mango...and what kind of sister would I be if I did not treat him to one of his favorite Rockford treats. We put our hot tea in Rosie in the cup holders and hiked over to Red Mango where we filled our small bowls with peanut butter (in mine I added dark chocolate; Bry added the original plain). We enjoyed our chilly snack and Bryan said, "Sis, we are going to freeze outside!!!" I reminded him our hot tea reward if we made it to Rosie. The tea was enough of an encouragement for our outdoor-kind-of-chilly hike to the car.
With hot tea in hand and sugar in our bloodstream, we headed to the Rescue Mission thrift store on Harrison. I hope you are sitting down -- after perusing the thrift store for about 45 minutes, we left without a single purchase. For real!!!! I don't joke around about 3 things: coffee, the thrift, and good books.
At this point in our day - it was approximately circa 2 p.m. We were on a sugar-high and hungry for real food. (Confession: Bry and I are kind of foodies...as in, we function best, like the animals at the zoo, when you feed us on schedule. LOL!) We headed to the cottage for my faux Chipotle recipe.
After a filling lunch, Bry worked on my printer. It was his neighbor's printer and she had issues with the blank ink not working. After several attempts to fix it and after reading message boards, Bry declared the printer deceased. I've not had a printer since my college days so this doesn't really break my heart. It was a nice thought, having a printer...but it's ok. I will recycle this printer when Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful has their electronics drive in May or maybe it's June. I can't remember.
While he worked on the printer, I got permission (from him) to work on sewing skirt "F" from my New Look pattern. After getting the whole thing put together, I realized that I don't like skirt "F." It's too full. It reminds me of something you would see on Little House on the Prairie and I don't mean that in a good way...I mean that in a oh-dear-Angie-Good-is-wearing-THAT (add a slow shaking of the head!). Not wanting to give up on my LHOTP skirt, I decided to chop off about an inch at the hem. I re-ironed the hem under and then re-stitched it. Once hemmed, I left it draped over the kitchen chair while Bryan and I ran to Target to get Easter Skittles for my Sunday School kiddos.
Target was kind of busy as many people were grabbing those last minute basket stuffers. We found a couple bags of Skittles and some cute chick baggies and vacated the store. We paid for the Easter candy. We didnt' just vacated without paying.
Arriving back at the cottage, Bryan said he would like to watch You've Got Mail. I do not need to be told twice when it comes to this delightfully charming movie. I popped in the DVD and opened a Noosa Honey yogurt - which I split with Bry - and we watched about 45 minutes of the movie. I noticed Bryan sound asleep on the loveseat. Since we didn't sleep our normal pattern the night before, we opted to go to bed early Saturday night.
Sunday morning - poached eggs on toast and half a Greek yogurt. We were up with plenty o'time to lollygag around before having to be at church early for a quick choir-run-thru. The choir special had several "Hoe-zahhhh-ha-na"'s which Bry was blessed with hearing while getting ready for church. :) I'm the kind of sister that shares.
Resurrection Sunday -- I love sharing the Easter story with my Sunday school kids. My favorite part (and I do love the WHOLE story) is when the women come to the tomb and the angel tells them (Angie-paraphrase), "He is not here!!! He is risen!!!"
After church, we ate Chipotle leftovers and Bry got on the road. He did take his fabulous sister's advice and stop at Red Mango for a berry smoothie sans sweetener on his way out of town. He said it was the bestest!!! Add smoothies to my list of things that I don't joke about. :)
5 hours later, he was home in Hudson. After church, I received a text that he was cleaning his apartment and doing laundry. What a guy!!! Drove home from Rockford and then began tidying up the mancave.
I love my brother. I love that we can look at one another and pretty-much know what the other person is thinking. I love that we can laugh about memories. We were laughing about the amount of Little Debbie Nutty Bars we consumed as children. Good times.
What a wonderful weekend...began with friends and crafting...and then my brother's visit...and Pastor's amazing Resurrection Sunday message. I'm blessed. My cup runneth over...
My place of employment provides me with a holiday day on Good Friday. I began my Easter weekend with coffee at Meg's with Trudy and her dear mother. It was 2.5 precious hours with two Godly ladies who were such an encouragement and quasi-therapists. We parted ways with a promise to get together again SOON.
