Creative Juices

My housework has been sadly neglected this week, as I have tried to spend all of my extra time crafting and creating.  I suppose everyone has the feeling that they want to burn their house down and live a very tidy and simple life, say, out of their station wagon or garden shed... right?

Maybe I could live here?

(don't you love this mysterious place?  I'm not sure what it is... but it's behind the hardware shop in town)

I had a long weekend for Labor Day and decided to pull the fabric out from underneath the guest bed... I wanted to put my days off to good use, so I thought I would sew a little romper for "Baby Lulu," the nickname D. has given to by friend's daughter, Lucy.  I have lots of great girly fabrics, many of which were purchased in very small quantities when I was either dreaming of quilts or didn't have much of a plan. 

Meet Baby Lulu:

She's a redhead... and nothing looks finer on a redhead than green.  I just happened to have this bright green fabric with dogwood blooms in my stash, so I decided to make Lucy the Oliver + S pattern that I made for D. last year. 

It is mostly-finished... I am befuddled by the snap-tape that I am somehow supposed to install in the crotch.  I know it is important, but it is so tricky too!  I skipped this step on the romper I made for baby D. and regretted it.  It is a pain to have to wiggle a baby in and out of a jumpsuit for a diaper change, and I want Lucy to get plenty of wear out of it before it cools off for autumn.

I feel entitled to typing up this post because the babe is asleep, and I am completely ready for work tomorrow... The scrubs are ironed (yes, I iron my scrubs)... the supper is cooked... (Not Yo Mama's Pot Roast-- a new recipe today since it did not involve going to the grocery store)... the coffee pot is set... the automobile has sufficient gasoline. 

Believe it or not, this beauty is vegetarian!

The boy picked my mom (he calls her Ma) one of the last zinnias around.  Here is the view from my kitchen sink-- I think it's pretty lovely.

I cranked out a few washcloths for my kitchen-- There were a few new colors of kitchen cotton at our local yarn purveyor (haha!.. that would be Wal-Mart), and sometimes the littlest things make me happy.  Well not sometimes... most of the time.