How I unwind

Some people gripe about having to cook dinner every night, I don't understand this, because personally I need that time to unwind. Making dinner is my transition from work to home, and it's something that I get to do all alone, in silence. When I cook I don't think about work, and I don't think about everything I have to get done after dinner, I just focus on what I'm doing.

So here's a picture of my space. It's not big, and it's not fancy, and at some point, down the road, when I find an extra million dollars, I might be able to have a kitchen that belongs in a magazine, but for now this is my space, and I love it because its comfortable. That is what I'm thankful for today!

An afternoon project

I am LOVING my glorious wonderful summer days off! Today was one of them, and I got so much accomplished - which doesn't always happen, hence why I am so excited about it.

After a morning of running errands, and by morning I really mean couple of hours due to the fact that I slept until 9! And my favorite day off splurge - taco bell, yumm! I settled into my little studio for some serious sewing therapy, and I finally made a new table runner for our kitchen table - I currently have a pile of green, blue, and tan table runners, all of them hand quilted by moi, but you need a change every so often right?

I showed you the pieces for this project a few days ago, an the fact that the pieces were already cut made it possible for me to finish the rest of it in one afternoon. Here are pictures of the finished project!

Pinterest party project #1

Ta-da! I managed to accomplish 2 projects from my pin boards at our party last night. The first is absolutely genius, reusable towels that fit on your paper towel dispenser!

They are so so so simple to make, I just bought some dollar store cotton kitchen towels and a yard of cotton fabric, cut them to size using a paper towel as a template, and sewed the cotton and towel together. I added snaps in the corners to help them stay on the roll.

I love the idea because I go through SO many paper towels, and they look so much cuter sitting on my counter!

So, what do you think?!

I fell in love with a chevron quilt pattern that I found on pinterest awhile back, and I finally had some scraps and a reason to make it!

Eventually it will be a really cute table runner in my kitchen, but for now, here are the pieces, I can't wait to show you the project that created the leftover pieces, but more on that later!