The spring weather was another wonderful blessing on Friday. The sun was shining and the temperature was delightful. (By delightful, I do mean around 50-ish.)
A denim skirt, purple top, brown flats, and a floral scarf made up my scampering-about outfit.
After departing Meg's, I phoned my crafty friend Nancy and informed her that her chariot was on its way.
From Nancy's, we made our way to Randall Road. First stop - JoAnn Fabrics, where I purchased brown (with a faint background pattern) fabric to make skirt "F" on my pattern and I, also, purchased fabric to make a skirt for my friend Leah.
The trouble with JoAnn's on Randall Road is it's twice the size of our JoAnn's in Rockford...therefore, there are a gazillion more bolts of fabric...AND they have Starbella Yarn at Randall Road. I was telling Nancy that I have emailed JoAnn's about carrying Starbella in their store...apparently I need to be a more specific, "Please carry Starbella in your East State Street store in Rockford, Illinois!" All my emails must've been interpreted as "carry Starbella in all the other stores!"
After finding Leah-ish fabric and my 5 for $5 Simplicity patterns, I made my way to the check-out where I found my friend perusing craft books. She was comfortably perched on a step ladder. Had I not been finished shopping, I believe she would've spent the better part of the day reading about different crafting techniques. This is one of my favorite things about Nancy -- she loves crafts and not just one particular type of craft. She paints silk, stamps cards, alters art, etc. Her brain is over-flowing with creative juices. Whenever my juices are squelched, I call her and we discuss the subject and she always has some craft epiphany to help me out of the depths of my crafting dilemma.
Fabric and patterns purchased. We, then, made our way to Caribou Coffee. Funny story -- you know that I love coffee, right? If not -- HELLO!!! DON'T YOU KNOW ME AT ALL???? Anyway...I heart coffee. Well, on our way to JoAnn's because I was sooooooo (or could it be "SEW"!!!!!) excited about getting more fabric to make a skirt for my friend, I, Angela Good, drove past Caribou Coffee without so much as a tap-tap-tap of the brake pedal. (GASP!) Tragical, I know. I mean - for realzies - can you even believe that you are reading this on MY blog???? I will give you a minute to recover.
(Humming the Double Jeopardy theme.)
Ok. Time's up.
We went back the 2.5 or 3 miles to Caribou Coffee where I purchased a gluten-free (said "gluten-free" kind-of SING-SONGY...because I was delighted!!!) iced dark chocolate mocha, hold the whip cream. Now -----> before you remember that I had already been to Meg's that morning and now here I was at Caribou getting cracked-out on coffee again...at Meg's, I had a decaf white green tea. I have limits. And as far as coffee goes, I pretty much know my limits. Soooo the Caribou gals made my iced coffee with half the caff. Nancy wanted me to go full-caff because she was on a sugar high from a scone. :)
Iced mocha in hand, I steered Rosie back down Randall Road (from whence we came) and pulled in to find 2 things......front row parking at Archiver's and (drumroll please...) A BRAND NEW HALF PRICE BOOKSTORE TWO STOREFRONTS DOWN FROM ARCHIVER'S!!!!!!!! The sign on the new bookstore said, "Opening April 25th" too which I told my passenger, "Awwwww...LOOK! THEY ARE GOING TO BE OPEN FOR MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!"
Have you ever been to Half Price Books? Truly, their prices are half-price if not 3/4 of the price...but I think the sign would be weird and lengthy if it read, "1/2 and 3/4 priced books." Their marketing department might not like my fabulous idea...thus another reason why I am not designing store logos. Plus you read my blog, you know what I am potentially capable of.
Do you know that I've missed you? Seriously. I've missed blogging in this random-Angie-ish sort of way. I don't know what has been "off" about me for the past couple of months, but sitting here tonight, I'm thoroughly loving pounding out the keys and putting down my random favorite weekend moments.
Where was I? Archiver's. We perused the crafting supplies. I went and meandered through their journal stuff...gathering ideas...hoping my journaling creative juices would surface. The trouble is -- now that I am officially sewing (like a crazy person!), I want to take time and work on my sewing journal. I'm leaning toward the title: "My Sew-Called Life." It's not my own title. I Googled sewing journals and found that title.
