Valentine's

We've been pretty busy around here lately, but we made time for Valentine's Day! It was so much fun, though we both had to get back to work afterwards. We watched an episode of Pushing Daisies season 2 while snuggling on the couch and enjoying the dinner I made. The cake was supposed to be something else, but last minute it didn't work so I just made it into half of a cake filled with 7-minute frosting and topped with a cocoa powder concoction I made up. It was originally supposed to mimic those little ding dongs (is that the name?), you know the little cakes with the creamy filling. Anyway, this worked out just as good I think. Jed liked it anyway, and that's who I was making it for! Hope everyone had a special day, even those who don't/didn't celebrate the lovey dovey holiday. I used to not like it so much, but I've since been converted. It has turned into one of my favorite holidays! I wonder how that happened...? ;) xoxo

p.s. someone notified me awhile ago that their comment never showed up. please let me know [gracefullady at gmail dot com] if you are having issues with commenting. i'm not really sure why that would happen. :/

hey guys!

I've been a bit side-tracked this week, so didn't get much of a chance to blog. Thank you all for your encouraging responses to my leather bag! I had no idea it would turn out the way it did. And honestly, it wasn't as challenging as I thought. Perhaps because I've got this amazing sewing machine that will practically sew through anything. I've also done a bit of leather work while making shoes, so I suppose that has given me a bit of experience on leather. I was also surprised at how much ::fun:: I had making the bag. Sometimes certain projects will bore me to tears. But I really didn't get bored once on this one. Yesterday I ordered some leather and will be making a few more bags and will post them for sale for anyone who is interested. I'm not sure yet how I want to sell them, if on my site or in another venue. I need to think about that a little more. If you are interested, feel free to drop me a line (gracefullady@gmail.com) and I'll let you know when I have some available.

I know everyone has been posting a bunch about Valentine's Day. I usually don't get into it much. I don't really see any reason to get depressed over it, but it is kind of a silly holiday in my book. Although I do rather like all the sweets and pretty cards that celebrate the day. But otherwise, it's just 'another day.' This year, though, I was invited to my friend's birthday party. Imagine having a birthday on the 14th! I don't think I'd like it, but she says she's never had a bad Valentine's Day. We had fun dancing to music by Chromeo, Justice, M.I.A. (I do love good dance music) and eating lots of red velvet cake. While at the party, a friend I've met at the coffee shop mentioned how she has never seen my hair down. So yesterday I tried wearing it down for the first time in months. You see, I am trying to grow the stuff out and well, every time I try I just want to chop it off again. Because there are SO MANY cute short hairstyles (I especially love this one) I keep seeing and once you cut it really short, it's amazingly hard to grow it back. Believe me, I've been trying for two years. But this year I am determined. So after seeing how horrible my hair looked down (due to not having a trim in months) I decided to take the problem and deal with it myself...



I probably didn't take off more than an inch all around. I also trimmed my bangs a bit, because when I cut them first I made them look really choppy (fashion statement, yo!). I'm trying to let them grow now, so I'm sweeping them to the side. I realize this talk of hair is probably extremely boring to most of you, but I figure if I post about it then maybe it will encourage me to continue to let it grow. So yeah, enough of that. Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend. Think I'm gonna go sew. yeah.