~phfr~ Of dolls, cards and scarves

Linking up with Like Mother, Like Daughter this week for Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real!

~pretty~

I made some cards!  Granted, it took me two days to complete 12 cards (prior to Ponchik and her hungry afternoon ways, I would have gotten these done in an afternoon...), but at least I made them!  It feels good to do something "normal" again.  I made them for a friend at church who just had her second baby.  We were due within 2 weeks of each other, but because Ponchik came early and her little girl came two weeks late, the girls are six weeks apart in age.  Funny how that goes!  

Anyway, I love this hostess set from the new Stampin' Up! annual catalog!  I usually don't get that excited about hostess sets, but this one had my name on it.  I was particularly taken with the catalog sample, and used it as my inspiration for these cards.  I just changed the background paper to solid Bermuda Bay instead of the polka dot designer paper (mostly because I didn't have enough on hand and didn't want to change the color scheme!)  Cutting out 12 of the little flourish things was a bit pesky, but it didn't take very long.

~happy~

I've been reading Zero Waste Home in bits the last few weeks, and while I think a lot of what she suggests is pretty extreme and unreasonable if you live anywhere but temperate San Fransisco (I'm not making my own make up or going to one season's worth of wardrobe anytime soon!), she did have some good de-cluttering suggestions, especially in the kitchen.  I thought the most useful piece of advice was when you empty a drawer to evaluate the contents, really evaluate each piece--do I use it, is there something else in this drawer that serves the same function, how many do I really need?--and don't be afraid to let things go. I have two drawers in my tiny kitchen that make me crazy because they just overwhelm me.  After reading her chapter on decluttering, I emptied both drawers, took a look at what was really in there, and simplified both to a much more manageable state.  This is my miscellaneous kitchen tools drawer, after the clean out.  So.much.better.

The other thing that makes me happy?  Finally figuring out how to tie a headscarf 1940s style without looking like a goofus.  Retro Chick's excellent video tutorial gave me some nice tips.

~funny~

Birdie picked up some dolls out of the bin yesterday, and she and Boo were having a high time playing with two of my old dolls (Special Dolly and Grandma Ropps dolly, for those in my family who care about these things...).  But Birdie being Birdie, her play was more on the order of this:

She walked away for a few seconds, then came back, picked up the doll, clapped her hands and exclaimed, "Yay! Good job!"

(Don't worry, the potty was clean)

 ~real~ 

This is the temperature inside my house.  For realz, ya'll.  

~phfr~