Not wanting to buy a bunch of crafting supplies, I picked up a small pad of sewing related things to add to my soon-to-be-made sewing journal.
It should be noted - for the first time ever (EVER!) - Nancy left Archiver's without a single purchase. I was amazed and rendered speechless. When I say "speechless" - I mean, I was speechless from the time it took me to walk from the store to Rosie. Remember - we had front row parking. :)
Trader Joe's grocery store was our third and final stop. (I kinda feel like a flight attendant. "Please buckle your seatbelts and return your tray to the upright position. We are quickly approaching Trader Joe's.")
Trader Joe's was the main reason for our trip to Algonquin. Hahahahahahaha! Who am I kidding? The main reason was to visit the HUGE JoAnn's store. Silly me. :)
My purchases at T.J.'s included various gf snacks and my brother's favorite snacks -- cashews, dark chocolate-covered almonds, TJ's honey Greek yogurt, and some gf oatmeal.
With groceries and sewing supplies, we headed home, arriving back in town at 7 p.m. The sun was still shining - although it was beginning to set. The air was still warm with a hint o'spring. We were still chatting and laughing.
After dropping Nancy off at her house, I arrived at the cottage and threw the newly purchased fabric in the washer. I made some dinner and enjoyed some light reading. I received word from Bryan that he had left later than he originally intended, so I decided to work on Leah's skirt. This reminds me -- Nancy wins the Quote of the Day. "You are making skirts that are going to be seen across the ocean!!! You are going to be famous!!!" :) Leah later told me, "You are going to be an international sensation!"
Not having Leah here to try on the skirt made me more cautious. I read and re-read the pattern sizes. Upon determining what size I would need to cut, I ironed the fabric and then re-read the pattern. I must've read the back of the pattern atleast 6 times. I compared the numbers and everytime, I came up with the one particular size. I pinned the pattern and then did my 7th check of the back. And then I cut the fabric. I held up each piece and attempted to picture in my head how the skirt would look once stitched together. Of course, it was going to look fabulous...but would it be the right size?
After threading my machine and popping in chick flick DVD which I have watched a gazillion times, I began sewing. I read and re-read each sections directions to make sure I would not need to take a stitch ripper to this lovely skirt.
A couple hours later, I held up the finished skirt. I took the tape measure and re-measured the circumference of the waist and then I measured the length. The waist was a smidge smaller than the number Leah sent me. I decided not to freak out and I threw the skirt in the washer. Worst case scenario: I would need to make another skirt for Leah and post on Facebook that I have a skirt with such-and-such measurements. Who wants it?
Well...it turns out that the size I made will work. A couple of texts back and forth with Leah confirmed this and made my heart soo happy. I do intend to get some more fabric and make her a skirt with an extra inch in the waistband so she can wear it, as the pattern states: "One inch below waist." I'm dreaming of a day when A-line skirt patterns will read, "Sits at waist." Although -- as I type this and think about my monstrous pile o'spring and summer skirts, many of my skirts sit an inch below my waist. Hmmmmm...
By the time I finished Leah's skirt and got the other brown material pressed & the pattern cut-out, Bryan arrived. Due to the fact that the clock read circa 1 a.m. (and well, I'm not -- nor is my brother -- a night owl, we went to bed!!!)
Saturday morning, Magsters woke-us-up bright and early. No worries, she got over her feline-self and went back to sleep when she heard her name spoken in an angry tone.
9ish, we arose from our slumber and prepared for a fun Saturday!!!
First stop -- JoAnn's. I know, I know...AGAIN!!! Actually -- what happened is -- Bry asked me to make him some flannel jammie pants. He wants me to sew him something delightful. Soo far, I'm really good at skirts...however this won't work for my brother. I made him sit down and thumb through the Simplicity catalog to find a pattern he liked. He did. We bought it. We didn't have a coupon for the material so we decided to wait to purchase it. Our time in JoAnn's reminded us of our childhood...except instead of mom holding a tape measure to get our measurements, I was holding a pink tape measure trying to get Bry's jotted down.
After JoAnn's, we went to Barnes and Nobles to spend my VD gift card. Bry perused the "boy" books and magazines and I found the Sew What? Bags I saw on line.
