by Lucky Red Hen on December 23, 2009
As you can tell (by the title of this post), Drea is going to be in Mexico for the holidays (she left 15 minutes ago, wah!) In hopes of safe travels for her and her family, I dedicate today’s post to her FIRST date dance that happened a couple weeks ago. (Psst… I miss you already! Thanks for my Christmas clock.)
Sometimes I get a wild hair and take on projects I don’t even know how to do. Case in point: I told her I would make a fascinator (fancy hair clip with feathers) to match her dress and since I was doing that I should go ahead and whip up some matching earrings and necklace. I’m crazy, I know, but I think they turned out pretty fantastic :D
Warning: These images were taken with a lame point-n-shoot that I don’t really like using. Carry on.
Here’s the “fascinator” hair clip…
The earrings and necklace…
Her cute smile and the necklace up close (and blurry)…
Her friend, and date, Reid…
Reid cooking the meat for spaghetti sauce…
Aren’t these brown eyes TO DIE FOR?!?
Drea with our friend, Bella, and Glen like a monkey on her back
Glen (my partner in crime, and by crime I mean board/table games like
Wackee 6)
with his date, Dom(inique), and their perfectly hued outfits!
Drea, hurry back!
by Lucky Red Hen on April 17, 2008
We’re way past Christmas (has it really been that long?) and I’m trying to organize this house. Seems that the places I thought would work for things aren’t so I’m rearranging. Don’t even get me started on the garage (looking forward to Ben making shelves so we can find stuff). We still haven’t unpacked everything, so I wonder if my attempts to organize will be shot once we open the rest of the boxes.
Anywho… as I’ve been shuffling, I came across my precious Christmas photo cards and pictures that friends and family send every year.
For the record: I LOVE getting photos from friends and family, anytime of year.
But now I wonder what to do with them. They’ll certainly not go in the trash (I don’t throw friends and family in the trash, thank you). I’d rather them not spend the year in a box somewhere. There are too many for frames (although they all DESERVE a coveted spot in a frame, but I don’t have the space to then put those frames). Not being a fan, the traditional peel and stick albums aren’t an option, especially because I’d like to have them alphabetized then add to them each year.
Ooh, that reminds me of something that might work… but I still wanna know if you have ideas.
I diiiiid see a cutecutecute album thingy that a friend at church made for each of her girls. It was a SUUUPER simple idea, although she did WAY more than my short-attention-span could handle (in a scrapbooky sort of way). Right about now would be perfect for a visual aid, but I don’t have one so you’ll have to use your imagination.
It’s an A to Z book. Each letter has it’s own page. Each page has a picture of the subject of honor doing the particular letter, like: asleep for Sleeping, laughing for Joy, looking cute for Cute, holding a ball for Ball. Then each page had simple lettering added such as “S is for sleeping” applied with the S being a die cut. To finish, each page is laminated (thickly), hole-punched and attached using a simple binder ring (kinda like a skinny metal shower curtain ring) with matching ribbons knotted to it. SOOO cute!
Q: So do YOU have any ideas for the Christmas pictures?
by Lucky Red Hen on March 23, 2008
… and I literally mean my “creation” because it was my first attempt at an apron, or anything like it, and I did it without a pattern.
I don’t sew much lately, but had the fabric from two Christmases ago when my MIL, SIL’s and I collected our handpicked fabric for our holiday craft project. I never got around to making it for myself, so the fabric was lonely and begged for some attention. I felt guilty waiting such a long time to make it for myself (I would think of how long it took everytime I saw it) so it made sense that I’d make it for someone else instead. Why am I saying “so” so much? Sheesh. Anywho, I LOVED the pieces I picked out and, apparently, my swapping buddy did too…
“your apron buddy loves her new apron and hasn’t taken it off for two days. She almost wore it to bed the first day!! You are adorable.”
Here’s the apron my swapping buddy sent.
Here’s the Apron Swap coordinator’s blog.
Here’s a link for the current swap (sign up April 28 – May 5 and mail apron by June 9, 2008).
by Lucky Red Hen on March 6, 2008
Don’t you just LOVE getting an unexpected package on your doorstep? Isn’t it even BETTER when the contents exceed your expectations?!
Abby at A Feathered Nest coordinated an Apron Swap for anyone who wanted to join. Having been busy with moving, my sewing machine is sadly neglected. There’s just something about running fabric under the sewing foot in a steady rhythm that I miss. So I signed up with an idea of what I’d sew and got mine from Kimberlys French Bee Collection in the mail today (she also has an Etsy store). I almost didn’t open it because I haven’t sent mine yet (for the record, I wrote my buddy a letter letting her know it’s coming soon), but excitement took over and I couldn’t resist. Sew cute!!!
