Weekend Wrap-Up

Well, another weekend over. This one, like so many, went too quickly. I spent Saturday skiing at Vail with Silas and Amanda. After my first trip to Vail I will admit it was probably my least favorite mountain...that first day wasn't much fun...but this Saturday was much better so I guess I can't totally cross Vail off the list yet. Saturday was warm and it was spring skiing at its best (after a few inches of fresh snow the night before).

I decided to not ski today since I woke up to snow and wind...what seemed like lots of wind. Of course after I decided not to ski the sun started to come out and it warmed up a bit so it probably wouldn't have been so bad. Back in Denver I ran some errands, did some laundry, typical weekend stuff.

Let's hope this week goes quickly and the weekend is here again soon!

Pillows

On my way home tonight I stopped at Fancy Tiger to pick up some fabric for my sewing class next week (Sewing 201 - Throw Pillow). They tell you you can just get your supplies when you show up for class but I can't make decisions that fast! Fancy Tiger has tons of great things and I really think I could take home all of it if I had enough skill to use it! After spending over 30 minutes perusing their delicious fabrics I settled on two. The colors are a little more bold than the pictures but the light in my apartment isn't great and the flash on my camera was too bright on the fabric.
This:


And this:


I had my heart set on a Liberty of London fabric but then I checked the price...at $38 per yard (yikes!) I need to be a bit more confident that whatever I'm making won't just be a blob!

I also picked up this book

because the woman at the store said it was a good one to start with. I'll let you know how it is!

Weekend Wrap-Up

Busy busy weekend, how is it possible that it's already Sunday night???

I made a big purchase this weekend, here it is....







I'm very excited and I've already been practicing. First I practiced the stitches to get a little used to the machine.

Then I made a glasses case like the one I made in a sewing class a couple weeks ago. This photo shows the one I made today of the left and the one from class on the right. I think my first one was better! Guess I need more practice!

I'm not the best blogger...

Ok, I know I haven't posted since July, my bad. I just didn't take the blogging the way I had thought I might or hoped I would.

Instead of making resolutions, this year I'm trying to just make small improvements each week so that by the end of the year I'm more organized and pulled together. This week's task, start packing the gym bag at night so I'm not looking for socks while running late for work. I'll add blog to that list, hopefully I can do it....we'll see.....

Pics from the 4th of July

Holiday Weekend - Over :(

Well the long weekend is rapidly coming to an end. Boooo, every weekend should be three days! I had a great time at the Cherry Creek Arts Festival on Saturday (it was hot and I did get a bit of a burn). Sunday I went up into Frisco for their "Fabulous 4th of July"....Saxtons River it is not but I did have a good time, watched the parade and ate some junk food. I ended the evening watching fireworks from my balcony. This was a big surprise since I had figured I would miss all the fireworks displays. Today was spent doing chores and running errands. All in all a good weekend, just wish is could last longer.

Summer is here!

HOT in Denver today!!! My car said it was 95, tomorrow it's supposed to be in the 70s, phew! I ended up with a pretty nice partial sunburn today at the Cherry Creek Arts Festival. The Festival was great, lots of really wonderful things...too bad my budget wasn't higher, I could have taken home lots and lots of things! Still plotting the rest of the holiday weekend but off to a great start so far.