Since we were already at B&N and I had a free cup of tea from Teavana, we made our way up the escalator to the top level...all the while, reminding each other why we don't appreciate the mall on the weekends. The place was swarming with teenagers. Now -- before you think I am anti-people, I'm not. It's just that now that I am older, I appreciate not going to the mall on the weekends. Plus it was Easter weekend and people were trying to bring their fru-fru dressed children to see the white bunny.
Teavana tea is fabulous!!! We had strawberry mixed with something else. The price is a little steep for a cup of hot tea...but we did get one of the cups for free AND I got to see a former student's big sister.
From hot tea to RED MANGO!!!!!! Bryan loves Red Mango...and what kind of sister would I be if I did not treat him to one of his favorite Rockford treats. We put our hot tea in Rosie in the cup holders and hiked over to Red Mango where we filled our small bowls with peanut butter (in mine I added dark chocolate; Bry added the original plain). We enjoyed our chilly snack and Bryan said, "Sis, we are going to freeze outside!!!" I reminded him our hot tea reward if we made it to Rosie. The tea was enough of an encouragement for our outdoor-kind-of-chilly hike to the car.
With hot tea in hand and sugar in our bloodstream, we headed to the Rescue Mission thrift store on Harrison. I hope you are sitting down -- after perusing the thrift store for about 45 minutes, we left without a single purchase. For real!!!! I don't joke around about 3 things: coffee, the thrift, and good books.
At this point in our day - it was approximately circa 2 p.m. We were on a sugar-high and hungry for real food. (Confession: Bry and I are kind of foodies...as in, we function best, like the animals at the zoo, when you feed us on schedule. LOL!) We headed to the cottage for my faux Chipotle recipe.
After a filling lunch, Bry worked on my printer. It was his neighbor's printer and she had issues with the blank ink not working. After several attempts to fix it and after reading message boards, Bry declared the printer deceased. I've not had a printer since my college days so this doesn't really break my heart. It was a nice thought, having a printer...but it's ok. I will recycle this printer when Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful has their electronics drive in May or maybe it's June. I can't remember.
While he worked on the printer, I got permission (from him) to work on sewing skirt "F" from my New Look pattern. After getting the whole thing put together, I realized that I don't like skirt "F." It's too full. It reminds me of something you would see on Little House on the Prairie and I don't mean that in a good way...I mean that in a oh-dear-Angie-Good-is-wearing-THAT (add a slow shaking of the head!). Not wanting to give up on my LHOTP skirt, I decided to chop off about an inch at the hem. I re-ironed the hem under and then re-stitched it. Once hemmed, I left it draped over the kitchen chair while Bryan and I ran to Target to get Easter Skittles for my Sunday School kiddos.
Target was kind of busy as many people were grabbing those last minute basket stuffers. We found a couple bags of Skittles and some cute chick baggies and vacated the store. We paid for the Easter candy. We didnt' just vacated without paying.
Arriving back at the cottage, Bryan said he would like to watch You've Got Mail. I do not need to be told twice when it comes to this delightfully charming movie. I popped in the DVD and opened a Noosa Honey yogurt - which I split with Bry - and we watched about 45 minutes of the movie. I noticed Bryan sound asleep on the loveseat. Since we didn't sleep our normal pattern the night before, we opted to go to bed early Saturday night.
Sunday morning - poached eggs on toast and half a Greek yogurt. We were up with plenty o'time to lollygag around before having to be at church early for a quick choir-run-thru. The choir special had several "Hoe-zahhhh-ha-na"'s which Bry was blessed with hearing while getting ready for church. :) I'm the kind of sister that shares.
Resurrection Sunday -- I love sharing the Easter story with my Sunday school kids. My favorite part (and I do love the WHOLE story) is when the women come to the tomb and the angel tells them (Angie-paraphrase), "He is not here!!! He is risen!!!"
After church, we ate Chipotle leftovers and Bry got on the road. He did take his fabulous sister's advice and stop at Red Mango for a berry smoothie sans sweetener on his way out of town. He said it was the bestest!!! Add smoothies to my list of things that I don't joke about. :)
5 hours later, he was home in Hudson. After church, I received a text that he was cleaning his apartment and doing laundry. What a guy!!! Drove home from Rockford and then began tidying up the mancave.
I love my brother. I love that we can look at one another and pretty-much know what the other person is thinking. I love that we can laugh about memories. We were laughing about the amount of Little Debbie Nutty Bars we consumed as children. Good times.
