Happy Sunday and Happy Birthday!

Lovely, no?

Things change so much when you get older. When your young you have little birthday parties and invite all your friends to eat dessert and play silly games. And then when your adult you go out to dinner with friends or family or you still have a party but the celebrating is different. Last weekend my brother came up from Bakersfield and took us out to dinner for my birthday. Yesterday, to my surprise a very good friend sent a gift to me. Perhaps you've heard of it, its a silly board game called Quelf. I can't wait to play it. This morning I awoke to a very lovely, touching card and birthday money from my Mom which I used to purchase a very beautiful dress that I can't wait to wear!

My last post I said I would attempt to make a brag book for my Mom based on a project posted on Design*Sponge . It took all day yesterday and came out good, if I do say so myself  (But I know I can do better). However, I was unable to find the time to take pictures; BUT I do have this awesome photo to post for you; its my attempt at sewing a straight line.

I'm terrible at sewing

Design*Sponge

www.designsponge.com

Design*Sponge is my go to place when I want to try a new DIY project. I have a list as long as my arm that I have accumulated just from that web site of things I want to do. So, this weekend, I'm going to attempt one. This is one I've been wanting to do for a long while. But I'm going to tweak it a little. Instead of making it a notebook, I'm going to turn it into a brag book. My Mom has been bugging me to make one for her so she can show off her beautiful grandchildren to the ladies at work

Instead of using a decorative paper I'm going to use a swatch of cloth that I've been hanging onto that I know I will never use otherwise. Wish me luck!

If you would like try this out for yourself you can get the instructions here