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Lookie what I made

Here's a picture of the festive Christmas apron I made.  I have to thank, again, Nan over at Life is Like a Lunchbox for her Apronpalooza this summer.  It was the inspiration for the apron-making frenzy that Thing 1 and I have been on (between us we've completed 5 aprons with a 6th on the way...)

I had a bit of leftover fabric and decided to trim a kitchen towel with it.

I displayed the apron in this way, instead of actually modeling it, because it makes me look skinny, doncha think?  Look at that tiny waist!

One thing about the photo - for those of you who are thinking I must be color blind to have chosen that bright rick-rack - is that the yellow balls printed on the fabric and the rick-rack are the same color.  For some reason, in the photo the fabric yellow looks very dull and the rick-rack looks very bright - but IRL it works!

Retro Tuesday

For your enjoyment, a photo I took in Palm Desert on Sunday morning:

Isn't he cute?

I feel pretty...

Recently, Nan at Life is Like a Lunchbox had an Apronpalooza contest.  I entered, but didn't win a pretty apron. Thing 1 and I were inspired by all the fancy aprons out there, and decided we could make some ourselves!

So we bought fabric...here's Thing 1's fabric which is a cute Beatrix Potter print.

And we cut & sewed:

And now we have our very own fancy lady aprons!  Every time I put mine on, I start humming "I feel pretty, oh so pretty..."