walks

We've been going on a lot of walks to play with our new camera.







^boy getting sick of me snapping photos.

easiest purse in the world

I stopped by a large garage sale this morning full of old restaurant items like wine glasses, plates, coffee cups, decor, and bar stools. I ended up buying three thick tablecloths in pretty colors and a large vase.

I wanted to make a dress out of one of the fabrics, but I don't have any matching zippers around. I threw together a little purse instead. The outside is leftovers from the curtains I made for the bedroom and the inside is from a yellow thick tablecloth.

To make one, you just sew two bags separately - the outside fabric and the liner.


And then you put the liner bag inside the outer bag. (You put the liner bag inside the other inside out..)

Next you can make your button strap.

Then sew your button strap in as you sew the outer seam that sews the liner to the bag.

and sew your button on..

Done!

friday

Happy Friday.

Tonight I get to see Penn and Teller! Eric's mom and stepdad treat us to all sorts of neat shows at the Paramount Theatre. Since August, they've taken us to see Omara Portuondo, Jon Oliver, and Ira Glass. Tonight is Penn and Teller and in a couple weeks they're taking us to see David Sedaris! (!!!)

AND I got to meet Ira Glass too because they were invited to a small event before his show..

swoon.


photo compliments of the Paramount Theatre.

cupcake pincushion

My friend Lauren made me this pincushion. She used a silicon baking cup as the base. (She also gave me a jar of her homemade hot sauce, which I can't get enough of, and a jar of the pear butter she made too!)

I normally only post things that I make, but her little pincushion was too cute.

P.S. Lauren, if you're reading, I am sorry I haven't written you back yet. I promise I will.

went for it!

Tonight I bought a used Nikon D50 DSLR!

Better blog pictures soon. (I have to learn to use it though..) Above is a quick photo Eric snapped of me.

happy friday!

Happy Friday!

Today was full of good surprises. I responded too late to a craig's list bike over a week ago. She told me that if something fell through with the person buying it, she'd let me know. Knowing that wouldn't happen, I kept looking other places.

I gave up after a while.

But today I checked my email and the first buyer never showed! So today I got my new bike. I'm SO happy to have something to commute with. I hate commuting with my nice road bike. I still have on the seat that I biked cross-country with, and that seat is SO hard. And narrow. How in the hell I biked for so long and for so many hours on that thing is beyond me. Oh wait, there were dozens of saddle sores (sorry) and my butt was always sore at the beginning.

Here's my new commuter:



I love it!

My other surprise is that I got invited to a BBQ by someone I recently met! Eric and I are going to bring some ground venison to make burgers and the pita I baked last night (yep, another batch!). It's a little more like flatbread. If I rolled it out a little thinner, I think that would make it more pita-ish. The bread makes the best lunch sandwich bread! Eric has requested I start making it on a regular basis.

The sandwich I'm making for us tomorrow is a mock mopac sandwich. (The mopac sandwich is an Austin Whole Foods sandwich that comes on flatbread and is loaded with chicken, pepperoni, provolone, chipotle mayo, and guacamole. It's pressed, too. We love it.) I have everything except the guac. I know, I know. But it's still SO GOOD. I bought a half smoked chicken at WF a couple days ago and that's the chicken I'm using in the sandwiches.

I'm rambling. Have a good weekend! Don't be fooled today!