Quick Craft update...

So my crafty urge turned into 2 projects,

1. fabric flowers which will be adorning some pillows I am making from sweaters, pics and tutorial links to follow
2. the most adorable, if I do say so myself, hankies I made for both my parents...

The linen hankies are a little wrinkly because I forgot to take pictures right after I was done and after I gave them to my parents they apparently got put away and lost their crisp look, (I had to take pictures a few days later when I remembered).

I used basic iron on patterns from Joannes and just kind of went for it.  I have embroidered a few times before at my aunts house but not much so I am pretty proud that these came out looking like they did.

The hankies were left overs from a "lot" of vintage hankies I bought off eBay for our wedding in 2009.  Each bridesmaid got one in thier clutch that my sister made along with their wedding jewelry but now I wish I had had the time to embroider their initials on them.  

I'm feeling crafty today

I really want to craft something up today but I can't decide what it is I want to make...

maybe toss pillows like these...

or painted pumpkins like these...

or maybe something embroidered like this...

I just can't decide.  It doesn't necessarily have to be holiday themed, it can just be something pretty for the house.  Any ideas to fulfill this crafty itch?

Wow! It's been weeks...

Just when I was expecting to slow down for the year I got super busy again and it has been a whirl wind of ups and downs these last few weeks.  I have been loaded with weddings, visiting with friends and family and to be honest I just can't remember the last time I spent an evening at home with just Jeremiah.

Here are a few random things I have done in the past few weeks...

• I went to Disneyland with my sister-in-law, Marcie, mother-in-law and 3 nieces (no pics to show for it) and it rained the entire day.  Marcie and I decided to ride splash mountain, not a good choice on an already wet day.  Marcie sat in the very front seat and got plummeted by wave at the bottom of the drop, she was soaked to the bone.  It would have been really funny but we were already wet cold; it was fun though!

• We also took her girls up to Julian earlier this week for some crisp fall air and apple pie...only problem was that when we got there it was hot!  We ended up grabbing a bite to eat in the diner, picked up a pie to go and headed home.  

• Went to see Social Network...it was really really good and very interesting; I highly recommend seeing it, especially if you are on Facebook (who isn't?).  It is really amazing, the things that people do and how fast it can change the world.  Totally cool movie!

• Joined a book club and the 1st book selected was Nineteen Minutes.  It is really good (even though I am only on pg 53 of over 400) but it is weird, the minute I was required to read, I couldn't or rather CAN'T.  Does that ever happen to you?  In anything?  I am a perfectly good reader, I read fast and I really enjoy it but when I am REQUIRED to do something, I JUST can't.  Weird!  But I am really looking forward to finishing it, someday :)

• Went to Jeremiah's cousins wedding at the Hotel Del and actually took a picture...

Just a handful of weddings left this year and then its relaxation time and more importantly "finish the home improvement projects" time :).   I still have a laundry list of things that are half finished from last spring and new projects that I have added to the list so they should make for some fun blogging.

Hope this random post wasn't a bore! :)