A little sneeze

After weeks of intense event planing (thank you so much for your nice words of encouragement...it means the world to me!!!), when the stress of screwing up is finally gone, it is common for me to get sick...nothing serious...just a silly little cold! Yesterday, with the smell of lobster still in my hair, I woke up to a runny nose. So why not carry my (many) tissues in style? A while ago I found a very simple travel tissue holder tutorial. In less than 30 minutes, using my new hand screen printed owl fabric from mikodesign, I was ready to step ouside with my new accessory. It almost makes me happy to sneeze ;)

Hey sailor!

For the past few days I have been dreaming of going to the beach. Walking slowly with my husband, smelling the ocean breeze, feeling the wind in my hair...screaming at my dog to stop eating "sea junk". Dreaming is nice because there is not a single decent sea side in Montreal. I also have a confession to make. The reason I have nautical fantasies is probably because lately I have been talking a lot about lobsters. On the 28th, I will be responsible for the genocide of almost 2000 poor little (not that little actually!) losbters at a fancy dinner party that I organized at work. This event is also the reason why I didn't do much crafts, answered much e-mails or commented on much posts! In exactly one week, things will be back to normal. In the mean time: green or white napkins, strawberries or raspberries sauce, organic coffee or not?

Silver whale hoop earrings by imogeneANDannie
Beach stone buttons by madeforfun
Sail Away Childrens Tote by BungleBearDesigns
Silver Gull Bird by flyingstartoys
The Sail boat from Marseille by lapomme
Inky octopus t-shirt by boygirlparty

The scissor syndrome

It's strange how a craft project can bring you, at one point, an incredible amount of joy but a few moments later can make you feel miserable and inadequate. This is exactly what is happening to me. Working on my quilt, every evenings, was a wonderful way to express my creativity. However, things got a little out of control this week. I was looking at my quilt (the top layer) and there was something wrong. I was not happy. There was a tiny little flaw in the stitching...it was not perfectly even! Any decent person wouldn't even see it but it was too much for me. My eye started to twitch, my hand slowly grabbed the pair of scissor, I took a big breath and I cut off a big part of the quilt. I have this tendency to sabotage my projects in a final attempt to fix them. And luckily for me it worked for the quilt...with much swearing. So now I'm almost ready to work on the quilt sandwich. In Canada we have a 3 day weekend, I will have plenty of time to make peace with my quilt! And thank you so much for your precious advice on the wonderful world of quilting! xoxo

I have a question!!!

For the past few days, after dinner, I have been working on a new project. So, instead of washing the dishes or spending quality time with my hysband, I'm sewing a patchwork. Hopefully, if I don't screw up, it will become a picnic quilt. I never made a patchwork or a quilt! I actually had to look up those two terms on wikipedia...to make sure I had the right vocabulary!!! My plan was to use all the small pieces of fabric (in green and navy) that I had in my stash. I'm not following any pattern. I just go with the flow and play with the different fabric options. Such freedom :)However, now that the top layer of my quilt is done, I don't know what to do next!!! Batting? Quilted pattern? Bias binding? I'm a big girl, I can figure it out but if someone has some advice I will happily take it! One last thing, is it normal to get "patchwork headache" after a few hours of cuting/sewing/ironing???

A lovely risk

I took a risk. A BIG risk according to my overprotecting mother!!! Thursday...hold your breath... I meet a blogger. Yes, a person that I only know through the scary world of Internet ;) Well, you know what? I'm still alive and I also had an amazing time with Ingrid and her husband Jesse. They were on vacation in Montreal and we decided that a craft shopping extravaganza (we really didn't spend that much money!) would be the perfect way to spend an afternoon in the city. I must admit that, while I was waiting for them at a coffee shop near my office, I was a little nervous: what if we don't have anything to talk about? Luckily, it was not at all the case. We simply talked like if we were friends that knew each other for a few months. Oh, wait, we have been friends for a few months...but in front of a computer! Thank you so much Ingrid and Jesse for that wonderful day!

Over the past few weeks, beautiful packages found their way to my mailbox. Slowly but surely, I'm working on little "thank you" gifts for those people who totally spoiled me :) Monday, I will send to a very talented lady a pincushion that I made from that tutorial. I hope that she will like it!