Coasters/Dead Until Dark/Mittens.

My daughter graduated from preschool a few weeks ago and I made these coasters (from Bend the Rules Sewing) for the assistant teacher... luckily they are fast so I was able to make them the night before. For her teacher I made another version of the simple tote (previous post) – I used the same fabrics, but made it wider and a bit deeper, to be more like a purse.



Also, I started knitting some mittens from subliminalrabbit’s Bella’s Mittens pattern. I expect them to take me awhile because I’ve never knitted mittens and this is also my first time trying cables. The instructions say to use the “magic loop method” but I am using double-pointed needles instead. The gloves are beautiful, so I hope it goes ok. I have 6 rows right now.



I just finished reading Dead Until Dark, from Charlaine Harris’ Southern Vampire Mysteries on a recommendation from my sister-in-law. I thought is was really good, so I have the next one, Living Dead in Dallas, on hold from the library. The HBO series True Blood is based on these books – I have the DVD of season 1 coming from Netflix so I can’t wait to see how the show is.

Small Tote Bag.

My daughter has a “Fourth Grade Buddy” who comes to her preschool class to play, read, talk, and make crafts with her. Each preschooler has a Buddy, and my daughter’s is especially cool. All year long, her Buddy has made coloring pages, mobiles, cards, you name it. Everything is so sweet — I even had the chance to meet her last week, and she is so sweet too. Preschool graduation is this Wednesday, and so for the end of the year, we decided to make her Buddy something and buy her something too. So my daughter and I went shopping together this weekend and found a pretty necklace, and then I made this little tote bag. It has a fruit print on the one side and a brown and white (even though it looks black & white in the photo) polka dot print on the other. There is a long pocket inside — good for pens and/or sunglasses. I used the print from Amy Karol’s Bend the Rules Sewing.

On a side note, this is not my preschooler holding the tote... my littler one happened to hold it to the side I wanted to show, so her photo made the cut!

Felt Key Keychains.

Aren’t these cute? They are from the book Cute Stuff by Aranzi Aronzo. My library has a copy, and of course it is in the Young Adult section, the same section that houses Twilight where I sought all four books before breaking down and buying them. (The library hold queue was 55 people deep) Do you see how I can segue to Twilight from any topic?

Tulips!

Beautiful tulips from my neighbor’s yard!

So today I started getting things together for some mittens to knit, although I’m having difficulty finding the yarn: Cascade 109 in Pewter. I definitely need a new project to work on, especially after the time-waster tonight — I just saw Rob Pattinson’s movie on IFC Direct, How to Be and it was terrible. Not his fault by any means, I thought he was fine, but it’s an indie movie that seems to be trying too hard. Tell you what though, I think that movie may cure a lot of girls of their RPattz infatuation...

I also came across a really sweet project that I’d love to make soon for my girls. It’s a cupcake purse pattern and here is the tutorial.

I Found my T-Shirt:

Link to T-shirt.

For the Teacher.

My daughter made this for her preschool teacher for Teacher Appreciation week. This is the craft where you wrap a small piece of tissue paper around the eraser of a pencil, dip it in glue and stick it on the paper/cardboard. That’s really all there is to say about that!

A Man for the Ages: Edward Cullen.

Source: Summit Entertainment
Ok, since I have not really promoted this blog and it seems to be simply for my own enjoyment and whatnot, I am going to write about what I’ve really been up to lately: The Twilight Saga. Let it be known to all who happen to read this that there are many 30-somethings who love the books and movie (Twilight Moms) and as an aside, Stephenie Meyer did not plan for the books to be in the Young Adult section, the publishers just decided to market it that way. And while I’m sharing Twilight links, here is one to keep up with all the latest on New Moon.

I am really fighting the good fight and am trying not to purchase a Team Edward t-shirt. I think I could wear it around the house, but would find it difficult to go out in public. We’ll see though : )