Today, we are...

1. Eating delicious peach cobbler.  Recipe here. Definitely try it, incredibly yummy!

2. Cuddling with Blu Bird

3. Playing with Miles in the window and curtains

4. Making mini succulents!

Lots of fun packed into this Sunday.  Our plans for later are even more exciting, including making potato chips!  What kind of fun do you fit into your Sunday? 

- Lizzie

Mondays seem to be project days

So yesterday, after work, the gentleman and I on our drive home spotted a lot of furniture next to a dumpster of the apartment complex next to us. Well, growing up we did a lot of dumpster diving, for broom handles, furniture, anything of use. My mom always says that one man's junk can be another man's treasure. So of course, I made him pull over so I could determine whether or not anything was of value. We were in luck, there were some bar stools. We don't need any bar stools, but we had been planning to make a side table and a table for our plants, so the extra wood wouldn't hurt. We ripped off the disgusting seat cushions and threw three of the stools in the car. Once home, we got to work planning out what we were going to make. After much talk (and I mean a lot of talking) we finally decided on a set up that would be perfect for our plants with storage for extra potting soil and pots.

The kittens were a great help throughout the project!

resurrection

To resurrect this long lost blog I felt I should start off with a little craft I completed today.

Since the new school year and student teaching (eek!) are just around the corner I decided I needed a new camera.  This way I'll be able to beef up my portfolio with pictures.  On top of that, this is my last semester, I want to capture every moment possible.  (I also want to take pictures of the kitten babies!)
So last week I got on the good ol' interwebs and found myself a nice camera for a pretty good price.  It's a Nikon L26 and for what I payed and what I'll be using it for it's perfect!

I was very excited when it arrived yesterday and started taking pictures right away.  Now, I don't have the best history with electronics and not breaking them, so I decided right away that I needed to make a case for my brand new baby.

First things first, I gathered all of my materials:
- needle
- thread
- various bits of fabric
- buttons
- hemp

I recently picked up some beautiful fabric from a local thrift store for super cheap, but I hadn't decided what I wanted to actually use it for.  I decided that this fabric was destined for the camera case!  Using my new fabric and some old canvas I made two pouches that my camera would fit.  I then sewed the canvas pouch inside of the printed fabric.  I sewed the two pouches together and then added a little drawstring.  I'm very proud of myself, considering it is all hand sewn.  It's not the most protective case ever, but It will keep my new baby safe in my purse, which is where it will spend most of it's life.

Isn't this print precious?

Again I'm pretty proud of myself, but the actual case hasn't really been put to use yet, so we'll see how it holds up over time! Definitely looking forward to taking advantage of the new camera in the very near future, so be prepared to have a photo overload!

I'll leave you with a photo from my kitten photo shoot yesterday!

Miles and his rather large rear end.