love is the answer

LEPRECHAUN update

Well that little fellow made it to our house again.  Once more, he left footprints all over the T.V which, he always does.  This year though, the leprechaun left willy a gift too.

 
 

Walnut Shortbread

This week I made walnut shortbread from Martha Stewart's March issue.  It was pretty easy.  The only step that took some time was toasting and grinding up the walnuts.  Very, very yummy.

A Warm Day

We are finally having a bit of warm weather here.  On Monday, we enjoyed it by planting some seeds and getting our garden ready.  I bought this book to use as my gardening bible.  I read it cover to cover and I am doing exactly what it tells me to do.  I really want to enjoy having my own organic produce in the  months to come.

On this day, according to the book, it said to plant pepper and lettuce seeds.  I used paper egg cartons instead of little pots.  I read somewhere that when your seeds sprout, you can just cut them apart and put them directly into the ground.

We wrote with a sharpie on popsicle sticks to identify our seeds.

I bought all the supplies for my four square garden and got to work.  First, we had to drill holes in the 2 by 6 by 4 untreated wood. 

Next, we used screws to put the box together. 

The third step was shoveling the grass out of the 4 by 4 area. 

After that, we put weed cloth over the area.

Then, we placed the frame on top. 

Now this is where a lot of hard work came in.  We had to mix compost, peat moss and vermiculite on a tarp.  This was a bit tricky, but we got it done.  The picture only shows some the compost, so trust me when I say we had a huge pile of stuff to mix and move. 

Finally, we filled the box with our new perfect soil.  We still need to make a grid for the top.  Hopefully today will be that day.  Since I still have extra soil, I want to buy some more wood to make a 3 by 3 foot garden for Tyler.

Thank You Mr. Sun for FINALLY coming out!!!

  

Loving Me.

Lately, I have been trying to really embrace who I am.  Sometimes, I can get negative, focus on what is wrong and just not feel good enough.  Yesterday, I was driving, had a creative burst and went to the store to buy a canvas.  This morning I got right to work.  I think I'm going to hang this in the kids bathroom.

 

Sewing Bags

I tried two new tutorials for sewing bags.

This is the first one.  It was very easy to follow but I had a difficult time sewing through the straps.  It was more of a me problem than the actual tutorial.  I made this bag for Madison to use for school.  She loves it and has been using it.

This weekend, I used this tutorial to make myself a messenger bag.  I really should have used interfacing to make the bag stiffer.  Oh well, I still like it and I love when I make something using only thrifted materials. 

 

My Mom Rocks!!!

I've been complaining to my Mom a lot about the intense winter we've been having.  My kids have had 14 snow days.  It has snowed and snowed and been very, very cold and gray, for a very, very long time...longer than this sentence. I tell her my dreams of organic gardens and flip flops. So, being the awesome mom she is, she sent me some happy mail.

Oh, and remember that mesh thingie I mentioned in my last post...this is what it became.

No more little plastic bags in the produce section.