Remembering I have a blog

Since I moved to the Pacific Northwest, Memorial Day weekends have meant a time to prepare for the glories of summer.
Living in the South, this prep time happened in March, so by Memorial Day if I didn't have the grill going and a case of bug spray on the deck, I was screwed.

So this past weekend, A.K. restained the deck and made me a planter box. I transplanted the tomato (when I lived in Florida I could have had a vine-ripe tomato with my Memorial Day burger) and prepared for summer crafting-style. (Brace yourselves, it's an actual, honest-to-god finished object)



It's what I'm calling a wristlet bag. Perfect for carrying a few essentials, such as your money, phone and a killer CD. Okay so I have Lisa Hannigan on my phone in MP3 format, but you really must buy the CD. All the lyrics were hand embrodiered by Lisa and her sister. So if you are in a CD-buying mood, this is the one you should buy.


The wristlet is perfect for sunset-watching, you can throw a camera in the bag, and your flip flops to keep them sand free (totally helpful for your car upholstery.) I modified the pattern from a Lotta Jansdotter pattern. Well, the truth is, I think I modified it. The book is in Japanese with very little instruction. So I messed up a bunch of times until it look like it did in the picture.

Hope you had a great weekend. I'm trying this new thing – which I'm calling 'updating my blog regularly.' We'll see how it goes. Thanks for sticking with me.