Commencement Love

Happy Monday friends.  I hope everyone's week is off to a great start.  I had a very busy weekend but it was nice.  Friday was my dear friend Jeremy's last day working here so his boss hosted a going away party. It was very nice.  Fortunately for me Jeremy won't be leaving the area until August so we'll have plenty of time to have lots of fun this summer.  Still it is sad to no longer have him as a colleague.  After his party I ran some errands and then babysat Cher's little people.  We had a great time!  

Twins reading

Welcome Back Love

Hi friends!  I've missed you.  Big apologies for my long absence.  As I indicated here I was attending a work conference and I don't really like blogging on my ipad which was all I had with me.  Please join me as we travel back in time.  We have so much to catch up on!  I briefly mentioned this past weekend in my last post but I wanted to share some projects I worked on as it was a very projecty weekend.  My dear friend Rachel recently had a baby and I wanted to make (bake?) a diaper cake for her.  I found very simple instructions here on pinterest (where else?).  I really wasn't sure how many dipes I'd need so I bought the biggest box I could find of size one, 128 tiny diapers.  It ended up being more than enough which is good to know for future reference.  Here's the finished product:

I put pieces of cardboard underneath the lower two layers for stability.

Snack Love

Do you like to snack?  I do very much.  In no particular order here of some of my personal favorite snacks at the moment: 

1. fruit~ an oldie but a goodie, I often eat apples (Honeycrisp preferably) and grapes at work for a snack.  I like oranges but they are so time-consuming. 
2. anything made with hot cocoa mix whether it's hot cocoa itself, greek yogurt mixed with cocoa or oatmeal
3. baby carrots dipped in Laughing Cow spreadable cheese
4. Ry-Krisp crackers~ they're so crunch!  Also good with Laughing Cow cheese
5. Hi I'm Skinny Sticks~ Cher just turned me on to these and they are so delicious!  We had some yesterday for Snack Club along with Pineapple Whip.  Yum 
6. cereal~ I especially love Cheerios, not in a bowl with milk, that's gross but plain or with a glass of milk on the side so they don't get soggy.  I also really like Kashi hearts and Fiber One chocolate cereal
7. coffee, especially lattes made with skim milk and sugar-free syrup

Fabric Love

Yesterday while searching for fabric to make my friend Dan a pocket square for the Derby I came across the coolest vintage fabric on Etsy:

New fabric!

Cape Love

I have wanted a cape for awhile but I could not find one that suited me.  Then around Thanksgiving I was purchasing fabric for some holiday sewing projects and I spotted the most lovely plaid wool.  It was a little expensive compared to what I usually spend on fabric but it was so pretty I had to have it.  I looked at the fabric store for a suitable cape pattern but really could not find anything I liked.  They were all too fussy or old ladyish and I wanted something very simple and classic with slits in the front to stick my hands through. 

New Dresser Love

I mentioned here that I found a chest of drawers at SVDP two weeks ago.  I had been looking for one for quite some time to hold my fabric and other sewing items.  I used to use just a plastic three drawer unit but my constant thrift store fabric purchases caused me to outgrow it.  As promised, here is the glorious unit: 

Beautiful sewing chest

Thrift Store Love

Adorable!  

I am an unabashed thrift store junkie.  I can not resist the thrill of the hunt.  My favorite thrift stores are dirty and disorganized and full of junk.  I love finding the one great item amidst all the trash.  It's so rewarding! 

Derby Love continued

2010 Derby dress

I had intended to describe my Derby and Oaks outfit yesterday but the post got a little long with all the details of my Friday outfit so I'll finish it off today.  For a Derby outfit I like something that is either very pastel and/or preppy. 

Weekend Love

I often comment that my ideal weekend is a mix of fun, relaxing and productive.  It is surprisingly hard to achieve the perfect balance of these elements but this weekend came pretty close.  Highlights included a lovely dinner at Bleu with friends, a nice run on Sunday followed by an even nicer three hour nap by the fire (wooo happy Super Bowl to me), and best of all my BFF's one-year-old twins' birthday party.