Current Mood : a bit buzzed on jellybeans...
It's still blasted raining. And the chance of rain doesn't drop below 30 percent for the rest of the week. (sigh) And I was so hoping monsoon season was over, and I'd not had a major attack...
Anyway. Got together all the unused stitch-outs and found that they fit in the Barbie Tupperware box I got from last week's thrift store jaunt. Remember the one trial that had my name on it twice - where the needle fell out while I was sewing, twice ? I refashioned that into a drinking straw keeper for my purse. Fast food joints always short us on straws around here, and Dearest Son can barely stand a Big Kids Meal orange soda without one. And it's not like that fabric was doing anything else anyway. It folds over at the top and stays down via Velcro TM, and is mostly just a tube sewn shut at one end. I added a ribbon so it won't pick up any dreaded Purse Dirt. Needed some practice with knits anyway, and wanted to see if that skill had deteriorated as badly as my zippers one had. Nope. Stitched up nice once the thread settled down. For some reason, it tangled up a bit, but it soon calmed. And I now have the silliest thing ever, a knit bag made expressly for the singular purpose of keeping drinking straws clean and handy. At least it wasn't something I paid for - although I don't imagine even Dollar Tree could get a buck for one of these. And who knows - I may expand into making little bags for toothpicks next...
Reason the photo looks funny is because I blanked Beloved Hubby's name out, for security reasons. What can I say, I'm paranoid.
I'm not the only one makin' stuff around here. Beloved made Dearest a great bedside wall shelf, perfect for his lamp, rarely-used alarm clock, a small beverage, and a book or six. He loves it. As soon as he gets the paint, it'll match Dearest's bed, as he requested. Only took him about an hour, too. He does the most amazing work with stuff around the Shop.
Dearest said his teacher liked the flowers and wore the badge, so I'm thinking she's happy with them. I've already been confirmed for ‘Muffins for Moms' and delivering a pasta salad for lunch Thursday, and doing a craft project Friday. While I'm out tomorrow, I have to pick up some glue and test the project. Glass marble refrigerator magnets. Wish us luck !
Not much else going on, so I'm cleanin' the kitchen and ending the day early. Hope yours was drier - I sank up to my ankles in mud when I took out the trash this afternoon. Backyard's a swamp, too. (sigh) I don't know how folk in Seattle deal with it all the time.