What a wonderful weekend...began with friends and crafting...and then my brother's visit...and Pastor's amazing Resurrection Sunday message. I'm blessed. My cup runneth over...
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Crop-A-Dile
My crafty friend Nancy bought me a Crop-A-Dile. This gadget is incredible!!! See those weird prongy things on the sides -- they are for punching holes. You can adjust the size of the hole. The middle (where you would normally insert paper to punch - if this was an old-school hole punch) is where you put your brad or snap or eyelet. You squeeze the hand and it sets the brad/snap/eyelet in place.
This gadget will punch through...tin, paper, cardboard, leather, fabric, and plastic.
I'm super excited about using it in my sewing journal. I envision setting eyelets on the front and back covers and using them to close the journal with ribbon laced through the eyelets.
What a fun tool!!!
Even more so than the delightful crafting tool, I'm thankful that I got to spend several hours laughing and chatting with Nancy. Michael's Craft Store on E. State Street has a backroom where they host a Saturday scrap. It was $5 and we had free reign on their craft cabinet. It was stocked with 12x12 paper, adhesives, various tools (including Cri-Cuts and a Big Shot!) and embellishments. The Michael's associate kept digging through their supplies and handing us stuff to use.
The scrap lasted from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The cost was $5.
Time spent with Nancy: PRICELESS :)
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
No sewing class
Up until 4:25 tonight, my delusional-self thought I still had sewing class even though the frozen precipitation had been falling since circa 1 p.m. It may have started before 1 p.m. however, 1 p.m. is the time I noticed it snowing...and trust me, I was checking the window often.
At the previously mentioned time (4:25 p.m.), my co-worker peeked her cute head around my cubicle wall and said the radio announced Rock Valley College was closed due to inclement weather. I, then, checked the WTVO website and sure enough...Rock Valley was closed...also closed - the dance studio. My friend Nancy and I joke around about the closings. "Oh, we can't go to jazz class tonight - the dance studio is closed." Tonight on the closings, a small theaterical presentation of Gone with The Wind was cancelled to-be-rescheduled, the website said. I should call Nancy and let her know we won't be going. :)
Sooo here I am...inside my cozy, little cottage...with a bowl of warmed-up chicken tortilla soup & a few blue corn tortilla chips...my fluffy-wuffy cat...and a Tuesday night all to myself.
Today, before class was cancelled, I kept thinking, You may perish in the snowstorm tonight...but no worries - you would perish for a crafting cause. People will ask, "How did Angie Good die?" and Pastor B can tell them, "She perished in pursuit of learning a new craft.
Another way I figure I might die - getting shot at the thrift. There was for realzies ("realzies" is my fun new word...I taught the Gear kids because it's that FUN...for realzies!!!) a shooting at the Goodwill on E. State. It was a drive-by...but it still counts as a shooting.
One night I was with Rhonda at Target and we saw some wholagins and I told her, "We are going to get shot in the red bull's eye's parking lot." We determined that would be ok.
Oh - also ok, choking to death on peanut butter. Did you know people do choke-to-death on peanut butter? I never knew. One day I was eating peanut butter - straight out of the jar with a spoon - and my co-worker informed me that I should be careful because choke-to-death. Talk about a way to go -- one minute you are enjoying creamy peanut butter (because everyone knows creamy peanut butter is a gazillion-and-five times better than chunky -- can I get an "AMEN"???)...anyway, one minute you are enjoying peanut butter and the next -- talking face-to-face with Jesus. FAB-U-LOUS!!!!!
The end.
At the previously mentioned time (4:25 p.m.), my co-worker peeked her cute head around my cubicle wall and said the radio announced Rock Valley College was closed due to inclement weather. I, then, checked the WTVO website and sure enough...Rock Valley was closed...also closed - the dance studio. My friend Nancy and I joke around about the closings. "Oh, we can't go to jazz class tonight - the dance studio is closed." Tonight on the closings, a small theaterical presentation of Gone with The Wind was cancelled to-be-rescheduled, the website said. I should call Nancy and let her know we won't be going. :)
Sooo here I am...inside my cozy, little cottage...with a bowl of warmed-up chicken tortilla soup & a few blue corn tortilla chips...my fluffy-wuffy cat...and a Tuesday night all to myself.
