Oh the Cuteness!

I've made a bunch of greeting cards out of vintage cards and postcards I received from a stranger in the mail a while back. They're really fun to make and I love the way they look en masse. I'm listing them a few at a time in my etsy shop as the week goes on, and I hope to have all of them in there soon. There's a lot of Christmas cards and some birthday/anytime ones as well, and the shipping is free just for fun. Hope you like them!

Well, I've had one heck of a week. Last weekend Dennis and I went on vacation for our 6 month anniversary. We had the most wonderful time! We stayed in a B&B at the beach, pigged out on crab, swam in the ocean, did touristy stuff, all and all just had a romantic and relaxing weekend. Until the drive home... It was late at night and we were 2 exits away from home when I hit a wheel rim lying in the middle of the slow lane. I was only going about 40 because everyone in front of me was slowing down, then the guy in front of me zipped into the other lane and I saw it... I checked my mirrors and there were cars to the left and behind, and a wall to the right with no shoulder because we were on an overpass. Dad always taught me not to swerve, so I just hit it. Sparks were flying out the back of the car and we ground to a hault at the top of the bridge. I turned the car off and put the hazards on and called 911. It seemed like forever until the cops got there. It was so scary because ...

Well, I've got some sewing projects in the works, and some very wrinkly pieces of fabric that needed ironing. But I have no ironing board, nor do I have much space to set one up. I've been scheeming this little beauty for quite some time now: It's a small rotating ironing board made from a large lazy susan I got at Ikea ! I got the idea from Ikea Hacker via Whipup . But appearantly the original idea came from a blog called Redwork in Germany . This is such a fun idea; it's small enough to fit on my desk and since it swivels you don't have to keep repositioning the fabric. It works just as well with a full size iron as it does with the Clover Mini-Iron . Over at Redwork, they gathered the material around the turntable and secudred it with a drawstring. Not being all that patient, I just took a half yard of fabric, cut it in half (the resulting square is the perfect size for the large turntable), cut a piece of needlepunch batting to the same size and took the staple...