While I was home over the holidays at my parents’ place, I was going through some of my old stuff. One of the items I found was this purse which I made to match my dress for prom back in high school. My dress was silver confetti dot. I loved it and it was perfect.…
DetailsI finally got around to writing a review of my apron from Hannukah (see the original post along with Minnie’s matching outfit). The gist of it is that this is a pretty good pattern, but next time I’d do all the layers out of the same fabric. The changes I made were: 1. Do a…
DetailsOver one of these winter weekends, I had some free time and decided to go through my UFO (unfinished objects) pile. One of the items was this turquoise blue top. I had it all cut out with the pattern still pinned to the fabric. Just hadn’t had time to sew it. So I pulled out…
DetailsOn a completely unrelated note, I am giving myself a 90 day challenge from January 1 to March 31. I learned about 90 day challenges from a friend who does them for yoga. Essentially you pick something and make a promise to do it every day for 90 days. If you miss a day, you…
DetailsI thought perhaps this year I would put my resolutions out there for the world to see and this might make me more likely to do them 🙂 Post on Pigs in Pajamas at least twice a week. – In the past my posting has been irregular. I go through phases of excessive posting followed…
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For New Year’s I wanted to do something special for the dessert. Using a Martha Stewart cake as inspiration, here’s what I came up with. The M&Ms are dark chocolate, peanut butter and pretzel. The 2 and one 1 are vanilla and the 0 and the other 1 are chocolate. The frosting is a simple…
DetailsIt was pointed out to me that I never posted my latke recipe. So here it is for those of you that are interested! My recipe makes 2 large servings of latkes since it’s just me and hubb. Let’s be honest, when you’re making latkes a large serving is never bad 🙂 This recipe was…
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I am not actually pregnant. Despite what this dress might make it look like. Okay, it’s not that bad in the photo, but trust me when I say I worked to find a flattering angle. I’m currently looking for a fast easy lycra dress — that also looks good. This is probably not it. (Not…
DetailsI made this neck tie using the pattern in Gifts to Make Vol. 2 from the editors of CraftStylish. I used some of the fabric from my wedding (we bought some extra fabric that matched the bridesmaid dresses), planning to give it to my husband when I was done. A little useful memento of our…
DetailsJust wanted to post some final thoughts on the Tommy Boxer and some things I would do differently. Overall, this is a great pattern. Really easy to follow. Very clear instructions and excellent guiding pictures. I’ll definitely make it again. Here are some items I would do differently: Size-wise, I recommend making whatever your “normal”…
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