Thanks, Abby, for coordinating this fun swap :0)
And THANK YOU Kim for the darling apron!!!
Lookie what I got…
I’m SEW excited about the apron I’m making (hope my buddy likes it)!
by Lucky Red Hen on January 28, 2008
My back is on the upswing, although not back to normal (whatever that means these days). Saturday afternoon I realized I probably wouldn’t be able to give my talk in church the next day, so I sent an email to let them know.
Sure enough, the next morning I’m still horizontal and send Ben and kids off with my encouragement that Ben would represent our family well in front of the congregation.
When they got home, Ben told me the Bishop excused me by saying that I had a MEDICAL CONDITION. I guess Ben mentioned that meant my back was out so I didn’t end up being the talk of the town for the week.
The best part? Judy brought over yummy, still-warm, straight-out-of-the-oven, homemade wheat bread! WARNING: spoiler coming if you’re wanting to bring me something I want… Now THAT’S the kind of treat I like delivered to my house! I KNOW, crazy that I don’t want sweets.
A list of non-dinner ideas to bring a family:
bowl of cut up fruit
fresh veggies, washed and ready to chomp into
baked bread (maybe with a homemade jam or special butter)
salsa (tomatillo salsa is refreshing; will post the recipe if you want) and chips
pasta sauce (having a yummy sauce to pour over quick noodles)
a craft kit for the kids (construction paper, glue stick, crayons & instructions)
few leftover magazines you’ve already finished (even if they’re older)
some easy-to-make recipes
pencil with some sudoku games(www.KrazyDad.com) printed on lightly-colored paper
chicken salad in a sandwich bag that’s easy for mom to make her lunch
fixin’s for the kids to make snacks (ants-on-a-log, peanut butter crackers)
your kids can get in on the fun and send some of these for the kids
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WendySue: paper products so they don’t have to do dishes, +1 on cut-up fruit/veggies
Q: Do YOU have suggestions to add to this list? Put them in the comments and I’ll edit the post as they come in :o)
by Lucky Red Hen on October 31, 2007
Just got this in my email and there isn’t any recognition of who made it. CUTE!
Gordon B. Pumpkin
by Lucky Red Hen on December 21, 2006
So I’m here in Seattle with my family and in-laws. There are 4 of us girls (including my MIL) and we always do some kind of craft when together on vacation. Well, tonight my MIL and I were at JoAnn’s Fabric getting Christmas pillowcase fabric and we went crazy coming up with fabrics to make 1/2 cooking/kitchen aprons. Problem is… we don’t have a pattern, demo or prototype to work off. We bought 1/4 yd of 5 fabrics (one fabric we bought 1/3 to have extra for the tie) and then muslin for the backside. I’m figuring we’ll finish the 5 edges then gather them into pleats/ruffles/gathers and start at the bottom of the muslin and stitch them at the top of each working up like shingles on a roof. Make sense? Anywho… I’m hoping one of you have a pattern to share that we can use in the next several days (we won’t be starting until after Christmas). In a pinch I’ll just make one up.
by Lucky Red Hen on June 4, 2006
These have been done in the last year. There is one missing because I don’t have a picture of it yet – it’s a blue/white pinwheel for my nephew (2nd to make me an Aunt).
Actually I think this was made over a year ago because I just saw the little guy who has this blankie and I think he’s almost 2. Eek! Fun monkey fabric.
I about killed myself over this one. My FIRST full-size-adult blankie. Baby blankets are quite manageable because they’re smallish. THIS one, phew. I decided to make a blankie for a friend that is so kind to everyone. Don’t think he gets as much as he gives. I joked with him once that I’d trade him a professional framed photograph of his brothers work (he’s locally famous for his photos) for a blankie. I meant the blankie I was already planning to make for their last baby but he tried to make it seem like it would really be for him. So, with his wifes permission, I set ahead to make him his own. I thought it’d just be 2 pieces of fabric, sewn right sides together, turned right sides out and stitched around the edge – maybe tacking it down here and there so it didn’t lay funny. But I couldn’t find the fabric I had pictured in my mind because they only made that kind 45″ wide and not 60″. Then I went off the deep end and picked this Bullseye pattern because it’s a masculine design and he’s very meticulous so it fit. I busted this blanket out in about a week and gave it to him on his wifes birthday (SHE insisted I take it to him that day instead of waiting until Christmas). The whole family loves it and that makes me happy.
I dabble in purses. These were my first 2 and I’ve made a couple since. I might make some wallets similar because I cannot find the perfect wallet to hold all my frequent-purchase cards (like the buy 10 get one free at Bajio and stuff).
