I was running long yesterday so I didn't finish The Rest of the Story regarding our dessert auction last Friday night. So; I gotta get out of there before they bring my pile o' crap to the auctioneers podium, right? I tell John, "Look. We want to donate the money but Lord knows we don't need the calories so just bid on somethin' pretty, make sure you win it, then go give it to the person who had bid just below you." He liked the idea very much and soon came the perfect thing; a gorgeously decorated lemon cheesecake on a big blue glass pedestal plate. He wins it for $100, and it is brought to our table.
Me: Oh. I think that pedestal is Fire and Light glass!
John: So?
Me: Well, that stuff's expensive! We can't go givin' that away! I know. I'll go get a paper plate, slide the cheesecake off onto that. You go give 'em the cake and we'll keep the glass.
John: No. I can't do that. It'd look lame. It's all or nothing.
Me: {grumping with arms crossed that he won't "mind me")
John: Well, I guess we can't agree so let's just take it home.
Two days later, after eating two pieces each, giving some to the kids, and freezing the other half, I look at this blue cake plate still sitting on our kitchen counter (I have since realized it is NOT Fire & Light glass) and holler to John in the living room; "What the heck am I supposed to do with this cake plate?! I have no cabinet space to store it and we don't even DO blue for cryin' out loud!"
So, while it really is hard bein' me sometimes, I've a hunch it's even harder to live with me. ;-)
Got some faboo fabrics from The Fat Quarter Shop recently. Thanks again for the share, Doe!) Here is a collection of 27 Lecien (Japanese) fat quarters.
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As soon as I opened the box yesterday I ran to the thrift store to snag a little Easter basket to hold them in. Sweet, huh? I haven't gotten an Easter basket in ever so long. How thoughtful of me! ;-) I just checked the shop to give a link and it seems they're currently out of the fat quarter offering. I also bought a hot new-on-the-market rolll of Wee Play . OH SO very cute!! I really wanted them to make this quilt
but as you can see I just couldn't wait and made it up with strips I already had cut. But I do have enough of those panels (they're from American Jane's line of last year) to make another one with the new strips, and I think I probably will go ahead and do that. Why? I really have no idea. Just to be makin' it, I suppose.
I'll close with a tip I've been meaning to share. We all know about and probably use computer printer fabric sheets. Not long ago I decided to start doing embroidery in the evening (something to do while sitting next to John watching TV at night) and even tho I'd bought a light box, I ran the sheets (I always use my JoAnn's coupons on the packs) through the printer using those Hektograph pages I had scanned and shared a couple months ago.
I thought I'd just stockpile the pieces for future use on bags. Or something. I don't know. Can't have idle hands, dontchaknow!?
Bough???
BOUGHT. Bought. Purchased.
Posted by: happy zombie | March 21, 2008 at 02:39 PM
Do you remember on I Love Lucy, where she'd hide newly bough hats, clothes, etc... to make it look like to Ricky that she'd had it, "this ol'e thing". Thats how I feel about Doe and her temptations - No honey, I didn't go to Doe's blog today - and no... that Anna Lena bag and Fat Quarter Shop box are old.
Your blue plate story was a KICK! You crack me up!
Posted by: happy zombie | March 21, 2008 at 02:38 PM
Your blue plate story's hilarious! I would've done EXACTLY the same thing. And that's about the prettiest Easter basket of goodies I've ever seen. Make something purrtty!
Cheryl
Posted by: Periwinkle Vintage | March 21, 2008 at 09:59 AM
Found your blog thru ...(can't remember) but saw the day you and your girls got tatoos for your 50th. I have 5 daughters and they would LOVE it if we got tatoos for my 50th with is next month. I don't think I'm that brave though and what to get!!!!!! Happy Bday and you look great by the way.
Posted by: Glamma Fabulous | March 20, 2008 at 01:37 PM
Love the fabrics! Cannot wait to see what you come up with! I am still laughing about the cupcake story...really!
Posted by: dawn | March 20, 2008 at 07:51 AM
You're welcome, Jen. Anyhoo, freakin' funny story! You crack me up! Thanks for the laugh. You're killing me with all the cute fabrics. I did ask you to make me drool. Here I am drooling buckets! I really want to cheat on my diet ASAP! LOL!
Posted by: Doe | March 19, 2008 at 08:43 PM
Love that new fabric.
And I think this is funny (because we seem to own a lot of the same things!) but my grandpa recently gave me that same basket. :-)
Posted by: Sarah | March 19, 2008 at 06:52 PM
That fabric sheet idea is SO fabulous!
The cheesecake caper sounds like something I would do. No impulse control here.
Posted by: Kathi D | March 19, 2008 at 06:40 PM
Super cute embroidery, good use of those pages. Love the fat quarters, I have a pile of a few of them from market but need to order some more. Elizabeth has a pile of cut strips for me to make a sample for her, using a ton plus some of the Mary Engelbreit green and some yellow dot. I could just croak its so cute.
And the dessert story. Hilarious.
Posted by: pam | March 19, 2008 at 06:35 PM
Hi Jen, Just getting caught up. Funny story, sound like something I would do. Sometimes, we just clearly don't think things through. With me, more often than not. I love your new fabrics and the quilt is really cute. What a great idea on the stitchery! Thanks for the tip.
Posted by: Jackie | March 19, 2008 at 05:00 PM