It was one of those times when my office was closed, but everyone else still had to work. I still feel a little lost on those kinds of days. I could hang out with a coworker, but really, its a day for not seeing the face of anyone that reminds me of work. That is the point of a 3 day weekend.
So I made ginger cookies from the trusty Betty Crocker cookbook. They were delicious and I ate a ton of cookie dough and 3 cookies, because no one was here to stop me.
1. I like sewing on paper. 2. I haven’t sewed on paper in a while.
And that is how the idea of these cards came to be. I sewed the little card pockets together, then added the middle insert. I like the extra element of suspense and surprise. And in case you were nervous, they all said yes.
And the quote is from Bridesmaids, of course.
One of the new perks of our new office at Mason Zimbler is the sweet duck pond that you can walk to whenever you need to stretch your legs and take a nice stroll outside. Be on the look out for those two geese in the back, word on the street is that they’ll bully you for your lunch money.
Last weekend we when to our first registry at Crate & Barrel! Overall, it was a pretty fun experience. We showed up early in the morning before the store was open to the public and we got to go in and mosey around. We got there before the rest of the couples so we had some time to kill before things got started. Crate & Barrel did a good job setting up and even provided coffee, baked goods and a cake tasting. We didn’t taste any cake since it was 9 a.m. in the morning and felt that maybe breakfast tacos might have been a better choice.
I used the Crate & Barrel iPhone app instead of the scanner, which to my disappointment wasn’t even the scanner that you see in all the movies that is shaped like a gun so you can shoot everything you want. We found a few things that we liked and didn’t try to go too crazy by only focusing on the essential things that we felt that we would need when we official embark on our married life together.
Flowers from my perma-valentine:
Funny hearts:
My always and forever:
Pie insights into my soul:
Stamps are one of the things that you never really think about. I am also constantly misplacing the stamps all over the house.
I like the look of the stamp groupings for wedding invitations. I like the color variations, and the eclectic stamps you can find. It just looks more fancy, like your envelopes has moved across space and time to announce your love.
Mighty, mighty elephant. (new in the Little Amaryllis shop)
I found these little heart pies on sticks the other day. Does putting paper sticks in the oven scare anyone else? The guy was out of town this week, and I didn’t really feel like catching on fire while he was gone, so I decided to go stick-less with my version.
I followed the basic idea of the link. Pie crust cut into hearts. I used the jam filling from when I made these. I really think good pie dough baked with anything tastes like heaven. Next time, I think I will try rolling out the pie dough even thinner, and trying to use more filling. Maybe even an apple or pecan pie filling… I love that these are portable little pies. Its like I can take them everywhere with me.
Those little conversation hearts are always one of my favorite parts of Valentine’s season. I think I still have boxes of them hoarded from last year…
I sewed up this little plush rendition for my Valentine. Hope he gets the subliminal message.
guy and his girl 