Home at Last

We are finally home. A week long vacation with teenagers is more than any parent should endure. I must remember to apologize to my mother for all the family vacations we took when I was a teenager. I think I am actually looking forward to going back to work on Monday.

Overall it was a good vacation. No blood shed although I seriously thought about it a couple of times. Surprisingly Buttercup did great the whole week. She didn't eat like she normally does but she didn't seem to get overly stressed out with all the traveling and new house for a week.

Regularly scheduled crafting will return shortly. Keep an eye out for the 200th post, it is coming soon.

Monster Stuffie Swap

My partner sent my monster stuffie.
You would think working for a Mexican owned company that I would take the time to fully understand El Día de los Muertos (day of the dead) but that isn't the case. I find it a little bit creepy. He should be quite the conversation piece at my office.

The Toy Society

As you may know I have done a couple of drops for The Toy Society.

They were just featured in an article in an Australian News paper called The Age. Check out the article. Funny thing is they mention doing 100 drops by April. If I remember the post on The Toy Society correctly it should be well into the 300's by April.

I highly recommend getting involved if you like a Pay It Forward type of mystery in your life. I felt like a double agent dropping national security secrets to be picked up by another agent. Trying to drop in a public place, get a photo all without getting caught is a bit nerve racking. But you just have to go for it. And the look on my son's face when I asked him to participate has been priceless. He just rolls his eyes and goes along with my insanity.

Quick Trip

A quick trip home at lunch to get the model number off the garage door opener turned into this.

All I saw was a tire heading across the road straight at me. The sudden smell of burning rubber. I was barely able to get my car into the median. Thankful no one was hurt. There was a police officer behind me radioed it in before I even came to a full stop. And my witnesses were two ex-police officers that just had lunch together. One of them had just interviewed before lunch to get his old job back. Couldn't have asked for better witnesses. Now just have to fight it out with the other guy's insurance company to get it repaired and a rental car.

Long Drive

Long drive to Iowa and back this weekend. Very long drive home, hydroplaned once luckily no one else on the road beside me at the time. Torrential rains as I tried to stay ahead of the tornadoes. Finally got out of the rain into a dust storm through southern Missouri. Glad to finally be home. Nice visit with my Mom, Roy and Val. If you don't know, I am the one in the red. Had intentions of doing a toy drop in Iowa but the weather was not cooperating.

Look What I Did

Look what I did last night. I stared at my dash going no where for hours. My 25-30 minute drive home from work yesterday turned into a two hour bumper to bumper gridlock. Needless to say by the time I did finally make it home I was in no mood to do anything. The only good thing was I got to fondle my fabric all evening while sitting in the car.

Fabric Fondling

I swore I wasn't going to buy any fabric this week. Like that was really going to happen. I have been fondling this pre made patchwork fabric for months. Chenille is some of my all time favorite fabric, I could resist no more.

I had a 50% off coupon so I had to use it. Got a full yard of this. Which is more than I need but not more than I wanted. My swap-bot teddy bear partner likes shabby chic so I am going to make her teddy from this. Some cute button eyes and an embroidered nose are what I have in mind. And if it turns out well I may just make one for myself also.

I did for a few minutes think I would mix and match fabrics for a patchwork of my own but then decided why bother. This was perfect just the way it was, cheaper and required no time to put together.

Projects - Paper Crafts

I think it was just yesterday I was trying not to start any projects before spring break. That lasted real long didn't it I refuse to pay $15 for an autograph book for Disney. So why not make one of my own. Cost $0. All from things I have lying around the house. The front and back cover and all the pages are done. Just need to assemble it and maybe embelish a bit.

And I have been hesitant to start this project for a while but I have two jars of Modpodge that need to be used. One came from my mother-in-law the other from my mom. Hopefully they turn out as cute as I think they will.

Paper crafts are usually something I can knock out pretty quickly without much thinking or purchasing anything.

Coming Soon

Doesn't Buttercup look guilty of something. Not sure where she was running off to with her baby.

This is the cleanest my craft table has been in a while. I really only have one work in progress right now. Trying not to get anything else big started before spring break. But more projects coming soon.

My 200th post will happen sometime in March so keep an out, I will do give away of some kind. Hmm... you should keep watching for it. I have a few ideas up my sleeve.

What A Lovely Name

The traveling stuffie still has some traveling to do before I can mail him. As you may recall this little guy didn't have a name. Then I saw a link to this website, What A Lovely Name. Looked like the perfect place to find a name. And look what the site came up with...

Keung
Universe.
Tags: Chinese, creative, outgoing, quirky

What a lovely name, fits him perfectly. He is all buckled up and ready for some traveling.