Manly Burp Cloths

This past weekend I was "hired" by my mom to make some cutesy burp cloths.  I had done this for her you will remember just a little while ago.  But this time they were for a baby boy.  So the pinks wouldn't work.

I made a trip to JoAnn's for all of the supplies.  I was surprised that there was only one non-blue burp cloth in the pack.  It made it a little difficult trying to pick out some ribbon.

After that was over I spent a while pinning.  I was happily pinning up the second burp cloth when I realized something horrible.  I did not have enough ribbon.  By like 6 inches!

Obviously I freaked out.  It was far too late to be able to head out to JoAnn's and get more ribbons (yes I didn't have enough of either one!) and I wanted to have them pinned and ready for sewing the next day.

Jon tried his best to help me find a solution as I was frantically searching through all of my sewing stuff.  I knew that I had ribbons somewhere in there that were blue and green.

I did find some blue and green ribbons... just not the ones I was thinking of.

Jon convinced me they would work and I have to say he was right.

The next day my parents were in town to help Staci move.  I had decided to help them and I would sew the burp cloths there.

I even managed to have my mom help  me.  Can't you tell that she really didn't want her picture taken?

She super pinned one of them for me so that I was all ready to sew once we got Staci over to the  new place.

I finally was able to sew them at like 9pm - when I met them at 5:15pm!

I was initially worried about the red being overpowering but I ended up really liking it.

So lesson learned:  Being able to use leftover stuff validates keeping it all.

Peek into My Life - (Almost) Family Lunch!

So I had planned on writing a recipe post today and I know that I just did a peek yesterday, but my plans changed once I found out my parents were going to be in town to help my littlest sister move.

I got super excited because that meant they could maybe meet me for lunch.  Well... it happened!

We met at the super amazing and delicious HummusHouse.  I love their salads (you know, cause I can't eat pita bread and all).  We were just missing Jill.

We visited for a little bit before the parents and Staci had to go back to packing.

I was able to snap a quick shot of my super great parents before they left.

Sadly it was back to work for me.  With the knowledge that work was going to drag because I will meet back up with them after work.

Happy Weekend y'all.

Weekend Plans

I am very lucky to have my family coming to visit this weekend.  I don't get to visit my parents near as much as I would like.  I personally wouldn't mind one bit if they lived down the street from me.

They are bringing my aunt and uncle (who I get to see even less) with them.  I am so excited!  My plan is to spend as much time as possible with them this weekend.  AND I will get to show off my new quilt to them in person.

Between all of the visiting I would like to get some more things made.  So my goal is to focus small.  I have a pack of onesies to make ties for.  My hope is to get all five made and washed.  Hopefully seeing them completed will get me motivated to make more in different sizes for the craft fair in April.... must find UCF fabric...

I apologize that this means I don't have a picture to share with you today.  I promise I will have pictures tomorrow. :)