Maggiano's with the Gang

Continuing with weekend events, we got a big group of friends together for a fun dinner over at Maggiano's Little Italy. It was good but just really fun to have our friends together and catch up and laugh. After that, we met up at the Fox's house and just sat around and talked. Somehow we ended up all talking turns telling about our most embaressing moments. I laughed so hard my face hurt. That's what I really should have got pictures of because watching everyone laugh till they cried was too funny! Great times with our friends here in good ol' Texas.

Top Secret Dinner

 This weekend was off to an awesome start with our dinner we won at the relief society auction. Two sisters from our ward offered to make a big dinner for six of us girls. Their theme was "Top Secret Recipes" from different restaurants around the area. It was delicious and fun getting to know knew things about all the girls.
 

Our name cards and Menus

 Cherry Limeade from Sonic

 

Lettuce Wedge Salad from Lone Star Steak House

 

Pasta E Fagioli from Olive Garden and 

Cheese Garlic Bread from Claim Jumper 

Molten Chocolate Cake from Chilis

   

 The Gang: Olivia, Jennifer, Elaine, Me, Deb, Katie, Sutton and Isabelle.

New Craft Blog

Hey guys, for anyone out there who follows this blog, I have my second craft blog up and running. Just starting out but i'll be featuring new projects and crafts all the time. If you'd like to follow along, I'd love to have you. I'm at loveandasewingmachine.blogspot.com  Thanks!

Let's Shop!

Finally, it's here! My website is up and running. For the longest time, I have been trying to teach myself how to sew and craft and what not and some of my creations, are actually turning out. I love creating baby and hair accessories mostly but am hoping to branch out one day. Follow in the grand footsteps of my Grandma, the best seamstress around! Anyways, I want to introduce some of the things I have been working on lately. If you can't tell, I'm a little anxious for a baby of our own, though not sure what I'm gonna do if we have all boys. I like making bows and big daisy headbands way too much! :) I'll be adding stuff and rearranging things a lot so check back for new additions. Anyways, if you'd like to visit, the site it is www.loveandasewingmachine.com.

Gerber Daisy Headbands...so cute on newborns!

Hair Bows in tons of Colors

Hair Clips

 

Hair Clips for the Big Girls :)

Travel Wipe Cases- super fun and easy to make!

 

Car Seat Canopies...my favorite thing to make!

Binky Clips...2nd favorite thing to make!

Hit and Run

So leaving work yesterday, I'm pulling out of the parking garage, and round the corner, maybe going 2 mph if that, and some guy whips around the corner so fast and completely runs into me. I slam on the breaks before he hits me and honk like he wasn't even looking and he still slams into me. Oh but the best part is, after he looks up at me, he reverses the car and peels our of the garage. He goes out of his way driving over the curb and out the wrong direction exit to get away. I'm honking and trying to memorize his plate and just watching him speed out of there. Classy guy. So I'm so shaken when I call Greg cuz I don't know what to do, I'm a crying mess. He tells me to call the police so I pull around the front of my work and call them. I'm on the phone with them and walking around my car with the security guard for about 15 mins and the guy that hit me, pulls around the corner up behind my car. He gets out and I AM PISSED. I'm all, "Hey you decided to come back??" And he actually has attitude and just holds up his insurance card in my face. He's like, "I had to go get this". Really guy? That's all he says. Wow. Not five minutes later the cop shows up. I tell her everything that happened and how he drove off. His only response is, "I didn't realize I hit her." The cop just laughs and says sure, i just bet. What a jerk this guy. After everything he changed his story like 3 times while sitting there. From, I didn't realize I hit her, to my friend say the front of my car and said maybe I should go back. Geez. Love some of the people in this world. So, as it turns out, in Texas even if at first the other car hits then runs, as long as they eventually come back to exchange info, it's not a felony so the copy couldn't assign fault or even arrest him for anything. She took down notes but said now it's up to the insurance companies to assign fault. SO help me if they come back with even a single ounce of blame on my end....I"m gonnna lose it. Still so angry about it. Our car's not as bad as his, it could have been a lot worse been the fact he hit, then left, only to return with such and attitude is why I'm still so angry. Geez.

Gettin' Crafty!!

 I ♥ Sewing

So I’m excited to be getting in touch with my crafty side and have recently discovered how much I love to sew. Not just anything but particularly baby stuff sew. Meaning, I ♥ making baby car seat canopies, and burp clothes and binky clips and blankies. Love it. Our baby is gonna have it all cuz their mama's can't stop sewing. So, in our ward at church, we have a baby shower almost every week, seriously, so were always having to come up with gifts. The last few I have decided to just start making stuff because we'll save some money and I just love doing it. I started out by making my first every car seat canopy for a friend of mine and her adorable little son just to see how it turned out. Well, it worked and I've been hooked ever since. Here are a few shots she was kind enough to send me....tough not having a car seat of my own to model my creations. :)

So with this new found love of sewing everything baby cuteness, I'm going to fire up a new blog just for crafts and things that happen to turn out. It's not quite ready yet, but when it's up you'll be the first to know. And if only my grandma was more computer savvy....or blogged whatsoever, she would love the idea of it's name. For as long as I can remember, she has always called my "Miss B" and I super love my grams so you'll see when the blog comes to life what I mean!

Picnic Party

The weather is perfect for a picnic! I'm totally ready to go party at the park. A little badminton, maybe some bocce ball, a bunch of tasty finger foods, a good book to read while lying on hubby's tummy. I'm so there! Please let the weather stay nice for a fun Saturday!