sewing time!

wheeee!!!!

took the sewing 101 class at The Sewing Loung in burbank.

the class was for three days, three hours a day and it really made me excited about sewing!

i made this awesome tote bag with liner.

notice the inside pockets!

and these his and her pajama pants!

the pink ones are mine and the blue ones are for my hubby!

domestic sugar

over the holiday, i snagged my grandmother's cookie dough recipe from my mom. these were my favorite cookies when i was growing up. they are little bon bon cookies with hershey kisses in the center and a small amount of icing on top.

so sunday i started baking....

and last night i took a sewing 101 class at The Sewing Lounge in burbank. It's the first of 3 classes, each 3 hours long. i thought it might be a long time to sew, but it went by super quick! there were only 4 of us. besides going over the basics of sewing, i also made a little pouch with zipper! (and a bottom! which blew my mind) the colors are so bright and candy like.

oh excitement!

can't wait for the other projects to begin.

bottega louie

my friends and i went there last night for a spontaneous dinner

and it was worth it

we had salad and pizza and the best cosmos i've ever had (deeelish)

and of course, we had to buy:

presentation!

ooooh

aaaaahhhhh

Purl

one of the gifts my a got me was a gift certificate to the sewing lounge in burbank for some sewing lessons!

of course, i think its a good idea to check out a fabric store on our holiday!

here is some of the fabric i bought.

it's from purl soho in nyc.

my good friend k was kind enough to take hubby to an art gallery while i shopped. a good deal later, here was some of the stuff i ran away with!

i love the honeycomb with the bee. it's a heavy canvas fabric.

birds, butterflies and owls.

and the full stash.

so amazing! wheeeee!

i also dragged my dear to the lion brand yarn studio. it's beautiful inside. stunning. i was so good not to buy anything (yarn diet) and had already spent a good month's worth of allowance on the fabric above anyway. but sooo tempting

sadly it was time to go. we had to get back to nj for dinner with friends

and after being dragged around nyc from fabric store to yarn store, holding a large bag of very heavy fabric all day, i think hubby was done.

love makes you do crazy things.

happy new years eve!!