productive plans

Ahhh, Memorial Day Weekend. Summer officially begins! And I officially stay off the road. This will be the second year in a row that I stay at home and be very productive.
In fact, by Friday afternoon I had already done the test run for a new project... jewelry pouches! Inspired by those freakin' cute little cloth holders that anthropologie uses for their gift cards.


The one from anthropologie is on the left. The others were made from leftover fabric scraps and swatches I had lying around, with the thread that was already in the machine. Next, I'll hunt for cute stuff at the Scrap Exchange and do a neater job.



These pouches have a draw-string closure. I think they could be used as a travel jewelry pouch or fill it with potpourri to make a little sachet.

Other projects for this weekend:
*cross-stitching
*experiments with all those leafy greens from the farmers market
*organize: pantry, first aid stuff, craft room


and all along the way I have the best little helper...

the real teal

I think I have unknowingly picked teal as my color of the season. Here are 2 new pairs of earrings I made this weekend: A couple of new things added to etsy. Tell your friends!!

a garden

We made a garden box! Placed in a rarely used section of the back yard that gets a good amount of sunshine. We'll see if the chicken wire keeps the puppy out... fingers crossed! We planted a few different varieties of tomato, jalapeno peppers, and sweet banana peppers. We got a little pot of sweet basil too. Can't wait to make pizza and fajitas with ingredients from our garden!