scooby snacks…

The title of this post is a song by fun lovin criminals… I would not know it but Adam included it on a road trip mix that I recently stole and have been listening to on the way home from work.  I do love a mixed cd.   Unfortunately for me, once I hear a song – especially one with a catchy chorus – I pretty much remember the words forever… and they get stuck in my head like whoa.  And this is not really a song that you can sing along to except for the chorus, so I’ve been singing the only 10 words from it I know.  Yes, for the better part of the last few days I’ve been running around robbing banks all wacked off of scooby snacks, thanks Adam.

The point of the this post, however, is not to whine about the songs stuck in my head, but to share my recent crafty escapades.  First, I had a free night the other weekend, so at 9pm I started some pajama pants for Adam which had been cut out and were waiting to be sewn in my project bucket:

I think that for my first Adam sewing project they turned out pretty well.  He wanted them even longer but I had to stop the insanity at some point… if he really wants them to cover his feet I could always bust out some super-size footed pajama pants one day.

Next, I made a reversible tote bag from a pattern I found online at Loula Louise, I used some Alexander Henry fabric that I had won on Ebay and I have to say I’m pretty happy with how it turned out, being my official first bag and all:

Thanks for holding it up for the picture babe!  I took it home to show my mom and she thought it was cute, so I went ahead and passed it on to her, I hope she uses it!  Up next I’m going to draft my own pattern for some cushions for the chairs around our table (they’re a weird shape and nothing commercial fits).  I’m going to use some Ginger Blossom Fabric that I just bought and I think that when they’re done they will look lovely around the table.  After that, I’m going to work on the small version of Amy Butler’s Frenchy Bag before moving on to the bigger version and also work on my first dress for summer, out of a simple little New Look pattern I found at Joanne’s the other day.  Wish me luck!

At home for a weekend!

I have been busy and I haven’t posted anything here in a long time, so today is catch-up blog day. The past few weekends have been crazy busy, we’ve been to Gastonia, Jacksonville, all over Raleigh, etc. It’s nice to be at home for a weekend with no big travel plans to get in the way of my internet surfing or crafty time.

So anyway, in April we went to Gastonia for Adam’s step-mom’s 40th birthday and we got to stay with our friends Josh and Sharla and their new baby Jackson.

He is adorable, of course, and Josh and Sharla are awesome parents, of course. We had a lot of fun playing with him and hanging out with the new parents… I still think Josh needs a baby daddy shirt though! We also went to Applebee’s for lunch – where they not only do not offer the lunch special on weekends that we all wanted to order, they also didn’t offer what I ordered on Saturdays and so instead of asking what I wanted instead, the waitress handed me a plate of food and literally said to me “We don’t have what you ordered on weekends, this is the closest thing.” Seriously. It was not close. I still love going to see Josh and Sharla and in all honesty we’ll probably end up at Applebees next time we visit – it’s a love/hate relationship and we’re optimists about it.

Last weekend we drove to Cullowhee for Mikey’s college graduation – yay for Adam and his brother both being done with school!!

We had a good time, walked around Sylva Saturday afternoon before the graduation and shopped a bit with Adam’s dad and step-mom Diana, and went out to dinner afterwards with the whole family (Adam’s mom, step-dad, grandma, grandma’s husband Wayne, dad, and step-mom – his family is kinda large, but more about that later). Mikey seemed relieved to be done with school finally and seemed to be excited about the camping pack that we got him as a graduation gift. We had to drive home after dinner since we didn’t have a hotel room on Saturday night, and we ended up getting in around 2am. Needless to say we waited to do Mother’s Day until Wednesday when we wouldn’t be tired and grumpy.

Ohh, I was just handed scrambled eggs and bacon by my wonderful fiance… I’ll be back in a bit!