everything and all at once

well, it looks like i managed to start something and like my usual self, i start a billion projects all at once. i'm watching the TX vs. A&M game, it's 4th QTR and we're up 42-32 (whew!)...so i hope we keep that lead. i mentioned to the husbandface if we could have a UT themed baby room, then he asked "what if it's a girl?" of course, she can be a little longhorn, just like her mom!

it's 49-39 now, less than 3 minutes on the clock, eeeek!

so i have to work backwards, since i uploaded pictures in chronological order but they posted all ass-backward.

i finally started knitting again, nothing special, just another scarf, but look at the yarn i picked up. it was from a year ago at last year's annual craft fair on base. mrs. colleen uchiyama spins her own yarn at home and the results are amazing and beautiful. it's taken me a year to decide to use it, it's just too pretty to knit and contain it in one form. i like scarves, but i'd like to imagine that if my knitting or crochet skills were better, it would be a beanie or hand-warmers. i guess i'll need to stalk her again and get some more before she leaves...or i do.

here's what i started yesterday at the thankgiving dinner party at the glapions.


i started this today, since i have about 2 weeks to get them done before i head out: some basket liners for tameco's baby room. it's gonna be a dallas cowboys theme. 2 down, about 6 more to go and a changing pad cover.


over the weekend, jeremy put the baby crib together. since i declared it a 'daddy-only project', i sat in my sewing room putting together this little guy from http://saltnpaper.blogspot.com/. they've got a bunch of other neat paper folding projects too, so i'll have to favorite them to keep up.


last weekend's baby shower for tameco. this was all gissell's planning and ideas, but i got to put them up. it was a super classy event. turns out, she's an events planner!


i bombed manda's door! birthday bomb! this year's theme was t-rexes, so i poured confetti all over her front door and planted little plastic dinosaurs all around, with balloons, streamers, and her birthday presents. i got this ridiculously awesome baby t-rex for her too, i just couldn't pass it up!






a couple of weeks ago, i met up amanda for her birthday outing to the round 1 in hachioji, she had made me some purple clay roses with glitter. she's getting so damn crafty now!



a daruma i painted at the craft fair this year. totally worth the 500Y. it's supposed to be like a sugar skull for dia de los muertos...but close enough, since i free-handed it!




a pretty hand crafted choker i bought from tamae's friend at this year's annual craft fair. i was disappointed about the number of vendors there, but some of the booths more than made up for it.



and an early birthday party for me from thursday class: a delectable 5 course italian meal with antipasti, pasta, seared crusted scallops, dessert, and great coffee.


so to end it on a good note, i'm glad that the holidays are around, finally some extra days off for me to rest, relax, and unwind with the projects i've been putting off for forever. TX won too! Hook Em Horns!