Saturday was sew hard...

Over the Christmas break, I mentioned to one of my friends that I had sewn the capes for my little people, and she decided to ask me to shorten the sleeves of her suit jackets. She is going to law school, so she needs to look sharp on the days that she actually has to appear in court, and she is very tall so most things don’t fit her correctly, hence the need for shortening them to ¾ sleeves.


I have never shortened anything lined before, but told her I would take a look and see if it was beyond my capabilities. When she brought the jackets over, I was relieved to see that only 2 of the 4 jackets were lined, so that would be easy at least. The last 2 jackets were really scaring me though. So knowing nothing about what to do, I told her that yes, I would shorten them and crossed my fingers that divine inspiration would hit me.

The first two were easy cheesy, the third one, I sort of winged it, and guessed at how to do it, it turned out ok, but it was bunchy. Then came the fourth jacket and all of the sewing classes from high school came flooding back, linings are sewn inside out then attached using a small slit hidden in the lining. Once I located that in the sleeve of the jacket, it was smooth sailing. Unfortunately I had to take jacket number 3 apart and redo it via the correct way. But all in all I am super proud of my accomplishment. I now know how to shorten the sleeves in my husband’s next suit jacket, instead of paying a tailor. Now to learn how to take the shoulders in…

Thankful Thursday

One day while sitting in the pick up line at one my kid’s schools; I came up with a notional idea of changing up my blog this year. I am not the most consistent person, but I thought it would be fun if my blog had more direction. So I came up with an idea to have themed days based on the day of the week. Since I tried and failed to follow simple abundance last year, I thought that this year I could do thankful Thursday posts. Things, people , experiences etc… and since I am apt to change my mind, by years end this may very well be thoughtful Thursday, or thong Thursday, really hard to say. But for now, I will stick with the thankful idea. So on that note…


I am so incredibly thankful for winter break. I had the entire two weeks off, and I enjoyed it so much. I got to see family, and hang out with friends, I went out to lunch, breakfast, and dinner all in one week, saw a movie with family, got to go shopping with a friend, went to a party or two, and got to spend some quality time with my oldest nephew. Most of all I relaxed. I was a little sad to see it go, but the kids did get restless at the end, so I am also thankful for school.


I am thankful for my family, both immediate and extended. When I was growing up I didn’t take much time to stop and enjoy the view, I spent most of it counting down the minutes until I could escape. But now when I go back and see my family, I feel so complete, so loved, content. I am sorry I didn’t realize how much I would miss them when I lived closer, but I love them and appreciate all the quirkiness and insanity that comes with a large family, and cherish each moment spent with them that much more.


I am so thankful for my job, it keeps food on the table and is rewarding in so many days. I am blessed to work for generous and loving families, who treat me like a queen.


I am thankful for my husband being able to take 2 unexpected vacation days this week, usually we drive each other crazy, but not this time. He was thoughtful, and helped me put the last of the holiday decorations away.


And food, oh how I am thankful for food, really fantastic mind blowing food! I especially appreciate it because I am on a detox of sorts, and am not eating salt, sugar, fat, or dairy for 2 weeks. I really hope it is worth it, because those are the best parts of food. Who knows in 2 weeks I may be thankful for my little cleanse.

More super heroes

I made more capes for the cute little people in my life for the most recent Christmas. I was planning on only  making 2, because I thought my older nephew would think they were uncool. Not so, he requested one, and I was able to whip one together using some left over material from a few different projects. Overall I am very pleased with how they turned out.

This is the outside of the cape for my 4 year old Nephew.

This is the lining of the Super "C" cape.

The back of my 9 year old nephew's cape, a bit shorter than the others but not bad for a last minute idea.

The lining of the Super "M" cape. It actually turned out to be my very favorite one to date.

This is the back of my own super "X". I was thrilled that I could include a skull on his shield, since he is obsessed with them, and make an X at the same time. He was ecstatic!

the lining of the Super "X" cape.