A Sassy Yellow Pillow

It's currently 1:19 in the morning, and yet, I'm still awake. I'm not even really sure why I happen to be awake; I'm usually the type of person who's done with living around 10 p.m. I need eight hours of sleep a night to be considered fully functioning. No, we don't have kids, and as mentioned in the previous post, my sweet Tallulah would sleep all day if we didn't force her to get out of bed and walk around the house.

I had been so discouraged with the whole sewing thing that I decided to sit down tonight and make something I knew would be successful...a new pillow cover for one of our pillows. We needed some new spunky pillows for our lavender room, and I am smitten with this fabric that I picked up from Joann's. I'm hoping it will make its appearance in my first ever attempt at a quilt.

So here you have it...a sassy yellow pillow.

Not too shabby for 1 in the morning...oh, and that cute little chair? My husband refinished it for me and upholstered it with leather for our "leather" anniversary last year. :) He's a keeper.

Rainy Days and Tuesdays

It's raining here today. Actually, I think raining is kind of an understatement. Can monsoon be a verb? If so, it's monsooning here. The wind is ferocious and has whipped my two little outdoor trees off my porch and down my steps. What is there to do other than stay bundled up in the house and spend countless hours on Pinterest? Well, I could "undeck" my halls and take down all my Christmas decor, but I'm just really not feeling that right now.

Hank stayed up late painting furniture for our laundry room redo, and he's still in bed with sweet Tallulah Jane. I assure you, those two would sleep all day if it were an option in life.

Yesterday, I attempted to get crafty. My cousin, Emily, is with child...baby girl child, to be exact, and her shower is on Saturday. I got in my head yesterday that I would go ahead and sew up some of her gifts. The sewing thing is still coming along, though I'm starting to feel like I don't have that natural knack for it that my mother seems to possess. Sewing a straight line is sometimes difficult for me. However, I successfully created a monogram taggie toy after an unsuccessful attempt. Today's goal is to make some burp cloths. We'll see how it goes.