Weekend catch-all, in Instagram!

Hope everyone had a great weekend and Easter! I spent some time in the shop, some time with friends, and some time with family. Xoxo

weekend catch-up.

this weekend is half over, and has already proved incredibly productive and slightly exhausting! ;)

i managed to finally get some photos of the mini quilts i've been working on for etsy!

(i will be teaching a class, eventually, on how to make a log cabin block like this to make a pillow cover :))

aren't they so cute? i had a grat time picking scraps! (thanks again, kim!)

i spent hours this morning doing some computer work for the new lounge/shop. making paper advertising flyers, printing logo cards for prices in our retail section, and starting to type up my class outlines/pricing.

tomorrow i will spend most of the day working on a commissioned quilt that i should have already started on.. it is a gift from my aunt to a friend for their new baby due in march. i have the charms cut out, but must be sewing!! i'll be sneaking some of those HST's into it, too. ;)

some pretties from the sewing room:

 and a helper, caught in the act....

this week, as a treat to myself for all of my hard work (and mostly because i was in desperate need of it..), i went out and bought myself some new clothes! i tried to get mostly brighter and happier spring colors, as i'd mostly been just wearing denim and black this winter. ugh. plus, i will need some seriously cute clothes when i'm teaching my classes! ;) 

today's weekend outfit...

 

and, the haul:

 look at these two, who i found on the couch earlier today... aww.. haha...

you can totally tell how much honey just loves being squished.. ;)

 this one of me was taken by the boyfriend.

almost time to touch up the turquoise streak. its fading so fast!

 and our pretty girl, no more cone! 

YAY!

she got a great review at the vet this past week, so we're all happy about that. ♥

 and of course, the little man, wookiee.

looking so pensive. (could he be any cuter?!)

 and rockie, the mighty hunter, with her kills from overnight.

she leaves them all on my bedside. ♥

current reads:

 and a quick shot from the couch, where i'm spending the evening relaxing. SIGH.

G and i went to do some lounge decor shopping tonight - we were very successful and have lots to do still in there before we open March 2nd! i hope that next weekend, after getting things hung and organized (and getting our fabrics in! eeeeek!), we will be able to get some great updated photos. its really starting to look like a shop now. so exciting!

see you soon!

xo

so,

i know i said before that i'd probably be taking a blogging break in january, but here i am!

too much going on and too much to talk about to not be here.

this weekend, there has been a lot of this:

 and snow.

....being a life-long mainer, snow is easy to handle. the resurgence of the cat-in-the-cone for four days thing, not so much. i've got to admit, its incredibly hard not to panic when honey has her flareups. she gets them, but not nearly as often as she used to pre-surgery. these days her issue is common but not rush-to-the-vet important. we manage it with meds & time, mostly. this weekend, though.. ugh. we're coming up on day five of being in the cone, nothing seems to be helping, and she's been partially confined to her bed in the bathroom (mostly because i can't stand to re-wash all of the surfaces of the apartment again. we're going to see how she does overnight tonight, and then it may be off to the vet tomorrow. fingers crossed that won't be the case (but i'll be at work, so the responsibility will fall on the boyfriend, who luckily is way more level-headed than i am). ......so, we got some more snow this weekend. piece of cake!

okay, now for the stuff you want to know about.. ;)

all of that good stuff that i posted about in my last entry is still up in the air. our meeting this weekend for option A has been rescheduled to sometime this coming week. i promise to update about that as soon as i know for sure what's happening. if all goes as planned, i will be very very very excited to share with you the details! and i'll be even more excited to share with the local people who may follow along here, because you'll be able to reap the benefits of the project!

for now.. onto some little newbies and projects from my sewing room...

i did a great swap with a flickr friend last week for a piece of this great map fabric i'd had my eye on..

 and purchased some more of these koseki buttons from ayumi!

i was able this weekend (in between cat wrangling, planning, and succumbing to headaches and small naps) to start work on my new etsy items! things will look mighty different in my shop, hopefully sooner rather than later; i wish i had more time to dedicate to it right now.. but, a start is a good thing. and my bestie will be over one night this week to help me do some more!

these are just sneak peeks for now! :)

 

a bunch of hoops, small and big (14"!)!...

 

 

and, a couple of mini quilts... 

i also started on sorting my scraps out of a dozen ziplocs into an over-the-door shoe organizer i got at target.. i saw the original idea on pinterest and its a great space saver! i think i might have too many scraps to fit in here, but thats okay, i'm always trying to use up what i can in projects.. i have a few more ziplocs to sort through..

 

i hope everyone has a great week ahead..

i'll be running around like a mad woman, 

but i'll be back soon when i have news! 

xo

weekend catch-up!

okay,time for the little bits & pieces of the weekend.... :)

yesterday i got some awesome adorable mail. a few weeks back i had ordered some stickers from one of my favorite crafty/stylish ladies, charlavail. she is one of my favorite inspirations - a girl after my own heart with her business sense, creative cuteness, and killer everchanging hair. ♥ i was so excited to open these up. i kind of want to keep them all for myself, even though i bought them to put on xmas gifts! ;)

i also recently placed an order with nido, one of my new favorite fabric shops! they are located just a few states over in vermont, so shipping was incredibly quick! they were having a sale on some of their fabrics, so i got everything at a discounted price (nicer on my wallet this time of year). i know i shouldn't be buying things for myself at the holidays, but i plan on using these fabrics for spring items i'll be sewing up this winter! how can i not be inspired by all of those incredible colors and textures?!

meanwhile, i whipped up a few more custom zip pouches, the customer will be giving these as gifts this christmas... she asked for bright fun colors/prints, as they're for some funky young ladies. not a problem! ;)

i also did a little preliminary planning and stitching on some vintage quilt blocks that my mom had given me a while back - i wasn't sure what i would be doing with them, and originally thought i'd maybe keep them for myself.. but i've decided they'll go into some projects for my spring line. this winter is going to be full of cute sewing stuff... just you wait! 

 sewing room:

and don't be deceived by my productivity - this was actually a very sleepy weekend!

i'm still loving our holiday decorations, although a few borrowed things from my mom for our party have already come down... but we're still surrounded by some fun things, i'll be sad to see them go in a couple of weeks! 

tree bokeh:

 vintage three wise men, a gift from a friend:

 simple wrappings....

 

 

and last but not least, i wore my favorite paramore tshirt today, and it made me giggle...

gotta love that orange! ;)

i just found out that the boyfriend has to work both christmas eve AND christmas day (i thought it was just eve...). bah humbug!!! luckily we will have a little time in the morning both days before he goes in, to exchange gifts and have breakfast. i m so lucky and thankful that i don't have to work holidays... i understand that the folks who do work holidays at the hospital are providing very important services for some people going through some awful things (especially this time of year!); but i will be so happy when he graduates and gets a job where holidays aren't mandatory. its so hard to feel like a family we he's absent from such important days! but, i'll be spending the rest of the day(s) with my parents and my brother.... but before that, i've got a work week ahead, and house sitting next weekend! only one more gift to shop for, too. everything else is ready!

♥

XO