hey there!

May your week be full of adventure, exercise and sunshine.
I am stretched a bit thin this week so I am taking a blog break for a couple of days,
but I will be back.
Don't these llamas look like old pals?

snippets of the weekend

grape stomping competitions.
we were spectators not competitors.

piglets, calves and llamas.

ribbons and parades.

rabbits in small cages...is that for transport?

great sadness when rabbits can not join our family farm.

fried food.

glorious and fatty and a treat.

award winning pumpkins, apples and honey.

celebrating the harvest.

bumper cars in spite of being too short.

friends for lunch after church and a mini butter making demonstration.

introducing new friends to etsy.
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not pictured:
a girls crafting night out.
amazing giants game.
church.
half century birthday party for our older friends.
soccer.
cone-less Lucy.
...
another great weekend.

poppytalk lookbook

Have you seen poppytalk's lookbook?
Amazing.
spotted via good measure & poppytalkhandmade.

clever me!

So, I got this fancy new (and clearly already smudged) toy this week.
Which means I need a ipad sleeve or case or something.
Right?
I looked on ETSY and the ones I loved are made of felt.
Which got me thinking about the wool felt I have on hand.
So, I dug through the fabric stash and found orange wool felt and an amazing piece of coordinating kokka fabric.
"I am so clever!", I think to myself.

So I haul out the sewing crapola.
I measure.
I think.
I ponder.
I measure again.
It is always best to measure twice and cut once.
Or measure 6 times.

I figure I need a double layer of felt for extra padding.

I think about how this sleeve will look.
I plan, without a pattern.
Not so easy for me because I can be a bit number challenged.
Oh and spatially challenged.

See, more measuring.

Jose, my faithful helper checks my work.

I call Dee for a quick over the phone consult and decide a hair elastic and button are much less work than making button holes and lining up buttons.

Finally after a couple of hours, with a soccer drop off break, I am able to add the button.
I love the colors, the feel and even the wonky flap.

I am so clever...I made a protective sleeve/case for my brand new ipad.
There is room for improvement so don't look too close but I think I could iron out the kinks in this proto-type and improve the design.
I am still debating a top stitch on the sides but then again I am debating a protective skin for the gadget itself.
So much debating.
So much goodness.

knock off

Today, when I was at Anthro (my fav store ever),
I noticed pretty little hairpins made with silk ribbon tied into bows.

I thought to myself, " Hey, I could do that!"
Instead of just thinking those thoughts, I went home and moved into action.
I made an Anthroplogie knock-off.

Using items I had on hand.
As a side note, I have the tools/items to accomplish most craft projects in my home. Sad.
I gathered silk ribbons bits(leftover from a garland of the month awhile back), found a good hairpin in Delia's room and located fabric glue.

I snipped varied lengths of ribbon, tied the ribbon in a knot around the hairpin, trimmed ribbons, secured knot with fabric glue, let glue dry and placed the knock off lovely in Delia's hair.

So pretty.
So fast.
They would make a great gift add-on.