Hostess with the Mostess

I am hosting Bunko at my house this Wednesday. I'm no Bunko fanatic, I do it mostly for the chit chat and wine...and the food...and the occasional gift, which I have not won in a very long time. Anyhow, I was trying to think of something fun I could give this time and a little light bulb went off in my head from my list of "If I can find the time" projects....hostess aprons! I love cute aprons. My mom got me one for Christmas last year and it totally makes my kitchen experience. Not suprising see that one of my favorite things about working is getting up and deciding what I'll wear that day. I probably should not admit that. And I just got a mental image of Clueless circa 1990-something, but it's amazing what a new shirt or new pair of shoes can do to help get you motivated for a Monday morning. So here are my aprons. Super easy project!...I have to give most of the credit to Amy Butler, the fabric designer. Without her wonderful designs they would be nothing but a piece of fabric hanging by a string.

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One For the Boys

My friend Mimi is having a little boy. His name is going to be Bear. I couldn't bring myself to reuse any of the fabric I had left over from all of my other mostly-girl projects. So I found this fun blue and brown gingham and made this little tie-onsie/shoe duo. The special touch to this craft is the bottom of the shoes. I added a little faux leather with I think gives it an extra manly look. My camera is totally on the fritz, thus the heavenly glow in all of my pictures.


P.S. I am going to post some tips later on this craft. It's not my own original creation, but I've about killed myself trying to do it neatly and I think I've finally figured it out. So stay tuned.

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Bib and Burp Cloth

It's a girl season! I've been wanting to try the burp cloth/ bib stuff and I was very pleased with the results. I used a soft polka dot flannel for the outside and a pink terry cloth fabric for the inside. It's super easy and I was able to use some of the fun stitch patterns on my machine to add a little detail.

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Done!

I finally finished my booties for Caroline. Check them out on Flickr. I have entered them into the Michael Miller Baby Bootie Contest. I have to give a shot out (or is it shout out?) to my friend Thor who took wonderful photos of theses little guys. Thanks!

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I'm not the only crafter in the family

I had to share that I am not the only crafter in the family. My sweet husband has always tried very hard to get me thoughtful presents. Now that we are married (and on a major budget) we try not to spend a million dollars to say I love you and thus have opted for more resourceful ways to celebrate holidays and special occasions. Like I said in my previous post, we have been married for two years. We Googled what type of traditional gift the second year anniversary was to include and found it is cotton. So me, totally assuming the mama role, get him some new undies; cotton and always needed, but not the most creative gift I've ever gifted. So my husband totally shows me up with this creation.

Watch out Martha Stewart! I mean seriously this is one of my favorite gifts ever. This was no small task. He broke into my craft drawer and everything. So I just had to post that I can no longer take the title of #1 Family Crafter...I've got some serious competition.

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Cotton Anniversary

That's right, it's been two years. Hard to believe! We're celebrating a little early this year due to the fact that the actual date falls on a Monday. I am the planner of the festivities this year. We decided last year that we should rotate the years. I get the even and he gets the odd years. We figure it's both of our anniversaries, so for him to have to plan it every year would not be fair. I found our Save the Date postcard this week when cleaning out some folders on our computer. My how I miss my wedding planning days...so much fun! If anyone thinks I stay busy now, imagine all that I currently do and add wedding planning to the mix. That was my life in Nashville two years ago. I was a busy bee and I loved every minute of it. I played by the rules and got something cotton. Any guesses what it might be? Can't say yet in case Bryan looks on my blog. Anyone have any creative cotton gifts for their second anniversary?

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Tick Tock Tick Tock

I am trying to finish this and another shoe for this Baby Bootie Competition I'm entering. What do you think? Bryan agrees that I have some stiff competition. Let's just keep our fingers crossed that the judges, and baby Caroline, like green.

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Sabbe's Pot!?

Since developing my first resume in my first graphic design class at UT I have always been a huge fan of lower case letters. I like them way better than capital letters. I think they are better designed, cuter, and neater. When designing my wedding invitation I even left most of the caps off . I've recently changed the header on my blog, but previously it was spelled out as one word...all lower case. So I am talking to my mom yesterday and she informs me that for a while when reading my blog she thought the title was Sabbe's Pot, hopefully she was associating it with the garden accessory and not the Widespread Panic accessory. But none the less I thought it was pretty funny and wanted to clarify...it's Sabbe Spot.

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My Favorite Summer Craft

My favorite summer craft is working in my yard. Prior to buying our house I never though I would want to go outside in the 90 degree Memphis heat to do anything, much less pull weeds. But there is something very fulfilling about planting something and watching it grow. I look forward to standing out in the yard in the afternoons with the garden hose in one hand and a cold drink in the other. Last year I had this very patriotic red and white thing going on, but this year I was inspired by some neighbors a few doors down and I went with the hot pink and lime green. I think I 'm liking it way better. Hopefully my plants will be as enormous as they were last year.

Bryan also planted three Crepe Myrtles in the yard yesterday. They are little babies right now, but I love crepe myrtles in the middle of the summer. So I'm excited to see how they turn out. He did a wonderful job. Our other motive in planting these was also to block the view of the ugly duplex across the street. Our big tree we used to have caught a disease last year and had to be chopped down. We were shortly there after having breakfast in our dining room and noticed...man, that house across the street sure is ugly. So these little guys are our attempt to restore our view.

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