completed project!

earlier in the fall when we 'redid' the den/living room it became abundantly clear that the fabric covered table in front of the window needed to be recovered stat...the yellow in the background of the plaid matched the walls and the entire table just sort of disappeared

walking in a winter wonderland?

christmas came...christmas went...

but i refuse to give up the decorations!  

here is my office post christmas:

 oddly enough, i do not really like winter

i barely tolerate it

the cold and being cooped up inside is horrible

but i do love me a snow* day!!!

~k

*translation - stay home from work

elfin shoes*

it should come as NO surprise to anyone who has been a long time reader of this blog that whilst cleaning out the craft room last weekend i unearthed numerous unfinished projects...i have placed them all in one central location and am going to diligently finish them one by one (chuckle)

here's the first one:

a couple years ago i found a cute pattern for little elf shoes on a blog (i've long since forgotten which blog...the point being: i didn't invent these)...it seems that i completed one shoe save for sewing on a little pom pom on the tip (i have completion issues)

the other shoe was all cut out, but that's where i stopped...this week, i've started sewing it up!

i think the pair will be a cute holiday decoration and i VOW to have them finished before christmas!

*on a related note, i ordered myself some shoes today that i've been salivating over for a couple months now...zappos will have them at my doorstep on monday, just in time for christmas, yippee!

have a great weekend and i hope you finish all you start

~k

keepin' it real

for a while now (months, possibly a year) my craft room has been a BIG FAT MESS...to the point that i cannot function in there, don't want to go in there, cannot even stand to look in there (which obviously i have to since it's right there in my house)...

last weekend i hit the breaking point when i was trying to finish up a couple of gifts and nearly lost my mind (clearly when you see the pics you will understand that it's amazing i didn't lose more than my mind...there could easily be a body in there)

i grabbed my trusty kitchen timer and worked off and on in 30 minute increments...here are the before pics...soon i'll show the 'during' pics

if all goes as planned, after cleaning the joint up i'm going to totally redo the entire room (minimally move everything to a better location/setup) (maximally paint the room a new color and install hardwood flooring)...who will win minimum or maximum?  stay tuned...

are you a slob too or is it just me?

~k

it's beginning to look a lot like Grinchmas!

a lady that works in the suite across the hall from my office made a good point the week after thanksgiving:  we spend more time at the office than at home...SO this year my co-worker and i went all out decorating the office...we raided our own houses and my mom's house gathering stuff that wasn't being used...

here are some pics from the lobby {where i spend all my time}

(i blurred out the name of my company...in cause any of y'all are crazy stalkers)

the decor continues down the main hallway, into the conference room and at my co-worker's desk!  everyone else thinks we have lost our minds...

do you decorate at your office???

~k

hApPy hAlLoWeEn ~ a spooky spotlight on pugpossed etsy shop by sophie

last week or so my mama saw that punchy, proprietress of the pugpossed etsy shop had tutus on sale...imagine my horror when she ordered one for me...

see? i'm horrified!

don't look at me!

i'm practicing waiting at the door for the trick-or-treaters

mama thinks i'm going to help her hand out candy...

yeah, right! like i want to be seen in this getup!

in addition to making tutus for cats and dogs, i've seen my dog uncle wearing a shirt (!) and tie that punchy made...i have to admit, he looks pretty dapper in it...

click here to see lots of dogs wearing punchy's tutus (i will die of embarrasment if my picture shows up on that page...clearly that's why i wouldn't pose like my mama wanted me to today...me is smart)

hey, this looks just like my dog uncle's shirt and tie!

 {but this looks nothing like my dog uncle}

punchy's workmanship is really good (my brother tyler has been trying to eat my tutu, but has not yet been successful in ripping out her sewing)...

pugpossed is offering a special free shipping offer for readers of this blog!!! now all cats and dogs can have tutus! if you want to torture spoil your fur baby, contact punchy and use this code:

SHIP4FREE

hApPY hAlLoWeEn

~sophie lou

princess kitty, queen bee, spoiled rotten

ready for the rain

ever since i first watched an episode of 'the fabulous beekman boys'  i've wanted a pair of wellies

cause really, how fabulous does josh look?

AND

i always see people in town wearing them when we are up at the mountain house...

these are what i really, really want:

but they are rather pricey

however, i'm sure they are totally worth it and would last forever

so today we were at target and i found these:

and while they aren't hunter rain boots, they are rather fabulous

plus they cost 1/4 the price of the hunters

and now i can put the $$$ i saved towards one of these babies:

look for me stomping in mud puddles!

~k