Bud's away, Biz will play!

This morning was one that Bud & I don't get to have very often of.
We slept in.
We ate breakfast.
We cuddled on the couch...
and we watched church live from home.
Then in a whirlwind, Bud made a quick ROTC call and rushed out the door for his planned caving trip!
I don't know much about caving...but he was excited and I was excited about what that meant for me.

Tackling 2 projects on my To-Do list!

The first project was a pencil case for Bud.

He had been complaining about not being able to find things in his bookbag and asked me to pick one up at the store for him. 

Lucky for him I just found this tutorial.

This was my first project of the day and 30 minutes later it was done!

Not too bad!  My first time dealing with a zipper!

Before starting my second and hardest project I decided it was time for Breakfast round 2 (aka lunch)

Here is a little secret, on making scrambled eggs, that I learned from my mother in law...

3 eggs...I like to add about a Tablespoon of
milk to make them fluffy

My mother-in-laws secret:
Chicken broth granules about 1/2
a Tablespoon & I guarantee you'll
never have to salt your eggs again! 

Add a few pieces of whole wheat toast w/ Butter & Raspberry
preserves and you've got a yummy Breakfast for lunch!

Okay so I was finally ready to start the second project.

I mentioned before I'm in 2 weddings (June 4th & June 11th).

One of my brides asked me to keep my eyes peeled for a Ring Bearer's Pillow very similar to the following:

found here

The pillow, not the price, was exactly what she wanted except she wanted a brown ribbon.

Her colors are Light Pink & Chocolate with Ivory.

So I asked if she would mind if I took a stab at it, I told her if she didn't like it or if it didn't work (because I've never sewn satin before & I'm a new seamstress) my feelings wouldn't be hurt and we would keep looking.

So here it is.....almost complete:

We still need to get a big Pink Rose, a smaller ribbon & some
bling to finish this off.  What do you all think?

The satin wasn't as bad as I anticipated.

But this was a fairly easy project and I allowed myself about a 1/2" seam allowance.

If you have any suggestions/tips for future satin sewing please share!

Later this afternoon we had a little visitor playing on our fence line.

He just kept scampering back and forth!

I wish I could have gotten my other lens on a bit faster so I
could have captured so close-ups.  Oh well!  He was funny!

Finally, as my day enters into evening, I decided to change out of my PJs...shower and paint away the cold weather woes.

Okay I didn't really paint anything of real significance...

I think feet are gross.  
But because I think that, I ALWAYS have my toes
painted.
Except that I slacked for a while and it was BAD!
So now they are a fresh reminder that Spring is around 
the corner!

Feel free to stop by my church soon and listen to past messages!
I hope you all had a Blessed Sunday!