Today, before class was cancelled, I kept thinking, You may perish in the snowstorm tonight...but no worries - you would perish for a crafting cause. People will ask, "How did Angie Good die?" and Pastor B can tell them, "She perished in pursuit of learning a new craft.
Another way I figure I might die - getting shot at the thrift. There was for realzies ("realzies" is my fun new word...I taught the Gear kids because it's that FUN...for realzies!!!) a shooting at the Goodwill on E. State. It was a drive-by...but it still counts as a shooting.
One night I was with Rhonda at Target and we saw some wholagins and I told her, "We are going to get shot in the red bull's eye's parking lot." We determined that would be ok.
Oh - also ok, choking to death on peanut butter. Did you know people do choke-to-death on peanut butter? I never knew. One day I was eating peanut butter - straight out of the jar with a spoon - and my co-worker informed me that I should be careful because choke-to-death. Talk about a way to go -- one minute you are enjoying creamy peanut butter (because everyone knows creamy peanut butter is a gazillion-and-five times better than chunky -- can I get an "AMEN"???)...anyway, one minute you are enjoying peanut butter and the next -- talking face-to-face with Jesus. FAB-U-LOUS!!!!!
The end.
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Two Pinterest crafts
Today I made my own lavender linen spray. Confession: I love lavender. In the old days (by "old days" - I mean 5-6 years ago, when I was young and naive.), I would purchase lavender linen spray from Kohl's. I believe it was sold in 16 ounce bottles for somewhere around $8 or $9.
Kudos to Pinterest and the people who pin DIY projects because today I purchased and made my own lavender linen spray. I spent $13.76 on supplies...which should make me 15 bottles of linen spray!!! The lavender essential oil was the expensive part of the purchase...but each batch of spray requires 10 drops of oil which means I should run out witch hazel and distilled water long before I run out of lavender.
I never even considered witch hazel as one of the ingredients. Hmmmmmm...
Every Saturday that I have free, I have spent it crafting and making something fabulous that I have pinned on Pinterest. I think Pinterest is going to revive the economy!!!
My second Pinterest craft is an Epsom Salt Scrub. The recipe is located at: http://doityourselfcrafts.tumblr.com/post/306736028/lemon-tea-sugar-scrub
Materials:
Note: Make sure you do it in order so that the ingredients break down the honey!
This project forced me to buy my very own lemon zester. I love kitchen gadgets!!!
Kudos to Pinterest and the people who pin DIY projects because today I purchased and made my own lavender linen spray. I spent $13.76 on supplies...which should make me 15 bottles of linen spray!!! The lavender essential oil was the expensive part of the purchase...but each batch of spray requires 10 drops of oil which means I should run out witch hazel and distilled water long before I run out of lavender.
I never even considered witch hazel as one of the ingredients. Hmmmmmm...
Every Saturday that I have free, I have spent it crafting and making something fabulous that I have pinned on Pinterest. I think Pinterest is going to revive the economy!!!
My second Pinterest craft is an Epsom Salt Scrub. The recipe is located at: http://doityourselfcrafts.tumblr.com/post/306736028/lemon-tea-sugar-scrub
Materials:
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons Epsom salt
- 10 teaspoons olive oil
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 3 green tea bags
- 1 lemon to zest (organic)
- Grater/zester
- Large mixing bowl
- Container to hold your scrub
- Grate the lemon and set aside the zest
- In the bowl, combine the sugar, epsom salt, and loose tea (rip open bags and sprinkle it in)
- Add in the olive oil, mix.
- Add the honey, make sure it is combined well.
- Add the lemon zest.
- Mix everything in the bowl, fill it all into the container.
Note: Make sure you do it in order so that the ingredients break down the honey!
This project forced me to buy my very own lemon zester. I love kitchen gadgets!!!
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Saturday, December 1, 2012
When in doubt - add a felt flower!!!
Soooo I bought these cute shoes...and on the top, they had a bow. I didn't notice at the time of purchase that one of the bows was compromised.
I've been contemplating ways to "fix" the problem...and this week, as if by a shoe epiphany (and I am pretty sure it was induced by too much Pinterest-ing)...I had a fabulous idea -- add a flower.
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