New Blog Address! - Too Crewel

Hey Guys!

I guess I should have done this months ago...but this blog is no longer being used. I've gotten a few comments on it lately, so I thought a post was necessary. I've created a new blog a couple of months ago, and that is where you can get up to date posts! My new blog is called Too Crewel, and I'm having so much fun with it- so come check it out!

Many of the blogs that I read are still on blogger, so I still use this name to follow those that I read, but there will be no new posts on here :) Can't wait to hear from you!

xoxo.
Liesi
www.toocrewel.wordpress.com

Day Three.

 Today is day three of my 30 Days of no eating out challenge. Let me tell you, it is hard when you work in a restaurant. Even if you aren't craving the food around you...there is food all around you! The first two days were somewhat of a struggle, considering we hadn't been grocery shopping in a few weeks. Our food stamps came late this month, so I was nervous we wouldn't be able to get grocery's for a few more weeks, but alas! They arrived, and today we were like two kids in a candy store. Now we have plenty of meals, and healthy snacks for any occasion :)

ps! I'm still looking for suggestions for more Michigan landmarks, anyone from the east side of the state? help! (see my previous post for more information)

pss! Today I began working on a new blog/website. I'm looking forward to having everything linked up into one place as opposed to multiple different sites to update. Stay tuned!

Know Your Roots.

I'm going to start a series of framed embroideries called "Know your Roots." The first one will be no other than the state of Michigan. I have a sketch of what it will potentially look like, and I'm looking for suggestions. Can you think of any symbol that represents Michigan, or a specific city, that I have not already used? I'm thinking I need something for the UP, and perhaps something for the East side of the state. I was also thinking of putting sleeping bear dunes on it, but I have cherries for Traverse City, and it would be a little crowded over there. What is your vote- sleeping bear dunes or the cherries?
(click on the image to see it larger!)

Let me know what you think should me added/taken off! Oh, and yes, I am going to make the Michigan header much more neat. :)

In my 30 Days of no restaurant meals: today is day one! what should I eat today?

xoxo.

A new 30 Days!

It has been quite some time since I wrote, but I'm back! Much has changed. Not necessarily for the good or bad, but things have just changed. I keep noticing that the events that occured have made me more disconnected with others, as I do not find myself viewing life in the same perspective. At first I was constantly asking myself a slew of "what ifs?," however with each passing day I ask myself less of them. It is difficult to accept things that are out of your control, but I have to if I want to move on and live a life of gratitude. It is easy to get stuck in a rut of feeling sorry for yourself, but in the end that will not better your life. Being grateful for the things that have caused you to grow will.

A while back I mentioned that I wanted to embark on a number of 30 day challenges. My first was 30 days without consuming alcohol. After my success of over 30 days of sobriety (although I did have other motivation to keep me going on that one!), I am ready for a second challange. In order to save my bank account (and waist line while I'm at it) I am going to do 30 days without eating out. This means that I will only be eating home prepared meals, whether by myself or others. Within this month I will also be able to consume more foods that are going to better my body. I'm looking forward to this challange! The dates of this challenge will be June 15-July 15. That gives me enough time to go out for sushi before I begin :)

new, new, new!

This is such a good week! This morning as I was enjoying my cup of tea and oatmeal, I read an email that my order from Sublime Stitching shipped. I ordered these patterns:

I bought a shirt I'm planning to do an embroidery of the octopus on. It would be spectacular if they magically appeared at my door step tomorrow morning so I could work on it during my sewing date I'm having! 

PS. As I was working of finishing up my cactus pillow the other day, Bryan did an embroidery of Robocop. It is fantastically funny. 

clever title.

I feel like I've been busy the past week, but I'm not even sure what I've been doing. I know I've been spending quite a bit of time drooling over the fabric on the website "Sew Mama Sew!" The prints are great.

Yesterday was my birthday, and I got this bad boy:

It's simple, and just what I needed to save some space. I think my next step is to get a peg board to hang some supplies on. It is just a matter of where it will go in our apartment. I was getting some organization ideas from This Blessed Nest, and I found this adorable pin cushion idea:

It is so much better than my little wrist-lit! 

Have a good weekend all, I'll leave you with this little guy that I'm still working on :)

Netflix and Cacti.

I've been sewing like crazy! I'm getting so excited about building up my inventory, I can't wait until I have enough items that I feel comfortable putting on my "Too Crewel" Etsy. It will be wonderful when the wind subsides, and our forecast isn't filled with rain, so I can sit outside while workin' my fingers to the bone. :)

I've spent the morning and afternoon working on a cactus pillow Bryan and I designed together. It's going to be so cute, and hard to part with. That's all for now, back to some more cacti and netflix!