Hello -- It's been a nutty 3+ weeks, truly. Never got past cutting out the pieces for the baby shoes, but did get the pretty embroidered butterfly burp cloth all finished up in time.
Lately I've been working on a knitting project, as those allow me to literally relax in bed while I do them in the late evenings before going to sleep. I'm getting close to finished and when I do finish I'll post a picture.
A week ago our second FD came back in to our lives and our house -- and we are very happy to have her back. School's been busy but life's been busier.
Today is the annual library sale where my sister and I go buy books for ridiculously cheap. I'm pretty excited! and that also means that I should sign off and dress appropriately for public consumption...
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Clearly didn't get to it...
Well, clearly I didn't get to working on my projects yesterday. The leadership team meeting only lasted until five, but then I ran in to a parent who wanted to talk a bit -- by the time I was home and finished eating dinner it was 7:00pm. By then I was too tired.
This afternoon I'm still at school waiting for FD to get out of track practice. I have piles of grading to do by Monday 8:00am, and will be out of town from directly after school Friday until Sunday afternoon, plus I have to finish the baby gift projects before I can leave and need to get some pink fondant roses made to decorate the cake for the shower Saturday. Whew! It's a lot on my plate, no doubt. But, it's pretty much the norm for me...
This picture is my inspiration for the cake I'm decorating for the shower:
This afternoon I'm still at school waiting for FD to get out of track practice. I have piles of grading to do by Monday 8:00am, and will be out of town from directly after school Friday until Sunday afternoon, plus I have to finish the baby gift projects before I can leave and need to get some pink fondant roses made to decorate the cake for the shower Saturday. Whew! It's a lot on my plate, no doubt. But, it's pretty much the norm for me...
This picture is my inspiration for the cake I'm decorating for the shower:
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Hello and current projects
Not that I have any time, ha ha... but I'm going to try a craft and sewing blog to share my projects.
Right now I'm working on a few projects -- a pair each of these adorable baby shoes:
I'm also finishing putting together a burp cloth on which I've embroidered a large butterfly (picture to come soon).
And finally, a new school bag for me -- a messenger bag in purple corduroy with patchwork inside and patchwork accents and cool buttons. Here is a glimpse in to my design process -- my sketch:
I've chosen the fabrics for the patchwork and pockets. I'll post pictures of those this evening.
I won't get home from work until probably 6:30 this evening because I have a leadership team meeting and those usually last a couple of hours. I really enjoy being on the team that thinks about how to make the school better every single day, but it is definitely a time commitment. FD (my foster daughter) has a track meet this evening and won't be getting back to the school until 10 pm. Since we live an hour away, and I can not bring myself to stay that late, she will be spending the night with her BF (bio-family, NOT boyfriend -- I'm not crazy or stupid, and she claims to not have a boyfriend anyway). What that means for my evening is that I'll be able to work on my projects some! I do have hours worth of paper grading that I need to finish, but a person can only do so much of that in one day, reasonably. I will have done about 2 hours of it today and I think that's enough to be considered reasonable (considering that's on top of 5 hours of actual class time, plus around an hour preparation for actual class time, and probably 2 hours of meeting time -- I think 10 hours of work is enough for one day -- agree?).
So, later this evening, I will post the embroidered butterfly, my progress on the shoes and the fabrics for the messenger bag. Fun! :)
peace out --
me, the chick who's a teacher, wife, therapeutic foster mom, reader, and modern sewist -- I should probably come up with a clever nom de plume.
Right now I'm working on a few projects -- a pair each of these adorable baby shoes:
But I think I'll do buttons instead of bows, kind of like these:
(except the fabric I'm using is COVERED in little flowers)
And just the ballerina flats in this pic:
(the fabric I'm using is yellow with strawberries and hearts and flowers)
I'm also finishing putting together a burp cloth on which I've embroidered a large butterfly (picture to come soon).
And finally, a new school bag for me -- a messenger bag in purple corduroy with patchwork inside and patchwork accents and cool buttons. Here is a glimpse in to my design process -- my sketch:
I've chosen the fabrics for the patchwork and pockets. I'll post pictures of those this evening.
I won't get home from work until probably 6:30 this evening because I have a leadership team meeting and those usually last a couple of hours. I really enjoy being on the team that thinks about how to make the school better every single day, but it is definitely a time commitment. FD (my foster daughter) has a track meet this evening and won't be getting back to the school until 10 pm. Since we live an hour away, and I can not bring myself to stay that late, she will be spending the night with her BF (bio-family, NOT boyfriend -- I'm not crazy or stupid, and she claims to not have a boyfriend anyway). What that means for my evening is that I'll be able to work on my projects some! I do have hours worth of paper grading that I need to finish, but a person can only do so much of that in one day, reasonably. I will have done about 2 hours of it today and I think that's enough to be considered reasonable (considering that's on top of 5 hours of actual class time, plus around an hour preparation for actual class time, and probably 2 hours of meeting time -- I think 10 hours of work is enough for one day -- agree?).
So, later this evening, I will post the embroidered butterfly, my progress on the shoes and the fabrics for the messenger bag. Fun! :)
peace out --
me, the chick who's a teacher, wife, therapeutic foster mom, reader, and modern sewist -- I should probably come up with a clever nom de plume.
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