New Spec's

Part of my Christmas present from Aaron were two new pairs of glasses. Well, I finally got my butt off the couch and picked some out. These are my favorites, but Brent likes the other pair better. I'll show them off later. What do ya think?

Birthday Bash

Last night the Ladies Ministry at my church (Vineland First Church of the Nazarene) hosted a Birthday Bash. The concept is that everyone comes with a $15.00 gift. They have dancing, games and light refreshments. As the night progresses, your aloud to go up to the gift table and pick a gift - not yours. I had such a good time! I went with some great friends. The only downer was that we all couldn't sit together. I vote for bigger tables next year.

A New Look

I like how my style is slowly changing, but not too much. I guess you could say that it has a little bit more flair! I like it!

This look consists of:

t-shirt - Target $9.99

necklace - Wal-Mart $3.99

boots - JC Penney $30.00

skirt - had for years and just shortened

Total cost is under $45.00 and the best part is the mix and match options.

What'cha Reading?

I love to read and have just recently started to read with a furry. Every night I get a bath and then snuggle into bed with a good book. These two books were pretty easy reads, but were also very informative.

The first book is called "Handmade Home" by Amanda Blake Soule. It is an instruction book on how to use old fabrics and some other materials to create new family treasures. There are mostly sewing projects in the book, but there are also some non-sewing projects. Now since I have also started to sew again, I was excited to see that the projects are relatively simple.

The other book that I read was "Kirtsy Takes a Bow" edited by Laura Mayes. This book is like the woman's dictionary of blog sites. Kirtsy is actually a blog site that has likes to the most amazing blogs created by women. If you love blogging or surfing the web for great articles and information, check out this book and the website www.kirtsy.com . The blog covers a ranges of topics like entertainment, design, home, food, travel and so many more. I promise you won't be disappointed.

So now that I've stepped off my soap box, I have only one question for all of you? What'cha reading?

Sewing 101

I've been using my sewing machine a lot lately and Brent wanted to give it a try. I had let him try it out over the summer on some scrap fabric and he had fun trying all the different stitches, so when he asked to use it again after seeing me alter a black skirt, I figured why not!

So tonight while Aaron was at a meeting we went to Jo Ann Fabrics and purchased some fleece to make frilly scarves. Brent picked out different combinations of fabric colors like - light and dark pink, orange and brown, and a fuchsia pink and yellow! I know, I can't wait to see what that one will looks like. He asked if we could make some tonight when we got home and I of course said yes!

When we got home I cut and pinned the fabric pieces together. We used three pieces of fabric with two of them being the same color.

Once I finished pinning, I gave Brent a quick lesson on sewing and off he went. He was very careful to sew slowly and to keep his fabric in line with the guide I tapes down for him. He sewed two scarves tonight and plans to sew the other four tomorrow night. I'm such a proud momma!

Once he finished sewing I cut the fabric to make the frills. Here's Brent sporting his completed creation. I think they turned out real cute.

You have to love a man who can wear PINK!