Where's Waldo Pub Crawl

Trying to break the Guinness World Records of 3657 Waldos in one place (Dublin, Ireland), the Epicenter in Uptown Charlotte hosted it's annual Where's Waldo pubcrawl last night.


My friend celebrated her birthday this weekend, so we decided to join in the Waldo-mania.

I had dressed as Waldo one Halloween, and still owned the striped top, stripey socks and glasses from a few years back. Unfortunately, after several relocations, I had discarded the bobble hat, so I was panicking in search of one.

When I decided there was none to be found, I rummaged through my fabric stash and decided, what the heck, I'll just wing it and make myself one.

I used the leftover fabric from making my Christmas stockings - perfect red and white stripes! - cut out two domed shaped pieces and sewed the edges together with a 1/2 inch seam allowance.

Ta-daa!

This was quite easily done in 5 minutes..
I don't know what the final count is but it sure was a great night out!

Favorite Things : Photo Booth Frenzy

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These photo booths are popping up all over the place, you just can't go somewhere without seeing one! I especially love the ones with props. The laughs and possibilities are endless!!

:: 1 & 2 :: At D's daughter's graduation party!
:: 3 :: Me and Jess at a wedding fair
:: 4 :: Celebrating my 30th @ the Breakfast Club!

Busy as a bee!

So the J-man is home, but he's been so jet-lagged and anti-social because of it, i had to busy myself with lots of other things.

I accompanied my friend to pick up her wedding dress from a store two hours away from Charlotte. Not gonna post any spoiler pics so here is Jess right outside the huge Burlington Bridal Mart to pick up her beautifully beaded gown. She was one lil' excited bunny! And the dress was so gorgeous!!!!



Also visited Gwen whose dog just had 3 little puppies. The puppies are boston terrier and miniature schnauzer mix -- mini boz(es?) Too cute!! I have such a soft spot for boston terriers and their black and white adorableness!! This is my favorite. He slept in my arms the whole time I was there. They are all spoken for so I was a little sad. But I don't think we need another pet in the house...


And then I helped my friend Shey with her little boy's baptism party today. It was a beautiful breezy day and everything went smoothly!


Phew! It's been a whirlwind week! Hope you all had a beautiful weekend, and a good week ahead!

Getting ready for...

Ugly sweater parties anyone?

I was wasting time Black Friday shopping online yesterday and decided to look on Etsy for sweaters for my ugly sweater party.

I know they look tacky, but there are worse ones out there! And i happen to think they're very cute in a dorky way. Does anyone know who keeps making these tacky sweaters? The ones with the beaded reindeer and sequinned Christmas trees?

Anyway here are my faves. I'm a nerd like that!


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You think i'm insane to love sweaters like these? Hee, hee.

Meanwhile, I'm back in the 'hood and recovering slowly from the horrible thing that is jet lag. Thank you everyone for the lovely vacation wishes. I did have a lovely, albeit hurried holiday.

And yes, Happy Thanksgiving lovely friends! I hope you've had a fantastic time with your loved ones! xx

4th of July Fireworks

I played around with the settings on my digital camera, using different exposures to take pictures of the fantastic display of fireworks put up by the town of Troutman. Good job guys! And we had front row seats, sitting directly in front of the field they were setting the fireworks off from.




















This one looked like hearts, because i moved my camera. A happy accident!

Whee!!! Happy happy 4th!

And if you haven't already entered, the giveaway ends tonight!!

Crafting on a Monday: Sleepover Craft Party!

The girls decided to have a sleepover Sunday night at Lauren's. We had planned on watching movies, eating pizza and sharing girly secrets. *giggles*

Being the over zealous bunny that i am, i also decided to plan for a little activity time to share my crafting love with the girls. I searched for a whole bunch of head accessories' tutorials for the girls to try out. But... lesson learnt: the next time we do crafts in a party, there should just be a little less alcohol involved...




I made Lauren a turquoise flowery headband to match her outfit





Jess likes hers with a big droopy orange bow





Jessie did a modern take on a felt flower piece.


It was such fun i think we're gonna do it again! Both the sleepover and the crafting! Yay!

Spread the word: Throw a craft party!

OHMYGOSH!!!

This sounds amazing! Gather yourself a group of like-minded crafty friends for a day or evening of crafty fun! Isn't it a great excuse just to throw a party?

I'm thinking about asking my work friends to do a Monday afternoon picnic. After all, we all get our Mondays off. I'm thinking along the lines of a potluck picnic, with lots of paper, markers, colour pencils for doodling and drawing; working on our half-finished projects under the afternoon sun; taking pretty photos; collecting leaf/tree rubbings. Oh the possibilities!

Go on, throw yourselves a craft party on June 10, or any day, as often as you wish. All in the spirit of creation and crafting!