Is it just me, or do us crafty types mourn the loss of our favorite tools?

After over a decade of on again off again service,  countless corrections, deconstructions, and refashions, Rippy my favorite seam ripper died. Attempts to resuscitate via glue and tape have failed. What’s a girl to do?

Anywho, I guess I’m in the market for a seam ripper similar to Rippy, who was purchased by my Mom at a sewing expo, she said it was a “surgical kind” anyone seen one of these recently? If not I want to know what’s YOUR favorite seam ripper?

Thanks & Happy Sewing

Here’s a sneak peek of what Rippy’s last service was for…

Perfect arm hole under stitch, if I do say so myself…

As an only child I just HAD to poke some fun at this silly holiday, so here’s my younger brother and sister. I love them the mostest!

Anyone else have a strange kitty cat? She wouldn’t give up despite summersaulting off!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend, I’m off to get my hair done, then dinner with a sister.

So it’s been a little slow here lately… let’s just say that my success rate as of late hasn’t been the greatest… so here are some things you shouldn’t make, or you should try harder on than me
sometimes i cheated and they flopped
sometimes i improvised and they flopped
sometimes i did just what they told me too and they just weren't that great

It was supposed to be light pretty and fluffy like this

Capital Grill in The Hermitage Hotel’s Sweet Onion Bisque
Heaven in a Bowl.Chef Tyler Brown's Onion Bisque recipe, I once upon a wonderful time ordered this 3 times in one week at The Capital Grill in The Hermitage Hotel. 
alas I screwed this one up into this gross mess, since leaving a pot on the stove for 8 hours seemed dangerous, we are talking about ME here, so I put them in the crockpot on high, and the onions never got hot enough to caramelize, nor did my blender create a appetizing texture! I will try it again, but I will make it on the stove, or maybe I’ll just leave it to Chef Tyler… [Pin]

Pioneer Woman’s Spaghetti with Artichoke Hearts and Tomatoes
I’ve made this before and liked it, I made it again following the directions a second time but it just wasn’t as good as I remember it, never thickened up.

I made this, I sorta cheated in some parts but even still not impressed. cheesey corn, my two favorite foods together, just did not work.  I can’t even find the recipe, it was some sorta Mexican corn with sour cream, corn, and cheese.


Cooking Lite Classic Pot Roast
This was my fist ever pot roast, I went wrong many ways. [Pin]

1. I didn’t trim any of the fat off my ALDI roast
2. I put the veggies in the whole time.
3. I forgot to let it rest to skim all the fat off the top, so the fat caked leftovers made me wanna puke
4. I made it with A’s homemade Donkey’s Breath (Kahlua) instead of wine, since our Sherry bottle apparently had Andrew’s special brew in it, and I didn’t notice. I spent the entire time eating it searching for sweet coffee flavor notes.

And since we need something not a failure in this post, I present Dr.Spock kitty, live long and prosper.

I made this map to try and explain the different areas of Nashville to my Mom, in the end it turned out pretty freaking funny, so I’ll share it here.
If you don’t live in Nashy I’m sure you can still relate as such residential areas exist in every metro area.

I was reading Entertainment Weekly last night and in the Monitor section…

The baby names in this section are:  Tate, Bear Blu, a boy named Meredith Daniel, and Mirabella Bunny.

Who in the world would have guessed a Baby Spice would be the only one to name her kid a normal name, Tate?

Not I.

 

 Kitties are sooo weird!

Here's Pepper's moment on Sunday while we were tidying up.

She literally climbed in the box and shimmied her way in.

DSW Return Cat, packaged and ready to go

She didn't fit right so we gotta send her back...

too bad she ran when I grabbed the tape

P.S. The Sperry's were A's Christmas present =) He's a prep in training <3

As I prepare to spend the day making The Best Chocolate Sheet Cake Ever, That's the Best Frosting, I've Ever Had, Congo Bars, and Devil's Bugles for our 80s party tomorrow something hit me in the grocery store as I bought the assortment  of ingredients... wouldn't it all be simpler if I just made the party a Cake Wreck party.
My inspiration, drum roll please....

Diamond diamond on the cake who's the fairest of them all?

Check out those radical airbrushed rainbows

Whole table just waiting for a home with their manger's special tags.

Alas home baked is mighty tasty, hi ho hi ho it's off to bake a I go.

 If this post doesn't make much sense to you must go peruse the Cake Wrecks blog full of fantabulously horrible cakes. Also visit their HK Blogger Pick post here.