warm and wooly breakfast

{image via wooly boulevard}

I had great intentions of writing a nice long post today... but then got distracted by who knows what. So, for now, I leave you with this image. My mom made an awesome needle felted breakfast today. I love this so much. And her too. Now I must scadaddle. How do you spell that anyways? Probably not like that.

January 7th, 1990 :: diary of a silly girl

[This is the first in what is sure to be a ridiculously pathetic, yet laugh your guts out, series of my actual diary entries as a kid/teen. God love my boy-crazy, silly young self... I'll do my best to keep things as word for word as possible. And I'll add in my age with each entry so you have the proper context for my brilliant musings! Keep in mind that some of the boys and girls of my youth are now the men and women I still call my friends. To avoid their embarrassment, and particularly my own, I'll use secret code names for each of them. Oh, and a little warning: I have clearly loved exclamation points for my entire life! Ok, here we go...]

::12 yrs old::

January 7, 1990

Dear Diary,

A new year! God, it's so strange writing 1990! So futuristic! Well, lately I've become really good friends with Carlos. I've liked him for a while more than a friend. Catarina talked to him and told him he should go out with one of his good friends. She suggested Moi! He said he'd ask me to a movie when school starts. She said a "friendly" date. He doesn't really know that I like him but kind of. We were talking on the phone and he was acting normal. See, I'm not supposed to know about this whole thing. Also, Trixie talked to him an he told her I was at the top of the list for friends and that we were really close. Carlos is SO sweet and perfect. I was doing these magazine quizzes and found out 1) he's a "real man" 2) yes, we're compatible YaY! Good news for me. I hope all this stuff won't ruin our great friendship. I really feel I can tell him anything! See what happens at school tomorrow! I miss all my friends SO much! I've only seen Trixie, Catarina and Audrey (for 5 minutes) these holidays! I can't wait too see them all, especially Carlos! [Editor's note: I have no way of inserting an exclamation mark with a heart instead of a period.] The first day back should be great!

Sarah [heart]'s Carlos

[true love always doodle]

suzie sewer

I got a second hand sewing machine from my parents and now my life is changed. I'm completely *in love* with it! And I'm in full on grade 7 home ec sewing mode. In the last 6 years, I've sewn three things: our Christmas stockings and a curtain for our first condo. Actually, that was all about 4 years ago. So it was about time. I have this great Lexie Barnes book, Sew What! Bags,and it has totally inspired me. It doesn't involve any patterns, which is right up my alley. Patterns confuse and scare me. After finally getting the proper bobbins for this machine (who knew there were different kinds??), I made a sunglasses case from the book.  Although cute, nothing to write home about. But you just know that if you are in my car and I have to put my sunglasses on, I’ll be annoyingly excited about pulling them out of the case.

So, my friends, I stepped it up a notch this morning when I forged ahead in my sewing endeavors. Thanks to this awesome site, I created my first reusable shopping bag! I am much too excited about this.

The fabric is thrift store. I bought two fabulous queen size sheets for $15 and voila! Upcycled into an adorable bag. I also picked up a bunch of other fun stuff that I can cut apart and make into cute new things. Considering I live in suburbia/farmers' fields, I am happily surprised we have a Hope Mission Thrift Store out here. I’ve been meaning to stop in since it opened and finally did yesterday. It is my new favourite place to shop. Next time I go, I’m going to check out the housewares section to see if I can find some funky mugs and other things to hold things. I’m all about containers and organization. Not that I actually put this into effect. The 17 piles on the floor of my craft room/office are a testament to this fact.

Happy weekend friendlies!

sj