Behind on the times

Greetings! It’s been so long since I’ve posted. So many things happened! And I had wanted to post but was always distracted by a shiny! (Like I should be doing the dishes at this moment but blog!!!! Shhhh- don’t tell my hubby)

Well, I have purchased a pattern and fabric for my dress for my final project. I’ll go over the pattern w my mum (I want to make sure I don’t miss anything- the fabric is a jersey/poly blend and I’ve never worked with that before).  Can’t wait to get it done and show you the final result! Speaking of clothes- I watched the finale of project runway all-stars. Happy with who won- that being said I LOVED that wedding dress Austin Scarlet made! Makes me want to get married again! And again! Sooo many dresses- so little money lol

I’ve also started knitting again- nothing big, just a very cute very easy tuque.  I’ll post the finished product. But at the moment I’m in the black hole of knitting. If you knit you know what I mean- for you who don’t the black hole of knitting is when you are almost done a part- knit to about 17cm- and then you are stuck at 16cm for an entire hour of knitting. It’s ridiculous. I wonder where all my rows go- because I am quite positive I can push out more than a cm in an hour...

Scrapping! Well- my friend Jill came over and she did a picture layout for a friend- their dog passed away. And then did the cutest card. She has a natural talent- as Natalie says- born to be awesome.  I’m just jealous. Wish I could be like that! That being said- when you get back into it- (from when she was a teenager) and you’re surrounded with awesome people like us! (we are so modest I know) it’s easier to see the possibilities and grow vs. the picture, sticker, journal box- next! format I started off with.

Here are the projects she did while here:

I had made a lovely little baptism card that I gave to my friend Andréanne- but apparently I forgot to take a picture. I was quite proud of it too! Aww well.  But I made another card: One for my lovely hubby’s birthday. I’ll be honest- a lot easier to make girlie cards with flowers and ribbons than one for a grown man.  It’s just a little more challenging. I’m ‘happy’ with it as it has a few 1^st time methods on it.

I used embossing powder.  I had previously only used it once before when I “borrowed" Sarah's  stuff at a crop a few months ago.  So I’m learning, I just need more practice. Then I used buttons- he did like those  so I guess I did ok... folded up some cardstock to add details in orange and used the close to  my heart birthday stamps.

Here’s the finished product:

And as for my leaving the house- I went and over did it I think haha! Had a little break down but getting better. I’ve now snapped and said I don’t want to be like this anymore. A good think my pro health people say.  Next weekend will be the biggest test of them all: leaving all weekend for a crop retreat. That should be interesting. And if that goes well we are trying to get me back to work at the end of the month.  I went to my work office yesterday- by myself. Had to remind myself the entire time that I didn’t need to panic, and I was still feeling my heart racing and know fully well that I could have gone into full anxiety attack if I didn’t stop myself. This is so annoying. Not that I want to be normal- because really that’s boring- I’d rather enjoy not being held hostage by unreasonable fears. But I did it- went- and then Jenn had given me some cheese cake to enjoy once I got home as a reward. YAY! (I also needed a nap as it entirely wiped me out).

I have the lovely day I spent at Auntie Em's Scrapbooking to talk about but I’ll post that at a later date. I was actually productive that day! So I’ll have projects to show hehe!

Happy Friday! J