weekend highlights: not all was lost

Like most other New Englanders, Sunday was consumed by the Super Bowl.  But Saturday saw some excellent crafting that made me even more eager for a spring garden.

     

Foster pup Jesse got in on the crafting action before his new family picked him up

Beau finished my new vertical gutter garden!

I can't wait to fill it with lettuce and radishes.

Got into football for the first time in my life

I'll be back tomorrow with the many snacks we made for the game.  Naturally, I found a way to girl up the manliest event of the year.

weekend highlights: bride's slaving

This weekend was full of secretive wedding planning for two of my best friends so I can't share many of the photos.  I'm a bridesmaid (or as we like to call them in my circle, bride's slave) though there's no bride.  This wedding has two grooms.  Beau's a groomsman but he was spared the agony of dress shopping on Sunday.  He manned the homestead while I was out playing.  

 wedding inspiration

the land of fancy dresses

Beau waxing his Gouda

On an unrelated note, it looks like I'll be getting a new foster dog today.  Keep an eye out for her on Fuzzy Friday.

weekend highlights: homebodies

afternoon with my bread bible

first real snow of the season

ripping seems for my upcycled bag

second keg installation

french onion soup

Six inches of snow really isn't a lot by New England standards but it gave me an excuse to spend the weekend puttering around the house, making things, and chattering at my husband.  My new purse is coming along and should be done by the end of this week.  The pain ordinaire carême that I made on Sunday afternoon came out perfect with a crackly crust.  No pictures of that though - we were too busy devouring it.

weekend highlights: last chance before christmas

It shouldn't come as any surprise that Christmas tunes are being played on loop around here. We kept busier than Santa's elves this Saturday.  

Building a rocket ship.  No, really.

Beau's store-bought gift wrap has been segregated from my 

upcycled packaging to prevent rumbles between the gangs.  

Parsley is still alive and well, though production has considerably slowed.

The parsley photo shoot led to all out spring garden planning.

If a person can get carpal tunnel syndrome from a sewing machine, I think I'm halfway there.  But since I've got less than half my gifts to finish, I guess I'll survive.

A Very Domestic Weekend

It feels like such a shame to only post pictures of craft projects once they're complete, especially since half the fun is in making them. I spent most of Saturday camped out at the Cape house alternately helping my mother-in-law crank out a double batch of chocolate chip cookies and sewing with my newly pedicured feet up.

Felt, linen, embroidery hoop

Stay tuned for the final product later this week. Meanwhile, I'm still thinking about my haircut. If you're thinking about getting one yourself or looking for an awesome way to waste a leisurely hour, I highly recommend Taaz.com. It's the most realistic free virtual makeover site I've found to date.

Weekend Highlights: Discord & Rhyme

I managed to leave the house on Saturday between frenzied bouts of crafting and hurting my back (again).

Lidingö ate my baby

Now that the downstairs bathroom is done, momentum is carrying us straight towards the kitchen. We headed to Ikea to pick out new cabinets. The rest of the necessaries will come from Home Depot.

Hudson Valley Duck with stuffing

We went to dinner at Tastings in Foxboro with friends. They source as much as possible from small local farms and infuse their own liquor, including the bacon bourbon that ended up in a Manhattan at our table.

Lady Gaga on Lips

The rest of the night was spent back at our house, singing karaoke... and ordering midnight pizza when our itty-bitty dinner portions wore off. There may have been voicemail serenades of Hungry Like the Wolf and Lean on Me left for a few lucky friends.

Needless to say, Sunday has been much quieter.

Weekend Highlights

It was a happy, productive, economy-stimulating kind of weekend around here. We went out for dinner and a show on Saturday.

Dinner at Market

(I'm not up to taking pictures of food yet...

but I assure you, it was amazing)

Behold!

The bathroom is functional and near completion. I'm very lucky that my husband actually LIKES doing this sort of stuff. So far, my role has been limited to painting and moral support.

And though it's only evident from my side of the computer screen, I'm writing from an iMac finally! It's like buttah.

Jersey Boys at the Colonial Theater

Beau's sister bought us tickets for Christmas since he's a huge fan of the Four Seasons. After seeing the show, I think I am, too. We were the youngest people in the audience and jamming out nonetheless. It sort of reminded me of the summer I spent living in my Dad's retirement community - old people know how to party.