happy sew-patrick's day!

i knew it. i knew i had an inner homemaker.

all i needed was a little encouragement and a lot of help from my dear friend, emily.

on monday, we threw caution to the wind and made curtains. curtains!

emily even taught me how to make fabric buttons. i want to make a billion of these beauts.

so what if I have a crazy obsession with paisley?

once we did the curtains, i realized that sewing is not as scary as i initially thought; thus, em-dawg and i had yet another crafternoon. this time, we conquered pillows. with piping, no less!

lemons. lemons are for lovers and diet coke. the piping was an adventure. i'll have to learn a little more before i attempt that again.

and of course, after 2 days of a sewing high, i wasn't ready to be done yet. so today, i sallied forth on my own to try and make a simple pillow.

we just won't talk about the amount of unpicking and broken needles we had here. it turned out alright for my first solo project.

it's a wild living room, but it's fun. too bad i'm dumb and didn't include the curtains in this picture. oh well. i think i've tortured you enough.

on another, slightly less relevant note, i must share my new prized possession--a brilliant bday gift from my mitchell:

try and tell me that's not the most amazing poster you've ever seen.

also, i do believe these new sandals deserve a look. they look exceptionally fashion forward with my st. patty's day socks, don't you think?

have a lovely st. patrick's day. i hope you didn't forget to color your dinner green like i did. our tamale pie will not be green as planned since i'm an idiot and engrossed myself too heavily in ellen while making the dinner. at least we've got festive plates and napkins, right?