The universe is trying to tell me something

Again today with the decorative wall in the bedroom!

How gorgeous is that?!

ETA: Sorry about the link. Fixed. I was too excited to pay attention to what I was doing!

Projects

Today, my goal is to finish a pair of shorts for Xander. They're going to be orange with red racing stripes.

Yesterday, I made a bag. It turned out great, and I love it!
My sewing leaves much to be desired, but overall, it's fine. I made up the pattern as I went along. The fabric is from the remnant bin at Hobby Lobby, and the twill tape was wrapped around a blanket I bought at Target last year.

I also (last week) fixed a T shirt that I got at Old Navy earlier this summer. It's a super loose knit top, that is comfy and a good length on me, but the top part was too loosy goosy for my taste- maybe I bought it a size too big. But I washed it, hoping it would shrink a bit, so I couldn't return it. Instead I did this to the sleeves...

Love it! Super easy fix. It shortened the sleeves and gives the neck more of a boat-neck look, which is more flattering than the loose crew neck.

I leave you with this... there should be more anthropomorphic things in this world.

Getting Inspired

HGTV's Design Star is back on, and I watched the two episodes last night. I loved this paint.

Then this morning, best of decorative paint was on Design*Sponge.

Now I'm thinking that I'll paint a wall in our bedroom! It's needed to be painted, we've just never gotten around to it. We've got brown and turquoise/aqua/unpainted furniture in there now, and I think I want to work around those colors.

I'll take some before pics!!

Tattoos

Last weekend, we made the trek up to Fayetteville to see friends. Super short trip, but so fun! I love, love, love these friends- they're the kind that we don't see very often, but when we do, it feels like it was just last week.

Friday night after all the children were asleep, we ended up looking at cat videos and tattoos with Aaron and Kari Beth. The temporary tattoos from Tattly have been all over the internets lately. I love them!

I love my tattoos, and I've been thinking about my next one. Love these...

Shoulder tree
Shooting Stars
Color Wheel
And how gorgeous would any of these be as tattoos?

The only problem... time and money. *sigh*

Warm Fuzzies

I finally finished my gift for my sweet nephew, Judah!

A crocheted brontosaurus. I love his stubby little legs!


A knit blanket.


Together...


I got the brontosaurus pattern from Ravelry, and the blanket started out as a pattern from Stitch 'n Bitch... I made a few changes to it, though.