One of the Little Miracles

I put my hair in a bun today and at 4:45pm it is still holding. For those of you who have never met my hair you don't understand just how huge that feat really is. I have professionals that can't get my hair to do what they want for longer than 2 hours.

I'm not saying I have magic power I just think God knew I didn't have time to wash my hair and He didn't want me going out with the crazy looking hair I woke up with.

Thank You 70 degrees

I went and got the mail...barefooted.

We laid in the grass reading.

We rode the scooter on an errand.

We opened our windows all afternoon.

Joshua took Austin (the dog) while he played frisbee golf.

I made over 1,000 flash cards with 2 high school girls.

Yeah, I know that last one has nothing to do with the weather but our house turned into a flash card factory on Sunday afternoon so I though it worth mentioning.

Also worth mentioning...we have about 9,000 more flash cards to go. Lucky for me these girls are dying for community service hours so they will be doing probably eight of the next nine thousand. So I end with:

Thank You National Honor Society Community Service Requirements.

Diversification

I produce.

I sew.

I write.

I teach.

I design spaces.

I do the books.

I am so glad I'm back to having six different ventures. Two whole years of doing only one job was really wearing me out.

Currently Loving

For once it is Tiffany currently listening to something instead of Joshua. I like the song but I LOVE the video. Seriously, hang with it because it is worth 3 minutes of your life.

By Oren Lavie via a blog I enjoy

Nesting

We bought this print for the living room from matteart through etsy. It was originally intended for the living room but we decided to do something different leaving the poor bird homeless. Six months later it has found its home in our bathroom. I think it is perfect in there and from now on I will tell people I bought it intentionally to go right there - don't tell.

The other funny thing about that bathroom is the glass lantern hanging from the ceiling was never supposed to stay there. When we unpacked it we literally hung it on the only hook in the the entire house to just get it out of the way thinking we would move it when we figured everything out. Lucky for us, we figured out it was perfect there.

Canvas Curtain

When I bought this canvas the people selling it asked what I was making. Apparently they had never sold 3 yards of this stuff to one person. When I said I was making a shower curtain they couldn't believe it. Normal people apparently only use canvas to make bags so the people at the store thought I was crazy. They all raised their eyebrows and said, "Oh!"

Three needles later here it is.

The trickiest part of sewing it was the fact that the red parts are rubber and they DID NOT want to go through the machine. Other than that, once I got the right size needle it was a breeze.

Overall, the pattern is a little busy considering that the toilet is all of 2 feet from the curtain but I think it really adds something to the all white room. Too busy or not I would label it a success if for no other reason than I can say - "take that fabric store ladies!"

Finished Projects

We are slowly finishing the projects we have set out to do since our return from Europe. So this week I will feature one a day...for 3 days. Yeah, we have only have three of them finished but I'm not going to let your rolling eyes bother me in the slightest.

If you remember back in July we set out a plan for our bedroom and last week the finishing touches went up (or at least the finishing touches around the bed). I sewed some silk dupioni into a panel that we rigged to hang from the ceiling to cover all the ugly wires. It makes the room feel a little fancier.

I'm really enjoying sewing panels. Let me know if you need any curtains because I am so mastering all kinds of methods to make panels. Tomorrow you will see that I can even sew canvas now...I'm telling you its getting crazy over here.