Leather Feather.

I needed a quick little project for this week because of how busy life is right now.  I have two of my closest friends leaving me this week, my cousin got married yesterday, and I am moving out of my apartment in the next two weeks.  It's been hectic. Lots of big changes in just a matter of days.  Also, trying to apartment hunt from across the state - turns out, not that easy.  Ooof.  At least I had time to make cute earrings!

So here you have it;

Project #36 - Leather Feather Earrings

I always save leather scraps from previous projects, and I guess it was for a good reason.  To make earrings, and something that the cats can mess up and throw around the house.  So really, everyone is happy with leather scraps.  Yay!  

Hope everyone is enjoying the last little bit of summer.  I sure am.

Pirate Ship Fun.

A Ship in a Room!

THIS IS THE COOLEST THING I HAVE EVER LAID EYES ON!

By Kuhl Design Build.  I am so jealous of this child who lives here.  They probably have the best life ever.

Leaving Soon.

So this weeks craft is really not so much a craft at all.  I threw a Going Away Party/Backyard Barbeque that actually got rained out and it turned into one hell of a kitchen party.

However, the back porch did look pretty spectacular.

Project #35 - Backyard BBQ Extraveganza

She was having fun!

Wally seems to like the rain.

Well, you get the idea.  It looked really cute.  I had little bottles filled with yellow daisies, and the lights I made by just punching holes in paper cups and poking Christmas lights through them.  For the glasses I used mason jars with skewers of berries poking out of them for drink markers.

I made homemade Sangria and fruity Passion Iced Tea for the event.  Along with lots of finger foods.  Guacamole, salsa, fruit salad, (all from scratch I might add), and then of course cheese and crackers and other goodies.

The party turned into this;

Digging in.

There were lots of doggies of course.

A good gathering around good food.

The two years that my boyfriend and I have spent here have been so wonderful.  We've made so many friends, and had so many wonderful memories.  I wouldn't trade it for anything.

Such good friends.

One of the best parties I've ever thrown.    :)

Here We Are.

So I know that I have been sucky with my blogging recently, but you know, life is pretty tricky sometimes.

As you will see, this weeks craft gave me some problems.  Well not actually the dress itself, but the picture taking sure did.

Here is the before - a nice but kind of lame dress that cannot be worn as is.

Before Dress.

I know, I'm posing like an early 90's sitcom freeze frame, but in my defense my photographer (aka my poor boyfriend who gets dragged in to taking pictures of me) is out of town for the weekend.  Needless to say having my nice camera stacked on a precarious pile of books on self timer made me a little nervous.  Especially after the next picture.

That fuzzy gray thing in the front - that's my curious little kitty Anza.

So with Anza sniffing and batting at my nice camera atop a high stack of books, you can understand why the after pictures are taken on my laptop.  Notice me laughing at her in this picture - she is always up to no good. 

That being said, here is the after shirt!  (Sorry about the terrible quality, but you understand, or does not everyone have evil demon kitties set out to destroy all the nice things in your house?)

After Shirt! - Project #34

I cut off the sleeves and shortened it to a better length, now it is a nice long lightweight shirt!  Hooray!  And kitty did not destroy anything (yet!).

This is the picture I took right before this one, guess who was curious about the camera on my computer too?

Right after I kicked her off my laptop keyboard.  

Moral of this post is don't get kitties.  Or maybe just get good ones.  Ha.  

Yeah right.

I Promise.

I really do- a craft is coming.
I'm a little bogged down.... But it's a comin'.

...hopefully!!