My busy week

My job tends to have really busy times and really slow times.   Right now is a really busy time, which sucks because the weather is beautiful, and the beach is calling.  However, even in this busy time, I have still been motivated to do some crafting.

This crafty spirit is mostly due to me being enrolled in Wild Olive's beyond fabric and floss class.   I'm working on the projects.  Not all of them are finished, but I have done quite a few. 

Here are a few of my badges that I've made.  I didn't put pins on the back, instead I think I'll make them into magnets for on my craft board.  They're great because I can finish them pretty quickly, and they are somewhat easy to do.

I also made my sunglasses case.  I chose to embroider this image because it is summer.. can you guess what I've been craving!?!

I've also done some contact paper for my composition book.  I like the embroidery, but the fact that it stays puffy kinda bugs me... I'll think about it, and maybe work out some of the bubbles.

Finally, I've been baking.  These coconut cookies are really yummy.

One last pic for you today... it's one of my clematis.  I love the colours, especially against the green colour of my house.

I still have one page left to do in my journal from the 30 day challenge (it's more like a 60 day challenge becaue of this page!!! YIKES!!!)  Once it's done, I'll show more of the pages.

Hope everyone is enjoying the last of their weekend.  The work week seems to come too soon!

Cheers, Elisa

My week

So, the good news is that I am almost fully recovered from my bronchitis.  The bad news is that I almost cut the tip of my finger off... unbelievable.  I was chopping onions last night, and my freshly sharpened knife sliced right through the tip of my ring finger.  It bled a lot and I cried.  I phoned my mom (who lives about 5 minutes away) and she came down and fixed me up, and as a bonus washed my dishes.  What a great mom!  

Anyways, the finger is healing.  It's always scary when I do something to one of my fingers because I am a massage therapist and I use them all day.  Crisis averted.

I thought I'd post  what I have been up to this week.  First, I decided that my husband and I needed a menu board.  For the past month, we've been planning our dinners, so I can grocery shop easier and not feel so stressed about what to cook.  We've just been writing it on a piece of paper on the  f ridge, but I wanted something more.  This led to a post done by the idea room.  Here is how mine turned out:

I love it.  I really wanted the frame to be purple, but I think I need to break my husband in slowly!

Secondly, I made clipboards for our bills.  Because I have a home based business, I need to keep almost all our receipts, and the paper can get out of hand.  We tend to miss bills that need to be paid, or lose something that I need for taxes. To solve this I made one clipboard that says "pay" and another that says "file".  Hopefully this will help, and my fridge won't look like a sea of bills anymore.

I used some Amy Butler scrapbook paper on the front, on the back (not shown... oops) is some Martha Stewart paper.  I glued everything down with mod podge.  Then, I cut out some extra flowers and glued them on the back.  Around the edge I used purple ribbon to finish it off.  I love them.

Anyways, that's all.  I am off to have a family get-together and celebrate Canada's GOLD and enjoy the closing ceremonies for the winter olympics.

Cheers!

Elisa